Mona Kuhn
Born in Brazil in 1969, is of German descent and now lives in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
1993
The Ohio State University, BA, Ohio
1996-1997
San Francisco Art Institute, California
1998-Pres.
Getty Research Institute, Independent Studies, Arts and Humanities, Los Angeles, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
- Bordeaux, Flowers Gallery, London
2010
- Native, Flowers Gallery, London
- Native, Flowers Gallery, New York
2009
- Native, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles
- Native, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
2008
- Evidence, Jarach Gallery, Venise
2007
- Evidence, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco
- Evidence, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
- Mona Kuhn, Estiarte Gallery, Madrid
- Evidence, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
- Less Than Innocent, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles
2005
- Mona Kuhn, Recent Color Work, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
- Mona Kuhn-Close, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
- Unbounded Youth, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
- Mona Kuhn-Color, Camerawork, Berlin, Germany
- New Work, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
- Corporeal Space, Galerie F5.6, Munique, Germany
- Mona Kuhn - Color Photographs, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco
- Still Memory, PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Body Language, Camerawork AG, Hamburg, Germany
2003
- Somata, Schumann Galerie, Munich
2002
- Mona Kuhn-recent work, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2001
- Mona Kuhn-recent work, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Bare, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, New York
- Mona Kuhn, Bassetti Fine Art Photo Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2000
- Bei Nahe, Bodo Niemann Galerie, Berlin
- Mona Kuhn, G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle
1999
- Mona Kuhn-recent work, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco
1998
- Mona Kuhn Nus, Elkis Gallery, São Paulo
1997
- Mona Kuhn, Tappert Galerie, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
- Traummänner, Deichtorhallen Hambourg
2010
- State of Mind, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
2009
- On the way to Robert Frank, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
- Au Feminin, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris
- Anonymity, Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
2008
- Modern Photographs, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
- People and Places, Southwest Center for Contemporary Art, North Carolina
2007
- Featured Works of Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina
- The Machine, the Body and the City, Miami Museum of Art, Florida
2006
- The Body Familiar, Current Perspectives of the Nude, Griffin Museum, Boston
2005
- Portrait & Figure Study in Contemporary Photography, Westport Arts Center, Connecticut
- Face Cachée, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris
- The Children's Hour, Museum of New Art, Michigan
2004
- Il nudo nell'arte, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologne
2003
- Traditions on Figure, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle
2002
- March Group Exhibition, G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle
- Collective, Vickie Bassetti Fine Art, New Orleans
2001
- Love and Trust, Momus Gallery, Atlanta
- Best of 2001 curated by Jack Spencer, Cumberland Gallery, Tennessee
- PhotoMetro, SFAC Gallery, San Francisco
2000
- German Artists, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco
- Among Us, Paba Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
- Collective, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle
- The Body in Art, Francoise Gallery, Maryland, Virginia
- Nudes from Past to Present, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
- Love, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
1999
- Collective Figurative Artists, Mauritz Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
- Female Figures, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago
1998
- Bare Skin, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
- Minimal Skin, Museum of Arts Downtown, Los Angeles
- Collective Figurative, Museum Of Arts Downtown Los Angeles
1997
- Contemporary Women Photographers, Scott Nichols Gallery, SF, California
- Brazilian Contemporary Art, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
COLLECTIONS
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Griffin Museum, Winchester, Massachusetts
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Musée de la Photographie de Charleroi, Belgique
George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
The Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation, New York
di Rosa Foundation, San Francisco
Buhl Foundation, New York, New York
Sir Elton John Collection, United Kindom
Paul Allen Collection, Seattle
Allen Thomas Jr. Collection, North Carolina
Schwarz Contemporary Art Collection, Berlin
Nicolaus von Oesterreich Collection, Frankfort
PUBLICATIONS
2009
- Mona Kuhn Native, Steidl, Göttingen, 88 pp., 65 color plates
2007
- Mona Kuhn Evidence. Steidl, Göttingen, 96 pp., 54 color plates
2004
- Mona Kuhn Photographs. Steidl, Göttingen, 108 pp., 33 tritones and 20 color plates.
2002
- Mona Kuhn artist catalog. Text by Heather Snider. Watermark Press, San Francisco
2003
- Oceans. Edited by Sue Hostetler. Text by Robert Redford, Vicki Goldberg, and Jean-M. Rizzoli, New York
GUEST SPEAKER
2010
- Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
2007
- North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina
- International Center of Photography, New York
- Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio
- W PS-1, radio interview with Jill Spalding
- PhotoLA, Los Angeles
2006
- Silver Conference, Los Angeles
2005
- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
- Santa Fe Center for Photography, Los Angeles
- PhotoLA, Los Angeles, California
2004
- University of Georgia, SPE Conference, Georgia
- Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe
- FotoForum, SFMOMA, San Francisco
- Camerawork AG, Hambourg
2002
- Academy of Art, San Francisco
2001
- Berlin Freies Sender,TV/radio interview, Berlin
- AT&T; cable channel, TV interview, San Francisco
2000
- De Young Museum, San Francisco
- Pasadena Art Center, Los Angeles
1999
- Jewish Museum, San Francisco
- Bay TV, interview, San Francisco
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
2010
Financial Times, UK
Huffington Post, USA
Eyemazing, Netherlands
Color Magazine, USA
Pen Magazine, Japan
Cousin Corinne, USA
Rosebuzz, France
2009
Snoecks, Belgium
Paradis, France
American Photo, USA
2008
Exibart, Venice, Italy
La Repubblica Newspaper, Italy
Numero 90, France
Paradis, France
Vogue RG, Brazil
2007
New York Post, Page Six
ArtNews, New York
Men's Vogue, USA
L'Officiel Hommes, France
HotShoe, United Kingdom
WWD Scoop Magazine, New York
2006
Miedzy Nami, special issue, Poland
Vogue Korean, Korea
7x7 Magazine, San Francisco
Spoon Magazine, New York, New York
Eyemazing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photo Selection, Montreal, Canada
2005
Zoom Magazine, Italy
Hasselblad Forum Magazine, Sweden
British Journal of Photography, London
2004
B+W magazine, Australia
Camerawork Journal of Photographic Art, October issue
Art on Paper, November issue
PhotoNews, Hamburg, Germany, March
2003
Hasselblad Forum magazine, Sweden, November
Monaco Fashion and Style Magazine, Monaco, August
Photovision, portfolio article, June
Freeye Magazine, Munique review, Netherlands, summer
Zyzzyva, fall issue
2002
7x7 Magazine, January issue
2001
Business Week, december
Zyzzyva, winter issue
French PHOTO Magazine, September
die WELT, German newspaper, July
The SF Chronicle Newspaper, April
Best of New Orleans, Gambit weekly, December
New Orleans Times Picayune, December
Neue Presse, German newspaper, November
PhotoMetro Magazine, March
B&W; Magazine, February
2000
Photovision Magazine, December
B&W; Magazine, June
CBSNews.com, June
Baltimore City Paper, May
Tucson Artreview, May
Arizona Daily, April
Camera Arts Magazine, April
Tucson Artreview, May
Black + White Mag. (Australia), April
1999
Philosophy of Photography, Lusenet, May
Artweek, April
B&W; Magazine, April
San Francisco Examiner Mag, March
SF Chronicle Newspaper, March
1998
Veja Magazine, São Paulo, December
Estado de São Paulo Newspaper, November
Zyzzyva, winter issue, October
Columbus Alive Newspaper, February
1997
San Francisco Examiner Magazine, August
1996
Nufoto Magazine, August