MEET THE ARTIST

Andreas Jonak


Born on August 27, 1989 in Magdeburg, DE
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany


www.andreas-jonak.com

CV


2007 - 2008 one year working in the theatre props department at the Magdeburg Playhouse


From October 2008, studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy


2009 studied with Prof. Anthony Cragg


2013 Master student under Prof. Anthony Cragg


2013 Academy Letter, Düsseldorf Art Academy


2014 - 2015 Studies with Prof. Richard Deacon



Group exhibitions (selection)


2010 “Class Cragg” Eller Cultural Center, Düsseldorf


2012 “VonFünf” Art Summer, Oberhausen


2012 “Tony Cragg and Students”, Lippe Society for Art, Lemgo


2012 "KUBOSHOW", Herne


2014 "THE GREAT Art Exhibition NRW", Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf


2014 “REBOOT”, Gallery K4, Düsseldorf


2015 "Fetish or Fetishism", House of the University, Düsseldorf


2017 "Ruins" Tinos, Greece


2019 Stage design for "Akademia an Opera", Malkastenpark Düsseldorf


2019 “Performance Installation” Threshholds Performance Festival Kunstverein701


2020 "In order of appearance", K21 Düsseldorf


2020 "Studio Opening", Studio House "Die Leiter", Düsseldorf


2020 "Group Exhibition", Project Space "Das Odradek", Düsseldorf


2021 "Group Exhibition", Project Space "Das Odradek", Düsseldorf


2022 "Project Mayhem", es365, Düsseldorf


2022 “Twenty”, Galerie Perpétuel, Frankfurt


2023 "Sharktank Auction", the-pool, Düsseldorf


2023 “Pink Blossom”, K29, Düsseldorf


2023 "ArtArtist", art fair, Düsseldorf


2023 "Heartwork" Charity Art Auction, K21, Düsseldorf


2024 "taking shelter" Johanna Ey Foundation in cooperation with the-pool, Düsseldorf


2024 "ArtArtist", art fair, Düsseldorf


2024 "Built close to the water" Studio Horst eV, Essen


2024 "HotspotKW, Art from Düsseldorf", Factory Königswinter


2024 Guest exhibition at Anne-Marie von Sarosdy


2024 "ArtHoc", Düsseldorf


2024 "Heartwork" Charity Art Auction, K21, Düsseldorf


2025 "ArtHoc", Düsseldorf


2025 "ArtArtist", art fair, Düsseldorf


2025 "THE GREAT Art Exhibition NRW", Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf



Solo exhibitions (selection)


2015 "Andreas Jonak", Einstosz Window Gallery, Düsseldorf


2018 "Grauomenta Spotlight #4 - Individual works from the Grau Collection", Künstlerhaus Dortmund


2025 “trough & under” CASPARS Arts & Eat Showroom, Düsseldorf



Publications


2011: Zero, Pop Art, Young Art, Collected in Düsseldorf 1971-2011; Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek; Düsseldorf 2011


2015: Fetish or Fetishism, publication on the occasion of the exhibition in cooperation with the Düsseldorf Art Academy
and the House of the University of Düsseldorf.


2016: Abstraction & Figuration ZERO, POP ART, young art; collected in Düsseldorf 1971 to 2016; Heuking Kühn
Lüer Wojtek; Düsseldorf 2016


2021: Seeing and Collecting, 1971-2021, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf 2021



scholarships


2022: ART FUND: NEUSTART KULTUR grants for freelance visual artists

Armour, 2022, Ceramic, 90 x 60 x 65 cm (Unique)

Exhibition through and under 2025 with the following works:

- Skin 2025, copper, 100 x 100 x 18 on the wall (left)

- Cyanotype on the wall (center)

- Mammok 2020, polyester, 82 x 50 x 46 cm (right)

Calvatia, 2024, Polyester, 60 x 50 x 100 cm (Unikat)

Cocoon, 2015, Kupfer, 50 x 70 x 90 cm (Unikat)

Heart, 2013, plaster, wax, 85 x 108 x 90 cm (unique piece)

Mammoth, 2020, Polyester, 82 x 50 x 46 cm (Unique)

Mother, 2024, copper and brass, 98 x 98 x 300 cm (unique piece)

observation, 2023, Messing, 40 x 40 x 68 cm (Unikat)

Rebel, 2022, 85 x 50 x 60 cm (Unikat)

Seed, 2020, Aluminium, 60 x 40 x 50 cm (Unikat)