Susanne Kühn (born 1969 in

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, Germany) is a contemporary German painter. Susanne Kühn studied painting and graphic art at the

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(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). In 1998 she moved to Boston. In 2001-02 she was awarded a Radcliffe Fellowship from the

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, Harvard University. Since 2002, Susanne Kühn lives and works in Freiburg i. B. and Nürnberg, Germany. Since 2015 she is a professor for painting at the

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.Susanne Kühn. Professorin für Malerei
adbk-nuernberg.de. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

Grants and Fellowships

* 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

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

* Philip Auslander: ''Susanne Kühn – Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.'' In: ''

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.'' 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: ''

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.'' 8 December 2000. * Thad Ziolkowski: ''Susanne Kühn – Bill Maynes Gallery.'' In: ''

.'' 12/1999. * Roberta Smith: ''ART IN REVIEW; Suzanne Kuhn.'' In: ''

.'' 1 October 1999. * David Ebony: ''David Ebony's Top Ten.'' In: ''Artnet.com.'' 10/1999.

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, .

References

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