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Paul Hutchinson

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Biography

Born in 1987 in Berlin, Germany
Lives and works in both London and Berlin

Paul Hutchinson studied at the University of the Arts Berlin and Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London. In his photographic practice, Hutchinson explores his immediate environment, the role of technology, and contemporary Hip Hop culture. His photographs straddle the line between documentary and poetic expression. What may initially appear as a spontaneous snapshot is actually a meticulously composed photographic expression, an aesthetic that conveys inner movement through color and form. Hutchinson often works with the deliberate omission of individualizing details: subjects turn away, their faces are obscured or cropped, and in group pictures, young people blend into singular, intertwined shapes. Through these details—whether seemingly banal or deeply personal—Hutchinson vividly and uniquely characterizes a subculture. He extends the boundaries of the medium to the point where his images take on a painterly substance.

Hutchinson has received grants and awards from Deutsche Bank, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), University of the Arts Berlin, and Berlin Masters Foundation. In 2016, he was awarded the Eberhard Roters Grant for Young Art, given biennially by Stiftung Preussische Seehandlung in cooperation with Berlinische Galerie. Hutchinson’s recent exhibitions include «Doppelausstellung Saskia Groneberg & Paul Hutchinson» at Galerie Russi Klenner in Berlin, «Paul Hutchinson» at Knust x Kunz in Munich, «tanzen Alexander Romey & Paul Hutchinson» at Nina Sagt Galerie in Düsseldorf, «Wildlife Photography» at Galerie Mansart in Paris, and «nett sind die spasten alle» at 8 Quadrat in Cologne. He has participated in both solo and group exhibitions internationally.

Curriculum vitae

Solo and two-person exhibitions
  • 2024
    Solo exhibition, cadet capela, Paris, FR
  • Remnants, Russi Klenner, Berlin, DE
  • 2023
    think of the past tomorrow, Kunst-Station, Hauptbahnhof Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE
  • Underground, Afterglow, Knust Kunz Gallery Editions, Knokke, BE
  • 2022
    Kadia (I-V), Knust Kunz Gallery Editions, Munich, DE
  • Word Pieces, Collectors Agenda, Vienna, AT
  • Maschinen, Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm, DE
  • 2021
    wach mal auf junge wach mal auf, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, DE
  • no need to be silent, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, DE
  • 2020
    Aufbruch, Marsano Kunst, Berlin, DE
  • 2019
    Paul Hutchinson, KunstraumKunze, Gifhorn, DE
  • Saskia Groneberg & Paul Hutchinson, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, DE
  • 2017
    Deutsche Oper Installation, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, DE
  • Tanzen, with Alexander Romey, Nina Sagt Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE
  • 2016
    Wildlife Photography , Galerie Mansart, Paris, FR
  • Nett sind die Spasten alle, 8 Quadrat, Cologne, DE
  • Eberhard Roters-Grant for Young Art, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE
  • 2015
    IBB Prize for Photography 2015: Andreas Greiner & Paul Hutchinson, IBB-Bank, Berlin, DE
  • B-Boys, Fly Girls & Horticulture, 1 Shanti Road Gallery, Bangalore, IN
  • 2011
    Mundos, Museo de Arte moderno, Centro Cultural, Santa Cruz, BO
Group exhibitions
  • 2024
    Räume mit Aussicht, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, DE
  • 2023
    WHERE ARE WE NOW, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, DE
  • 50/50, Kunsthalle Ost, Leipzig, DE
  • Touch. Politiken der Berührung , Amtsalon, Berlin, DE
  • 2022
    wir sagen uns Dunkles dark things we tell each other, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, DE
  • Why can’t we live together – Collection Peters – Messer in Marburg, Kunstmuseum Marburg, Marburg, DE
  • Touch me: Nudes from the Miettinen Collection, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, DE
  • 2021
    AvaTourismus, Offenbacher Kunstverein, Offenbach, DE
  • 2020
    The Place I Once Called Home, Breiterhof, Munich, DE
  • A Party for the Gods, Van Horn, Düsseldorf, DE
  • Touch me: Nudes from the Miettinen Collection, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, DE
  • Pas de Deux II, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, DE
  • The Last Unicorn, Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
  • 2019
    Camera Austria International #147 Magazin Release und Ausstellung, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, DE
  • Works from the Miettinen Collection, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, DE
  • Realitätscheck, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, DE
  • You are here. Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Peters-Messer, Werkschauhalle Leipzig, Leipzig, DE
  • 2018
    The Art House, The Art House, Hamburg, DE
  • 2017
    Berlin Masters 2017, Max-Liebermann Haus, Berlin, DE
  • Perfect Storm , NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, DE
  • 2015
    Fresh Faced + Wild Eyed , The Photographer’s Gallery, London, GB
  • 2014
    DAAD Art Show, Display Gallery, London, GB
  • Stop It, University of the Arts, London, GB
  • Ekistics and Ikebana Observatory Vol. I, Oxford House Gallery, London, GB
  • 2013
    In Transit, University of the Arts, London, GB
Fairs
  • 2019
    New Positions, Art Cologne, Cologne, DE
Collections
  • Sammlung Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE
  • Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
  • Collection of the University of the Arts London, London, GB
  • Burger Collection, Zurich / Hong Kong
  • Ioannis Christoforakos (IC) Collection, , Munich, DE
  • Sammlung Peters-Messer, Berlin/Viersen, DE
  • Miettinen Collection, Berlin, DE
Awards
  • 2020
    Villa Aurora Fellow, Los Angeles, US
  • 2019
    Berlin Masters Schliemann Residency, Arles, FR
  • 2018
    ‘Geförderte Künstler’, Kunststiftung Kunze, Gifhorn, DE
  • Nominated for Cultural Exchange Program of the Federal Republic of Germany 2020, Cité des Arts, Paris, FR
  • Ilse-Augustin Foundation of Stadtmuseum Berlin Book production grant
  • 2017
    Selected for studio visit by Supporting the Arts Commission of the Federal State of Berlin
  • 2016
    Ilse-Augustin Foundation of Stadtmuseum Berlin Book production grant
  • Longlisted – ING UNSEEN Talent Award
  • Eberhard Roters-Fellowship for Young Art
  • 2015
    IBB Prize for Photography 2015
  • Artist Residency at Goethe Institut Bangalore, Bangalore, IN
  • 2014
    Nominated for Deutsche Bank Award 2014
  • Nominated for Red Mansion Art Prize 2014
  • 2013
    DAAD Grant for Artistic Development 2013-2014
  • ASA Scholarship, Rio de Janeiro / Berlin
  • 2011
    PROMOS Scholarship, University of the Arts Berlin Goethe Institut Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, BO
  • DAAD Scholarship, German General Consulate Barcelona, Barcelona, ES
Education
  • 2014
    MA Photography, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, GB
  • 2010
    Valencia Erasmus exchange, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, ES
  • 2012
    BA Communication in Social and Economic Contexts, University of the Fine Arts Berlin, Berlin, DE
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