CV
Sven Drühl studied art and mathematics in the 1990s at the height of the postmodern debate. He sees recourse to and expansion of the artistic achievements of modernism and postmodernism as an opportunity to develop a new metamodern visual language. The themes that the artist explores in his mostly landscape based artworks are cultural transfer, originality, authorship, quotation, remix, seriality, but also interference with nature and changes to the concept of landscape. Sven Drühl's oeuvre is characterized by different work phases: Landscape paintings from the art-historical series based on quotations. Mountain and water paintings of the lacquer series, which are based on virtual models from the gaming industry, neon-lightworks and bronze sculptures.1968 born in Nassau, Germany
1991-96 Art and Mathematics, Universität GH Essen
2002-04 Grant of Volkswagen-Stiftung Hannover
2003 Grant of X. Rohkunstbau, Berlin
2005 Thesis Dr. phil.
2007 Falkenrot-Price for Painting, Berlin
2008 Grant of Pollock-Krasner-Foundation, New York
2016 Fellowship of Honor, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop
1997-99 Teaching Universität GH Essen
1999-02 Teaching Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2004 Lecture Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
2008 Lecture Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
2011 Guest-Professor for Painting CDK Hangzhou, China (Cooperation with UdK Berlin)
Sven Drühl lives and works in Berlin
Sven Drühl, 2020, Foto: Carolin Seeliger, Berlin