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Wolfgang Lehmann was born in Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany in 1967.
Master of Arts, Stockholm University - main field of study: History of Ideas - supplemented with studies of theoretical philosophy, intersectionality and art history/visual studies.
In his early twenties Wolfgang Lehmann started writing film critiques and began working for the film club at the municipal cinema in Freiburg, a position he held until 2005.
As member of the board and later on executive chairman, he developed and organized several retrospectives and film screenings. He focused on presenting works of the film- and video avant-garde from its historical beginning until today.
His first cinematic efforts were made in 1989. Since 1994 Wolfgang Lehmann has realized and produced his own films, and has received invitations for showings at festivals and museums in Europe, Japan, People's Republic of China inclusive Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Bangladesh, Israel, Canada, USA, Argentina, Brazilian, Peru, Ecuador, Columbian and New Zealand. Retrospectives were shown in Berlin, Frankfurt/Main, Granada and Cagliari (Sardinia).
After a long activity in his hometown of Freiburg im Breisgau/Germany, he has mostly resided since 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden with his wife and his two children.
AWARDS & GRANTS:
2022
One-year work scholarship from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)
2021
One-year work scholarship from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)
2019
International exchange grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden), Rio de Janeiro & Florianópolis, Brazil.
2016
International exchange grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2014
International exchange grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden), Brussels, Belgium.
2006
Honorable Mention Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey City, New York / USA
Diploma Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad / Russian Federation
2005
Mention, 32e Concours International de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges; 7e catégorie : œuvre pour le multimédia (2005), Bourges / France
2004
Premio Miglior, V-Art 04 VII Festival Internazionale Immagine d´Autore (2004), Cagliari / Italy
JURY MEMBERSHIPS
2020
Member of the jury at the Calcutta International Short Film Festival, Calcutta / India. Award for the best experimental film or video. Due to Covid-19 unfortunately via the Internet.
2018
Member of the jury at the 26th Curtas Vila do Conde, Vila do Conde / Portugal. Award for the Best Experimental film or video.
1994 - 1996
Member of the “Film Production Funding” award committee of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Family, Women, Further Education and Art, Stuttgart / Germany.
FILMS ON INTERNET STREAMS:
Kinoscope: https://kinoscope.org
TriArtPlay (Sweden): https://triart.se/personer/wolfgang-lehmann
FILMS ARE DISTRIBUTED BY:
Arsenal Institute for film and video art, Berlin / Germany
http://films.arsenal-berlin.de/index.php/Search/Index?search=entity%3AWolfgang+Lehmann
Light Cone, Paris / France
https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-812-wolfgang-lehmann
FILMFORM – The art film&videoarchive, Stockholm / Sweden
https://www.filmform.com/artists/2635-wolfgang-lehmann/
GALLERIES:
Singulart, Paris
https://www.singulart.com/en/artist/wolfgang-lehmann-307
https://blog.singulart.com/de/2018/01/16/wolfgang-lehmann-im-dialog/
Erik Axl Sund Galeri, Stockholm
https://www.galleryerikaxlsund.com/artists/#/wolfgang-lehmann/