1969 Germany, raised in Brazil, lives in the US

• EDUCATION

  • 1993

    • Ohio State University, BA, Ohio

  • 1996–1997

    • San Francisco Art Institute, California

  • 1999–2004

    • The Getty Research Institute, Independent Studies, Art and Humanities, Los Angeles, California

• SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2004

    • Mona Kuhn-color, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, New York
    • Color Photographs, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California
    • Still Memory, PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • Body Language, Camerawork AG, Hamburg, Germany

  • 2003

    • Somata, Schumann Galerie, Munique, Germany

  • 2002

    • Mona Kuhn-recent work, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

  • 2001

    • Mona Kuhn-recent work, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California
    • Bare, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, New York
    • Mona Kuhn, Bassetti Fine Art Photo Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 2000

    • Bei Nahe, Bodo Niemann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
    • Mona Kuhn, G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington

  • 1999

    • Mona Kuhn-recent work, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California

  • 1998

    • Mona Kuhn Nus, Elkis Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

  • 1997

    • Mona Kuhn, Tappert Galerie, Berlin, Germany

• GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2003

    • Traditions on Figure, G. Gibson Gallery, Seatlle, Washington

  • 2002

    • March Group Exhibition, G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
    • Collective, Vickie Bassetti Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 2001

    • Love and Trust, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Best of 2001, curated by Jack Spencer, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
    • PhotoMetro, SFAC Gallery, San Francisco, California
    • Group Exhibition, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington

  • 2000

    • German Artists, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California
    • Among Us, Paba Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Collective, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
    • The Body in Art, Francoise Gallery, Maryland, Virginia
    • Nudes from Past to Present, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
    • Love, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California

  • 1999

    • Collective Figurative Artists, Mauritz Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
    • Female Figures, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1998

    • Bare Skin, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
    • Minimal Skin, Museum of Arts Downtown, Los Angeles, California
    • Shapes and Nudes, Mauritz Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
    • Collective Figurative, Museum Of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, California

  • 1997

    • Contemporary Women Photographers, Scott Nichols Gallery, SF, California
    • Brazilian Contemporary Art, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California

• COLLECTIONS

  • • Schwarz Fine and Contemporary Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
    • Nicolaus von Oesterreich Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
    • di Rosa Foundation, San Francisco, California
    • Paul Allen Collection, Seattle, Washington
    • Sir Elton John Collection, England
    • Buhl Foundation, New York, NY

• PUBLICATIONS

  • • Mona Kuhn Photographs. Steidl, Göttingen, 2004. 108 pp., 33 tritones and 20 color plates.
    • Mona Kuhn artist catalog. Text by Heather Snider. Watermark Press, San Francisco, 2002
    • Oceans. Edited by Sue Hostetler. Text by Robert Redford, Vicki Goldberg, and Jean-M. Rizzoli, New York, 2003.

• GUEST SPEAKER

  • 2004

    • Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • FotoForum, SFMOMA, San Francisco, California
    • Camerawork AG, Hamburg, Germany

  • 2002

    • Academy of Art, San Francisco, California

  • 2001

    • FotoForum, SFMOMA, San Francisco, California
    • Berlin Freies Sender,TV/radio interview,Berlin, Germany
    • AT&T cable channel, TV interview, San Francisco, California

  • 2000

    • De Young Museum, San Francisco, California
    • Pasadena Art Center, Los Angeles, California

  • 1999

    • Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California
    • Bay TV, interview, San Francisco, California

• ARTICLES & REVIEWS

  • 2004

    • PhotoNews, Hamburg, Germany, March

  • 2003

    • Hasselblad Forum magazine, Sweden, November
    • Monaco Fashion and Style Magazine, Monaco, August
    • Photovision, portfolio article, June
    • Freeye Magazine, Munique review, Netherlands, summer
    • Zyzzyva, fall issue

  • 2002

    • 7x7 Magazine, January issue

  • 2001

    • Business Week, december
    • Zyzzyva, winter issue
    • Best of New Orleans, Gambit weekly, December
    • New Orleans Times Picayune, December
    • Neue Presse, German newspaper, November
    • SF Downtown Magazine, October
    • French PHOTO Magazine, September
    • die WELT, German newspaper, July
    • Bang! Magazine, June
    • The SF Chronicle Newspaper, April
    • PhotoMetro Magazine, March
    • BistArt, show review, March
    • B&W Magazine, February

  • 2000

    • Photovision Magazine, December
    • B&W Magazine, June
    • CBSNews.com, June
    • Baltimore City Paper, May
    • Bay Area Cultural News, May
    • Tucson Artreview, May
    • Arizona Daily, April
    • Camera Arts Magazine, April
    • Black + White Mag. (Australia), April

  • 1999

    • Philosophy of Photography, Lusenet, May
    • Artweek, April
    • B&W Magazine, April
    • El Latino Newspaper, April
    • San Francisco Examiner Mag, March
    • SF Chronicle Newspaper, March

  • 1998

    • Veja Magazine, São Paulo, December
    • Estado de São Paulo Newspaper, November
    • Zyzzyva, winter issue, October
    • Columbus Alive Newspaper, February

  • 1997

    • San Francisco Examiner Magazine, August
    • ID Magazine, December

  • 1996

    • Nufoto Magazine, August