Residency in Istanbul

This year, Sven Johne is a scholarship holder at the Tarabya Cultural Academy (Goethe Institute / Federal Foreign Office) in Istanbul, Turkey.
June 1 – September 30, 2026
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"Hochdruckversuch" and "Hands & Arms" in Berlin

group show "Kleiner Mann – was nun?"
Alte Feuerwache / Kommunale Galerie / Berlin
27. May – 26 July 2026
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"Heilplanzen im Todestreifen" in Chemnitz

group show "Utopia. The Right to Hope"
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
11 April – 16 August 2026, catalogue
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"Eternal 20th Century" in Berlin

group show "Focus on Stories"
Sammlung Hackelsberger / Cabinet / Berlin
03 May – 12 July 2026
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latest video work "Hochdruckversuch" in Magdeburg

group show "Das geteilte Jetzt"
Kunstmuseum Magdeburg
28 April – 6 September 2026
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NEW FILM "Glück auf, ahoi"

Premiere of the new film "Glück auf, ahoi" at the 
OSTEN FESTIVAL 2026
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
12 – 27 September 2027
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"47 Faults between Calais and Idomeni" in Mannheim

group show "Risse in der Geschichte"
Kunsthalle Mannheim
01 March 2024 – 30 September 2026
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"Hochdruckversuch/Tiefbohrung" in Dresden

group show "Kunst auf Kommando. Werke zur Nationalen Volksarmee der DDR"
Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden
Opening 8 October 2026
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Photo-text-work "Kleistners Archiv" in Dresden

group show "Freiheit – Eine unvollendete Geschichte"
Deutsches Hygienemuseum, Dresden
20 June 2025 – 31 May 2026, catalogue
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Photo-text work "Nabel der Welt" in Dortmund

group show "INDUSTRIAL: Seidenstraßen 3000"
HMKV, Dortmunder U
12 September 2026 – 10 January 2027
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New photo and film works in Frankfurt

"Kirsten Justesen, Sven Johne"
Ausstellungshalle DZ Kunststiftung, Frankfurt a.M.
Opening 14 October 2026
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MDR Kultur trifft Sven Johne / 18 October 2025

Sven Johne in conversation with Thomas Bille, German, 40 min.
Gespräch mit Thomas Bille hier

New catalogue out now!

Sven Johne
Das sowjetische Hauptquartier. Filme 2006–2023
Fluentum
Deu/Eng
152 p.
design by Andre Fuchs
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