Conrad Jon Godly

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Conrad Jon Godly (born January 24, 1962 in Davos , Switzerland ) is a Swiss artist . He lives and works in Chur and Japan . His preferred way of working is oil painting . In it he mainly devotes himself to the landscape , in particular the mountains of his homeland in Graubünden and the landscapes of his adopted home Japan. His works do not depict real landscapes; rather , his painting is a search for the essence of the landscape and other topics that concern him. He has received international recognition primarily for his mountain paintings.

Live and act

Conrad Jon Godly: Dark is Light # 68, 2018, oil on canvas

Conrad Jon Godly grew up in Davos . From 1982 to 1986 he enjoyed training at the Basel School of Design and Art , in Franz Fedier's painting class . During a stay in the USA from 1986 to 1987, he began working in the medium of photography . Then Godly worked exclusively with photography. He realized an international career as a photographer for magazines and advertising. In 2004 he returned to his home in the Graubünden mountains and turned back to painting. For four years he painted for himself, with landscapes and especially the high alpine mountains of Graubünden being his preferred subjects. From 2008 to 2009 he moved into a studio in Vienna . For the first time he showed works in 2008 in the annual exhibition of the Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur. Since then, Conrad Jon Godly has exhibited regularly in Zurich , London , the Engadine and Japan. He has been married to the Japanese artist Kazuyo Okushiba since 2014.

"The immense power of the mountains, nature par excellence, shows us humans in our place and shows us how insignificantly small we are."

- Conrad Jon Godly : The essence lies in the reduction, on the border to abstraction. Interview in stayinart 3/19

In 2011 one of his works was added to the Daros Collection .

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions
Conrad Jon Godly: Dunkel # 19, 2011, oil on canvas
  • Stalla Madulain, Madulain , Switzerland (2019)
  • JD Malat Gallery, London , (2019)
  • Art Expo Taipei , Taipei, Taiwan (2019)
  • Ryosokuin-Kenninji Temple, Kyoto , Japan (2018)
  • Shibunkaku, Kyoto, Japan (2016)
  • Shibunkaku, Kyoto, Japan, (2014)
  • "Mountain"; Tony Wuethrich, Zurich, Switzerland (2013/2014)
  • Kunsthaus Baselland , Muttenz , Switzerland (2012)
  • FSArt, Berlin , Germany (2011)
  • Katz Contemporary, Zurich (2011)
  • Luciano Fasciati, Chur , Switzerland (2009)
Group exhibitions
  • VOLTA, JD Malat, New York (2020)
  • Annual exhibition of Graubünden artists, Bündner Kunstmuseum , Chur , Switzerland (2019)
  • CI Contemporary Istanbul, JD Malat, Istanbul (2019)
  • Seattle Art Fair , JD Malat, Seattle , USA (2019)
  • Zonamaco Art Fair, JD Malat, Mexico City , Mexico (2019)
  • Art Taipei, Shibunkaku, Taipei , Taiwan (2018)
  • Fine Art Asia , Shibunkaku, Hong Kong (2018)
  • Art Taipei, Shibunkaku, Taipei, Taiwan (2017)
  • Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland (2017)
  • Art Stage Singapore, Singapore (2016)
  • KIAF Korean International Art Fair, Shibunkaku, Seoul , South Korea (2015)

literature

  • Conrad Jon Godly - Works + -. Revolver Publishing, Berlin 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artnet.de
  2. ↑ Website for the exhibition (incl. Catalog)
  3. ↑ Felicity Carter: Artist Conrad Jon Godly On His Upcoming Exhibition In London. In: Forbes , January 20, 2019, accessed December 30, 3019.
  4. ^ Exhibition on the gallery website
  5. ↑ Exhibition website
  6. ↑ Website for the book from the publisher, accessed on December 30, 2019.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Godly, Conrad Jon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos , Switzerland