Bremen, Germany, 1965. Lives and works in Berlin.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
2023 - As I descended into impassible waters I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen, Zeno X Gallery Antwerp Borgerhout, Antwerp, B
2020
2020 - Sleep, MASSIMODECARLO, London, UK
2020 - Johannes Kahrs, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg, D
2018
2018 - Hell I Am, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2017
2017 - Embrace, Luhring Augustine, New York, US
2016
2016 - Then, maybe, the explosion of a star, FRAC Île-de-France, Paris, F
2016 - Early this mornin’, ooh, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2014
2014 - Tropical Nights, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2014 - Tropical Nights, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, D
2013
2013 - Johannes Kahrs, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, D
2012
2012 - Johannes Kahrs, Kunsthaus Centre d'Art Pasquart, Biel, CH
2011
2011 - Johannes Kahrs, Luhring Augustine, New York, US
2010
2010 - Johannes Kahrs, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2009
2009 - I can't think of the finish, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2008
2008 - Eyes on his body, Luhring Augustine, New York, US
2007
2007 - Men with music, GAMeC, Bergamo, I
2006
2006 - Lonely long meaningless way home, Parasol Unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK
2006 - Ein ganz fremder Nackter, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2004
2004 - Dunkles Zimmer, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2003
2003 - Down 'n Out, Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, B
2002
2002 - Down 'n Out, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, B
2002 - Questions, Studio Massimo De Carlo, Milan, I
2002 - The Drunken Boat, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, F
2001
2001 - A-h, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, F
2001 - A-h, S.M.A.K, Ghent, B
2001 - A-h, Kunstverein München, München, D
2000
2000 - La révolution Permanente, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, F
2000 - Night in Sexyland, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2000 - Shot and Painted, Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin, D
2000 - Last virgin on the left, Galerie Signal, Malmö, SE
1999
1999 - Statement, Art 29 Basel, presented by Galerie Almine Rech, Basel, CH
1998
1998 - Why don't you paint my portrait, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, D
1998 - Double Stage - 6 Seconds Popular Violence, Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin, D
1998 - A-h, Galerie Almine Reich, Paris, F
1998 - Schwarzes Loch/Weisse Wand, Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin, D
1997
1997 - 93´09´´- Vorzimmer / 4 Klacks, Vereniging Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, B
1997 - hole, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, D
1997 - Thomson Homestead, Slater, Misouri, Galerie Transit, Leuven, B
1995
1995 - Bild und Malerei, Galerie Wohnmaschine, Berlin, D
1994
1994 - Schlag doch, DAAD Galerie, Berlin, D
1993
1993 - Keine Falsche Bewegung, Galerie Mutzek, Berlin, D
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
2022 - Portrait, Leienpaleis, Antwerp, B
2021
2021 - Bodywork: Discomfort and Existence, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano, I
2021 - Peinture: Obsolescence déprogrammée, Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d’Olonne, F
2019
2019 - Trouble in Paradise. Collection Rattan Chadha, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2019 - Michael Jackson: On the Wall, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, USA
2019 - Michael Jackson: On the Wall, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, D
2019 - Inside - Out. Constructions Of The Self, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, D
2019 - Trouble in Paradise, Collection Rattan Chadha, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2019 - Michael Jackson: On the Wall, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2018
2018 - Michael Jackson: On The Wall, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. Catalogue
2018 - Michael Jackson: On the Wall, Grand Palais, Paris, F
2018 - Works on Paper I, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2017
2017 - The Truth of Uncertainty: Moving Image Works from the Hall Collection, Schloss Derneburg, Derneburg, D
2016
2016 - In the Cage of Freedom, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, D
2016 - Retour au Meilleur des Mondes, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, F
2016 - Private Exposure, Collectors Room, Berlin, D
2015
2015 - Prima Facie: Works from the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2015 - I am a Lie and I am Gold, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, USA
2015 - 13th Lyon Biennial: La Vie Moderne, MAC, Lyon, F
2015 - Sense Uncertainty. A Private Collection, Kunsthaus Züric, Zürich, CH
2015 - Raoul De Keyser, Johannes Kahrs, Mark Manders, Mircea Suciu, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2015 - Cannibalism? On Appropriation in Art, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
2015 - Works on Paper II, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2014
2014 - Donkere kamers, Over melancholie en depressie, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, B
2014 - Kees Goudwaard, Kim Jones, Johannes Kahrs, Jenny Scobel, Jack Whitten, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2014 - Mediations Biennale 2014, National Museum Poznan, Poznan, PL
2013
2013 - Opening New Space, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
2012
2012 - Geteilt/ ungeteilt. Kunst in Deutschland 1945 bis 2010, Ausstellung der Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, D
2012 - Fruits de la passion, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, F
2012 - Schach Matt, Märkisches Museum, Witten, D
2011
2011 - abc, about painting, Station-Berlin , Berlin, D
2010
2010 - Objetos Desclasificados, Caixa Forum, Barcelona, E
2010 - Celebration. Ouverture nouvel espace, Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, F
2009
2009 - Private Universes, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
2009 - Between Art and Life. The contemporary Painting and Sculpture Collection, SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA
2009 - Defiance & Melancholy. German Painting from the Dresden Albertinum/
galerie Neue Meister., Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, FIN
2009 - Re-Imagining Asia, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
2008
2008 - Re-Imagining Asia, House of World Cultures, Berlin, D
2008 - western moderne, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, F
2008 - The Painting of Modern Life, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, I
2007
2007 - The Painting of Modern Life, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2007 - De Cirkel, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, B
2007 - Visit(e): Contemporary art in Germany, Bozar, Brussels, B
2007 - Works on paper, Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, B
2006
2006 - Vous êtes ici, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, F
2006 - Parcours video-installatie, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, B
2006 - Constructing Reality: New Berlin, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, USA
2006 - 25 years Zeno X Gallery, Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, B
2006 - Leeftijdgenoten, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, B
2006 - flutter, The Approach, London, UK
2006 - Constructing Reality, Phoenix Art Museum, New Berlin, D
2006 - Johannes Kahrs, Magnus von Plessen, Eberhard Havekost und Wilhelm Sasnal,
Colecçao Fundaçao de Serralves , Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, PT
2006 - Le Mouvement des Images, Centre Pompidou, Paris, F
2006 - La mirade de l’artista: la proposta de Juan Uslé, Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, E
2005
2005 - Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF - Ausstellung, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, D
2005 - Young artists (selected by), l, , B, Witte Zaal, Ghent, B
2004
2004 - Drafting Deceit, Apexart, New York, USA
2004 - 45th October Salon, Continental Breakfast, Belgrade, RUS
2004 - Manifesta 5, European Biennale of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian, E
2004 - Contre - Images, Carré d’Art, Nîmes, F
2004 - Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Staatliche Tretjakov Galerie, Moscow, RUS
2004 - Zie Tekening, Project Voorkamer, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier, B
2004 - Was Malerei heute ist, Stiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselheim, D
2003
2003 - Fuori Uso 03, Fuori Uso Cocktail Bar, Pescara, I
2003 - Plastik, Plüsh und Politik - Reflexe der 70er Jahre in der Gegenwartskunst, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, D
2003 - Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, D
2003 - Kiss and Ride, Z33 / Begijnhof, Hasselt, B
2003 - Warum! Bilder diesseits und jenseits des Menschen, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, D
2003 - A Mains Nues, FRAC Haute-Normandie, F
2003 - Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, D
2003 - Great Theater of the World, Taipei Biennial, Taipei, RC
2002
2002 - Cardinales, MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporànea de Vigo, Vigo, E
2002 - Questions, Studio Massimo De Carlo, Milan, I
2002 - Without Consent, CAN - Centre d’art de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, CH
2001
2001 - In/Site/Out, Apex, New York, USA
2001 - Double - Trouble, Borusan Kültur ve Sanat, Instanbul, TR
2001 - Moving Pictures. Photography and Film in Contemporary Art, Villa Merkel / Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen, D
2001 - Screen, Psychiatrisch Centrum Sleidinge, Sleidinge, B
2001 - Squatters, Museo de Art Contemporain de Serralves, Porto, P
2000
2000 - Indoor, S.M.A.K., Ghent, B
2000 - Children of Berlin, Museum Folkwang, Essen, D
2000 - Dorothea von Stetten Kunstprize, Kunstmuseum Bonn, D
2000 - Kunstbank Berlin, Berlin, D
1999
1999 - Face à l’Autre, FRAC Haute-Normandie, F
1999 - The Children of Berlin, PS 1, New York, USA
1999 - Ainsi de suite 3, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Sète, F
1999 - Rue Louise Weiss, Centre d’Art contemporain, Meymac, F
1999 - Indoor, Musée d’Art Contemporain , Lyon, F
1999 - Art Club Berlin, AU Base, New York, USA
1999 - Independance day, Kunst-Werke e.V., Berlin, D
1999 - Drawings, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, B
1999 - EV + A, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, IRL
1998
1998 - Biennale de Berlin, Berlin, D
1998 - The Cinema Project, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, D
1998 - Indoor, Centro civico per l’Arte Contemporanea, Serre di Rapolano, I
1998 - Le présent du Futur, FRAC Languedoc-Rousillon, Montpellier, F
1998 - Kamikaze, Marstall, Berlin, D
1997
1997 - Heaven - Private View, P.S.1, New York, USA
1997 - Selection Fall 1997, Drawing Center, New York, USA
1997 - Korrespondenzen, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
1997 - Fenêtre sur cour, Galerie Almine Reich, Paris, F
1996
1996 - The Aggression of Beauty, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, D
1996 - Nach Weimar, Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Weimar, D
1996 - Laboratorium Berlin - Moscow, Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, RUS
1995
1995 - Club Berlin, Biennale XLV, Venice, I
1995 - Close Up, Städtische Galerie, Bremen, D
1995 - Filmcuts, Galerie Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, D
1995 - Drawings, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, CH
1994
1994 - Postconceptual Painting, Kunstwerke, Berlin, D
1994 - A Personal Choice, Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin, D
1990
1990 - Geist und Körper, Deutsches Museum für Geschichte, Berlin, D
