Born in 1958 in Hamburg, Germany.
He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Shinkichi Tajiri and Rebecca Horn (1988 – 1992), as well as at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Hamburg (1982 – 1988).
He has shown extensively in Germany and worldwide.
Today, Kusenberg lives and works in Berlin.
Born in 1958 in Hamburg, Germany.
He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Shinkichi Tajiri and Rebecca Horn (1988 – 1992), as well as at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Hamburg (1982 – 1988).
He has shown extensively in Germany and worldwide.
Today, Kusenberg lives and works in Berlin.
“The starting point for this photo series are historical porcelain figurine shards, originally from the Berlin household garbage of the last century.
I discovered these figurines at a Berlin flea market. I was fascinated by the fact that they depict all kinds of fairy tales, fables, scenes, memories and were collected as artifacts by a wide range of people.
On the Berlin garbage dumps they have come to light as a kind of contemporary witnesses, since everything else that was there has long since rotted and become earth itself. In my work I give the figures back a life, invent new stories and contexts for them in the present.”
Education:
1995-2000: National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway (incl. one year at the College of Arts and
1993-1995: Crafts in Bergen, Photography Section), Rogaland School of Art, Stavanger, Norway.
Solo Exhibitions (recent):
Berlin – 2021 – LITTLE PEOPLE, photo installations in public space, Betty- Hirsch-Platz.
Berlin – 2019 – LITTLE PEOPLE, photo works on the front facade Christinenstrasse Berlin – 2015 – Pictures Inside Me, exhibition for the book premiere, Fotopioniere.
2014 – Pictures inside me, Kunstverein Schul- und Bethaus Altlangsow.
Group Exhibitions (recent):
Berlin – 2021 – BEAUTY SHOW, outdoor installation in the community garden Grunewaldstrasse.
Berlin – 2021 – BRAVE NEW WORLD, Bulgaria / Germany, VBK_Galerie, Berlin.
Prague & Berlin – 2019 – TIME SHIFT – POSUN V ČASE, cooperation project.
Berlin – 2018 – PARADISE, Galerie am Weinberg/Hofgrün.
Prague & Berlin – 2018 – TIME SHIFT, cooperation project.
Sofia – 2017- FRAGMENTED STORIES, Goethe-Institut Sofia and Historical Museum.
Havana (Cuba) – 2016 – La suspensión del deseo: la vida reimaginada, Centro de Desarrollo de Artes Visuales.
Berlin – 2016 -KOMPOSITUM, Galerie am Weinberg / Hofgrün.
