Johan Jacobs
Johan Jacobs (born November 9, 1965 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) is a German painter and graphic artist .
Career
Johan Jacobs graduated from high school in 1986 and studied painting and graphics at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe from 1987 to 1993 . In 1992/1993 he was a master student with Horst Antes .
After graduating, Jacobs settled as a freelance artist in his hometown. Here he runs a studio in the studio house on Wilhelminenhofstrasse in Berlin-Oberschöneweide and regularly takes part in art exhibitions. His works have already been shown in several group and solo exhibitions.
Focus of the artistic work
Jacobs deals with the visual representation of the increasing artificiality of our living environment and the reactions of humans and animals to it. Recurring motifs in his pictures are the horizon, buildings, streets, people, animals and the sun.
The graphic works include linocuts , etchings , lithographs and drawings .
Works and exhibitions (selection)
- 1996, 26.-30. November: Debutants' exhibition at the Karlsruhe Art Academy
- 1998/1999: free painting directly in the Arena Berlin and in the Columbiahalle .
The resulting large-format pictures are inside. - 1999/2000: three large murals for the Max-Schmeling-Halle with motifs about basketball , including basketball night
- 2001, 2002 and 2003: Artistic participation in the MayDay dance festival, which takes place annually in the Dortmund Westfalenhallen .
- around 2005: Graffito - facade pictures for the gable of the residential building Choriner Straße 56, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg and the school building of the Max-Reinhardt-Gymnasium, Carola-Neher-Straße, Berlin-Hellersdorf (since 2008 refugee home)
- 2009: horizon
- 2014, August 21–24 September: Johan Jacobs exhibition . Painting and graphics in the Kommunale Galerie 100, Konrad-Wolf-Straße 99/100, Lichtenberg district of Berlin
Web links
- Artist's website
- Press release of the BA Lichtenberg from August 6, 2014 on the exhibition in Galerie 100, Konrad-Wolf-Straße ; accessed on August 6, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog of the exhibition, published by the Art Academy ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ One of the acrylic paintings created in the arena on www.artists.de
- ↑ View of the picture Basketball Night in the Max-Schmeling-Halle
- ↑ Info on the former Max-Reinhardt-Gymnasium with a view of the gable painting by Johan Jacobs ; accessed on August 6, 2014
- ↑ Johan Jacobs on www.artists.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacobs, Johan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Charlottenburg |