Susanne Kühn

 Susanne Kühn (born 1969 in Leipzig, Germany) is a contemporary German painter.

Susanne Kühn studied painting and graphic art at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (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 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 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 Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg.

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: ArtForum. 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: The New York Times. 8 December 2000.
 * Thad Ziolkowski: Susanne Kühn – Bill Maynes Gallery. In: ArtForum. 12/1999.
 * Roberta Smith: ART IN REVIEW; Suzanne Kuhn. In: The New York Times. 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, ISBN 978-3-930919-87-1.
 * Staedtische Galerie Offenburg (Hrsg.): Susanne Kühn. Werke – Works 2006–2012. 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039530-7.
 * Forum Kunst Rottweil (Hrsg.): Susanne Kühn – Malerei, Zeichnung 2007–2009. Modo Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-86833-018-2.
 * 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, ISBN 978-3-7757-2018-2.