Biografia
Born 1972 in Basel, Switzerland, Olaf Kühnemann lives and works between Tel Aviv and Berlin, where he completed a residency program at Künstlerhaus Bethanien (2015).
His artistic training began quite early, at the age of 10, when he started working as an apprentice next to the Israeli artist Zvi Lachman. Later on he continued his education at the New York studio school (NY, 1990-1992) and completed his Master’s Degree at Parsons School of Design (NY, 1992-1994). Kühnenmann is a recipient of the Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum Art Prize for an Israeli Artist (2008).
During the last years he has actively exhibited in various galleries in Germany, such as Samuelis-Baumgarte Galerie (Bielefeld), Alexander Ochs Galleries (Berlin) and Pavillon Am Milchhof (Berlin), while at the same time he has had a strong presence in Israel with several shows in institutions such as Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (Herzliya), The Israel Museum (Jerusalem) and Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Tel Aviv).
In January 2015 Kühnenmann was included in the Jurors Pick section of "100 Painters of Tomorrow" book, published by Thames and Hudson publishing House.
In February 2016 he took part in "Contemporary Visions VI" at BEERS London gallery as one of 10 artists selected from 3,000 applicants world wide.
His works can be found in public and private collections in Israel, Europe & USA.
