CV

CV                                                                                                                                   deutsch

1979 born in Potsdam
1987 – 1999 violin lessons with Karl-Heinz Tilgner
Choir and orchestra member of the „Johann Sebastian Bach“ Municipal Music School, Potsdam
2000 – 2007 Studied at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Communication Design course
with Prof. Michael Bette and Prof. Betina Müller
2007 Diploma in design since 2007 freelance visual artist
2018 – 2019 artistic director of the Wredow Drawing School Foundation
since 2014 Honorary lecturer in Potsdam and Brandenburg
since 2018 member of the Gedok Brandenburg
lives and works freelance in Potsdam and many other places

Exhibitions (selection)

2023 Schiffsmeisterhaus Ybbs „17.International Symposium“, Ybbs an der Donau, Austria (F. P. K)(Group)
2023 Museum house „Im güldenen Arm“, Potsdam „Klang und Stille“ (F. P.)(Solo)
2023 Schinkelkirche Cöthen „Stiller Klang“ (F)(Solo)
2023 Rote Mühle Falkenberg, Brandenburg „music and art festival“ (F. P.)(Group)
2023 Kunsthaus sans titre, Potsdam „Intersonanzen Brandenburg Festival of New Music“ (F. P.)(Group)
2022 International Art Fest „Forest Resonance“ Bulgaria, (Group)
2022 Eastern Sector of the Roman Stadium of Philipopol, Plovdiv, Bulgaria,
„Plenair Exhibition“ (F.) (Group)
2022 Gallery Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf „Aufschwingen“ (F. P.) (Group)
2022 Neuhardenberg Castle „Brandenburg Art Prize“ (K) (Group)
2022 Gallery Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf „Micro“ (F. P.) (Group)
2021 City Gallery Kunst-Geschoss, Werder (Havel), „visibilis – Listening with the Eyes“ (F. P.) (Solo)
2021 Gallery Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf „The Red Thread“ (F. P.) (Group)
2021 Görwihler Kultursommer, Görwihl „Faltertanz “ (Solo)
2021 Haape Castle Gallery, Caputh „Wintertime“ (F. P.) (Group)
2020 Brandenburg Book Art Digital Exhibition of Contemporary Book Art from Brandenburg
„The Labyrinth“ Artist’s Book (Group)
2020 Gallery G37, Berlin „Meeresrauschen“ (F. P.) (Solo)
2020 Kunsthaus sans titre, Potsdam „Intersonanzen Brandenburg Festival of New Music“ (F. P.)(Group)
2020 Görwihl „Görwihler Kultursommer“ (Group)
2020 Kunstwerk, Potsdam „The Disappeared Gallery“ (Group)
2019 Gallery for Young Artists and Designers, Berlin „Weite“ * (F.) (Solo)
2019 Gallery Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf „Achtung, Aufnahme“ (F.) (Group)
2019 Galerie Helle Panke, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin „trio-pictures to music“ (F.) (Trio)
2019 St. Marienkirche, Frankfurt (Oder), „… of all world ends … Fontane 2019“ (F. P. K) (Group)
2018 Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg „Art Me II The Next Generation“ (F. P. K) (Group)
2018 Kunsthaus Frankenthal „Luther and Babylon“ (F) (Group)
2017 Schloss Neuhardenberg „Brandenburg Art Prize“ (K) (Group)
2017 Kunsthaus sans titre, Potsdam „Gold Money Luxury Man“ (F. P) (Group)
2017 Kunstwerk, Potsdam „Zwischentöne „* (F. P) (Solo)
2016 Galerie Sperl, Potsdam „Small Formats no. 22 + XL“ (Group)
2016 Gallery Ruhnke, Potsdam „Im Prinzip Bach“ (F) (Group)
2016 East German Savings Banks Association, Berlin „crescendo „*(P) (Solo)
2015 dkw.Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus „Tragweite“ Art Promotion Award Winner 2014 + 2015 (F.K.) (Group)
2015 Sperl Gallery, Potsdam, „Small Formats no. 21“ (Group)
2015 University Library, FH Brandenburg, „ping pong“ (P) (Duo)
2015 Gallery Ruhnke, Potsdam, „Noble, helpful and good-useful objects by artists“ (F.P) (Group)
2015 Old Town Hall, Baltic Cultural Centre, Gdansk, „The sea of letters“ (F.P.K.) (Group)
2015 Zeppelin Gallery, Potsdam, „Crescendo“ * (P) (Solo)
2015 Pomonatempel, Pfingstberg Potsdam, „Klangfalter „* (P) (Solo)
2015 Rolandswurt Gallery, Cumlosen, „Quadrium“ (F. P) (Group)
2014 Sperl Gallery, Potsdam, „Small Formats no. 20“ (Group)
2014 Fair for artists‘ books and editions „artbookberlin“ (Group)
2014 Gallery Sonnensegel, Brandenburg, „Reisende „* (F. P) (Solo)
2014 KunstWerk, Potsdam, „Zwischenwelten „* (F. P) (Solo)
2013 Sperl Gallery, Potsdam, „Kleine Formate no. 19“ (Group)
2013 Atelier Masche, Ortwig, „XVth Art Loose Days „* (F) (Duo)
with wooden objects by Christian Masche
2013 Rathaus Galerie, Hoppegarten b. Berlin,
„Nachlese 1 zum Brandenburgischen Kunstpreis 2013“ (K) (Group)
2012 Sperl Gallery, Potsdam, „Kleine Formate no.18“ (Group)
2012 Kunsthalle Arnstadt, Arnstadt, „Bachläufe – J. S. Bachs Spuren
in contemporary and modern art“ (K) (Group)
2011 Galerie erstererster, Berlin, „Illustrations“ * (Solo)
2011 Villa of Mr. von Holst, LOCALIZE -Das Heimatfestival, Potsdam, „Indeed“ (F) (Group)
2010 Gallery Chistka odezhdy, Moscow, „Ding Dong“ (Group)
2010 Gallery „My House by the Lake“, Berlin, „Ding Dong“ (Group)
2010 Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art, Dresden,
„study.art – neue freiheit.grenzenlos“ (P. K) (Group)
2010 The Marketplace Gallery, New York, „Papergirl“ (Group)
2010 CoachingCultureGallery, Berlin, „mee(h)r Kunst am kindlestrand“ (Group)
2010 Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, „Papergirl“ (P) (Group)
2009 Kunstwerk, Potsdam, „Encounters „*(F .P) (Solo)
2009 Word Gallery, Potsdam, „Silkscreen Works“(Group)
2009 Library Liberec, Czech Republic, „study art – nova svoboda. bez hranic“ (P) (Group)
2008 KunstWerk, Potsdam, „Hohenofen“ (F) (Group)
2008 Künstler- und Gründerzentrum Puschkin, Potsdam, „Open Studio Day“ (F) (Group)
2008 City Hall, Walsrode, „Flower Power“ (Group)
2006 Atelier Charlottenstraße 119, Potsdam, „Mug and Whisky“ (F) (Duo)
2000 Atelier Masche, Gasthof „Deutsches Haus“ Ortwig, „Augenblicke „* (Duo)
with wooden objects by Christian Masche

* Solo exhibition

(F) Flyer
(P) Poster
(K) catalogue

Study trips, symposia, scholarships and prizes

2023 „17.International Symposium“ in the studio on the Danube, Ybbs an der Donau, Austria
2023 ELAF, European Landart Festival & Stone Stacking Championships, Dunbar, Scotland
2023 Landart Projects Brittany, France
2022 International Plenair for Painting, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2022 Sound installation violin bow tree „willow“ // „plane tree“ // „lime tree“
Project funding as part of the Kultursommer Potsdam, funded by the state capital Potsdam
2021 „Mikrostipendium 3“, Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
2021 one-month working stay in France // Brittany
2020 „2nd Unity Plenair in Resau“, Plenair in the forest on 3 October, Werder (Havel) OT Bliesendorf
2020 „Mikrostipendium 1+2“, Ministry of Science,
Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
2015 10th Baltic Meetings of Illustrators // Workshop. „bluebook“, in Gdansk, Poland
2014 „Brandenburg Art Promotion Prize“, Ministry of Science,
Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
2009 Workshop. „new freedom without borders“, in Jizerka, Czech Republic
with artists from Germany, Czech Republic and Poland
2008 Symposium in the Hohenofen paper factory
2008 „Flower Power“ Rosenstein Castle, Stuttgart (3rd prize)
2006 Studio community Charlottenstraße 119 with Felix Freese, Potsdam
(three-month studio grant from the Potsdam City Council, Department of Culture and Museum)
2006 „KO Art Competition“ Waschhaus, Potsdam (1st prize)
2000 – 2023 Study trips to Scotland (Dunbar), France (Brest, Marseille), Thailand (Bangkok), Bulgaria (Plovdiv),
Switzerland (Basel), Sardinia (Cagliari), Italy (Rome), Indonesia (Bali), Poland (Gdansk), England, Syria (Damascus), Jordan …

Publications

2023 Exhibition catalog „17th International Symposium“ at the Atelier an der Donau,
Ybbs an der Donau, Austria
2022 „Brandenburg Art Prize“ Exhibition catalogue of the Märkische Oderzeitung,
Neuhardenberg Castle Foundation
2021 „Summertime“ A concert in pictures by Jana Wilsky
2021 „Magic Formulas – Pictures for the Twenties“ Exhibition catalogue Publisher: kunst projekte e.V.
2019 „… of all the world’s ends … Fontane 2019“ Exhibition catalogue Publisher: kunst projekte e.V.
2018 „Art Ich II Die nächste Generation“ Exhibition catalogue Publisher: Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel,
State of Brandenburg, Brennabor Art Gallery
2018 „Luther und Babylon“ Exhibition catalogue Publisher: kunst projekte e.V.
2017 „Brandenburg Art Prize“ exhibition catalogue published by Märkische Oderzeitung,
Neuhardenberg Castle Foundation
2015 „Jana Wilsky Sequenza 1-5“ Significant Signatures XV (2014), Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung,
Sandstone Publishing House Dresden
2015 „Morze Liter // The sea of Letters“ Exhibition catalogue, 10 years of the Baltic Meetings of Illustrators in the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdansk
2014 „Jana Wilsky Music and Painting. An Analogy“ dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus.
+dkw. Friends and Sponsors e.V.
2011 „ABC Book“ Bloomsbury Verlag, Berlin
2009 „Belletristik“ magazine for literature and illustration, Verlagshaus J. Frank Berlin
2005 Poetry calendar, texts by Brandenburg authors and illustrations by
Design students of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Publisher: Literatur-Kollegium Brandenburg, Potsdam

Bibliography

Edith, Mende: Symphony in Blue, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Potsdam, 17.5.2021
Rabensaat, Richard: The sound of colour, Potsdamer Neuste Nachrichen, 2.2.2017
Laude, Stefan: Fresh green, deep black and many notes, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, 30.1. 2017
Kumlehn, Thomas: Eine unhörbare Bildsprache 1, Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung (ed.), Signifikante Signaturen XV. Jana Wilsky, Dresden 2015, p. 6
Kumlehn, Thomas: Eine unhörbare Bildsprache 2, dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Freunde und Förderer e.V.
Krone, Lothar: „Butterflies in the Pomonatempel“, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Potsdam, 8.4.2015, p. 10
bra, „Travellers“ in the gallery, BRAWO, Brandenburg (Havel), 10.9.2014
von Imhoff, Marion: Traumwelt mit Krokodil, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Brandenburger Kurier,
Brandenburg (Havel), 5.9.2014
von Imhoff, Marion: Mit dem Kopf woanders, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Brandenburger Kurier,
Brandenburg (Havel), 16.9.2014
Wilsky, Jana, cover illustration, Potsdam West district newspaper,
publisher: rückenwind Arbeits- und Sozialprojekte Brandenburg, Potsdam, issue 16, October-December 2012.
Thees, Monika: Zoological Abecedarium, title. Culture Magazine, 21.2.1011
Hassenpflug, Matthias: Fresse und Whisky, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, Potsdam, 16.9.2006, p. 31
Jäger, Heidi: Self-forgetting, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, Potsdam, 14.7.2009, p. 23
jug, Encounter with Jana Wilsky in the work of art, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Potsdam, 22.7.2009
Hassenpflug, Matthias: To the first, to the second, to the third, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, Potsdam, 2.5.2006
Willner, Anja-Kristin: Flowers, boxing gloves and cash for knockout artists, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung,
Potsdam, 2.5.2006
Zitzmann, Yvonne: Falling over love while walking, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, Potsdam, 22.11.2005

Sources

Weber, W. Frank: Opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky „Klang und Stille“, Museumshaus „Im güldenen Arm“, Potsdam 2.7.2023
Fischer, Conny: Opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky „Meeresrauschen“, Gallery G37, Berlin 14.8.2020
Dr. Stamm, Brigitte: Opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky „Weite“, Gallery for Young Artists and Designers, Berlin, 30.8.2020
Raetsch, Sabine: Opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky „Zwischentöne“, KunstWerk, Potsdam, 27.1. 2017
Kumlehn, Thomas: Opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky, „Klangfalter“, Pomonatempel Pfingstberg, Potsdam 4.4.2015 Typescript, page 1, 2, 3
Frohl, Matthias: Opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky „Reisende“, Galerie Sonnensegel, Brandenburg (Havel) 19.9.2014, typescript, page 1, 2
Raetsch, Sabine: Opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky „Begegnungen“, KunstWerk, Potsdam, 28.6.2009, typescript, page 1, 2
Zeisler, Anke: „Herzspitzen ins Blau“, opening speech, exhibition opening Jana Wilsky „Zwischenwelten“, KunstWerk, Potsdam, 14.2.2014, typescript, page 1, 2