Philipp Lachenmann

Philipp Lachenmann, born in 1963 in Munich, is a renowned German visual artist whose multidisciplinary work spans film, video, photography, sculpture, painting, and installation. He studied art history and philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, film at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), and later completed postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). Initially trained as an architectural model builder, Lachenmann has lived and worked in Berlin and Los Angeles.

Since the late 1990s, Lachenmann has been recognized for his conceptually rigorous and visually striking works, which often explore the intersections of art, science, and society. His projects are noted for their minimalist aesthetics and their investigation into perception, memory, and the structures of reality. Major works include the large-scale video installation "DELPHI Rationale," filmed at CERN’s DELPHI particle detector, which juxtaposes scientific rationality with myth, music, and color, and has been widely exhibited in international museums and institutions.

Lachenmann’s art has been shown at leading venues such as the Shanghai Biennale (2004), Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2010/2011), Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2011), and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2015). His films have screened at major festivals including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, New York Film Festival, and Hong Kong International Film Festival. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including from the DAAD (New York, 1998), Villa Aurora (Los Angeles, 2003), Cité des Arts (Paris, 2008), Villa Massimo (Rome, 2012), and Kulturakademie Tarabya (Istanbul, 2018).

Lachenmann is regarded for his ability to bridge the worlds of contemporary art and cinema, continually questioning the boundaries between image, space, and narrative.