Leon Kahane
Born in 1985 in Berlin, Allemagne
Leon Kahane creates video works, photographs, and conceptual installations on the themes of migration, identity, and the acceptance of majorities and minorities in a globalized society. Born into a Jewish family that survived the Holocaust, he superimposes texts, images, and archival documents to establish links between his family history and the political upheavals of the twentieth century.
Born in 1985 in Berlin, Leon Kahane initially trained in photography at the BEST-Sabel Berufsfachschule für Design and the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin before studying visual arts at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. He was awarded the Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft in 2015 and the Prix Ars viva for visual arts in 2017.
