German artist
Stefan Lenhart (born 1969) is a German artist based in Munich. His work is a mixture of sculpture, large scale installations and painting, often incorporating historical elements.
Life and education.
Stefan Lenhart studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, graduating in 2007.
Career.
In 2007, Lenhart founded the alternative art project space "Tanzschuleprojects", which ran till 2012. Notable exhibitions include the "Halbjahresgaben" series (2009-2011) which included work by Kalin Lindena, , Tim Bennett, and Martin Wöhrl, and "Meisterwerke der Menschenheit" series (2007-2008) with Lone Haugaard Madsen and .
In 2015, he organised an Artist March in honour of the young artists who died in 1881 in what is known as the .
A recent retrospective of his work was hosted by the Kunstverein Ebensberg in 2018, featuring his older large scale work as well as his newer paintings. Another exhibition of his paintings, "Trojan Horse Power" took place at the Kunstverein Erlangen in 2019. Three recent series of paintings were shown in the exhibition "Insider for Outsiders" at the Kunstverein Landshut in 2021.
In 2021, he founded the Munich band ALTE MENSCHEN, consisting of three visual artists and an art historian (Stefanie Ullmann, Stefan Lenhart, Lorenz Straßl and Daniela Stöppel). In 2022, they released their first single and performed live at the Theatron, Monacensia and Milla Club. The band themselves describe their style as "futuristicdadapunkblues".
A catalogue of his work, "Melancholie al Dente", has been published by Distanz in 2012.
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