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Johannes Kahrs    (German, 1965)

 Johannes Kahrs - Untitled (three men standing) (Paintings) h: 15.4 x w: 37.2 in / h: 39.1 x w: 94.5 cm
Johannes Kahrs
Untitled (three men standing) 2007
 
  

Biography
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.)
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