Jan Holthoff

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Jan Holthoff (* 1977 in Duisburg ) is a contemporary German painter .

Life

After completing a law degree at the University of Düsseldorf in 2002 , Holthoff received his doctorate. iur. with an interdisciplinary, cultural sociology and European law work with Ralph Alexander Lorz . The title of the dissertation is “European cultural space”. The editorial team includes u. a. Peter Michael Lynen , Chancellor of the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

From 2002 Jan Holthoff studied fine art at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, where he first learned from the conceptual artists Gerhard Merz and Helmut Federle , before he was trained by Herbert Brandl . In 2008 Holthoff completed his art studies with an academy letter and was awarded the title of master class by Herbert Brandl. From 2011 to 2013, Holthoff had a studio in Brooklyn, New York City. In 2013 Holthoff was awarded the Douglas Swan Art Prize. Holthoff lives and works today as a freelance artist in Düsseldorf.

Jan Holthoff is a grandson of the former NRW Minister of Culture Fritz Holthoff .

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Holthoff's early work block "Broken Vistas" was, although partially abstractly painted, at the same time tied to the motif. The motifs had romantic implications in the form of lonely mountains or overgrown houses. These were mixed with abstract structures.

That image design was given up in the later work block "Frozen Gestures" in favor of purely gestural painting . Although in some cases, landscape premonitions are still being created - such as through the arrangement of colors, which can symbolically stand for landscape structures - the painter clearly turns to a self-referential , abstract painting gesture.

Holthoff does not use any image templates from the Internet, the media or art history . With this he turns "against working with secondary realities" in order to strengthen the "experiencing subject in his own perception and knowledge". As a parallel strategy, he sees his turn to portrait format. While landscape formats are traditionally used more for depictions of landscapes, portrait formats are preferably assigned to portraits , i.e. the representation of a subject.

Exhibitions (selection)

Works by Jan Holthoff were a. a. issued at the following locations:

  • Wittenbrink Gallery, Munich
  • August Macke House, Bonn
  • Teaching contemporary art, Cologne
  • fuchs projects, New York City, USA
  • Ethan Pettit Contemporary, New York City, USA
  • German House, New York City, USA
  • Widmer + Theodoridis contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Gilla Lörcher Contemporary Art, Berlin
  • Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palermo, Italy
  • Art Association Arnsberg
  • Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
  • Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Foundation, Duisburg
  • Gora Gallery, Montreal
  • art space schulte-goltz + noelte, Essen
  • Börgmann Gallery, Krefeld
  • State Museum Buca Tivat, Montenegro
  • cubus art hall , Duisburg
  • Municipal Gallery Duisburg
  • Artists' Association Malkasten, Düsseldorf
  • Galerie Schreier & von Metternich fine arts, Düsseldorf

Auctions

Public and private collections

  • Philara Collection , Düsseldorf
  • State Museum Buca-Tivat, Montenegro
  • Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palermo, Italy

Monographs

  • schreier & von metternich fine arts: Jan Holthoff - Presentation of theses (2008), Düsseldorf
  • Wittenbrink Gallery: Jan Holthoff - Riding the Snake (2009), Munich
  • Galerie Börgmann: Jan Holthoff - Still It Shines (2010), Krefeld
  • Teaching contemporary art: Jan Holthoff - Broken Vistas (2011), Cologne
  • ethan pettit contemporary: Jan Holthoff - The Chemical Landscape (2012), Brooklyn, NY, USA
  • fuchs projects: Jan Holthoff - Frozen Gestures (2013), Brooklyn, NY, USA
  • Galerie Wittenbrink: Jan Holthoff - Frozen Gestures (2014), Munich

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview by Emmanuel Mir with Jan Holthoff: “The existential dimension of the artistic act” . In: Kunstforum International . tape 240 , June-July 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Holthoff, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg