Meet the artist: Christin Lahr
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Heiss-Saal
Plenary
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in deutscher SpracheAt the Opening, Christin Lahr introduces her project “MACHT GESCHENKE: DAS KAPITAL”: she transfers 1 euro cent and 108 characters from Karl Marx’s “Capital” to the German Finance Ministry every day. You want to know how she came up with this unique idea? Meet the artist at a personal level after the plenum.
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Christin LAHR
Artist, Curator, Berlin; Professor for Media Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig
| 1985-1990 | Diploma, University of Fine Arts, Berlin |
| since 1991 | Master Class Student of VALIE EXPORT |
| 1993-1994 | Nafög-Stipendium (two-year scholarship), University of the Arts Berlin |
| 1996-2001 | Artistic and Scientific Assistant to VALIE EXPORT, Academy of Media Art, Cologne |
| since 2001 | Professor for Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) Leipzig |
| 2006-2009 | Vice Dean, Department for Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) Leipzig |
| 2009-2010 | Dean, Department for Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) Leipzig |
| 2010-2015 | Dean (managing director), Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) Leipzig |
| Exhibitions (selection): | |
| 2017 | Let s buy it! Kunst und Einkauf. Von Albrecht Dürer über andy Warhol bis Gerhard Richter, LUDWIGGALERIE, Schloss Oberhausen |
| Kapitalströmung, Kunsthalle Tübingen | |
| 2016 | GUTES BÖSES GELD. Eine Bildgeschichte der Ökonomie Große Landesausstellung Baden-Württemberg staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden |
| since 2010 | Examples to Follow! Expeditions in aesthetics an sustainability, internationally awarded and worldwide touring exhibition curated by Adrienne Goehler. Venues: Berlin, Gartow/Wendland, Dessau, Ingolstadt, Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm, Stadt Neuburg an der Donau, Bremen, Hamburg, Mumbai/Indien, Addis Abeba / Ethiopia, Peking / China, Sao Paulo / Brasil, Puebla / Mexico, Essen, Lima / Peru, Freudenberg am Main, Schwerin, Rostock, Bröllin. |
BA Enid WOLF
Assistant Cultural Programme, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 2014-2016 | Master course in educating, curating, managing, University of Applied Arts Vienna |
| 2005-2013 | Studies art history, University Vienna |
