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Christian Schoen (born 1970 in Marburg) is a German art historian and curator. He works on classical art (such as Albrecht Dürer or Auguste Rodin) and contemporary art phenomena. From 2000 to 2003 he co-curated the municipal gallery Lothringer13 in Munich. In 2005 he was appointed director of the Center for Icelandic Art, which he ran until 2010.[1] As Commissioner he was responsible for the Icelandic Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2007 and 2009.[2] 2006 to 2008 he was member of the advisory board and the acquisition committee of the Reykjavík Art Museum. He co-founded the art festival Sequences[3] in 2006. Since 2001 he is director of Osram Art Projects and assistant professor for transdisciplinary methods at the University St. Gallen (Switzerland).
- ^ "Denver Museum of Contemporary Art Names Associate Curator". ARTINFO. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Iceland Presents Curators for the 2009 Venice Biennale". Iceland Review. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Nur grüne Geysire schocken in Island". Der Spiegel. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2011.