Levin Oehler

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WELCOME. YOU ARE VISITING THE WEBSITE OF LEVIN OEHLER. HE LIVES AND WORKS IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY. IN HIS ARTISTIC WORK HE DEALS WITH QUESTIONS OF NEEDS AND IDENTITIES IN SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL STRUCTURES. HE EXPLORES HIS OWN PERSON, OTHER LIVING BEINGS AND OBJECTS MOSTLY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS. HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. FROM 2016 UNTIL 2020 HE STUDIED IN THE CLASS OF PETER PILLER AT THE HOCHSCHULE FUER GRAFIK UND BUCHKUNST LEIPZIG. IN 2021 HE FINISHED HIS STUDIES WITH DIPLOMA IN THE CLASS OF TAMARA GRCIC AT THE KUNSTHOCHSCHULE MAINZ. IN 2023 HE LIVED AND WORKED IN ISTANBUL AS PART OF THE STUDIO GRANT FROM HESSISCHE KULTURSTIFTUNG AND IN 2022 HE WAS AWARDED WITH THE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP BY STIFTUNG KUNSTFONDS BONN. IN 2016 HE HOLD THE CLAUSSEN-SIMON FOUNDATION ARTIST FELLOWSHIP. FEEL FREE TO ASK FOR HIS CURRENT PORTFOLIO OR FURTHER INQUIRIES. EXHIBITIONS/SHOWCASES: 2023 POOL, BERNHARD KNAUS FINE ART, FRANKFURT, GERMANY. 2023 SO SLOWLY, GALERIE HAFEMANN, WIESBADEN, GERMANY. 2022 ZWEI SCHRITTE VOR, EIN SCHRITT ZURUECK, FAK MUENSTER, GERMANY, 2021 ⅃ƎƧꓘƎUYЯUMIT/LEVINOEHLER, KUNSTHOCHSCHULE MAINZ, GERMANY, 2021 TAKE ME ON / TAKE ON ME, BASIS E.V., FRANKFURT, GERMANY. 2019 SQUARE, KUNSTRAUM ORTLOFF, LEIPZIG, GERMANY. 2019 A STORY MEDIATED BY THE FRAGRANCE OF A MOTHERBOARD, KUNSTVEREIN JESTEBURG, GERMANY. 2018 FK PILLER PFERDEWETTEN, GOLDEN PUDEL CLUB, HAMBURG, GERMANY. 2017 VORDEMBERGE-GILDEWART STIPENDIUM, KESTNER GESELLSCHAFT, HANOVER, GERMANY. 2017 DAS GEGENUEBER IST EIN UNBEKANNTER RAUM, KUNSTHOCHSCHULE MAINZ, GERMANY. 2016 FRANKLIN FURNANCE COLLECTION, ANAMORPHOSIS PRIZE, PRATT INSTITUTE, NEW YORK, USA. 2015 P/ART PRODUCERS ART FAIR, KRAFTWERK BILLE, HAMBURG, GERMANY. 2015 ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL, THE PHOTOBOOK SHOW, BENAKI MUSEUM, ATHENS, GREECE. 2015 BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL, UNSEEN DUMMYAWARD, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND. 2015 KIJKPAPERS, WARTE FUER KUNST, KASSEL, GERMANY. 2014 UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR, UNSEEN DUMMY AWARD, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. 2013 OBSCURA FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, TRANSCONTINENT, GEORGETOWN, MALAYSIA. PUBLICATIONS: 2019 KLASSE SCHMITH: FK PILLER PFERDEWETTEN. 2017 DIENACHT MAGAZINE #20. 2015 TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, ARTIST BOOK. 2015 WITTY MAGAZINE #4, DOSSIER SECTION. 2015 SELF PUBLISH, BE HAPPY, BOOK DU JOUR. 2015 DER GREIF, GUEST-ROOM #1. 2014 DIENACHT MAGAZINE #16, BOOK REVIEW. 2014 LONGINGS, ARTIST BOOK.