Biography
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  • 1954 born in Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 1975–1980 studied fine arts at HfbK in Hamburg, Germany
  • Since 1972 films, painting, screenplays, film music, photographs
  • 1981–1982 DAAD scholarship in Rome, Italy
  • 1988–1989 Villa Massimo scholarship in Rome, Italy
  • 1991–2021 professor at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
  • Since 1994 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany; Member of the Deutsche Filmakademie e. V., Berlin, Germany
  • 2010 Landeslehrpreis Baden-Württemberg (Kunst und Musik)
  • Lives and works in Ludwigsburg, Germany

Foto © 2023 Jochen Kuhn
Some further stages concerning Jochen Kuhn's artistic work are listed below.
Selected Filmography
Selected Prizes and Accolades
Festivals and Screenings
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Selected Bibliography

Selected Filmography
1980 Der Lautlose Makubra (The Silent Makubra)
1982 Das Ei (The Egg)
1985 Brief an die Produzentin (Letter To The Producer)
1986 Der Höllenfranz (Franz The Devil)
1987 Hotel Acapulco
1988 Robert Langner Biografie
1989 Der Weg zur Baustelle (The Way To The Buildingsite)
1990 Die Beichte (The Confession)
1992 Silvester (New Years Eve)
1999 Fisimatenten
1999 Neulich 1 (Recently 1)
2000 Neulich 2 (Recently 2)
2002 Neulich 3 (Recently 3)
2003 Neulich 4 (Recently 4)
2004 Neulich 5 (Recently 5)
2005 Sonntag 1 (Sunday 1)
2008 Exit
2009 Prediger (Preachers)
2010 Sonntag 2 (Sunday 2)
2012 Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3)
2013 Sonntag Null (Sunday Zero)
2014 Immer müder (Always Tired)
2016 Zentralmuseum (Central Museum)
2018 Gerichtszeichner (Court Sketch Artist)
2023 Der Aufräumer - Irgendwas fehlt 1
2023 Letzte Generale - Der Bunkerfilm (The Last Generals - The Bunker Movie)
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Selected Prizes and Accolades
1981 Bundesfilmpreis (German federal film prize) for "Der Lautlose Makubra (The Silent Makubra)"
1986 Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart, Germany. The jury prize for "Brief an die Produzentin (Letter To The Producer)"
1990 Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart, Germany. The prize for the most innovative film for "Robert Langner Biografle"
1991 Innovative Cinema Filmpreis, Munich, Germany, for "Die Beichte"
Hessischer Filmpreis for "Die Beichte (The Confession)"
1993 Grand Prize of the Internationale Kurzfiimtage Oberhausen (the International Short Film Days Oberhausen), Germany, for "Silvester"
Deutscher Filmpreis for "Silvester (New Years Eve)"
2000 Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart, Germany, Preis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart for "Neulich 1 (Recently 1)"
Prix du court et moyen Métrage Bell Canada, Montréal, Canada, for "Neulich 1 (Recently 1)"
2002 German Filmcritics Award for "Neulich 3 (Recently 3)" as best short film 2002
2003 Public Award at Filmfest Würzburg for "Neulich 3 (Recently 3)"
2003 2nd Short Film Award for "Neulich 3 (Recently 3)", FilmKunstfest Schwerin
2003 1st Prize for "Neulich 3 (Recently 3)" at 11th International Kurzfilmfest, Tübingen
2003 Best German short film, Interfilm shortfilm festival, Berlin for "Neulich 3 (Recently 3)"
2003 Great Prize of Filmwerkstatt Münster, Filmfestival Münster for "Neulich 3 (Recently 3)"
2004 Jury's Award, Kurzfilmtage Bamberg for "Neulich 3 (Recently 3)"
2008 "Special mention"-Award for "Exit" at Kurzfilmfestival, Imola, Italy
2009 Jury's FIPRESCI-Award (Serbian Section) at 56th Festival for Documentary- and Short Film, Belgrad for "Exit"
2011 "Sonntag 2 (Sunday 2)" nominated for German Short Film Award.
2013 Best Animation Award at Tampere International Short Film Festival (Finland) for "Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3)", and nomination for European Short Film Academy Award.
2013 Aye, Aye Nancy Lorraine, Special Jury Mention for "Sunday 3 (Sunday 3)"
2013 Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2013 (Golden Lola) for "Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3)"
2013 2nd Prize (German Short Film Contest Public Vote) for "Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3)" at exground filmfestival 26, Wiesbaden
2013 Best Animation, Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, for "Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3)"
2013 1st Prize in the category animation film for "Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3)" at International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao ZINEBI
2014 "Golden Zagreb" Award for "Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3)" at Animafest Zagreb, The World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb
2015 "Loup argenté", Best Short Film in the International Competition, 44th Festival du nouveau cinema Montréal, for "Immer müder (Always Tired)"
2017 Jury's German Competition Award (ex aequo) for "Zentralmuseum (Central Museum)" at 33rd International Short Film Festival 2017 Hamburg
2018 Golden Hare (as the best film of the festival) for "Zentralmuseum (Central Museum)" at International Festival Films on Art Portugal 2018
2019 1st Prize for "Gerichtszeichner (Court Sketch Artist)" at 35th International Shortfilm Festival Interfilm (German Competition) Berlin 2019
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Festivals and Screenings
Berlin, Oberhausen, Braunschweig, Mannheim/Heidelberg, Cologne, Würzburg, Regensburg, Stuttgart, Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Schwerin, Mainz (all Germany), San Sebastian (Spain), Maisons-Laffitte (France), Warsaw (Poland), Chicago (USA), Edinburgh (UK), Montreal (Canada), Paris (France), Venice (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Clermont-Ferrand (France), Salerno (Italy), Krakau (Poland), Melbourne (Australia), St. Petersburg (Russia), Basel (Switzerland), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Cleveland (USA), Munich (Germany), Los Angeles (USA), Granada (Spain), New York (USA), Imola (Italy), Belgrade (Serbia), Tampere (Finland)
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 "Jochen Kuhn. Szenen, Schnitte, Sequenzen"
Galerie 5 Räume, Ludwigsburg (Germany)
February 18 till April 4
  "Prediger — Elegie über Verkünder höherer Wahrheiten"
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (Switzerland)
January 15 till March 6
2009 "Jochen Kuhn"
Künstlerhaus, Videogalerie, Vienna (Austria)
cur. Hubert Sielecki
May 15 till June 14
2008 "Jochen Kuhn. Szenen, Schnitte, Sequenzen"
Gesellschaft der Freunde Junger Kunst, Baden-Baden (Germany)
November 23 till January 11
  "Jochen Kuhn — Neue Bilder und Filme"
Galerie im Artforum, Offenburg (Germany)
September 21 till October 19
2007 "Jochen Kuhn. Film, Malerei, Zeichnung"
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (Switzerland)
2002 Espace Pierre-Laporte, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
  "Filme-Malerei"
Film- und Medienzentrum, Wismar (Germany)
  Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken (Germany)
1990 "Filme, Bilder, Zeichnungen"
Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (Germany)
1985 Galerie Scheidemann, Hamburg (Germany)
1984 Künstlerhaus Hamburg (Germany)
1978 Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart (Germany)
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 "Die Nase des Michelangelo"
Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich (Switzerland)
December 10–19
  "Fast forward 2. The Power of Motion. Media Art Sammlung Goetz"
ZKM Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe (Germany)
cur. Peter Weibel, Gregor Jansen a.o.
June 18 till October 3
2009 "Slow Paintings"
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (Germany)
cur. Fritz Emslander, Markus Heinzelmann and Stephanie Kreuzer
November 22 till February 14
2008 "Villa Massimo Rom. Stipendiaten und Ehrengäste"
Galerie Alfred Knecht, Karlsruhe (Germany)
April 18 till June 7
2007 "12me Biennale de l'image en mouvement"
Geneva (Switzerland)
cur. André Iten and Alexandra Theiler Furrer
October 12–20, ex. cat.
  "Lighthouse"
public space in London (UK)
cur. Davod Beattie and Chris Fite-Wassilak
  "Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings"
Parasol Unit, London (UK)
cur. Laurence Dreyfus and Ziba de Weck, ex. cat.
  "Imagination Becomes Reality"
ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe (Germany)
ex. cat.
2006 "Imagination Becomes Reality. Part III. Talking Pictures"
Sammlung Goetz, Munich (Germany)
2002 "Buch-Filme-Restbilder"
Agentur für Zeitgenössische Kunst
Christoph Grau, Hamburg (Germany)
2000 "Projektionen"
Willi-Brandt-Haus, Berlin (Gernany)
2000 "Achternbusch und Kuhn"
Gesellschaft der Freunde Junger Kunst, Baden-Baden (Germany)
1999 "Die Macht des Alters — Strategien der Meisterschaft"
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (Germany) and
Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart (Germany)
1998 "Die Macht des Alters — Strategien der Meisterschaft"
Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
  "Archive"
Agentur für Zeitgenössische Kunst
Christoph Grau, Hamburg (Germany)
1994 "Villa Massimo-Stipendiaten"
Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (Germany)
1993 Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken (Germany)
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Selected Bibliography
2010 "Fast Forward 2—The Power of Motion", Francesca Esposito, Media Art Sammlung Goetz, Munich & ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst Karslruhe, Karlsruhe, pp. 126–143, ex. cat.
  "Momentary Momentum, Animated Drawings", Parasol Unit, Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, May, pp. 36–37
2009 "Slow Paintings", Barbara Raschig a.o., Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, pp. 62–65, ex. cat.
  "Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings", Parasol Unit, London, p. 13, ex. cat.
2008 "Imagination Becomes Reality, Conclusion", ZKM / Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, p. 85 + pp. 112–113, ex. cat.
  "Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings", Parasol Unit, London, p. 13, ex. cat.
  "Jochen Kuhn. Peter Kilchmann", Stefan Zucker, Artforum International, New York, April, pp. 286–287
2007 "Focus: Jochen Kuhn", Cynthia Krell, "Biennial of moving images", Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Geneva, pp.49–51, pp. 96–99, pp. 160–161, ex. cat.
2005 "Kunst Film Biennale Köln", Daniel Kothenschulte, Cologne, pp. 104–106
2002 "Das Leben ein Bild — permanent übermalt", Andrea Dittgen, Filmdienst, December 17
  "Die Flüchtigkeit des Glücks", Daniel Kothenschulte, Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, April 10
  "Jochen Kuhn — Filme, Malerei", Emil Bollweber, Bazon Brock, Ludwigsburg
2000 "Welcome to Mr. Kuhn's nightmares", John Mangan, The Age, July 17
  "Signieren, resignieren", Rupert Koppold, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, No. 141, June
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