Heinz Peter Knes

Heinz Peter Knes practices photography and, since 1999, he has been working as a photographer in different fields, producing work for an array of magazines, record and fashion labels. His name gained a greater recognition when one of his photographs was published on the cover of Butt, in 2003.

Starting from a universe associated with youth and sexual identity, Knes takes, at the same time, a critical look at contemporary culture and the dominance of the image, including its use by individuals as well as by society.

The artist has a personal archive of photographic prints and copies, which he manipulates, cutting, tearing, folding, hiding, overlapping, assigning new forms, functions and readings to the photographic object. The various possibilities of photography and the different contexts of its presentation are constant concerns.

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Solo Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2010 — Heinz Peter Knes, Galerie für Moderne Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
  • 2009 — Six women, Anberg, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2008 — The first cut is the deepest, Galerie Crone, Open Space, Art Cologne, Germany
  • 2007 — 100 – 1000, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
  • 2013 — Since then never again so good, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal

Group Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2012 — Neptune Society, San Francisco Columbarium, 4th Fl., Dome Room, South Wall, Tier 4, Niche 2, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
  • 2010 — I Put A Frame On You, TÄT, Berlin, Germany
  • 2010 — Milk Drop Coronet, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
  • 2010 — Right Right Now Now, M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany
  • 2009 — Too much of everything, Y3K Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2009 — Freier Fall, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2008 — Just Different!, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
  • 2007 — A Case Study: Art & Commerce, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
  • 2007 — Hardcore, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
  • 2011 — Ephemeroptera, MD 72, Berlin, Germany (with Danh Võ)
  • 2010 — Dorm, The Model, Sligo, Ireland (with Evas Arche)
  • 2007 — Ich Liebe Dich, Andre Schlechtriem Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2014 — Essential Loneliness, Taylor Macklin, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2012 — knell dobre glas, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon/ Porto, Portugal
  • 2013 — To The Friends Who Saved My Life, Callicoon Fine Arts, New York, USA
  • 2006 — Freier, Galerie Art:Concept, Paris, France
  • 2006 — A lover’s discourse, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA

Works

Hut, 1996

C-print

46 x 59,8 cm

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