Sven Johne

Sven Johne (*1976 on Rügen) is an artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. He studied photography at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. In his text, photo and video works, Sven Johne combines historical research and fictional narratives and deals with post-socialist biographies. He explores aspects of East Germany's present and past, the feeling of political powerlessness and the general longing for change. Sven Johne has recently shown his work in solo exhibitions at Fluentum and Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (both 2023) and in group exhibitions at the Albertinum in Dresden (2023), the 12th Berlin Biennale (2022) and the Weserburg. Museum of Modern Art in Bremen (2021). Furthermore, his work is part of the collection of Folkwang Museum in Essen.

Johne 2024 Portrait1 KLEMM S Berlin
Landscapes of an Ongoing Past Uli Golub Babushka in Space 2017 The Palace of Specials ©

Landscapes of an Ongoing Past

Looking at the landscapes of the Ruhr area, Landscapes of an Ongoing Past traces questions of industrial production and relates them to the aftermath of socialist ideologies.