Karin Kahlhofer
Karin Kahlhofer (* 28. March 1943; † 23. April 2017) was a German painter, sculptor and action artist.
Career[edit]
Karin Kahlhofer studied painting and sculpture with Gerhard Hoehme and Karl Otto Götz at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1961-1965, before becoming a Master Student of the German artist Joseph Beuys in Düsseldorf.
Since 1965 Kahlhofer participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. Her many study trips to European and non-European countries show that dealing with other cultures is an essential part of her work.
Karin Kahlhofer lived and worked in Cologne. One of her works is the "/ Figure Wall" created in Luenen an der Lippe in 1992.
Study tours[edit]
- 1976-1982: annual two to three month art studies in Greece
- 1992-1997: four-month annual work visits to Indonesia
- 2000: scholarship of the city of Rotterdam
- 2001: Working scholarship of the Japan Foundation
Solo exhibitions and projects (selection)[edit]
- Kunstverein Unna, National Pinakothek Athen (catalog) (1982)
- Fuerteventura Project Art Action on Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) Photography: Hartmuth Schreiber; Music (improvisation): Theo Jörgensmann and Franz Koglmann (catalog) (1984)
- Kunstverein Konstanz Menschenformen (Catalog) (1990)
- Köln Kunst, Kunsthalle Köln (1995)
- Gallery Hidayat and Goethe-Institut, Bandung, Indonesia (catalog) (1996)
- Japan Art Forum in Kyoto, Japan (2002)
- Gallery in the castle Borbeck, Essen, (2007)
Artworks in public collections (selection)[edit]
- German Parliament, Berlin
- Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology
- Ministry of Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Art Collection Dusseldorf
- National Pinacotheca Athens
- Museum at Ostwall Dortmund
- Museum Ludwig Cologne
- Museum Folkwang Essen
Literature (selection)[edit]
- Karin Kahlhofer: Malerei 1993−1999. DruckVerlag Kettler, ISBN 3-925608-78-8 Search this book on
.. - Alexander Knorre: Karin Kahlhofer. / Malerei und Zeichnung 1999-2002
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