Bernhard Schreiner 

b. 1971 near Vienna / Austria; currently lives in Frankfurt and Berlin. 
From 1991 – 1998 he studied at the art academy / Staedelschule in Frankfurt, Germany, 
where he later became an assistant lecturer for film/video. 
Till 1999 he was primarily producing documentary-based, 
experimental S8mm and 16mm film works and curating film programs 
in Germany, Austria and Italy. 
In 2001 he has received a yearlong travel grant from Hessische Kulturstiftung. 
Stopovers in Italy, Portugal, Gibraltar … 
In 2004 he set up the label “feld-records” (http://feld-records.com/). 
co-curator for “Dictionary of War” (Frankfurt, Munich, Graz and Berlin, 2006/2007) 
co-curator at steirischer Herbst 2006 - 2010. 
To date he deals mainly with installation, photography, sound in general, 
composition, and video; often in a way that incorporates found materials. 
shows (solo) 
2002 “Menschenraum”, Thomas Zipp, Berlin 
2006 “repeater:intensifier”, The Hell at Galerie Neff, Frankfurt 
2008 “o.T. (Presque Rien N°2, blau)” Soundinstallation 
at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 
2008 “two resonant environments”, rraum, Hamburg 
2010 “Perisprit”, Schacht, Frankfurt 
2010 “Holding Patterns”, Galerie Kai Middendorff, Frankfurt 

shows (group/collaborations, selection) 

2002 
“Sound”, G7, Berlin 

2002 
“Urban Flashes 2”, o.k-centrum für gegenwartskunst oö, Linz 

2002 
“Leuchtspur”, public space, Frankfurt (with Susa Templin) 

2003 
“Labirinti dell’Immaginario”, Castel Sant’Elmo, Napels 

2003 
“Die Neue Kunsthalle II”, Kunsthalle Mannheim (with Susa Templin) 

2004 
opening of the new space, L.A. Gallery, Beijing (with Susa Templin) 

2004 
SOMMERFOTOGRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG, Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin 

2005 
“layout for the room in film” at ART Frankfurt (fair) 

2006 
“after the butcher”, Berlin 

2006 
“TV as a fireplace”, Kunsthalle Wien 

2007 
“post-mass audience age”, ritter&staiff, Hamburg 

2007 
“Secret Flix”, Gallery Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt/M. 

2008 
“Teleport Färgfabriken”, Färgfabriken Norr, Östersund, Sweden 

2008 
“Posters” Devon Costello, Oppenheimerstrasse 34, Frankfurt 

2008 
“My Generation II”, KV Lola Montez, Frankfurt 

2008 
“Ars Telefonica”, Bucharest, Romania 

2009 
“Public Sound Feedback”, public sound installation within the groupshow 
“palying the city”, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 

2009 
“It’s about time”, collaborative work with Dave Carbone, 
Caribic Residency, Frankfurt 

2009 
collaborative video and sound works with Peyman Rahimi, 

“Phantom”, Eva Winkeler / Cologne 

2009 
collaboration on “Rosenkranz” by Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna 

2010 
“Ozean”, Diamantenbörse, Frankfurt 

2010 
Power:Haus, Hamburg 

2011 
“pop hits”, tanzschule projects, München 

2011 
“Stolen from my subconcious”, Kunst-Werke, Berlin 


Concerts / Compositions (selection) 

2003 “Hörbar”, Hamburg 
2003 “Condensed Caos”, Galerie Morgen, Frankfurt 
2004 Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg 
2007 “In Concert 2”, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 
2007 “4 Piano Ghosts (And A Landscape At Night)”, Portikus, Frankfurt 
2008 Westwerk, Hamburg 
2009 solo and with “Bernie&Dave”, Kunstverein Frankfurt, 

Schirn Kunsthalle, Caribic Residency, Frankfurt 
2010 4 channel live composition for the dance/performance piece 
“ANARCHIVE#2: second hand” by Katrin Deufert & Tom Plischke 
2011 concert at Kampnagel, Hamburg 

filmshows (selection) 

1993 “New expermental film from Germany”, Jason Rubel gallery, 

Miami Beach, Florida 
1994 “Filmische Selbstportraits”, Galerie Voges&Deisen, Frankfurt/M. 
1996 “Independent films from Frankfurt”, Anthology Filmarchives, N.Y.C. 
1998 “Portikus in New York”, Goethehaus, N.Y.C. 
2000 Museum moderner Kunst, MMK, Frankfurt/M. 
2001 Kerstin Cmelka, Bernhard Schreiner, “Ausgewählte Filme”, 

Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin 
2001 “Viennale”, Vienna 
2001 “artimage, 5th biennial on media and architecture”, Graz 
2001 “London Film Festival”, London 
2002 “Festival Visions du Réel”, Nyon 
2002 “NY-Expo”, New York 
2003 “Ann Arbor 2003”, Michigan, selected for tour-programm 
2005 “34. Int. Filmfestival Rotterdam” 
2005 “Urbanität und Ästhetik”, Linz, Austria 

2008 “Independent film show 8th edition”, Fondazione Morra, Naples 
2009 “TIE Touring Program”, Art Institute of Portland, Portland 

2010 “Independent Film Show 10th edition”, Fondazione Morra, Naples 

publications (selection) 

2002 “URBAN FLASHES” - book, Taipei, Taiwan 
2003 “Labirinti dell’Immaginario” - catalog, Edizione Morra, Naples 
2004 “cousine” #1 - magazine/CD, Frankfurt 
2004 “Bernhard Schreiner” - solo CD release, Reduktive Musiken, Hamburg 
2005 “BLATT SPEZIAL 2” - magazine, Frankfurt 
2005 “layout for the room in film” - lim. solo CD release, feld-records, Frankfurt 
2005 “Hexenschuss” - LP (CM v. Hausswolff /Jim Thirlwell, STADL002) 
2006 “no title” - double-LP (CM v. Hausswolff/Mika Vainio, STADL003) 
2008 “We did everything wrong” - catalog, Färgfabriken, Östersund 
2008 “Independent film show 8th edition“ – catalog, Fondazione Morra, Naples 
2009 “phone box, Ars Telefonica” – catalog/CD, Bucharest, Editor Alina Serban 
2010 “Rosenkranz” – 7’ single, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna