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HARRY SCHNITZLER 

Multidisciplinary artist, award-winning composer and author.

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STATEMENT

 

My work explores the human condition, examining the interplay between history, culture, and art. Everything exists in relation: color emerges through contrast, dimension through juxtaposition, and position through opposition. I work across painting, photography, objects, video, and music, treating each medium as a distinct language—a vocabulary of feelings—to convey the complexities of our existence. Depending on the context, I combine them into intimate statements or immersive experiences.

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Preparing for exhibition FROZEN MOMENTS IN TIME

Preparing for exhibition FROZEN MOMENTS IN TIME

Preparing for exhibition FROZEN MOMENTS IN TIME

BIO

Harry Schnitzler is a multidisciplinary artist who has exhibited extensively across the US and Europe, including Port Authority Bus Terminal, NYC, Empire Outlets, Saint Marks Arts Gallery, AOK Headquarters in Munich/ Germany, Opéra Plage in Nice/ France and Hamburg Art Week.

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His work has been featured in international publications such as Bomb Magazine, Nice Matin (France), Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), Memoria Magazine (Japan), Art & Object, The Exberliner, and Currents Magazine. Most recently, his photography appeared on three large-scale billboards in Times Square.

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As a composer, Schnitzler has contributed to feature films (Werner Volles Rohr, Under the Black Flagg), image films for Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, BMW, Audi, and Nestlé, and acclaimed TV series including SimsalaGrimm and Wildlife (Berner Filmmusik Award, 2000).

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In the music studio, he has collaborated with Deep Purple, Spandau Ballet, Robert Palmer, Tears for Fears, Limahl, John Paul Young, and Oscar-winning composers James Horner, Maurice Jarre, and Giorgio Moroder.

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His avant-garde image films I Love Munich (2009) and I Love New York (2007) have been praised for their “intoxicating imagery” and aired internationally. Schnitzler has also directed original voice recordings and American adaptations of European films for Constantin Film, Universal Pictures, Bavaria Film, and Amazon Prime.

 

He has taught at the Academy for Film and Television (HFF) in Potsdam and the University of Applied Sciences (BBW) in Berlin.

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Preparing for exhibition FROZEN MOMENTS IN TIME

EXHIBITIONS: (Selected)

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2025 - 2026 Port Authority Bus Terminal 42nd Street, NYC ​​

2024     Saint Marks Art Gallery, East Village, NYC (Time Scapes)

2024     Empire Outlets, NYC "Tales of a Phoenix" (Solo Exhibition with Yana Schnitzler)

2024     Saint Marks Art Gallery, East Village, NYC (Urbanites)

2024     Saint Marks Art Gallery, East Village, NYC (71 Blocks "42nd Street")

2020     Grove34 Gallery, 34th Street, New York (Solo Exhibition)

2019      Parasol Gallery, Elizabeth Street, New York (Solo Exhibition)

2017      Corporate offices, Madison Avenue, New York (Solo Exhibition)

2016      SoHotel Gallery, Broome Street, New York (Solo Exhibition)

2013      Producers Club New York, USA (Solo Exhibition)

2013      AOK Headquarters Munich, Germany (Solo Exhibition)

2012      Producers Club New York, USA (Solo Exhibition)

2011       Hamburg Art Week, Germany

2011       Opéra Plage, Nice, France (Solo Exhibition)

2010      Film Center New York, USA (Solo Exhibition)

2010      Kunst am Spreeknie, Berlin, Germany 

2002     Check Point Galerie , Berlin Friedrichstrasse, Germany 

1995       Galerie im Pfefferberg, Berlin, Germany (Solo Exhibition)

1994       Galerie im Pfefferberg, Berlin, Germany

1994       Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany

1993       Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany

1992       Weissche Galerie, Munich, Germany (Solo Exhibition) 

1991        Weissche Galerie, Munich, Germany 

SCORE MUSIC: (Selected)

 

"Under The Black Flagg"-80-min feature, Universal Pictures, 2000

"Werner - Volles Rohr"-80-min feature, Achterbahn Film, 1999

"SimsalaGrimm"- 26 episodes, Greenlight AG, 1999

"Wildlife"-52 episodes, Hahn Film AG, 1998

"Renaade"-72 episodes, Hahn Film AG, 1996

"Haiopeis"- 42 episodes, Achterbahn Film, 1995

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MUSIC FOR IMAGE FILMS/COMMERCIALS: (Selected)

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Agfa, AOK, Audi, BMW, Bosch, Brekkies, Coppenrath & Wiese, Coca Cola, Cornelsen Publishing,

Deutsche Bundesbahn, Felix, Ford, Goretex,  Grey, Hamill Cigars, Keine Macht den Drogen, Kellogs,

Marlboro, Migros, McCann-Erikson, Nesquik, Pixelpark, Raiffeisenbank, Schwarzkopf, Siemens, UNICEF

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AWARDS AND HONORS

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2000   “Berner Filmmusik Preis“ Swiss Award for Film Score Music

1978       Award winner “Nachwuchspreis der Deutschen Phono Akademie“ 

 

Awarded Program:

2004    BIMINI Award for the Feature Film "The Abrafaxe: Under the Black Flag"

2000    ARD (German national broadcasting network)  “Goldener Spatz“ for TV Series “SimsalaGrimm“

1999      BOGEY (Box Office Germany Award) for the Feature Film "Werner volles Rohr"

1999      ARD (German national broadcasting network)  “Goldener Spatz“ for TV Series “Wildlife“

1998      ARD (German national broadcasting network ) “Goldener Spatz“ for TV Series “Renaade“

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The young fella on the right is my grandpa Carl, who wrote a book in 1906 titled On a Journey—a beautiful travel guide through Austria, Switzerland, and Bavaria.

I’ve always had the feeling he was nudging me: “Come on, Sport, make it a family tradition—travel a bit, then write about what comes your way.”

So I did. Hope you like it, Grandpa—and thanks for the boost!

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