Jean-Jacques Volz

Jean-Jacques Volz (born June 1, 1928 in Zurich ) is a Swiss artist. His work mainly includes woodcuts .

Life

Jean-Jacques Volz has lived and worked in Schaffhausen since 1975 . Since 1979 participation in collective exhibitions and since 1981 regular solo exhibitions in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Finland. Member of the Xylon (International Association of Wood Cutters) and Vebikus (Association of Visual Artists Schaffhausen). Illustrations and portfolios etc. a. in Edition Nautilus, Hamburg, Spektrum-Verlag, Zurich, and Edition Peter Petrej, Zurich.

Editions, portfolios, woodcut sequences (selection)

• from the knock signals of the chamber singer. Portfolio with selected poems by Christian Geissler, accompanied by woodcuts by Jean-Jacques Volz, 2008
• Track. Woodcut series, 2008
• black german. Edition SchwarzHandPresse, Flaach, 2006. Portfolio with six full-page woodcuts by Jean-Jacques Volz, text by Christian Geissler
• Decompositions. Woodcut series, 2005
• Xylon 127. 2005 ("Aleatoric forms")
• Aleatoric forms. Woodcut series, 2004
• This Swedish street / Den här svenska gatan. SchwarzHandPresse, Flaach, 2003. Portfolio with woodcuts by Jean-Jacques Volz and Hans-Uwe Hähn. Text by Erik Beckmann
• Breccias. Series of woodcuts, 1997. Woodcuts 1990–1998
• Catalog for the exhibition in the Museum zu Allerheiligen. Text: Enrica Picciati, Schaffhausen 1999
• Gifts. A dance of death. Portfolio with 23 woodcuts by Jean-Jacques Volz and texts by Aglaia Veteranyi. Afterword by Uli Wunderlich. Edition Peter Petrej, Zurich, 1999
• Twins. Woodcut series, 1997
• Gothenburg Suite. Woodcut series, 1996
• Xylon 97. 1995
• Eleven small woodcuts. Original prints on eight folded sheets in a linen case, 1994
• Wickelmann II. Woodcut series, 1992
• Wickelmann I. Woodcut series, 1991
• Fifteen hundred and twenty-five. Woodcut series for Thomas Münzer's 500th birthday, 1989
• Spectrum. No. 100 (anniversary edition), 1983. Magazine with original graphics by various artists, including by Jean-Jacques Volz

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 1982 Gallery in the Alten Wierebahnhof, Freiburg i. Br.
• 1985 Kulturforum Industriequartier, Zurich
• 1986 Prisma Gallery, Zurich
• 1986 Forum Vebikus, Schaffhausen
• 1988 Kunst-Spektrum GKK, Krefeld (with Emanuel Gloor)
• 1988 culture mill, Lützelflüh
• 1988 Kammgarn cultural center, Schaffhausen, "Black Sun"
• 1988 Galerie Einhorn, Schaffhausen
• 1992 Sigristenkeller, Bülach
• 1995 Municipal Gallery, Tuttlingen
• 1995 Art + Vision Gallery, Bern
• 1995 Galleria 1, Turku, Finland
• 1997 Jalokivigalleria, Kemi, Finland
• 1997 Galleria Art Halvare, Oulu, Finland
• 1999 Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
• 1999 Atelier Alexander, Winterthur
• 2002 Sommerlust, Schaffhausen
• 2005 Atelier Alexander, Winterthur
• 2006 Galerie Repfergasse 26, Schaffhausen, «Deconstruction»
• 2008 Kulturzentrum Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, "SPUR - a series of woodcuts" (with Anne Hody)
• 2010 Atelier Alexander, Winterthur (with Irma Städtler)
• 2010 Art + Vision Gallery, Bern

Group exhibitions (selection)

• 1985 Art Museum, Winterthur
• 1994 Mehlwaage artist workshop, Freiburg i.Br., woodcut project
• 1994 Kunsthaus Grenchen , Xylon today
• 1994 Lapland Artsummer, Marraskoski, Finland
• 1994 Konsthallen Göteborg, graphic
• 1999 Aveny and Pannhuset Klippan Gallery, Gothenburg, Crossborder Print Workshop
• 2004 collective exhibition of the Vebikus Schaffhausen
• 2002 Galleria Art Halvare, Oulu, Finland
• 2007 Art + Vision Gallery, Bern

Web links

• Literature by and about Jean-Jacques Volz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jean-Jacques Volz in Sikart (Lexicon and database on art in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein) .
• Impressions from an exhibition .
• Pictures by Jean-Jacques Volz .
• Suzann-Viola Renninger: «My academies. The wood cutter Jean-Jacques Volz »in: Swiss monthly books .