jonas müller-ahlheim (*1993) is a German artist, curator, and educator, who works across multiple media including sculpture, painting, installation, performative acts, and video. Studied Media Art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen and graduated in 2021 from The Art Academy Karlsruhe as a Meisterschüler with Professor Leni Hoffmann. From 2021 to 2023 he was awarded the DAAD – fellowship to continue his research at the Painting Department of the School of The Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), from which he graduated with an MFA. In 2023 he was awarded a teaching fellowship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he is currently a Lecturer.
Education
Since 2023 Lecturer at School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA)
2023 MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA)
2021 Meisterschüler with Prof. Leni Hoffmann AdBK Karlsruhe (GER)
2019 Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen with Angela Metropulos and Ed Atkins (DK)
2014-2020 diploma from AdBK Karlsruhe (GER)
Grants and Scholarships
2023 Teaching Fellowship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA)
2022 Graduate Dean Professional Development Award SAIC (USA)
2021-2023 DAAD fellowship (GER)
2020 fellowship from Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung for Students (GER)
2019-2020 Artist in Residency, Atelier Siegele Darmstadt (GER)
2019 Artist in Residency, Kultur einer Digital Stadt e.V. (GER)
2019 Artist in Residency, After 1920, San Diego (USA)
2017-2023 fellowship from Cusanuswerk, Bonn (GER)
Exhibitions
2024 Voices Embodied, Design Museum, Chicago (USA)
The Weatherproof Anniversarial, Weatherproof, Chicago (USA)
Barely Fair, Color Club, Chicago (USA)
Peekaboo, Patient Info, Chicago (USA)
2023 gone to see a man about a dog, LuisLeu, Karlsruhe (GER)
WEATHERPROOF, Weatherproof, Chicago (USA)
amuleto, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (USA)
Last call, color club, Chicago (USA)
2022 salon de refuse, Studio West Kunsthalle, Darmstadt (GER)
Springboard, Mayflied, Chicago (USA)
no.2 308 Gallery, Chicago (USA)
2021 Top20, Kunstverein Heilbronn (GER)
2020 CO, Kunstverein Letschebach, Karlsruhe (GER)
den Zeiten, Sybelcentrum, Karlsruhe (GER)
Silent City, Loosen Art Gallery, Rome (IT)
Umlegung, Atelier Siegele, Darmstadt (GER)
2019 4-3-3, Galerie Q, Kopenhagen (DK)
56 45 25, Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles (USA)
2018 Panik-Raum, Kunstverein Ziegelhütte Darmstadt (GER)
Kisses from Savoia, Off-Space Kalrsruhe (GER)
Radar, Kunstforum Darmstadt (GER)
Bade Brause, Kornhäusschen, Aschaffenburg (GER)
2017 wie sieht ein JPEG von hinten aus? Kunstpunkt, Darmstadt (GER)
Genius Loci, Oberwelt, Stuttgart (GER)
Kunst hoch 45, HfBK, Dresden (GER)
Echo, Junge Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe (GER)
Curated
2024 sspatz @ Other Places Art Fair, Los Angeles (USA)
2023 Toolbox, Compound Yellow, Chicago (USA)
2023 sspatz @ Other Places Art Fair, Los Angeles (USA)
2019 Helmpflicht @ Kunsthalle Darmstadt (GER)
2019 Magic Springs in a Planetary Garden @ After1920 San Diego (USA)
2018 Kuckucksei @ ßpatz (Karlsruhe) (GER)
2018 Emre Hüner @ ßpatz Karlsruhe (GER)
2018 greater form @ ßpatz Karlsruhe (GER)
2018 Takuya Yamashita @ ßpatz Karlsruhe (GER)
2018 Laura Baginski @ ßpatz Karlsruhe (GER)
2018 SANGREE @ ßpatz (Karlsruhe) [GER
2018 Exhibition Kanu Islands @ Roeders, Darmstadt (GER)