Johannes Kahrs
Johannes Kahrs (born 4 January 1965 in Bremen, West Germany) is an artist based in Berlin. He studied at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin in 1994. Kahrs has shown work internationally in exhibitions including the 2002 Taipei Biennale, Manifesta 5 in San Sebastian, In/Site/Out at Apex in New York, the 1998 Berlin Biennale and Down’n Out at Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp.
Johannes Kahrs
- Born
- 1965 · Bremen.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · photographer · artist
- Languages
- German
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Johannes Kahrs (born 4 January 1965 in Bremen, West Germany) is an artist based in Berlin. He studied at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin in 1994. Kahrs has shown work internationally in exhibitions including the 2002 Taipei Biennale, Manifesta 5 in San Sebastian, In/Site/Out at Apex in New York, the 1998 Berlin Biennale and Down’n Out at Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp.
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- Kahrs, Johannes, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1051963125, Ausstellung "Johannes Kahrs. Tropical Nights" (2014 : Nürnberg).
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In 2008 he had a showing at the Luhring Augustine Gallery in New York City.
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Work by Johannes Kahrs is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Hamburger Bahnhof.
• 2000: Dorothea von Stetten Art Award
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1051963125, Ausstellung "Johannes Kahrs. Tropical Nights" (2014 : Nürnberg).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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