The Mixed Media Artist Leon Kuhn

Leon Kuhn -- Mixed Media

Artist Profile

Leon Kuhn is a Mixed Media Artist
Leon Kuhn

Born in South Africa in 1971, I moved to Sweden in 2001 and completed my education in painting, drawing, graphical printing and pottery at Folks Universitetet in Stockholm. In 2004 I moved to Kenya where I developed my techniques of building up collages from various materials like, pigments, sand, textile, hand made paper, rusted metal sheets, various animal dung etc.

My immediate environment is what inspires me, ranging from the people, culture, objects, thoughts and especially materials that I come in contact with. I have a close relationship to materials I find in nature that can be used or recycled. I often work in layers, building a texture and “feeling” into the work, letting the material influence the result, not so much the original idea.

Exhibitions

Sweden

2009 : Gallery Eva Solvang, Hammarby Art Port (HAP),

2009 : Fauna Fest

2008: Solo Exhibition Galleri Gunilla Larsen, Gotland,

2008: July Solo Exhibition Galleri SoStockholm,

2007: Kungsträdgården Solo Exhibition Galleri Hagström,
Gamla Stan

2007: June/July Konstnärsbaren (KB) June/July

2007: Tyresö Slot, July

2007: Solo Exhibition: Ostergök Restaurang, February

2006: Galleri Nybroviken: December

2006: Art Moderna Gallery, 5th Anniversary of Gallery, Group
Exhibitino with “young and upcoming artists”. April - May

2005: Sweden: Retrospective solo exhibition at Konstnärsbaren
(KB) September - October

Spain

2005: Barcelona at Sala Barna, Grupo Batik Art for the 30th
anniversary art fair in October and November

United Kingdom: Travelling exhibition in the UK with the Ya
Africa artists (various galleries). January-November.

2006: Transvangarde and eco art exhibition, Oslo. October
and November, Norway

Dak’art art bienalle, May 2006, installation on “tragic beauty” in Dakar. Senegal

Kenya

2004: I took part in group exhibitions at the National Museum
in Nairobi and the RAMOMA art gallery.

2005: I held a solo collection of one year’s work at the Village
         market Exhibition Hall and Tazama Gallery. Also “action
         against landmines” commission for UN. Group exhibition
         with Green Art (art that has an environmental theme or
         uses recycled materials).

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Medium: Mixed Media
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