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Zlatko Micic

Jonas Baumann

Basel, Switzerland

Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Video • Born in Basel, Switzerland • Studied at Luzern, Switzerland

Published  09/04/2019   |   Updated  07/01/2022

"I don't want everything, I want something" (Gilbert & George)

Belonging to the first generation that made their earliest steps on digital and analog playgrounds at the same time, I feel the need not only to accept virtuality but also to locate and to capture it. With my work I fathom the gap between the tactile, analog painting and the disembodied techno-images behind the smooth glass of our computer screens. I'm interested in both the imperfection and the presence of hand crafted paintings and objects, as...

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Belonging to the first generation that made their earliest steps on digital and analog playgrounds at the same time, I feel the need not only to accept virtuality but also to locate and to capture it. With my work I fathom the gap between the tactile, analog painting and the disembodied techno-images behind the smooth glass of our computer screens. I'm interested in both the imperfection and the presence of hand crafted paintings and objects, as well as the clear, velvety coolness of digital re/productions.
To bring together diametrically opposite antipodes and unite them in a “dissonant harmony” repeatedly is the core of my incentive.

Jonas Baumann
»Sculpture No. 47 (Wheel)« oil on wood, 120x96cm, 2021

»Sculpture No. 47 (Wheel)« oil on wood, 120x96cm, 2021

»Lady At The Beach« oil on wood, 85,5x62.5cm, 2021

»Lady At The Beach« oil on wood, 85,5x62.5cm, 2021

Kunstmuseum Olten 2019

Kunstmuseum Olten 2019

Kunstmuseum Olten, 2017

Kunstmuseum Olten, 2017

»Sculpture No. 15 (Desert Chrome)« oil on canvas, 40x50cm, 2019

»Sculpture No. 15 (Desert Chrome)« oil on canvas, 40x50cm, 2019

»The More You Look, The Less You'll Know«, 70x50cm, oil on wood, 2019

»The More You Look, The Less You'll Know«, 70x50cm, oil on wood, 2019

Figures At Pool, oil on wood, 70x100cm, 2019

Figures At Pool, oil on wood, 70x100cm, 2019

Exhibition »form follows form follows form«, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland 2014 /15, (Foto: Serge Hasenböhler)

Exhibition »form follows form follows form«, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland 2014 /15, (Foto: Serge Hasenböhler)

Exhibition »form follows form follows form«, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland 2014 /15, (Foto: Serge Hasenböhler)

Exhibition »form follows form follows form«, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland 2014 /15, (Foto: Serge Hasenböhler)

Exhibition »Walk The Talk«, 3D Rendering Print, P100 Berlin 2018

Exhibition »Walk The Talk«, 3D Rendering Print, P100 Berlin 2018

Exhibition »Second Nature«, House of Electronic Arts Basel, 2015/2016

Exhibition »Second Nature«, House of Electronic Arts Basel, 2015/2016

Exhibition »Walk The Talk«, Animation Loop. P100 Berlin 2018

Exhibition »Walk The Talk«, Animation Loop. P100 Berlin 2018

Studio view

Studio view

Studio view

Studio view

Exhibition »Sound Embodied«, House of Electronic Arts Basel, 2018/2019, photo: Franz Wamhof

Exhibition »Sound Embodied«, House of Electronic Arts Basel, 2018/2019, photo: Franz Wamhof

Exhibition »The Worlds They Wanted«, House of Electronic Arts Basel, 2014/2015

Exhibition »The Worlds They Wanted«, House of Electronic Arts Basel, 2014/2015

» This Is What I Meant«, oil on wood, 70x100cm

» This Is What I Meant«, oil on wood, 70x100cm

Sculpture No. 14 (Herodot), 70x100cm, oil on canvas, 2018

Sculpture No. 14 (Herodot), 70x100cm, oil on canvas, 2018

Figure No, 4 (Dandelion Attitude), oil on canvas on cardboard, 50x70cm, 2018

Figure No, 4 (Dandelion Attitude), oil on canvas on cardboard, 50x70cm, 2018

untitled (meat and guts), oil on canvas, 70x60cm, 2018

untitled (meat and guts), oil on canvas, 70x60cm, 2018

Figure No. 3, oil on wooden panel, 40x50cm, 2017

Figure No. 3, oil on wooden panel, 40x50cm, 2017

Sculpture and meat, oil on canvas on cardboard, 50x70cm, 2018

Sculpture and meat, oil on canvas on cardboard, 50x70cm, 2018

Sculpture (Log), oil on canvas, 50x70cm, 2017

Sculpture (Log), oil on canvas, 50x70cm, 2017

Four Towels, oil on wooden panel, 40x50cm, 2017

Four Towels, oil on wooden panel, 40x50cm, 2017

Watercolor on paper, A4, 2012

Watercolor on paper, A4, 2012

Indian ink on paper, A4, 2012

Indian ink on paper, A4, 2012

»People with an

»People with an

Video for Klaus Johann Grobe, "Discogedanken", 2018

If you weren´t an artist, what would you be doing?

I'd be painting.


EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2020

Digital Analog Balance, Licht Feld Gallery

2015

»Tableau Vivant« – lokal-int, Biel

GROUP

2021

ArtMiami

2019

ArtMiami

2018

»Walk The Talk« – p100, Berlin

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WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Credit Suisse Art Collection, Zürich, Switzerland

Kultur Stadt Zug, Zug, Switzerland

Kunstkredit Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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GALLERIES

Licht Feld | https://lichtfeld.ch/wordpress/artists/jonas_baumann/

PUBLICATIONS

AWARDS

Studio residency Montréal, Fonderie Darling and International Exchange and Studio Program Basel (iaab) Montréal, Canada 2011

Reisepreis Kunstverein Basel, 2015

Global Call Winner International Students Exhibition of Shanghai Biennale Shanghai, China 2008

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