Johannes Kahrs (German, born )

Timeline

1965
Born in Bremen, Germany
Lives and Works in Berlin, Germany
Scholarship of the Institut Francais, Paris
Catalogue-sponsorship of Alfred Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation
Master student Art Price Schlumberger
Scholarship of the Senat of Berlin
Lives and Works in Berlin, Germany
Studied at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
Studio program of Kunst-Werke Berlin

Exhibitions

2008
The Painting of Modern Life, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
2008
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (solo)
2007
Men with music, GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy (solo)
2007
The Painting of Modern Life, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2007
De Cirkel, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
2007
Visit(e): Contemporary art in Germany, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Works on paper, Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
Vous êtes ici, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2006
Lonely long meaningless way home, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK (solo)
2006
Ein ganz fremder Nackter, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2005
Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF - Ausstellung, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany
2004
Drafting Deceit, Apexart, New York, USA
2004
Dunkles Zimmer, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2003
Fuori Uso 03, Pescara, Itlay
2002
Great Theater of the World, Taipei Biennal, Taipeh, Taiwan
2002
Questions, Studio Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy (solo)
2001
A-h, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium; FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France; Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany; (solo) (cat.)
2001
In/Site/Out, Apex, New York, USA
2000
Children of Berlin, Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany
2000
Indoor, Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2000
Last Virgin on the Left, Galerie Signal, Malmö, Sweden (solo)
2000
Shot and Painted, Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2000
Night in Sexyland, Galerie Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2000
La révolution Permanente, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (solo)
1999
Statement, Art 29 Basel, pres. by Galerie Almine Rech, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1999
EV+A, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
1999
Indoor, Musée D'Art Contemporain Lyon, France
1999
Drawings, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1999
Independence Day, Kunst-Werke e.V. Berlin, Germany
1999
The Children of Berlin, P.S., New York, USA
1999
Art Club Berlin, AU Base, New York, USA
1998
Le présent du futur, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
1998
Indoor, Centro Civico per L'Arte Contemporanea, Serre di Rapolano, Italy (cat.)
1998
Kamikaze, Marstall, Berlin, Germany
1998
The Cinema Project, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
1998
Biennale Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1998
Schwarzes Loch/Weiße Wand, Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo) (cat.)
1998
A-h, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (solo)
1998
Double Stage-6 Seconds Popular Violence, Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1998
Why Don't You Paint my Portrait, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst Bremen, Germany (solo) (cat.)
1997
Hole, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1997
Thompson Homestead, Slater, Missouri (in cooperation with the magazine 'Passe-partout', Leuven), Galerie Transit Leuven, Belgium (solo)
1997
93'09"- Vorzimmer/ 4 Klacks, Vereiniging, Museum Voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (solo)
1997
Heaven-Private View, P.S.1, New York, USA
1997
Korrespondenzen, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK (cat.)
1997
Fenêtre sur cour, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (cat.)
1997
Selection Fall 1997, Drawing Center, New York, USA
1996
Laboratorium Berlin-Moskau, Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
1996
Nach Weimar, Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Weimar, Germany (cat.)
1996
The Aggression of Beauty, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
1995
Drawings, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
1995
Filmcuts, Galerie Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
1995
Close up, Städtische Galerie, Bremen, Germany (cat.)
1995
Club Berlin, Biennale XLV, Venice, Italy
1995
Datierung (Posterwork in public space in cooperation with the magazine Zitty)
1995
Bild und Malerei, Galerie Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany (solo) (cat.)
1994
Schlag doch (Ficticious Portrait of J. Bartsch), Daad Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo) (cat.)
1993
Keine Falsche Bewegung (Ficticious Portrait of J. Bartsch), Galerie Mutzek, Berlin, Germany (solo)

Literature

2007
Men with Music, GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy (cat.)
2006
Constructing Reality: New Berlin, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Arizona, USA (cat.)
2006
Johannes Kahrs, Magnus von Plessen, Eberhard Havekost und Wilhelm Sasnal: Images in Painting, Colecçao Fundaçao de Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal (cat.)
2005
2005 - Open Days, Roma Publications 1998-2005, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
2005
Drawing from the Modern: 1975 - 2005, The Museum of Modern Art MOMA, New York, NY, USA (cat.)
2005
Contemporary Art in Belgium 2006, Edited by Best Of Publishing, Brussels, Belgium (cat.)
2004
Fehlfarben, Neue Malerei aus München, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Gerrit GOLHLKE, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany (cat.)
2004
Some Reflections on the Painterly Practice of Johannes Kahrs, European Biennal of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian, Spain (cat.)
2004
Zie Tekening, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly, Lier, Belgium (cat.)
2003
Comme des Garçons, Edited by Comme des Garçons (cat.)
2003
Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin - Kunst 1950-2000, Edited by Nicolai, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
2003
Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.)
2003
Warum!, Bilder diesseits und jenseits des Menschen, Hatje Cantz, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
2003
Down ‘n Out, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
2002
Vitamin P. New perspectives in painting, Edited by Phaidon (cat.)
2002
Cardinales, MARCO - Museo de arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain (cat.)
2001
Squatters, Fundacao Serralves, Porto, Portugal (cat.)
2001
A-h, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany, text by Harald Fricke (cat.)
2000
Rencotres 3. Johannes Kahrs / Dr. Eric Caillon, Edited by Images Modernes (cat.)
1999
Johannes Kahrs. Why Don't You Paint my Portrait, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany (cat.)
1994
Johannes Kahrs. Schlag Doch, Berlin, Germany, (Internationaler Schlumberger Kunstpreis) (cat.)