Sven Lorenz

Sven Lorenz is a German fine art photographer whose work explores the quiet surrealism of urban space.

His images transform architecture, reflections, graphic structures and fleeting human presence into atmospheric compositions between documentation and abstraction.

Since 2011 Lecturer in Photography at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Teaching focus: photographic perception, urban photography, composition, fine art aesthetics and visual storytelling.

2025 – Menschen in der Stadt, Architekturschaufenster Karlsruhe, Germany, presented as part of Nacht der Museen.
2024 – Group Exhibition, Studio-Galerie Lichtwert, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2012 – Photo Exhibition, Korea Art Center, Seoul, South Korea.
2011 – KULTURZEITRÄUME / UniKAte 2011, Museum am Markt, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2011 – Out of the Box – Architecture Today, Gallery pART, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2011 – Make a Wish, Gallery pART / PART Project Art Space, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2011 – UND#6 Art Fair, Nancyhalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2010 – SOLAR ROOMS, Art Exhibition UND#5, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2010 – BESTAND, Photographs, Haus der Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany.
2010 – Border Spaces – Districts of Bounds, District Court Baden-Baden, Germany.
2009 – Expansion of Structures, Brennecke & Partner Law Firm, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2009 – Object Views, KUNSTtransit, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2009 – UND#4 Art Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2009 – Transition – Exploration of the Sedentariness of Things, KUNSTtransit, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2009 – Shadowlight – The Light Sensitivity of Shadows, KUNSTtransit, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2009 – Slot-Hopping – Urban Legends, KUNSTtransit, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2008 – Urban Object Views, Galeria 1...