Vita
- born 1969 in Leipzig, Germany
- lives and works in Freiburg and Nuremberg, Germany
- 1990 – 1995 Diploma degree programme in Painting / Printmaking, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, class of Professor Sighard Gille, Germany
- 1992 DAAD short-term stipend, University College London, United Kingdom
- 1995 – 1996 DAAD postgraduate stipend, School of Visual Arts, New York, and Hunter College, New York, USA
2001 – 2002 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
2021 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Summer Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- since 2015 Professor of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Germany
Stipends
- 2001-02 Radcliffe Stipendium der Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- 1995-96 DAAD Stipendium, School of Visual Arts, Hunter College, New York, USA
- 1992 DAAD Stipendium, University College London
Solo shows (selection)
2023
- Susanne Kühn, ROBOTA CeLLs, GIG, Lothringer 13 Studio, Munich, Germany
2022
- Susanne Kühn, Proliferation: Vasa, Auginella & Other Sprouts, Gallery for Contemporary Art, E-WERK Freiburg, Germany
2021
- Susanne Kühn, Painting Onsite, Art Museum Celle with the collection Robert Simon, Germany
- Flash – Susanne Kühn, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
2019
- Correspondences BOSCH & KÜHN: Beastville, The Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
- Palette, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Vienna, Austria
2017
- Susanne Kühn, Walks and Other Stories, Museum für Neue Kunst at the House of the Graphic Collection, Augustinermuseum Freiburg, Germany
2016
- Susanne Kühn, ArtOMI International Arts Center, Ghent, New York, USA
2014
- World of Wild Animals, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012
- 15 Drawings, Sala Uno, Contemporary Arts Center Rome, Italy
- Susanne Kühn, VISIT, Städtische Galerie Offenburg, Germany
2011
- Garden Eden, Haunch of Venison, London, United Kingdom
2010
- Susanne Kühn, Kunstverein Lippe, Lippe, Germany
- Study of Landscape, Robert Goff Gallery, New York, USA
2009
- Susanne Kühn, Forum Kunst, Rottweil, Germany
2008
- Susanne Kühn, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, USA
- Susanne Kühn, Goff + Rosenthal Berlin, Germany
2007
- Susanne Kühn, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
- New Paintings, Goff + Rosenthal, New York, USA
- Drawings, Fred (London) Ltd, Leipzig, Germany
2006
- Paintings, Galerie Echolot, Berlin, Germany
2005
- Susanne Kühn, Fred (London) Ltd, London, United Kingdom
- Susanne Kühn, Goff + Rosenthal, New York, USA
2004
- Susanne Kühn, Galerie Echolot, Berlin, Germany
- Painting + Drawing, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
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
- Drawings, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, USA
- Recent Paintings, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
- Drawings, German Consulate House, New York, USA
1999
- Paintings, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, USA
1997
- Landscapes, Beck & Eggeling, International Fine Art, Leipzig, Germany
Group shows (selection)
2023
- Homeland Universe, Bluerider ART London, United Kingdom
- Being a Woman Artist, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
- Welten, Galerie Ulrich Mueller, Cologne, Germany
- Foreshadow, Bluerider ART Shanghai, China
- Abstraction, Bluerider ART Taipei, Taiwan
- Kammerspiel, Die Sammlung Gabriele Rauschning, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
2022
- PARADE, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Friendly Match, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
2021
- PARADE, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
- HousesHomes, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020
- Unpacked! 125 Years of Museum of Nature and Man, Freiburg, Germany
2019
- The Secret of Things, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
- House for a Painting, with Inessa Hansch, FRAC Alsace, France
- The Secret of Things, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
- To Catch a Ghost, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
2018
- Yellow Makes You Happy, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Strange Beauty, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
2017
- Multiverse: Stories of This World and Beyond, Kemper at the Crossroads, Kansas City, USA
- Artists of the Gallery, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
- Nebukadnezar, Forum Kunst, Rottweil, Germany
2016
- Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen …, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
- A Tree Is a Tree Is a Tree, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015
- Autumn Twilight, Dwelling Among Mountains, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, USA
- The Better Half – Women Painters from Leipzig, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Germany
2013
- Elective Affinities – Current Paintings and Drawings from the Museum Frieder Burda, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
- Weather Dawn – A Look Back, Collection Alison and Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany
- Inside, Merkur Art Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
2012
- Contemporary German Painting: The Future Lasts Forever, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
- Painting from Uncertain Places, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Germany
- The Observer, Haunch of Venison, London, United Kingdom
- Das eigene Kind im Blick. Künstlerkinder von Runge bis Richter, von Dix bis Picasso, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
- salondergegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
2011
- The Big Reveal, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, USA
2011
- Hello. Goodbye. Die Sammlung, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
2010
- Hängung #6, Collection Alison and Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany
- Die Bilder tun was mit mir – Einblicke in die Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2009
- Carte Blanche IX, Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Germany
2008
- Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase, New York, USA
- Böhmen liegt am Meer, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2007
- House Trip, Special Exhibition Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
- Neue Malerei. Aus dem Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
2006
- Inaugural Exhibition, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
- Neue Malerei: Erwerbungen 2002 – 2005, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
- Dragon Veins, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL, USA
2005
- International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
2004
- EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, United Kingdom Zweidimensionale 2004, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Germany
- INdiVISIBLE CITlES, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, USA
2002
- Into the Woods, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, USA
- Works on Paper, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, USA
- Curious Terrain, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, USA
- Postmodern Pastoral, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, USA
2001
- Wet!, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, USA Chelsea Rising, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA
- Wonderland, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA
2000
- Bildwechsel, Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst, Städtisches Museum Zwickau, Germany
- Art on Paper Annual, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Catalogues
- Heidi Brunnschweiler, Magdalena Wisniowska, Susanne Kühn. Proliferation – Vasa, Auginellaand Other Sprouts (Wien: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2024)
- Susanne Kühn, FLASH. Susanne Kühn (Düsseldorf: Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2021)
- Julia M. Nauhaus, Barbara O’Brien and Didem Yazıcı, BOSCH & KÜHN Susanne Kühn: Beastville (Wien: 2019)
- Isabel Herda and Charlotte Mullins, Susanne Kühn – Spaziergänge & andere Storys / Susanne Kühn – Walks & Other Stories (Bielefeld und Berlin: Kerber Verlag, 2017)
- Hans-Werner Schmidt, Susanne Kühn. WALK (Leipzig: 2015)
- Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck and Felicity Lunn, Susanne Kühn (Düsseldorf: Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2014)
- Gerlinde Brandenburger-Eisele and Brigitte Ulmer, Susanne Kühn – Besuch (Offenburg: 2012)
- Elke Buhr and Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn – Malerei, Zeichnung, 2007 – 2009 (Freiburg: modo Verlag, 2009)
- Felicity Lunn, Cydney Payton and Tom Morton, Susanne Kühn (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007)
Monographs
- Welt der Wilden Tiere – Susanne Kühn, Galerie Beck&Eggeling, Düsseldorf, 2014, Text: Felicity Lunn
- Susanne Kühn. Werke – Works 2006-2012, Städtische Galerie Offenburg, 2012, Text: Brigitte Ulmer
- Susanne Kühn, Kunstverein Freiburg und Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Hatje Cantz, 2007, Texte: Felicity Lunn, Tom Morton. Interview: Cydney Payton
- Susanne Kühn – Malerei, Zeichnung, 2007-2009, Forum Kunst Rottweil, Modo Verlag, 2009, Interview: Elke Buhr
- Künstler – Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst. Ausgabe 81,ZEITverlag, 2008, Text: Hans-Joachim Müller
Group show catalogues (selection)
- Wahlverwandtschaften – Museum Franz Gertsch, Anna Wesle, Wienand, 2013
- Künstlerkinder, Kunsthalle Emden, Frank Schmidt, 2012
- The Future lasts forever – Contemporary Paintings from Europe, Interalia Seoul, 2012
- Die Bilder tun was mit mir..., Einblicke in die Sammlung Museum Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Hatje Cantz, 2010
- The Upset - Young Contemporary Art, Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 10/2008
- Dragon Veins, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, 2007
- Neue Malerei, Erwerbungen 2002-2005, Museum Frieder Burda, Ostfildern, 2006
- EAST International 2004, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich
- International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prag, 2005
- Wonderland, Massachusetts College of Art, Massachusetts College of Art, 2001
- Chelsea Rising, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, 2001
- Bildwechsel. Aktuelle Malerei aus Sachsen und Thüringen, Freunde Aktueller Kunst e.V. – Sachsen und Thüringen, Weidle Verlag, 2000
Public collections
- The Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna // Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
- The Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna // Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
- FRAC Alsace
- Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
- Kunstmuseum Celle mit
- Sammlung Robert Simon
- Sammlung der Deutschen Bundesbank
- Sammlung Alison und Peter W. Klein
- Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg
- Sammlung Sachsen Bank
- Sammlung der Sparkasse Leipzig
- UBS Art Collection
- Busch-Reisinger Museum Collection / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
- Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
