1976
born in Bergen (Rügen Island), lives and works in Berlin1996-1998
studied German Literature and Language, Journalism and Onomastics at the University of Leipzig1998-2004
studied Photography at the HGB Leipzig, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Prof. Timm Rautert
2006
Master of Fine Arts / HGB Leipzig, class of Prof. Timm Rautert
2008
International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
2010
visiting professorship at HGB Leipzig / Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Germany
2010
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff stipend
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung´s support prize"Catalogues for young artists"
2011
visiting professorship at HGB Leipzig / Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Germany
2009
working stipend of the Foundation Kunstfonds Bonn, Germany
residency at Goethe Institute Hong Kong, China
travelling stipend by the Gwin Zegal foundation, Hanoi, Vietnam
2008
incentive scholarship of the Günther-Peill-Stiftung, Düren, Germany
stipend at the ISCP New York, USA
2007
laureate of the sponsorship award for contemporary art by the Christian Karl Schmidt Foundation
stipend of the “Ars Baltica”, Danzig, Poland
2006
recipient of working stipend of the Free State of Saxony
2005
award of the Marion-Ermer-Stiftung
residency scholarship of La Filature, Mulhouse, France
2004
scholarship of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung für zeitgenössische Deutsche Fotografie
Exhibitions (selection)
2011
Greatest Show on Earth, KLEMM'S, Berlin; Germany (solo)
I've dreamt about, MUDAM, Luxembourg (group, cat.)
Wunder, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (group, cat.)
IBB Videolounge: Sven Johne, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Kritische Masse, Oktogon, Hfbk Dresden, Germany (group, cat.)
Sven Johne: Kleistners Archiv, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria (solo, cat.)
Photographic and Video work, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Goethe Gallery, Hong Kong, China (solo)
Farewell to Longing, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria (group, cat.)
Street Life and Home Stories, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany (group, cat.)
Aschemünder/Sammlung Götz im Haus der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (group, cat.)
Belvedere - Warum ist die Landschaft so schön, Hans-Arp-Museum, Remagen, Germany (group, cat.)
Sunny Moon, KLEMM'S showroom 7d5e, Berlin, Germany (solo with Rebecca Wilton)
Leipzig. Fotografie seit 1839, Museum für Bildende Künste, Leipzig, Germany (group, cat.)
2010
Der ideale Ort, um mit der Freiheit unter vier Augen zu sprechen, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Germany (group)
Kunstfilmbiennale, Kunstwerke KW, Berlin, Germany (group, cat.)
The Disasters of Peace, Umspannwerk Berlin-Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany (group, cat.)
Paradise Lost / Holidays in Hell, CCA, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain (group)
The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, 176/Zabludowicz collection, London, GB (group)Berichte zwischen Morgen und Grauen / Reports from the Crack of Dawn, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (solo, cat.)
Sven Johne. Elmenhorst, 2006. Tears of the Eyewitness, 2009, Sprengel Museum, Hannover; Germany (solo)Winter, Badende, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren (solo, cat.)
No matter, Scheitern und Kunst, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Germany (group, cat.)
Squatting, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany (group, cat.)
Im Moment des Verdachts, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany (group, cat.)
Brave New World, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), Luxembourg (group, cat.)
2009
Ferne Nähe. Natur in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (group, cat.)Tears of the Eyewitness, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Coral Visual, Casa de la Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina (group)
Vilnius COOP: gaps, fictions and practices, The X Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius, Lithuania (group, cat.)
Traces, Foto Colectania Foundation, Barcelona; Centre for Photography, University of Salamanca; Exhibition hall of Caja Sol, Seville, Spain (group, cat.)
Reconstruced ZONE, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany (group, cat.)
2008
Zeitblick. Ankäufe der Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1998 – 2008, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (group, cat.)
52 happy places, KLEMM'S, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Friction and Conflict, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden (group, cat.)
The Flight of the Dodo, Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland (group, cat.)
Vertrautes Terrain, Kunst in/über Deutschland, ZKM, Karlsruhe (group, cat.)
Don't worry - be curious!, NGBK Berlin, Germany (group, cat.)
Lügen.nirgends - Zwischen Fiktion und Dokumentation, Ausstellungshalle für zeitgenössische Kunst Münster, Münster, Germany (group, cat.)
...5 minutes later, Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany (group, cat.)
2007
Beyond the country: Perspectives of the land in historic and contemporary art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland (group, cat.)
Bei den Riesen, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany (solo, cat.)
Sven Johne, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany (solo, cat.)
Rückkehr der Wölfe, CoalMine im Volkart Haus, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo, cat.)
Seestücke, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (group, cat.)
2006
Grossmeister der Täuschung, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
See History 2006, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany (group, cat.)
Mercury in Retrograde, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group, cat.)
Don Quijote, Witte De With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (group)
Montezuma's Revenge, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, US (group)
This Land is my Land, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (group, cat.)
Lectures/Talks
Universität Leipzig, Germany (2011)
HGB Leipzig, Germany (2011)
Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, Berlin, Germany (2011)Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany (2007)
International Studio and Curatorial Program, NY, USA (2008)
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany (2008)
UdK, Berlin, (2009)
HBK Braunschweig, Germany (2010)
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (2010)
Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany (2010)
past shows
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