Biography
| EDUCATION | ||
| 2001-2002 | DPHIL Fine Art | Radcliffe Fellowship Grant, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge |
| 1995-1996 | MFA Fine Art | School of Visual Arts and Hunter College (DAAD Grant), New York |
| 1990-1995 | BA Fine Art | Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig |
| ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2019 | Palette | Beck + Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf |
| 2019 | Bosch & Kühn | The Picture Gallery of The Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna |
| 2016 | Susanne Kühn | Newmark Gallery, OMI International Arts Centre, Ghent |
| 2012 | 15 Drawings | Sala Uno, Contemporary Arts Centre, Rome |
| 2011 | Garden of Eden | Haunch of Venison, London |
| 2008 | Susanne Kühn | Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2020 | Words that transform, vibrate and glow: 13 paintings inspired by the lyrics of Nick Cave (curated by Angela Koulakoglou) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2019 | To Catch A Ghost | Museum Fur Neue Kunst, Freiburg |
| 2018 | Strange Beauty | Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf |
| 2016 | Den Wald Vor Lauter Baumen | Museum Freider Burda, Baden-Baden |
| 2016 | Ein Baum Ist Ein Baum Ist Ein Baum | Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf |
| 2015 | Autumn, Twilight, Dwelling Among Mountains | Kemper Museum, Kansas City |
| 2014 | Drive The Chance | 100plus, Zurich |
| 2013 | Inside | Merkur Art Gallery, Istanbul |
| 2013 | Elective Affinities | Museum Freider Burda, Baden-Baden |
| 2012 | Contemporary German Painting: The Future Lasts Forever | Interalia, Seoul |
| 2012 | The Observer | Haunch of Venison, London |
| 2012 | Von Dix Bis Picasso | Kunsthalle Emden, Emden |
| 2011 | The Big Reveal | Kemper Museum, Kansas City |
| 2011 | Hello. Goodbye. Die Sammlung | Museum Fur Neue Kunst, Frieburg |
| 2010 | Die Bilder Tun Was Mit Mir | Museum Freider Burda, Baden-Baden |
| 2008 | Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape | Neuburger Museum of Art Purchase, New York |
| 2006 | Dragon Veins | University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa |
| 2006 | Neue Malerie: Erwerbungen 2002-2005 | Museum Freider Burda, Baden-Baden |
| 2005 | International Biennale of Contemporary Art | Prague |
| 2004 | EAST International | Norwich Gallery, Norwich |
| 2004 | INdiVISIBLE SITIES | Bill Maynes Gallery, New York |
| 2002 | Into The Woods | Julie Saul Gallery, New York |
| 2002 | Curious Terrain | Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York |
| 2002 | Postmodern Pastoral | Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston |
| 2001 | Wet! | Luise Ross Gallery, New York |
| 2001 | Chelsea Rising | Contemporary Arts Centre, New Orleans |
| 2001 | Wonderland | Massachusetts College of Art, Boston |
| 2000 | Art on Paper Annual | Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
| 2014 | World of Wild Animals.ed, Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck | Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, Dusseldorf |
| 2012 | WERKE/WORKS 2006-2012, Brigitte Ulmer | Stadtische Galerie Offenburg |
| 2009 | Susanne Kuhn: Painting and Drawing, 2007-2009 | Modo Verlag |
| 2008 | Artist Critical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Art, Hans-Joachim Muller | Zeitverlag |
| COLLECTIONS | ||
| Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden | ||
| The Zabludowicz Collection, London | ||
| Neue Museum fur Kunst, Freiburg | ||
| Sammlung der Landesbank, Sachsen | ||
| Sammlung der Sparkasse, Leipzig | ||
| Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City | ||
Press Release | 13 Paintings Inspired by Nick Cave
| Emma Bennett, Daniel P. Carter, Nadine Feinson, Maggi Hambling, Florian Heinke, Sam Jackson, James Johnston, Susanne Kühn, Concha Martinez Barreto, George Shaw, Dominic Shepherd, George Stamatakis, Rose Wylie |
| Curated by Angela Koulakoglou |
| PRIVATE VIEW: Thursday 16 January 2020 6:30-8:30pm |
| EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 17 January – Saturday 8 February 2020 |
| CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is delighted to invite curator and collector Angela Koulakoglou to present Words that transform, vibrate and glow: 13 paintings inspired by the lyrics of Nick Cave. The exhibition was conceived over a year ago and its timing is prescient; Cave’s latest album, Ghosteen, was released with a hallucinatory painting as its cover in October 2019. Unprecedented in their visuality and striking in their ability to conjure apocalyptic landscapes, all the songs on Ghosteen are visions. As Cave embarks on a world tour in 2020, a conversation between his lyrics and painting becomes all the more relevant. ‘I can’t write a song that I cannot see’, Cave once stated in an interview. Having started his career as a painter, he soon turned to song writing and over several decades has produced a body of lyrics unparalleled in their consistent richness, unforgettable imagery, and unique combinations of darkness, humour, despair and hope. Drawn from songs written throughout his career, from the famed Peaky Blinders signature tune Red Right Hand to the early and more obscure Release the Bats, the thirteen paintings included in this exhibition are testimony to the fertile but often unexplored territory that lies between the arts. Three of the artists present are musicians: James Johnston was in fact a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds between 2003-2008; Emma Bennett is the bassist for Dear Thief; and Daniel P. Carter, who also hosts BBC Radio 1’s Rock Show, performs with metal group Krokodil. The participating artists represent different generations, backgrounds, and ethnicities and they approach their art in different ways. Each one has ‘seen’ their painting in Cave’s lyrics in a reverse trajectory to that of the poet. Connecting word to world, the paintings in this exhibition occupy the space in between, opening up new imaginative possibilities. Deeply personal, unexpected and moving, poetry meets image in these thirteen powerful paintings that stretch our sensory and spiritual boundaries. Please contact gallery for images and further information |