Sven Johne
1976
born in Bergen / Island Rügen, lives and works in Leipzig
1996-1998
studied German Literature, Journalism and Onomastics at the University of Leipzig
1998-2004
studied Photography, at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Prof. Timm Rautert
2004
Master of Fine Arts/ HGB Leipzig, class of Prof. Timm Rautert
2006
graduation as Meisterschüler in Prof. Timm Rautert's class
exhibitions (selection)
2007
Beyond the country: Perspectives of the land in historic and contemporary art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
#1, :emyt, Berlin
Kongress der Futurologen, aktivist, Eisenhüttenstadt
Brühlette Royal - Peripherie als Zentrum, Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst e.V, Zwickau
Diplopie, Kunstverein Göttingen
Seestücke, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Arno Gisinger-Sven Johne-Liza Nguyen, La Filature, Mulhouse
Failed Hope. New Romanticism in contemporary photography in Germany. Photo Month, Krakow, Poland
Dont´t Worry - Be Curious! 4. Ars Baltica Triennale of photography, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel / KUMU, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn / Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
Rückkehr der Wölfe, CoalMine im Volkart Haus, Winterthur
Sven Johne, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund
Sven Johne / Bei den Riesen, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
2006
Rückkehr der Wölfe, Amerika, Berlin
Montezuma's Revenge, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
Photo-Trafic, bâtiment d'art contmeporain, Geneva
See History 2006, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
This land is my land, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Mercury in Retrogarde, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam
Don Quijote, Witte De With, Rotterdam
Grossmeister der Täuschung, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
2005
Marion-Ermer-Preis, Oktogon der HfbK Dresden, (Katalog)
The Leipzig Lens, Glasgow School of Art; German Embassy London
Tropical Island, Goethe-Institut, Paris, (Katalog)
Tropical Island, AMERIKA, Berlin
Erzähl mal was, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen
A1, AMERIKA, Berlin
2004
Sven Johne / Florian Tiedje, La Filature, Mulhouse, France
Just good news for people who love bad news, Galerie Eigen+Art, Leipzig
Wachwechsel, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
2003
Kunststudenten stellen aus, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
Demokratie als Prozess - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Neustadt [Orla], Triptis, Thüringen
Silver & Gold, Galerie 20.21, Essen
scholarships and awards
2006
Recipient of working stipend of the State of Saxony
2005
Award of the Marion-Ermer-Stiftung
Residency scholarship La Filature, Mulhouse, France
2004
Scholarship of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung für zeitgenössische Deutsche Fotografie
Residency scholarship Schloss Plüschow
2003
Award of the Institut für Buchkunst for the book Vinta (with Till Gathmann and Claudius Niessen)
DAAD Scholarship Nordatlantik and USA
1999-2003
Rosa-Luxemburg Scholarship
publications
2007
"Sven Johne: Leben und Sterben in Ostdeutschland und anderswo", Revolver, Frankfurt a. Main
2006
"See History 2006. Schätze Bilden", Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
"Mutations 2006/2007. Contemporary European Photography", Contrasto, Rom
"This land is my land", Kunsthalle Nürnberg und Neue Gesellschaft für Bildenden Kunst, Berlin
2005
Künstlerbuch "Vinta", Institut für Buchkunst Leipzig (Text: Claudius Niessen, Gestaltung: Till Gathmann)
"Hier", Hrsg. Förderkreis Schloss Plüschow, Plüschow
"Sven Johne", Marion-Ermer-Preis 2005
- Wachwechsel, 2003, 23 b/w-photography, each 35 x 50 cm framed, text 35 x 50 cm framed, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg. Reproductions of photographs showing abducted cargo ships, whose crew members were thrown over board at night.
- Wachwechsel, 2003, 23 b/w-photography, each 35 x 50 cm framed, text 35 x 50 cm framed, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg. Reproductions of photographs showing abducted cargo ships, whose crew members were thrown over board at night.
- Ostdeutsche Landschaften, 2005, photographed between October 7th and November 9th 2004, combined with short reports of defiant locals, lambda-prints, off-set print on glass, je 60 x 80 cm, edition 3+1 a.p
- Sven Johne (with Falk Haberkorn), Kaufkradt & Heimatgefühl, 2005, room made of East German local press collected within the period of October 7th until November 9th, 2004, mixed with national press, dimensions variable, installation view Galerie Amerika Berlin
- Sven Johne (with Falk Haberkorn), 2005, Paradiese, seven color photographs of an artificial rain forest at »Tropical Islands Resort« in Brandt close by Berlin, text on wall, each 13 x 18 cm, diasec, Galerie Amerika Berlin
- Kleistners Archive, 2006, 240 photographs from the archive of the refugee and suicider Alfred Kleistner from Rostock, b/w-, and color photography, shocase each 280 x 130 cm, edition 1+1 a.p, exhibition view Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
- Grossmeister der Täuschung, 2005, five heroic plates of East Germans who did not want to leave their creative potential unused, golden off-set priont on frosted glass, b/w-photography, each 50 x 40 cm, edition 3+1 a.p
- Ship cancellation, 2004, Lambda-Print, off-set print on glass, framed, 5 pieces, each 110 x 150 cm, edition 3 + 1 a.p., selected ship wreck sites (1816 to 1998), reports of ship-wrecked people, nautic position
- Ship cancellation, 2004, Lambda-Print, off-set print on glass, framed, 5 pieces, each 110 x 150 cm, edition 3 + 1 a.p., selected ship wreck sites (1816 to 1998), reports of ship-wrecked people, nautic position, installation view La Filature, Mulhouse
- Vinta, 2004, 6 diptychs, each 48 cm x 33 cm, b/w-photography, cached on aluminium, off-set print on carton, frame 50 x 60 cm, edition 3+1 a.p., installation view La Filature Mulhouse
Sven Johne, 2003, Wachwechsel, 23 b/w-photography, each 35 x 50 cm framed, text 35 x 50 cm framed, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg. Reproductions of photographs showing abducted cargo ships, whose crew members were thrown over board at night.