Curriculum Vitae
Jochen Kitzbihler was born in Ludwigshafen/Rhine in 1966. After graduating from the Freie Waldorfschule Mannheim, he completed an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor. From 1989 to 1995, Kitzbihler studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. He completed his studies with a diploma and was appointed master student of Prof. Hiromi Akiyama in 1997.
Jochen Kitzbihler’s works are represented in museum collections, the French State Collection, numerous public collections and international private collections. He lives and works in Freiburg in Breisgau, in Breitnau in the Black Forest and in Nantes, France.
| Exhibitions and Projects (selection from 2000) | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Ins Licht – Into the Light, Gallery Eulenspiegel, Basel, Switzerland, SE |
| 2023 | Them and Us, site-specific Installation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Freiburg, Germany, SE |
| 2022 | Der Garten Eden, Gallery Marek Kralewski, Freiburg, Germany, GE |
| 2020 | Raum ist Partitur (Space is Score), Künstlerforum Bonn, Germany, GE |
| 2019 | Transmergence #01, FRAC Alsace, Sélestat, France, GE |
| 2018 | Sculptures by the Sea, site specific land-art project, Perth/Cottesloe, Western Australia, a Collaboration with Tim Burns and Bruce Abott |
| 2017 | human BEING, Kunstraum Foth, Freiburg, Germany, SE being HUMAN, Goethe-Institute, Freiburg, Germany, SE |
| 2016 | iNITIAL, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany, GE |
| 2015 | DerMassefluss, site specific installation, Landesgartenschau, Landau/Palatinate, Germany WELT RAUM ÜBER ALL, Galerie M, Landau/Palatinate, Germany, SE |
| 2014 | Aus dem Nichts, Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserlautern, Germany, SE with catalog |
| 2013 | Studio-soloshow, Artist in Residency, Fremantle, Western-Australia, SE |
| 2011 | Der Zweite Blick – The second Glance, Kunstverein Villa Streccius, Landau/Palatinate, Germany, GE Zwischen Himmel und Erde, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Christliche Kunst, Munich, GE |
| 2010 | DORT, Gallery Eulenspiegel, Basel, Switzerland, SE |
| 2007 | Steinskulptur-Steinlandschaft, Artforum, Offenburg, Germany, SE |
| 2006 | espace escultural, Gallery Maria Villalba, Barcelona, SE with catalog Monolitic Systems, Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany, SE |
| 2005 | Schichtungen (Layers), Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg, Germany (with Reinhard Wiedemer) |
| 2002 | Der Berg, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany, GE with catalog ausgeglichen (balanced), Gallery Nagel, Neustadt/Weinstrasse, Germany, SE |
| 2000 | Differences, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan, GE Rückführung, St. Guido Speyer, Germany, with Johannes S. Sistermanns, Reinhard Knodt und Dieter Zurnieden |
| SE = Solo exhibition, GE = Group exhibition | |
| Works in public space and comissions | |
| 2023 | Segment of a life’s work, granite stele at headquarter of Fuchs SE, Mannheim, Germany LA HALTE Châtenois, France. Permanent installation between the historic city walls Continuum, Bayreuth, Germany. Granite sculpture, public square in front of Hotel Rheingold |
| 2022 | KunstRaumKirche Freiburg. Realization of the project InUmraumLangsamkeit, temporary installation in the outdoor area of the Ludwigskirche, Freiburg, Germany |
| 2012 | Fenêtre Contemporaine, temporary Installation of DORT. Exterior wall Bibliothèque Humaniste, Séléstat, France |
| 2010 | Sanctuary-Space-Conception including Altar and Ambo, St. Nikolaus, Kappelrodeck, Germany |
| 2009 | OSZ-Sculpture, Z-Laser Optoelektronik GmbH, Freiburg, Germany |
| 2004 | tremolo 79Hz, Art Nouveau Concert Hall, Landau/Palatinate, Germany |
| 2003 | transversal, Granite-Sculpture at the European bridge from Kehl (Germany) to Strasbourg (France) Sculpture for the Jewish Victims of National Socialism, Mannheim, Germany |
| 2000 | 157m above sea level, pair of stelae in Herxheim/Palatinate, Germany |
| 1998 | Quality of the Earth – Measure of the Earth, New Development Sumiyoshi City Centre, Kobe, Japan. Symposium Artist in Residency |
| Artist in Residency | |
| 2018 | Artsource, Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 2013 | Christoph-Merian-Foundation, Atelier-Mondiale-Program, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 2011 | Foundation Künstlerdorf Schöppingen. Research in Art, Science, and Economy (KWW) |
| 2000 | Artist in Residency Kulturfonds Foundation, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany |
| 1994 | Ministry of Rheinland-Pfalz, Residency Ecole des Beaux Arts Dijon, Burgundy, France Awards |
| Awards | |
| 2022 | Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn. NEUSTART-Program |
| 2021 | Ministry of Research, Science and Culture, Project Scholarship Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 1998 | Heny Roos-Dr. Werner Ludwig Fond, Award of the City of Ludwigshafen at Rhine, Germany |
| 1996 | Artprize of Dr. Feldbausch-Foundation, City of Landau, Germany |
| 1995 | Pfalzprize – 1st award for sculpture Symposiums |
| Symposiums | |
| 2005 | International Sculpture Symposium Les Geants du Nideck, Wangenbourg, Alsace |
| 2003 | International Sculpture Symposium, Icheon, Korea |
| 1999 | German-French Sculpture Symposium, Lauterbourg/Alsace, France |
| 1998 | Sumiyoshi Sculpture Symposium, Kobe, Japan |
| 1990 | Sculpture Symposium, Karlstal, Germany |