Jens Kothe

bio | selected works | cv

°1985 Bochum, DE.
Lives and works in Bochum.

Education

2017
Meisterschüler bei Andreas Gursky | Akademiebrief | Diploma Fine Arts

2012 - 2017
Kunstakademie | Akademy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf

2009 - 2012
Staatliche Bildhauerschul | Sculpture School, Oberammergau

2007 - 2009
TU Dortmund, Architecture

Selected exhibitions

2025
OH BABY | group exhibition | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
WORKS ON PAPER | group exhibition | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
SURFACING | solo exhibition | Sothu | Zürich, CH
Kunstmuseum Bochum | group exhibition | Bochum, DE
ART BRUSSELS | group exhibition | BARBÉ | Brussels Expo Hall 5 | Brussels, BE

2024
HIGH FREQUENCY INTERACTIONS | group exhibition | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE VULNERABLE STATE | solo exhibition | Eigen + Art Lab | Berlin, DE
THE SUM OF OUR PARTS | Swivel Gallery | Brooklyn New York, USA

2023
FENCY BODIES | solo exhibition | Berthold Pott | Cologne, DE
THE SLIEVE OF SECRECY | group exhibition | Beacon and Paulina Caspari | Munich, DE
OUTER SKIN. INNER GAZE | solo exhibition curated by Giovanna Manzotti | Cassina Project | Milan, IT

2022
STUDIO___64646 | solo exhibition | Kunstverein Heppenheim e.V. | Heppenheim, DE MODEL ORGANISMS | solo exhibition | Downs & Ross | New York, USA
BLICKFELDER | group exhibition | Museum Goch | Goch, DE
THE SHAPE OF THINGS | group exhibition | Swivel Saugerties | New York, USA

2021
HIGH END | group exhibition | Museum Villa Rot | Burgrienden, DE LOKALE POSITIONEN | group exhibition | Museum Bochum | Bochum, DE

2020
THE MISSING LINK | group exhibition curated by Philippe van Cauteren | platform 6A Deweer | Otegem, BE STAYCATION | group exhibition | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE
DEW21 | Kunstpreisausstellung Dortmunder U | Museum Ostwall | Dortmund, DE
AUTOMATIC | group exhibition | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE
SQUISH | group exhibition | Efremidis Gallery | Berlin, BE
DRINK LIQUID | group exhibition | Kunsthaus Essen | Essen, DE

2019
DAMA | solo exhibition| Berthold Pott | Palazzo Coardi di Carpeneto | Turin, IT ELEMENT SYSTEM | solo exhibition | Berthold Pott | Cologne, DE
ON INTIMACY, BODIES OF MATTER | group exhibition | RFK | Düsseldorf, DE PFIRSICH | solo exhibition | Cologne, DE

2018
INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE | group exhibition | Philara Collection | Düsseldorf, DE TOWARDS A THEORY OF POWERFUL THINGS | group exhibition | Rod Barton | London, UK DIE GROSSE | Museum Kunstpalast | Düsseldorf, DE
JENS KOTHE | solo exhibition | Hyperraum E.V. | Bochum, DE
TOWARDS A THEORY OF POWERFUL THINGS | Rod Barton | London, UK
DIE GROSSE | Museum Kunstpalast| Düsseldorf, DE
JENS KOTHE | HYPERRAUM E.V. | Bochum, DE

2017
EXPOSITION COLLECTIVE | group exhibition | Goethe-Institut | Paris, FR
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf @ McKinsey & Company | Düsseldorf, DE
JENS KOTHE | solo exhibition exhibition | Kunsthallen Bochum | presented by the amazing popping eyes

2016
MEHR BEIN | solo exhibition exhibition | project space Worringer Str. 57 | Düsseldorf
DIE GROSSE | in Kooperation mit der Staatlichen Kunstakademie Düsseldorf | Klasse Prof. Andreas Gursky

2015
SMART CASUAL | Cubus Kunsthalle | Duisburg, DE RUHRTRIENNALE, AUSSTELLUNGSSTÜCK | Bochum, DE

2014
EN EL CASTILLO | Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo | ES