Bio
Georg Scheele
Georg Scheele (b. 1961, Hofheim am Taunus, Germany) is a sculptor who has lived and worked in Portugal since 1990.
In 1984, he studied in Carrara and Pietrasanta, Italy. In 1986, he received a commission for a sculpture of Saint Bartholomew in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, followed by a commission for a sculpture of Saint Boniface for a church in the same city in 1987. In 1988, he acquired a farm in Portugal and subsequently established his studio there.
Scheele has exhibited extensively in Germany, Portugal and internationally. His exhibitions in Germany include Galerie Moering, Wiesbaden (1986, 1988), the Sculpture Symposium in Mainz (1989), Galerie Preutenborbeckshof, Essen (1990), Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden (2006), and Galerie Feld+Haus, Frankfurt (2017).
In Portugal, he has presented exhibitions at Galeria Trindade, Lisbon (1992), Galeria Caixa de Arte, Porto (1992), Galeria Sobreiro, Monchique (1993), Centro Cultural de São Lourenço (1998, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009), Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon (2003 and 2008), Galeria São Mamede, Porto (2007), Galeria Arte Catto, Algarve (2012) and Loulé (2015), Galeria Ap’Arte, Porto (2013, 2016 and 2018), and Arte Marina de Lagos (2014).
Internationally, he has exhibited at Stenton Gallery, Edinburgh (1999), Gallery Robert Bowman, London (2007 and 2018), the San Francisco 20th Century Fair with Gallery Robert Bowman (2010), and Galerie Arte Veritas, Gothenburg (2009).
Scheele has participated in several international sculpture symposia, including the Sculpture Symposium in Mainz (1989), the International Sculpture Symposium in Dubai (2005), and the 4th International Sculpture Symposium in Huế, Vietnam (2006).
His work has also been presented at art fairs and auction-related exhibitions, including Arte Lisboa with Galeria São Mamede (2011), Art Madrid with Galeria São Mamede (2019 and 2020), and Sotheby’s London (2018).
In 2020, his work entered the collection of the Berardo Museum in Estremoz, Portugal.
