Foto: Valentin Hennig
Valentin Hennig, born in 1986 in Herrenberg, studied Art Education from 2007 to 2013 at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe under Professors Silvia Bächli and Corinne Wasmuht. In 2010, he spent a semester as a guest student at the HfbK Dresden under the guidance of Professor Hans-Peter Adamski. Following this, he completed the postgraduate program "Intermedia Design" in 2014 under the mentorship of Professors Wolfgang Mayer and Christina Gomez-Barrio
(Discoteca Flaming Star) at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. In 2016, he was awarded the academic title "Master Student of the Weißenhof Program at ABK Stuttgart."
Valentin Hennig is a freelance multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Stuttgart. In addition to his artistic endeavors, he is interested in conveying artistic thinking, learning, and action as a lecturer of Video Art at the Stuttgart Art Academy (from 2022 to 2024) and as an art educator for the Stuttgart Art Museum. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Artists' Association of Baden-Württemberg. Currently, he is completing his teacher training as an art educator.
Awards, Scholarships, and Recognitions
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2022 1.Kunstpreis des Freundes- und Förderkreises der Pforzheim Galerie
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2022 Prädikatsvergabe "Wertvoll" der FBW für THE STRAW THAT BROKE
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2021 Nominierung "Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino", 55. Internationale Hofer Filmtage
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2016 Max Ernst Stipendium der Stadt Brühl
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2016 Stipendium der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
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2013 Landesgraduiertenstipendium Baden-Württemberg
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2011 Preis der Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
Exhibitions and Screenings (Selection)
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2025 Surrealismus - Welten im Dialog, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
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2024 Kulturnacht Tübingen
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2023 Open School, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
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2023 Solid Transitions, Gruppenausstellung, Stuttgart
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2023 Württembergischer Kunstverein, Screening
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2023 Kunstverein Freiburg, Screening im Kommunalen Kino
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2023 Kommunales Kino Pforzheim, Screening
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2023 Kunstverein Pforzheim. Trüffelsuche, Gruppenausstellung
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2022 Kunstfenster, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
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2022 Toujours Kultur, Kinemathek Karlsruhe
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2021 “55.Internationale Hofer Filmtage” - Weltpremiere von THE STRAW THAT BROKE
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2020 PLUGIN, Ausstellung des Künstlerbundes, Berlin
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2020 Stay at Home, Museum Villa Rot, Online
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2017 “Inside The Straw that Broke”, Heidelberger Kunstverein
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2016 “Practice, Process, Progress”, Gruppenausstellung, Villa Merkel, Esslingen
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2016 “Valentin Hennig - Videokunst”, Einzelausstellung, Max Ernst Museum, Brühl
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2015 “ARTE Videonight Premiere”, Screening, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
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2015 “Five Membranes”, Einzelausstellung, Galerie Burster, Berlin
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2013 “20. Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart”, Screening
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2013 “Comments” - Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg
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2012 “Deltabeben. Regionale”, Gruppenausstellung, Mannheimer Kunstverein
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2011 “Von Tieren, Elektronen und anderen Lügen”, Gruppenausstellung, Haus für Elektronische Künste, Basel