Cultivator

Thomas Schönauer (1953) is a Düsseldorf artist with an international reputation. His works and sculptures can be found in collections and in public places worldwide, from Rio de Janeiro to Dubai, from Hamburg to New York. He is the master of steel. Through the interplay of matter and vacuum, body and spirit, the art cosmopolitan creates unique sculptures of elementary expressiveness. Exciting spatial bodies that captivate the viewer. Between 1974 and 1978, Schönauer studied German, Romance studies and philosophy at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. From 1975 to 1978 he was also an assistant in Friederich Werthmann's sculpture studio in Düsseldorf. He intensified his art studies through a stay at the Manitoba Institute of Design, Winnipeg, Canada and close contact with the Düsseldorf Art Academy and its personalities. He has had his own studio in Düsseldorf since 1978. In 2011, Schönauer was appointed to the design advisory board of the University Hospital in Düsseldorf. In 2012 he was appointed extraordinary member of the BDA (Association of German Architects). Schönauer absolvierte zwischen 1974 und 1978 ein Studium der Germanistik, Romanistik und Philosophie an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität zu Düsseldorf. Von 1975 bis 1978 war er außerdem Assistent im Bildhaueratelier Friederich Werthmanns in Düsseldorf. Seine Kunststudien intensivierte er durch einen Aufenthalt am Manitoba Institute of Design, Winnipeg, Kanada und engen Kontakt zur Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie und ihren Persönlichkeiten. Seit 1978 betreibt er ein eigenes Atelier in Düsseldorf. 2011 wurde Schönauer in den Gestaltungsbeirat der Uniklinik Düsseldorf berufen. 2012 wurde er zum außerordentlichen Mitglied des BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten) ernannt.