David Koenig
David Koenig (* 1974 in Aachen ) is a German photo artist .
Live and act
After his school days and first courses, Koenig attended the Parsons School of Design in New York City , from which he graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts . He then specialized in photographic art , also in New York, with a degree at the International Center of Photography , which he completed with a Master of Arts degree .
Since then, Koenig has appeared nationally and internationally with thematically bundled photo series. So far he has been represented with solo and group exhibitions in Berlin , Cologne , Aachen and at the OSTRALE - International Exhibition for Contemporary Arts in Dresden , as well as internationally, for example in Knokke-Heist , Bandol , St. Moritz , Beijing , Santa Monica and New York .
In 2004 Koenig was in the finals for both the “Best of Photography Award” and the “Best of College Photography Award” and in 2008 was also a finalist at the Hasselblad Foundation Award .
Koenig sees his art as an interface between the technical possibilities of photography and painting and explores the limits of photography in order to stimulate people to think and arouse associations. One of his artistic priorities is architectural photography , which he summarized in his extensive publication Urban Elements in 2012 and which was nominated for the German photo book award.
Koenig lives and works mainly in Los Angeles , Aachen and Cologne.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2005: known / unknown , Krings-Ernst-Galerie, Cologne
- 2008: Black and White , Wittgenstein Editions, Hong Kong
- 2012: Dissolved , White Square Gallery Berlin
- 2015: Broken , Krings-Ernst-Galerie, Cologne
- 2017: Skyscraper , Gallery Friday 6.30pm, Aachen
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2004: The windows at the Kimmel Center , New York University, USA
- 2010: l'Horizon vertical , Bandol Festival, Bandol, France
- 2012 and 2013: OSTRALE Dresden and Adrian David Gallery Knokke, Belgium
- 2015: Figuration Liebre , Krings-Ernst-Galerie, Cologne
- 2017: Exhibitions at the Santa Monica Art Studio, Santa Monica, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Beijing and at the Sankt Moritz Art Masters
Fonts (selection)
- Urban Elements , Verlag Frenchmann Kolon GmbH, 2012, ISBN 978-3864071157
Web links
- Personal homepage
- Short biography on the White Square Gallery homepage
- Portrait on the homepage of Galerie Freitag
- Stefan Skowron: David Koenig "Photography" Characteristics of his works on monopol-magazin.de from April 2012
- Eckhard Hoog: Aachen photographer David Koenig: The special thing about architecture in view ¸in: Aachener Zeitung from December 30, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koenig, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |