Reinhard Kuehl
In his photo series Reinhard Kuehl produces a skillful deception.
The pictures resemble amateurishly taken snapshot, in fact they are the result of laborious
arrangements. Kuehl places modelled figures before a real world background and takes his pictures
with a pinhole camera. Thus, the result is an impressive photography in which arrangement and reality
merge transitionless into a new entity. As a painter Kuehl continues his playful
approach to human perception. Starting from the perspective of a photographer and the
possibilities of photographic rendition, many paintings look like a view through the finder
of a camera. This effect is even strengthened by the use of stylistic devices like blurring
or representing the motive as picture negative.
- born in 1967 in Loerrach, Germany
- 1991-1997: Studies of painting and photography at the university of the arts Berlin
- Surikow Institut Moskau (1992)
- Akademie of Beaux Arts Vilnius (1993)
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1994)
- Chelsea College of Art and Design London (1994)
- University of design and art Budapest (1996)
- "Meisterschueler" with Prof. Dieter Appelt, university of arts Berlin (1997)
2006
- Kunstprobe 06, fine arts 2219 | Contemporary fine arts gallery, Stuttgart
2005
- Am grooßen Weg, fine arts 2219 | Contemporary fine arts gallery, Stuttgart [SE]
- Stadt, Land, Tuch, Galerie Robert Keller, Kandern [SE]
- Fliegen fliegen, with Sabine Fassl, Galerie 14, Berlin
- Markgraeflerland Kuenstlerland, Markgraefler Museum, Muellheim/Baden
- permanent zeitgenoessisch, House Waldsee, Berlin
2004
- Den Krieg simulieren..., Deutschlandhaus, Berlin [SE]
- LEBENsMUSTER, Gate P, Berlin [SE]
- Musterhaus, Galerie Nord/art asssociation Tiergarten, Berlin
- Miniature, with Erwin Seppi, Galerie foto-forum, Bozen
- Regionale 5, art showroom Riehen; Le Quai, Mulhouse
2003
- Schöne Aussichten, artists house Hooksiel [SE]
- Tante Charlotte, Galerie Koch und Kesslau, Berlin; Galerie Robert Keller, Kandern [SE]
- Male Anioly, Gdanska Galeria Fotografii, Muzeum Narodowe, Danzig [SE]
- Der große Ausdruck, communal gallery, Bremen
- Botschaft der Dinge , museum of communication, Berlin
- Frische Fische, Palais for contemporary art/art association Glueckstadt
2002
- Georg-Kolbe-Award 2002, Georg Kolbe Museum Berlin [SE]
- Souvenir , art association Unna [SE]
- déjà vue, Galerie Bebensee, Hamburg [SE]
- Ernte 01, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liesta
- Pleneras, Galerija Akademia, Vilnius
- Regionale 3, showroom Klingental, Basel
2001
- Onkel Karl, Galerie Pankow, Berlin [SE]
- Neben der Zeit, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen [SE]
- unplugged – new pinhole camera photography, Fotoforum West, Innsbruck
- Slubice – Berlin, Galeria Prowincjonalna, Slubice
- Regionale 2, Projektraum M54, Basel
2000
- Irish Times , Galerie Koch und Kesslau, Berlin [SE]
- sztuka, Galerie Bebensee, Hamburg; art association Gifhorn [SE]
- still_life, Galeria Prowincjonalna, Slubice [SE]
- Honigbaer und Engelchen, with Ingrid Schütz, Galerie Herold, Bremen
- ...und ab die Post 2000, 4. festival of young art, Postfuhramt, Berlin
- Berlin Berlin, picture gallery, Nowosibirsk
single exhibition
[SE]
2003
- photography award, culture foundation of public insurances Oldenburg
2002
- Georg-Kolbe-Award Berlin
- Kleinbasler art award
2000
- studio award of Karl-Hofer-society Berlin
2005
- Robert-Bosch-Foundation Stuttgart, scholarship for Odessa
2003
- scholarship artist house Hooksiel
- scholarship Villa Serpentara, Olevano Romano
2002
- iaab-scholarship Edinburgh, Christoph-Merian-Foundation Basel
2001
- scholarship culture foundation of ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- art scholarship Laufenburg
2000
- Air Art 2000 EADS München
1999
- Artists' Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- DAAD-scholarship Polen
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