Johannes Kahrs (artist)
Johannes Kahrs (* 1965 in Bremen ) is a German artist.
Life
From 1988 to 1994 Johannes Kahrs studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In the years 1992 and 1993 he lived and worked in Barcelona. 1994 Kahrs was a master student in the class of Walter Stohrer at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Since the mid- 1990s, Kahrs works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions of international art scene, such as Stedelijk Museum voor in Actuele Art ( SMAK ) in Ghent (2001), in the Drawing Center in New York City ( 1997), in the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh ( 1997), on the first Berlin Biennale (1998), from the society for Contemporary Art in Bremen (1998 ) and the PS1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City (1997 and 1999).
Johannes Kahrs received more THESIS scholarships, so the Senate of Berlin (1995 and 1999), of the Kunst-Werke Berlin eV (1996 /1997), by the French Institute in Berlin for a stay in Paris (1997) and by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and media, Christina Weiss, for a stay in the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo ( 2005).
Kahrs is engaged in painting, graphics, video art and sound and sculptural installations. His subjects reflect the equally banal and brutal imagery of the modern media. In his large -scale oil paintings and pastel drawings, reminiscent in its figurative- expressive structure of Francis Bacon, Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, Kahrs developed an original style, the social conventions and viewing habits questioned ironic. Since 2003, Kahrs is represented by Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp.
Johannes Kahrs lives and works in Berlin.