ARTIST PROFILE
Berlin-based artist Jan Ziegler was born in southern Germany in 1974. He graduated from design studies in 2000 and has been working for numerous renowned and international fashion and lifestyle brands since then. Jan’s exquisite sense of aesthetics is also reflected in his work as a freelance artist and as a lecturer at several eminent fashion and design institutes.
As a visually orientated person, he began exploring art and...
Berlin-based artist Jan Ziegler was born in southern Germany in 1974. He graduated from design studies in 2000 and has been working for numerous renowned and international fashion and lifestyle brands since then. Jan’s exquisite sense of aesthetics is also reflected in his work as a freelance artist and as a lecturer at several eminent fashion and design institutes.
As a visually orientated person, he began exploring art and design at an early age. In 2011, he initiated working on his independent artist profile and using the medium of painting to capture snapshots of human emotions in abstract visual references.
Jan’s abstracted landscapes appeal to the viewer’s unconscious perception, they seem placeless and bestow a mysteriously vacuos, almost hermetic sense of atmosphere.
In his often abstracted portrait works, Jan pursues a concept of subtle beauty that reaches beyond established ideals. Primarily male faces, they fascinate through their magical presence, and appear lost in reverie, sometimes looking almost stereotypical whilst leaving space for individual associations and interpretation.
Jan usually takes researched photographs as inspiration for his paintings, but he is also influenced by afterimages of random encounters as well as visual impressions, and specific light situations that reveal themselves to him. These are fleeting moments of enchantment that he preserves on canvas with acrylic paint. A swift, gestural work process allows the consideration of intuitive aesthetic decisions that do not exclude the moment of chance.
Jan’s work has been exhibited in national and international group shows and can be found in private collections in Europe, Australia and the United States.
EXHIBITIONS
05/2025 FRAGILE 99 Male Nudes, group show, ATELIER EGLOFF, Berlin / Germany
12/2024 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2023, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe /Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
11/2024 CHARITY ART AUCTION BY ROUND TABLE 5, Berlin / Germany www.rt5.de
12/2023 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2023, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe /Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
12/2022 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2022, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe /Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
11/2022 CHARITY ART AUCTION BY ROUND TABLE 5, Berlin / Germany www.rt5.de
09/2022 UNBOUND, group show, PRIDEART / THE KNAST, Berlin www.prideart.eu
12/2021 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2021, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe /Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
11/2021 CHARITY ART AUCTION BY ROUND TABLE 5, Berlin / Germany www.rt5.de
04/2021 SPRING AUCTION, group show, WESERHALLE, Berlin / Germany in cooperation with ARTCONNECT, www.weserhalle.com, www.artconnect.com
12/2020 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2020, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe /Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
03/2020 NEBULOUS, group show, STUDIO BAUSTELLE, Berlin / Germany www.studio-baustelle.org
12/2019 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2019, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe /Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
09/2019 POP-UP EXHIBITION, group show, THE BALLERY, Berlin / Germany www.theballery.com
09/2019 STIR IT UP, group show summer academy painting class Norbert Bisky, ELSA ART SPACE, Bielefeld / Germany
05/2019 TEMPORARY EXHIBITION, solo show at POP IN store by ASHLEY MARC HOVELLE, Berlin / Germany
www.ashleymarchovelle.com
01/2018 CHARLOTTENBURGER HÄNGUNG, group show, GALERIE MICHAELA HELFRICH, Berlin / Germany www.michaelahelfrich-galerie.com
12/2018 ART GAYSEL, group show during Art Basel Miami, HOTEL GAYTHERING, Miami Beach / USA www.gaythering.com
11/2018 POP UP STUDIO SHOW, group show, STUDIO JENNY KEUTER, Berlin / Germany www.jennykeuter.com
10/2018 SHOW UP 5, group exhibition painting class Norbert Bisky of summer academy Salzburg, STUDIO HOPPE, Braunschweig / Germany
07/2018 SUMMER SLUMP, group show, GALERIE MICHAELA HELFRICH, Berlin / Germany www.michaelahelfrich-galerie.com
07/2018 ANONYME ZEICHNER, group show, GALERIE IM KÖRNERPARK, Berlin / Germany www.anonyme-zeichner.de
04/2018 EARLY SUMMER FAILURES, group show, COGALLERIES Berlin / Germany
www.cogalleries.com
04/2018 ARTSPRING 2018, group show, MUSEUM PANKOW Berlin / Germany www.artspring.berlin
04/2018 ENTER ART FOUNDATION - 26 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, group show, STOCKHOLM ART WEEK, Stockholm / Sweden www.enterart.com , www.stockholmartweek.se
12/2017 LOST 48H ART FESTIVAL, group show with ENTER ART FOUNDATION, Berlin / Germany www.enterart.com ,www.lostberlin.com
12/2017 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2017, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe / Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
09/2017 AND BEYOND, group show, WHITECONCEPTS PROJECTS Berlin / Germany
www.whiteconcepts-gallery.com
08/2017 CLOSE UP - Klasse Norbert Bisky Reloaded, group show, KUNST QUARTIER BBK Osnabrück / Germany www.bbk-osnabrueck.de
04/2017 GIVE AND TAKE ART, participation in artproject, PORT25, Mannheim / Germany www.port25-mannheim.de
02/2017 #5#ON#PAPER, group show, JKD GALERIE, Berlin / Germany www.jkd-berlin.de
12/2016 MITGLIEDER AUSSTELLUNG 2016, group show, BADISCHER KUNSTVEREIN Karlsruhe, Germany www.badischer-kunstverein.de
10/2016 UMӔTTELIGHED_VORACITY, group show, BLAA GALLERI KØPENHAVN/ Denmark www.blaagalleri.com
08/2016 PENTIMENT, International Summer Academy for Art and Design - painting class + group show tutored by Norbert Bisky at University of Applied Sciences (HAW), Hamburg / Germany www.pentiment.de
07/2016 ANTHOLOGY 2016, group show, VAN DER PLAS GALLERY, New York / USA www.vanderplasgallery.com
06/2016 VORACITY, group show, PROJEKTRAUM MESSING, Berlin / Germany www.48-stunden-neukoelln.de, www.projektraummessing.de
04/2016 BASICALLY / commerce by artist, group show, KUNSTHAUS L6, Freiburg / Germany www.freiburg.de/kunsthausl6
01/ 2016 SIMULTANEOUS SILENCE, duo-exhibition with Robert Niemann, JKD GALERIE, Berlin / Germany www.jkd-berlin.de
08/2015 ANONYME ZEICHNER, group show, KUNSTVEREIN TIERGARTEN NORD, Berlin / Germany www.kunstverein-tiergarten.de
07/2015 AUTOCENTER SUMMER ACADEMY, painting class tutored by Norbert Bisky, group show, AUTOCENTER, Berlin / Germany www.autocenter-art.de
Jan Ziegler
What is it about your studio space that inspires you?
the berlin sky above the opposite buildings facades
What is your favourite material to work with? How has your use of it evolved throughout your practice?
acryllic on canvas and experimenting with unusual materials
What themes do you pursue?
abstract studies, landscapes, portraits, the human figure, intuition driven and random coincidence processes
If you could install your art absolutely anywhere, where would that be?
within a collection of ancient greek statues
What are your favourite places besides your studio?
big cities, the lakes, the woods and the beaches
EDUCATION (detailed)
University of Applied Sciences, Trier / Germany
Buy artworks by Jan Ziegler
Jan Ziegler
between the lines, 2018
40,0 x 30,0 x 4,0 cm | 15,7 x 11,8 x 1,6 inch
800,00 € excl. VAT
Jan Ziegler
under your sun, 2019
100,0 x 80,0 x 3,0 cm | 39,4 x 31,5 x 1,2 inch
1.800,00 € excl. VAT
