Melanie Schoeniger

Born: 1974 in Trostberg, Germany
Lives and Works: south of Munich, Germany

Mélanie Schoeniger is a photographer from Bavaria, Germany, passionate about capturing the beauty of nature. The artist creates botanical photomontages that merge ancestral artistic techniques with modern digital media, blending manufactured and organic materials. The resulting works skillfully explore the themes of endurance, interconnection, and the ripples of human and natural history over time.

Awards

  • 2022
    Photolucida, Critical Mass Finalist, countries.null
  • 2022
    IPA Internatl' Photo Awards, 4 Official Selections + 2 Honorable Mentions , countries.null
  • 2022
    18 Pollux Awards, Honorable Mentions for 2 series, countries.null
  • 2022
    FAPA 8th Fine Art Photography Awards, Fine Art Nomenee + Photomanipulation Nomenee, countries.null
  • 2022
    18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable Mention, countries.null
  • 2022
    17th Pollux awards, Winner: Cell Phone, countries.null
  • 2022
    17th Pollux awards, Honorable Mention: Collage, countries.null
  • 2021
    Minimalist Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, countries.null
  • 2021
    Chromatic Awards, 1st place winner Environment, countries.null
  • 2021
    IPA 2021 International photography awards, 4 honorable mentions: fine art, collage, cell, countries.null

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2022
    Being human, PEAM, Starnberg, Germany

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2022
    Foto Biennale, Pollox and JMCameron Awards, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2022
    Fraction Magazine 14th Anniversary, online
  • 2022
    Pairs, Lenscratch
  • 2021
    The secret garden, Landing Contemporary Art
  • 2021
    Intrinsic Nature, the Curator's Salon

Bibliography

  • Bri Bruce, "Cover artist for Issue #4", Humana Obscura Humana Obscura 2022
  • Karin Svadlenak-Gomez, "Octopus Garden", Feature InterviewOnline Spectaculum Magazine 2022
  • Bri Bruce, "Issue #5: two artworks published", Humana Obscura Humana Obscura 2022
  • Adam Finkelstone, "Cyanotype published within the Hand magazine", The Hand magazine 2022
  • Gita Joshi, "Art Seen Magazine Autumn | Winter Issue", Art Seen Magazine The Curator's Salon 2021
  • Kirstie Landing, "Meet the artist", Interview online in her Journal Landing Contemporary Art 2021
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