Franziska Schmidt . Berlin - Kunst Foto Historikerin, Germanistin

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Franziska Schmidt . Berlin - Kunst und Foto Historikerin, Germanistin

I am an art and photo historian with more than 20 years of professional experience in curating, writing, publishing, teaching, research, evaluation, collection management.

Projects(Selection)

Job career

Director municipal galleries Tempelhof-Schöneberg, succeeding Barbara Esch-Marowski Haus am Kleistpark (since October 2025)

Freelance art historian, advisor and curator of artist and archive Gabriele Stötzer and the representative of the Estate of René Bertholo (ending end of September 2025)

Director (substitute) Galerie Parterre Berlin/ Kunstsammlung Pankow

Head of Photography Department Grisebach Auktionen Berlin

Lecturer Universität Hildesheim

Director Museum für Photographie Braunschweig

Director Galerie Berinson

Museums Photo Curator (Fellowship), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung –Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden / Fotomuseum München / Folkwang Museum Essen

Student Assistance and freelance Curator, Photography Collection Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle/Saale

Student of Art History and German Literature (Master of Arts), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Wittenberg

Member and participant –

Jury Lotto Brandenburg Kunstpreis Fotografie / "Egmont Schaefer Preis für Zeichnung Berliner Kabinett e.V. / "Foto-Arbeitsstipendium" Haus am Kleistpark Berlin / EMOP, C/O Berlin / Daegu Photo Biennale South Korea / Fotografie Festival f/stop Leipzig

Symposium Contemporary Photography in Asia and Europe, Daegu Art Museum

Member DGPh e.V.(since 2005)

Board „Foto-Medien-Portal e.V.“, Braunschweig, Wolfsburg / Member „Photo ORACLE“ (in India, USA, Italy, Czech Republic) / Project team „Kunst_ Sachsen-Anhalt“ Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle/Saale / Initiator Project "Bücher für die germanistische Bibliothek" Universität in Sarajevo, Bosnien