Hans Peter Kuhn
1952 born in Kiel
1990 'BESSIE AWARD' New York for music SUSPECT TERRAIN
1991 Artist in residence Kunstlerhaus Bethanien
1992 Artist in residence program of the Berlin Senate P.S.1 Museum New York
1993 Golden Lion at Biennale Venice, in collaboration with Robert Wilson for Installation MEMORY/LOSS
1994 Suzukinu Hanayagi Award, Osaka
Exhibitions (excerpt)
1984 Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin
1985 Gasteig Kulturzentrum Munchen
1987 Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
1988 Laden fur Nichts Berlin
Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
Stattmusik - E 88 Berlin
Ars Electronica Linz
1989 Gesellschaft fur aktuelle Kunst Bremen
1991 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
Galerie Fragile Gesellschaft, Berlin
1992 Kunstspeicher Potsdam
Berliner Gesellschaft fur Neue Musik, Podewil Berlin
Artangel London "Five Floors"
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
P.S.1 Museum New York
1993 Apollohuis Eindhoven
Galerie Fragile Gesellschaft, Berlin
Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Biennale Venedig
Centro Cultural da UFMG Belo Horizonte Brasil
Galerie Klaus Fischer, Berlin
1994 Som Brasilia Festival, Brasilia
Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl
1995 SoundArt Hannover
Carta Blanca, Bilbao
Artangel London "H.G."
1996 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo
His other works include compositions for dancers. He collaborated with Steve Paxton, Dana Reitz, Junko Wada and more frequently with Suzushi Hanayagi and Laurie Booth. He created several performances with sound that have been shown at many places worldwide. Kuhn is well known for his theatre music and sound environments for the american director Robert Wilson, with whom he collaborated on more than 30 productions.
Discography
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE DAY Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1991
MR.BOJANGLES MEMORY Centre Pompidou Paris 1991
HANS PETER KUHN Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin 1992
ROT GELB BLAU, Multiple, Galerie Klaus Fischer Berlin 1993
SOUNDSCAPE BRASILIA, Goethe Institut Brasilia 1994
YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER in collaboration with Hanns Zischler, Merve Verlag Berlin 1995