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JOHANNES KAHRS
Born 1965, Bremen (Germany)
Lives and works in Berlin (Germany)
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2016
Johannes Kahrs, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
„‟Then, Maybe, the Explosion of a Star,‟‟ le plateau, frac-île-de-France, Paris, France*
2014
"Johannes Kahrs: Tropical Nights,” Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
"Johannes Kahrs: Tropical Nights,” Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, German
2012
"Johannes Kahrs,” Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
"Johannes Kahrs,” CentrePasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
2011
"Johannes Kahrs,” Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2010
"Johannes Kahrs,” Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
"Johannes Kahrs: I Can‟t Think of the Finish,” Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2008
“Johannes Kahrs: Eyes on His Body,” Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2007
"Men with Music," GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy
2006
"Lonely long meaningless way home," Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London,
England
"Ein ganz fremder Nackter," Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2004
"Dunkles Zimmer," Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2003
"Down 'n Out," Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium
2002
"Down 'n Out," Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
"Questions," Studio Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
"The Drunken Boat," Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
2001
"A-h", S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (cat)
"A-h", FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France (cat)
"A-h", Kunstverein München, München, Germany (cat)
2000
"La révolution permanente," Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
"Night in Sexyland," Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
"Shot and Painted," Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin, Germany
"Last virgin on the left," Galerie Signal, Malmö, Sweden
1998
"Why don't you paint my portrait," Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany (cat)
1997
"93´09´´- Vorzimmer / 4 Klacks," Vereniging Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2016
“I Am a Lie and I Am Gold,” Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
“Private Exposure,” Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
2015-2016
“Portraits: Works from the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection,” Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
“Cannibalism? On Appropriation in Art,” Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
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“The 13 Biennale de Lyon: La vie moderne (The Modern Life),” Sucrière Musée d‟art contemporain,
Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France*
“Sinnliche Ungewissheit: Eine private Sammlung”, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland*
2014
“The Babylon Trilogy, Part 1: The Towering Inferno. Works from the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection,” The
Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
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“When Nowhere Becomes Here: I. Berlin Heist - or the enduring fascination with walled cities,” 4
Mediations Biennale Poznań, National Museum and the Raczyński Library, Poznań, Poland
2013
“Atlas, Mucha, Kahrs, Whiteread,” Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
“Atlas, Mucha, Kahrs, Whiteread,” Luhring Augustine Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2010
“Twenty Five,” Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2009
“Analgesia,” FRAC Auvergne, Halle aux Bleds – Place de La Halle – 15 100 Saint-Flour, Paris, France
“Berlin 2000,” Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY*
“Private Universes,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2008
“Diana und Actaeon – Der Verbotene Blick Auf Die Nacktheit,” Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf,
Germany*
“Locked-In,” Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
“Re-Imagining Asia,” House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
2007-2008
"The Painting of Modern Life: 1960s to Now", Hayward Gallery, London, England; Castello di Rivoli,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy*
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2007
"De Cirkel", Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
"Visit(e): Contemporary art in Germany", Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
"Works on Paper", Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
"Vous êtes ici," FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
"Parcours video-installatie," Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
"Constructing New Berlin," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL
"25 Years Zeno X Gallery," Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium
"Leeftijdgenoten," Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, Belgium
"flutter," The approach, London, UK
"Constructing Reality: New Berlin," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
"Johannes Kahrs, Magnus von Plessen, Eberhard Havekost und Wilhelm Sasnal," Colecçao
Fundaçao de Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal
"Le Mouvement des Images," Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
"La mirade de l'artista: la proposta de Juan Uslé. Collectio d'Art Cotnemporani Fundacio 'La Caixa',"
Fundacio 'La Caixa', Barcelona, Spain
2005
"Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF – Ausstellung," Kunst-Werke, Berlin, DE
"Young artists (selected by)," Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium
2004
"Drafting Deceit," Apexart, New York, NY
"Manifesta 5," European Biennale of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian, Spain
"Contre – Images," Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France
"Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000," Staatliche Tretjakov Galerie, Moscow, Russia
"Zie Tekening," Project Voorkamer, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier,
Belgium
"Was Malerei heute ist," Stiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselheim, Germany
2003
"Fuori Uso 03," Pescara, Italy
"Plastik, Plüsh und Politik - Reflexe der 70er Jahre in der Gegenwartskunst," Städtische Galerie
Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
"Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000," Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
"Kiss and Ride," Z33 / Begijnhof, Hasselt, Belgium
"Warum! Bilder diesseits und jenseits des Menschen," Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany*
"A Mains Nues," FRAC Haute-Normandie, France
"Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany*
2002
"Great Theater of the World," Taipei Biennal, Taipeh, Taiwan
"Cardinales," MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporànea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain*
"Questions," Studio Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
"Without Consent," CAN - Centre d'art de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2001
"In/Site/Out," Apex, New York, NY
"Double – Trouble," Borusan Kültur ve Sanat, Instanbul, Turkey
"Moving Pictures: Photography and Film in Contemporary Art,” Villa Merkel/ Bahnwärterhaus,
Esslingen, Germany
"Screen," Psychiatrisch Centrum Sleidinge, Sleidinge, Belgium
"Squatters," Museo de Art Contemporain de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2000
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"Indoor," S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
"Children of Berlin," Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
"Dorothea von Stetten Kunstprize," Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany*
Kunstbank Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1999
"Face à l'Autre," FRAC Haute-Normandie, France
"The Children of Berlin," MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
"Rue Louise Weiss," Centre d'Art contemporain, Meymac, France
"Indoor," Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
"Drawings," Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1998
Biennale de Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1997
"Heaven - Private View,"MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
"Selections: Fall 1997," Drawing Center, New York, NY
1995
"Club Berlin," Biennale XLV, Venice, Italy
Catalogues (selection)
2015
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13 Biennale de Lyon, exh. cat. Dijon: Les presses du réel, 2015.
Johannes Kahrs: Then, maybe, the explosion of a star: journal de l’exposition. Paris: frac île-de-france,
2016.
Sinnliche Ungewissheit: Eine private Sammling, exh. cat. Berlin: Kehrer Verlag, 2015.
2014
Johannes Kahrs: Tropical Nights. Nuremberg, Germany: Kunsthalle Nürnberg im KunstKulturQuartier,
2014.
2010
1985-2010: Luhring Augustine. New York: Luhring Augustine, 2010.
2009
Johannes Kahrs. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009. Text by Ralph Rugoff.
Berlin 2000. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2009. Texts by Birte Kleeman, Ariane Müller, Gunter Reski,
and Marcus Steinweg, pp. 80-83.
2008
Stations. Cologne: DuMont, 2008. Edited by Amelie von Heydebreck. Texts by Daniel Fiedlerand and
Ingolf Kern.
Wismer, Beat and Sandra Badelt. Diana und Actaeon – Der Verbotene Blick Auf Die Nacktheit.
Osfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2008, p. 227.
2007
Men with Music, GAMeC, Bergamo (IT)
The Painting of Modern Life: 1960s to Now, exh. cat. London: Hayward Publishing, 2007.
Tannert, Christoph. New German Painting: Remix. Munich: Prestel. pp:138-143, 253.
2006
Constructing New Berlin : Contemporary Art Made in Berlin, exh. cat. Munich: Prestel, 2006.
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Johannes Kahrs, Magnus von Plessen, Eberhard Havekost und Wilhelm Sasnal: Images in Painting,
exh. cat. Porto: Museu de Arte Contemporânea, 2006.
2005
"Open Days" Roma Publications 1998-2005, S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE)
Drawing from the Modern: 1975 – 2005, The Museum of Modern Art MOMA, New York, NY (US)
Contemporary Art in Belgium 2006, Edited by Best Of Publishing, Brussels (BE)
2004
Fehlfarben', Neue Malerei aus München, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin
Gerrit GOLHLKE, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden (DE)
Some Reflections on the Painterly Practice of Johannes Kahrs
European Biennal of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian (ES)
Zie Tekening Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly, Lier (BE)
2003
Comme des Garçons, Edited by Comme des Garçons
Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin‟ - Kunst 1950-2000, Edited by Nicolai, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin (DE)
Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (DE)
Warum!‟ Bilder diesseits und jenseits des Menschen, Hatje Cantz, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (DE)
Down ‟n Out, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
2002
Vitamin P. New perspectives in painting, Edited by PHAIDON
Cardinales, MARCO - Museo de arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo (ES)
2001
Squatters, Fundacao Serralves, Porto (PT)
A-h, Kunstverein München, München (G.), text by Harald Fricke
Double – Trouble, Borusan Kültur ve Sanat, Instanbul (TR)
2000
Rencotres 3. Johannes Kahrs / Dr. Eric Caillon, Edited by Images Modernes
1999
Johannes Kahrs. Why Don't You Paint my Portrait, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (DE.)
1998
Johannes Karhs. Frank + Schulte, Berlind (DE.)
1994
Johannes Kahrs. Schlag Doch, Berlin (G.), (Internationaler Schlumberger Kunstpreis)
Selected Press
2016
Lavrador, Judicaël. “Des stars jetées en peinture.” Libération, 12 June 2016, 28.
Moulene, Claire. “Grandeur et decadence,” Les Inrockuptibles, 18 May 2016, p.90-91.
2011
Asfour, Nana. “Johannes Kahrs”, Time Out New York, October 13-19, 2011, p.47.
Hinrichsen, Jens. “Testfahrt für den Taxi Driver,” Monopol, no. 8, August 2011, pp. 16-18.
January Biannual, “Johannes Kahrs,” Vol. 1, 2011.
Sundt, Collin. “Johannes Kahrs at Luhring Augustine,” artcriticism.sva.edu, 24 October 2011.
2009
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Kahrs, Johannes. “Alte Meister, Von Neuen Geliebt,” Monopol, June 2009, p. 28.
2008
Wilson, Michael. “Johannes Kahrs, „Eyes on His Body‟,” Time Out New York, October 30 – November
5, 2008, p. 60.
2007
Affronti, Fabrizio. “Chi ha paura dell‟Arte contemporanea?” La Casana, Genova, Italy, September
2007. pp. 41.
Fricke, Harald. “Alle sind beschadigt, niemand bleibt verschont,” Monopol, no. 3, March 2007. pp. 6070.
Kane, Elena. “London: The Hayward Gallery. The Painting of Modern Life,” Contemporary, no. 94,
2007. pp. 22-23.
Kerr, Merrily. “Portraits,” Time Out New York, November 8 – 14, 2007, p.69.
Samman, Nadim. “Johannes Karhs: When Photographs Replace Models as Muses,” The Art
Newspaper, 12 October 2007. p.10.
2006
Stevens, Isabel. “Johannes Kahrs,” Contemporary Magazine, no. 88, November 2006. p.42-44.
1998
Herbstreuth, Peter. “Johannes Kahrs: Frank + Schulte,” Flash Art 31, no. 200. pp. 103-104
Public Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
Contemporary Art Fundacio 'la Caixa', Barcelona (ES)
FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (FR)
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Galerie Neue Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (DE)
Hamburger Bahnhoff, Berlin (DE)
Igal Ahouvi Art Collection (IL)
Museum of Contemporary Art MoCA, Los Angeles, LA (US)
Museum of Modern Art MoMA, New York, NY (US)
S.M.AK., Ghent (BE)
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