About

Unpacking the wonder of being alive, Melanie Schoeniger explores themes such as perception and interconnectedness and contemplates our place in the larger scheme of things. The German artist uses a philosophical yet intuitive approach to reveal the beauty and essence of nature as a means to create awe and wonder and to uncover mysteries beyond all stardust.

To honor a sustainable process, Melanie experiments with alternative printing techniques and materials; she also creates handmade artist books. She perceives all her work as fundamentally being climate work contributing to a life-sustaining future.*

Her award winning work hascbeen published and on view internationally.

*She is a member of Eco Echo Art Collective

Selections from my CV

Artist Books & the like

2024 TO PARADISE | handmade artist photobook,
Selfpublished, Edition of 50
2025 Origini Edizioni | Masterclass

Exhibition & on Display

2025_10 Ephemere Photo Fest | Tokyo, Gallery Conceal Shibuya, Group Exhibition
2025_07  The Griffin Museum of Photography | the Handmade Photobook Exhibition,
juried by Sangyon Joo, founder of Datz Press

2025_05  Fortnight Mentoring Projections | Thessaloniki , multimedia group exhibition by Ilias Georgiadis, with music by Daphne Kotsiani and Yorgos Fotiadis
2024 Head On Photo Festival | semi-finalist landscape, Group Exhibition Sydney, Australia
2024 Our Place in the Scheme of Things | Eco.Echo Art Collective,
Group Show at St. Lawrence University, NY, USA
2024 Der Greiff & Kammerspiele Muenchen | Off to Elsewhere,
Group Show at Therese-Giehse Halle, Munich
2023 Fresh Eyes Talent | Haute Photographie, Group Exhibition, Amsterdam
2022 Foto Biennale | FotoNostrum Gallery, Group Exhibition, Barcelona
2022 Solo Exhibition at PEAM Showroom, Starnberg, Germany

2025 Float Magazine | Whispering Shadows, Online
2024 Aeonian Magazine, issue 11
2024 F-Stop Magazine | Color, Online
2023
 A. Smith Gallery | Imagined, curated by Susan Burnstine, Online
2022 A. Smith Gallery | Botanicals, curated by Wendi Schneider, Online
2023, Analog Forever Magazine | Elemental, Online
2023 + 2022, Art Doc Photography Magazine
Alternative Process + Enigma of Life + Colors, Online
2022 Float Magazine | 
If it makes you happy, Online
2022 Fraction Magazine | 
Issue 157, Online
2021, The Curator’s Salon |  Intrinsic Nature, Online

Awards & Recognition

2024 Aesthetica Art Prize Longlisted
2024 Belfast Photo Festival Shortlisted
2024 Color Awards + B&W Spider Awards Nominee Fine Art
2023 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Winner 
| Series Cell Phone
2022 TIFA Awards  
Silver | Fine Art
2022 Photolucida
 Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist
2022 + 2021 Chromatic Awards
 Winner Environmental
2022 Pollux Awards Winner Cell phone

Numerous Honorable Mentions at awards such as:

IPA, ND, FAPA,  PX3, Monochrome, Minimalist…

Publication & Press

2025 Ephemère, Tokyo | curated publication of dyptichs Neither here, nor there
2025 Frederic Martin reviews To Paradise on his blog 5,rue de
2025 Anarchy #2 | Ephemère , Tokyo | curated monochrome publication
2025 Fabien Ribéry reviews To Paradise at l’intervalle.blog
2025 Humana Obscura | Anthology BLUE  Cover artist, contributing inside as well
2024 Overlapse: Stir the Pot | collaborative photography publication
2024 Der Greif | Article featuring my Artist Book To Paradise
2024 Aoenian Magazine | issue 11, Online
2023 Lenscratch | photographers on photographers:

Sarah Knobel in Conversation with Melanie Schoeniger
2023 Fresh Eyes Talent Book by GUP | 
Selected with TO PARADISE
2023 All About Photo Magazine | #35 COLORS
2023 Art Doc Magazine | Enigma of life 
Feature
2023 Climate Creatives Challenge Compendium | Ecologial Change, Shortlisted
2023 Shots Magazine |
 My Muse
2022 – 2024 The Hand Magazine, published in issue 36, 39, 42 + 45
2022 Stop Ecocide International
 Contribution to the curated Calendar
2022 Anthotypes Emulsions 1 book  by Alternative Photography.com

2022 Humana Obscura Magazine featured Cover Artist issue 04
2022 Pearl Press Magazine | Grayscale Issue featured Cover Artist
2022 A. Smith Gallery | 
Botanical ’27, a Fine Art Limited Edition Book

Writing

2024 Lenscratch.com | European week: March 4-8 presenting Kacper Kowalski, Rogier Houwen, Steffen Diemer, Jaume Llorens and Sayuri Ichida

Curation

2024 Our Place in the Scheme of Things |  Eco.Echo Art Collective: Group Show at Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, NY, USA – co-curated together with Sarah Knobel, Leonor Jurado and Areca Roe

Teaching

2023 Workshop | Cyanotype Basics + Toning, Vienna, Austria
2022 Workshop | Creative Photography, Vienna, Austria