Wilhelm Kinn

1960 born in Kinheim / Mosel (Germany)

1974-1977
Vocational training as managing assistant hotel and hospitality in Bernkastel-Kues

1978
Employment in the Steigenberger Hotel in Frankfurt
first contact with the local art-scene

1979
First encounter with eastern cultures
Journey to asia – extensive study of the lifestyle and art history of India

1981
Selfemployed book- and artseller in Berlin and München

1982-1985
Annual tours through Asia and Europe to communicate with artists and philosophers

1986-1995
Manager of a cultural center in Heidelberg

1996
Move to the area of Idar-Oberstein, where he founded a seminar center and continues to live up to today as a freelancing artist.

After years of intense introspection and philosophical observation of life, Heinz W. Kinn begins a new era in his life by putting his aquired wisdom into practice in the late 90´s.

It took some time for him to experiment and observe until Heinz finally discovered the artistic means by which he could express his emotions and his look on life to the outside world. The result was a whole new direction in art which he then called „Chill-Out-Art“.

He creates paintings with soft, flowing color-transitions and the outlines of the subjects are often reduced. Windows are also a common element in his work, picutes within pictures, which allow the beholder to glimpse into a new dimension, a world that lies beyond the superficial world. His paintings transport a rarely known calm – time comes to a halt, and one can experience an extraordinary lightness and quietness while viewing them.

Besides his extraordinarily fast success as an art painter Heinz W. Kinn is also one of the founders of the Abentheuer-Press, publisher of philosophical books for children, as well as the manager of Govindas natural foods, a shooting star company on the organic foods market. He is an artist that has managed to keep both feet on the ground.

Exhibitions (a selection):

Gallery Zeitgeist, Nuremberg / Germany
Gallery Kaschenbach, Trier / Germany
Gallery Griem, Usedom / Germany
Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica / U.S.A.
Quality Fine Arts Gallery Derek Carter, Escondido / U.S.A.
Art Room Torrey Villas, San Diego / U.S.A.