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 as 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).
Wolfgang Lehmann has also displayed interest in the notion of live film performance in terms of a type of staged activity. Concluding his work in Freiburg was the organization of the Festival Film Forum Freiburg: Expanded Cinema & avant-garde in 2004.
Since 2007, Wolfgang Lehmann deals again with static images, digital and analogue photography. He makes transformations and transfers of documentary images into abstract works. To accomplish the translation from one reality to another, he mixes the media: a crafted 16 mm camera, 16 mm film projectors, digital or analog cameras and computers, the picture is a result of a conversion process.
After living for a brief period in Berlin, Wolfgang Lehmann has resided in Stockholm since 2006.
RE:WILDING
2022-2023 / HD / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 22' 03 / 90 € distribution: Digital file on USB stick |
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TRANSFIGURATION - SLOW APPROXIMATION
2019-2021 / 16mm & HD / color / sound / single screen / 42' 40 / 154 € distribution: Digital file on USB stick |
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ITS EXISTENCE COMMENCED THIS HOUR
2017-2019 / 16mm & HD / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 60' 00 / 189 € distribution: DCP on USB stick or Digital file on USB stick |
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TRACES OF GARDEN
2014-2016 / Video / color / sound / single screen / 71' 04 / 116 € distribution: DCP on USB stick or Digital file on USB stick |
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DRAGONFLIES WITH BIRDS AND SNAKE - Trollsländor med fåglar och orm
2007-2011 / Betacam SP / color-b&w / silent / single screen / 60' 20 / 131 € or 105 € distribution: Digital Betacam or Digital file on USB stick |
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FAGLAR VID HAVET - BIRDS BY THE SEA
2008 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 2' 00 / 18 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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LEK - (Play)
2008 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 1' 44 / 17 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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ROUTE TO CAPE TOWN
2005 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 15 / 26 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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MEER - SEA
2004 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 15' 00 / 50 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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SELBSTBILDNIS ALS AKT,STUDIE NR.2 - IMAGE OF MYSELF- ACT, STUDY N°2
2002-2003 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 7' 42 / 32 € distribution: 16mm |
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FONTAINE DE VAUCLUSE
2001 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 62' 00 / 165 € distribution: 16mm |