Susanne Kühn
Susanne Kühn (born 1969 in Leipzig, Germany) is a contemporary German painter. Kühn studied painting and graphic art at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB) in Germany (1990–1995). Between 1995 -1998 she lived and worked in New York and completed postgraduate studies at the School of Visual Arts and Hunter College (1995–1996).
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Susanne Kühn
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- painter and university teacher.
- Languages
- German.
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In 1998 she moved to Boston. In 2001-02 she was awarded a Radcliffe Fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. Since 2002, Susanne Kühn lives and works in Freiburg i. Since 2015 she is a professor for painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg.
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The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Boston, Massachusetts., New York, NY, Freiburg im Breisgau and Nuremberg as places of activity.
• 2001–2002 Radcliffe Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University • 1995–1996 Postgraduate Grant, German Academic Exchange Service, School of Visual Arts and Hunter College, New York
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Susanne Kühn (born 1969) is recorded as a university teacher and painter. The birth of Susanne Kühn is recorded in 1969 in Leipzig.
Exhibitions (selection)
Exhibitions (selection)
• 2015 BANK, Galerie Matthias Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany • 2014 World of Wild Animals, Beck & Eggeling, Duesseldorf, Germany • 2012 15 Disegni, Sala 1, Centro Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Rom, Italy • 2012 Besuch, Staedtische Galerie Offenburg, Germany • 2011 Garden Eden, Haunch of Venison, London, GB • 2008 Susanne Kühn, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, USA • 2008 Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase, New York, USA (group-show) • 2007 Susanne Kühn, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany • 2007 New Paintings, Goff+Rosenthal, New York, USA • 2006 Dragon Veins, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Fla., USA (group show) • 2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague, (group show) • 2004 EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, GB, (group show) • 2003 Works on Paper, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, USA • 2002 Journey, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA • 2001 Recent Works, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, USA • 2000 Recent Paintings, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
Reviews
Reviews
• Philip Auslander: Susanne Kühn – Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. In: ArtForum. 12/2008. • Melissa Kuntz: Susanne Kühn at Goff+Rosenthal. In: Art in America, 2/2006, Vol. 94 edition 2, S. 129. • Lovelace, Carey. Susanne Kühn at Bill Maynes, Art in America. 11/2002, Vol. 90 edition 11, S. 160. • Ken Johnson: ART IN REVIEW; Susanne Kuhn. In: The New York Times. 8 December 2000. • Thad Ziolkowski: Susanne Kühn – Bill Maynes Gallery. In: ArtForum. 12/1999. • Roberta Smith: ART IN REVIEW; Suzanne Kuhn. In: The New York Times. 1 October 1999. • David Ebony: David Ebony's Top Ten. In: Artnet.com. 10/1999.
Monographs
Monographs
• Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck (Hrsg.): Susanne Kühn. World of Wild Animals. Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2014,. • Staedtische Galerie Offenburg (Hrsg.): Susanne Kühn. Werke – Works 2006–2012. 2012,. • Forum Kunst Rottweil (Hrsg.): Susanne Kühn – Malerei, Zeichnung 2007–2009. Modo Verlag, 2009,. • Detlef Bluemler, Lothar Romain (Hrsg.): Künstler – Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst. Ausgabe 81, Zeitverlag, 2008,. • Kunstverein Freiburg and Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (Hrsg.): Susanne Kühn. Hatje Cantz, 2007,.
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