Biography
Christopher Lehmpfuhl mit Erika Maxim-Lehmpfuhl, Ehefrau und Studiomanagerin Foto: Uwe Walter
| 1972 | born in Berlin |
| 1985-1992 | Studies painting, private painting lessons with Wolfgang Prehm |
| 1992 | Abitur (General Higher Education Entrance Qualification) |
| 1992-1998 | Studies painting at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) in Berlin in Professor Klaus Fußmann’s class |
| 1996 | Scholarly and painting travels to Lapland |
| 1997 | Painting trip to Australia |
| 1998 | Accepted in Klaus Fußmann’s master class · receives GASAG-Kunstpreis · becomes a member of the artists’ association Verein Berliner Künstler |
| 1999 | Becomes a member of the artists’ association Künstlersonderbund |
| 2000 | Franz-Joseph-Spiegler-Preis, Schloß Mochental, Ehingen |
| 2001 | Teaches at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie, Hanau · receives the “Salzburg in neuen Ansichten” award, Schloss Neuhaus, Salzburg · serves as a board member of the Künstlersonderbund (until 2007) and leads many artists’ discussions with association members |
| 2002 | Teaches at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie, Hanau · becomes a member of the artists’ association Neue Gruppe in Munich · painting trip to Italy and China |
| 2003 | Member of the artists’ group Norddeutsche Realisten · painting trips to Provence, the Azores, and India |
| 2004 | Painting trips to Ireland, Amsterdam, Italy, and California · teaches at the Akademie Vulkaneifel, Steffeln · finalist for Lexmark European Art Prize, Triennale di Milano |
| 2005 | Painting trips to Ireland, California, and Australia · marriage to Erika Maxim |
| 2006 | Grant from the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste in Munich · lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin |
| 2007 | Painting trip to Hunter Valley and Ayers Rock, Australia, with exhibit at Ray Hughes Gallery in Sydney · lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin |
| 2008 | Lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin · birth of daughter Frida Maria |
| 2009 | Lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin · commissioned to paint all 16 states for the 20th anniversary of Germany’s reunification · visit and exhibition in Wuhan, China |
| 2010 | Lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin · Peach Property Group artist’s residency in Wollerau, Switzerland |
| 2011 | The monograph Berlin Plein Air. Malerei von 1995–2010 (Berlin Plein Air: Paintings 1995–2010) is published by the architecture publishing company Dom Publishers · painting trip to California and the Gulf of Naples · Kunstpreis der Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Karlsruhe |
| 2012 | Painting trip to Tuscany and Romania · solo survey exhibition “Berlin Plein Air. Malerei 1995–2012” (Berlin Plein Air: Paintings 1995–2010) is opened by Bernd Neumann, the German Commissioner for Culture and the Media, in the Alte Münze in Berlin |
| 2013 | Kunstpreis der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Wirtschaft is awarded to the Norddeutsche Realisten |
| 2014 | Painting trip to Tuscany, lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin |
| 2015 | Trips to Soth Korea and Iceland |
| 2016 | The “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” publishes an Art edition for the first time with 22 Zurich paintings by Christopher Lehmpfuhl · For the first time the artwork of Christopher Lehmpfuhl is shown at ART BASEL by Galerie Carzaniga, Basel · Scholary travel to Iceland ·lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin |
| 2017 | Painting trip to Georgia · Lecturer at the Akademie für Malerei in Berlin |
| 2018 | Painting trip to Ireland · Art Prize “Baumkunstpreis 2018” der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottorf · Exhibition at Subway line 5, Berlin in cooperation with Bertelsmann · Death of the parents Iris and Gunter Lehmpfuhl |
| 2019 | Wolfgang-Klähn Art Prize 2019 · Audience award to the Norddeutschen Realisten at NordArt 2019 · Solo exhibition at Museum Würth |
| 2020 | Koenig Galerie, Berlin, shows three large paintings of Christopher Lehmpfuhl for the first time during the exhibition “Mess St. Agnes” |
Scholarly travels to the following countries
Australia · Austria · Azores · China · Denmark · Egypt · France · Germany · Georgia · India · Ireland · Iceland · Italy · Lapland · Malaysia · Mexico · Nepal · New Zealand · Netherlands · Portugal · Romania · Spain · South Korea · Switzerland · USA
English version translated by Michelle Miles