Born in Berlin in 1985, Leon Kahane first trained as a photographer and then studied fine art at the Berlin University of the Arts. Central points of reference in his video works, photographs and installations are themes such as migration and identity and the examination of majorities and minorities in a globalised society. He is often interested in the cultural and artistic representation of political developments in the recent past. Time and again, he draws attention to events and institutions in which the contradictions inherent in history are expressed. They reflect historical, political and economic, but also biographical aspects, which he takes up and processes in his works. Above all, the socio-cultural localisation of current political discourses and dynamics is of central importance to his artistic approach, which represents a form of cultural criticism.

Most recently, his works were on display at the Kunsthalle Wien and at the 6th Moscow Biennale. In 2015 he won the Future of Europe Art Prize and in 2016 the ars viva Prize. His work is represented by Galerie Nagel Draxler.

Seminar 2023 – Salla Tykkä
Seminar 2022 – Ruth Noack
Seminar 2021 – Jörg Heiser
Seminar 2019 – Branka Bencić und Aleksandra Sekulić
Seminar 2018 – Roee Rosen
Seminar 2017 – Michele Pierson and Mike Zryd
Seminar 2016 – Erika Balsom

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