Dieter Nuhr is one of Germany’s most successful political satirists/comedians. Less well known is the fact that he originally studied art at the Folkwang Universität in Essen. Nuhr has always been involved in the visual arts. Initially working as a painter, in recent years he has focused mainly on photography.

Nuhr’s photographic works – originating on his travels and on all five continents – are documentary in nature, sometimes melancholic and therefore very different to what we would expect from the comedian. In addition to impressions of everyday life in far-flung countries and cultures, incidental street scenes and still lifes, landscapes appear again and again as motifs in his photographs – as places of remembrance. Nuhr’s photographic art shows a little-known, profound and serious side of the intelligent wordsmith and his view of the world through the camera lens.

Biography

1960 born in Wesel

studies of history and fine arts at Folkwang Universität Essen

since 1987 cabaret artist on cabaret stages and on TV, author and visual artist. Numerous prizes among others Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis in the category Kabarett (cabaret), Deutscher Comedypreis for example in 2009 as Bester Komiker (best comedian).