Frank Paul Kistner

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Frank Paul Kistner (2018)

Frank Paul Kistner (* 1959 in Heilbronn ) is a German photographer , multimedia artist and lecturer in photography.

Life

Kistner completed a social pedagogy degree in Esslingen and then completed a postgraduate course in film and photography in Remscheid. He has been a freelance photographer since 1990 and also lectures photography at the vocational college for graphic design in Stuttgart and since 2012 in Schwäbisch Gmünd . Kistner has been an appointed member of the German Society for Photography since 2015 .

The focus of Kistner's photographic work is people. He portrayed politicians, musicians, actors, writers, athletes such as Joachim Gauck , Gesine Schwan , Udo Lindenberg , Patricia Kaas , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Alice Schwarzer and Joachim Löw .

Solo exhibitions of his works took place at the Kunstverein Tauberbischofsheim , the Design Center Stuttgart , the Print Media Academy - Edition Braus Galerie in Heidelberg and the Galerie Anouk Sauvage in Stuttgart. Works by him can be seen in the Museum of Photography in Braunschweig , the graphic collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris.

His publications include the calendar Menschenbilder , which was awarded the calendar prize in 2006, as well as Berlin - A tour before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, or the work Die Winzer vom Vulkan, which was awarded the World Cookbook Award in 2007 as “best photo wine book” . Kistner published a book about the radio and television talk show SWR1 Menschen together with the moderators and authors Wolfgang Heim and Stefan Siller .

Kistner is a member of the German Association of Journalists . Since 2015 he has been the first director of the KunstWerk Fellbach eV He lives in Stuttgart and Berlin.

Solo exhibitions and collections (selection)

  • 2018 City Gallery Ostfildern | "Connected"
  • 2018 Gallery of the City of Fellbach | "Camera Work 2014-2018"
  • 2018 ARD Capital Studio Berlin | PEOPLE
  • 2016 Molliné Stuttgart Collection | PEOPLE
  • 2016 ABTART Gallery Stuttgart | "In the streets of Havana"
  • 2016 KunstWerk Fellbach | "Vital" [10]
  • 2015 ABTART Gallery Stuttgart | "Sea Horizons"
  • 2015 Galerie Valentien Stuttgart | Portraits
  • 2014 Gallery “Anouk Sauvage” Stuttgart | 3 steps - face, metamorphoses, horizons
  • 2013 KunstWerk Fellbach | PEOPLE [8]
  • 2008 Edition Braus Heidelberg | "Human Images"
  • 2007 Theaterhaus Stuttgart | PEOPLE
  • 2006 Print Media Academy | PEOPLE
  • 2006 State Representation Baden-Württemberg Berlin | PEOPLE
  • 2006 State Representation for Baden-Württemberg Brussels | PEOPLE
  • 2006 Art Association Tauberbischofsheim | PEOPLE
  • 2005 Stuttgart Airport | PEOPLE
  • 2005 SWR Gallery Stuttgart | PEOPLE
  • 2004 Design Center Stuttgart | Portrait work
  • 2003 SWR Gallery Stuttgart | "Habana Soul"
  • 2002 TV tower Stuttgart | "Habana Soul"
  • 2002 Stuttgart Exhibition Center | "Habana Soul"
  • 1996 Wilhelmspalais City Library Stuttgart | Dance photography
  • 1992 Fellbach City Gallery | Face, metamorphoses
  • 1991 BBK Gallery Berlin (Association of Visual Artists) | Face, metamorphoses
  • 1989 1st Photo Triennial Esslingen | Supporting program
  • 1988 Fischinger Gallery | "Face"
Collections
  • Museum for Photography in Braunschweig
  • Graphothek Wilhelmspalais Stuttgart
  • Graphic collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
  • Baden-Württemberg regional council
  • Bibliothèque nationale, Paris
  • City of Fellbach
  • Stuttgart City Library
  • Molliné collection
  • Abt-Straubinger Foundation collection

Publications (selection)

Books
  • G: sifts 5: "Joy of life in form and color" - artist from the creative workshop. Gatzanis Verlag, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-932855-88-7 .
  • Sea horizons / Connected. Exhibition catalog, Gatzanis Verlag, Stuttgart 2018.
  • 10 years of the Abt-Straubinger Foundation. Exhibition catalog, Karin Abt-Straubinger Foundation, 2017, ISBN 978-3-9819024-0-2 . PDF
  • with Adrienne Braun: G: sights 3: give and take. Paths to Art. Gatzanis-Verlag, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-932855-69-6 .
  • with Holle Nann: G: sicht 2: Collecting art - an (un) secret passion. Gatzanis-Verlag, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-932855-67-2 .
  • with Bettina Meister: Villa Raczynski - Bregenz. Hohenheim Verlag, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-89850-232-0 .
  • with Rainer Hartmann: Berlin - a tour before and after the fall of the wall. Braus im Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86228-050-6 .
  • with Stefan Siller: The vintners from the volcano. Edition Braus, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89904-278-8 .
  • with Anne Heinz: tricks jewelry and decorations masterfully made by hand. Edition Braus, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-89904-263-8 .
  • with Wolfgang Heim, Stefan Siller: SWR 1 people. Edition Braus, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-89904-175-5 .
calendar
  • Calendar trilogy body landscapes :
    • 1998: A touch of wild
    • 1999: Donna Morgana
    • 2000: body lines
  • 2001, 2002 2004, 2005: Habana soul calendar series
  • 2006: People Images - Calendar Award
  • 2008: Dance moves
  • 2009: jazz and soul portraits 2009

Awards

  • Bronze medal German Calendar Prize 2006 with "Images of People"
  • Award from GOURMAND, world cookbooks award 2007: Die Winzer vom Vulkan - Best Wine and Spirit Photography Book in Germany

literature

  • Andreas Dober, Ulrich Fleischmann, Andrej Kupetz: Temporary architecture Burkhardt Leitner - global network. Ludwigsburg avedition, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-89986-147-1 .
  • Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): Art Funding of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Acquisitions 1993–1996. Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-89309-085-1 .

Media appearances

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vita on frankpkistner.de
  2. ↑ Two faces of one city: Berlin between the past and the present , Heilbronn Voice , accessed on June 3, 2015
  3. ↑ Frank Paul Kistner: 300 guests at the finissage, vernissage and studio opening by Frank Paul Kistner on openpr.de
  4. ↑ Eye to eye with the stars ( memento from February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on flughafen-stuttgart.de, p. 6 (PDF file, 2.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Kistner, Frank Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and media artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn