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Jonas Müller-Ahlheim

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Bio

Jonas Müller-Ahlheim (*1993) is a German artist. After working as a stage painter at the Staatstheater Darmstadt, he studied Media Art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, completed his Meisterschüler with Prof. Leni Hoffmann at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, and received his MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at SAIC and currently teaches there as a Lecturer in the Painting & Drawing Department. Jonas co-founded the curatorial collective sspatz and the Chicago-based project by bye. His exhibitions include Kunstverein Freiburg; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Weatherproof, Chicago; Kunstverein Heilbronn; Galerie Q, Copenhagen; Baumwollspinnerei Halle 12, Leipzig; DG Kunstraum, Munich; and the Chicago Cultural Center. He is a recipient of the Kunstpunkt-Herpel-Stiftung.

Courses

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Description

This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.

Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.

Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.

Class Number

1784

Credits

3