current exhibition: "Faulty Reveries" 21. April 2021 - 10. July 2021, solo exhibition, galley Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, DE
Solo, "Soul Blindness-storm hits the window", Artspace Hohwa, Hoban Cultural Foundation, Seoul, KR, opens on 01. September. 2023
Group, "Zwei. Zur Aktualität des Duos / Two. On the topicality of the duo" Municipal gallery Villingen Schwenningen, Germany, opens on 26. October. 2023
atelierJAK
Works and lives in Stuttgart / Regensburg, Germany
Prize, scholarship and artist in residence
2021, 2022
Stiftung Kunstfonds for NEUSTART KULTUR, Bonn, Germany
2017
1st. Public art in State of Baden-Württemberg
2014
Bronze Medal, “Best Book Design from all over the World 2014“, Stiftung Buchkunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Award Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
Scholarship Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
Art book prize "The Most Beautiful German Books" book JAK, Stiftung Buchkunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2011
Artist in Residence, Openspace Bae, Busan, Korea
2010
Debütantenpreis der Kunstakademie Stuttgart, Germany
2009-11
Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
2006
1st. Akademiepreis „Museum für sedimentierte Kunst“, AdBK, Stuttgart
1st. Artprize "Freunde der Akademie" for "Museum für sedimentierte Kunst"
Solo exhibitions
2023
"SOUL BLINDNESS-storm hits the window", Artspace Hohwa, Hoban Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2022
"Mind your brain", Gallery Sturm & Schober, Vienna, Austria
2021
"Faulty Reveries", Gallery Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany, (catalog)
2019
"JAK - CAMOUFLAGED THUMBNAILS", Gallery Sturm & Schober, Vienna, Austria
2018
"JAK - NARRATAGE", Gallery Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
2017
"SOUL BLINDNESS-fall into indescribable scenes", Villa Merkel, City Gallery of Esslingen a.N., Germany, (catalog)
"JAK - INDESCRIBABLE SCENE", Baden Wuerttemberg state representation in Brussels, Belgium
2015
“CUT TO:”, Galerieverein Leonberg, Germany
2014
"Soul Blindness - Prolog“, Kuandu Museum of fine Art Taipei, Taiwan
"JAK", fettschmelze, Karlsruhe, Germany
2013
"HUNTING", Württembergischer Kunstverein(WKV), Stuttgart, Germany
2012
"The boundary" , Gallery Openspace Bae, Busan, Korea
"Lebhafte Konkurrenz", Gallery Stihl, Waiblingen, Germany
2011
"behind the foreign", Galeria Studio, Pałac Kultury i Nauki, Warsaw, Poland
"JAK", Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, Germany, (catalog)
"Das floride Stadium", AdBK, Stuttgart, Germany, (catalog)
2010
"Imported stranger", Gallery space bandee, Busan, Korea, (catalog)
2009
"Bosporus", Gallery Schuster, Berlin, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
2023 forthcoming
"ZWEI. ZUR AKTUALITAET DES DUOS", Gallery city Villingen Schwenningen, Germany
2022
"What I like!", Gallery city Sindelfingen, Germany
2021
"Höhenflug", Summer Gallery, gallery Sturm & Schober, Hotel Kristiania in Lech, Austria
"Sommer Gallery Salzburg", with Andrea Bender and Inge Dick, Dompfarrsaal, Austria
2020
"Szenefenster #2", Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
2018
"#Material 4.0", Gallery city Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
"Infinite Grace", Gallery Waterfall, New York, USA
"Anticipation", VOX POPULI, Philadelphia, USA
2017
"Re:collection", Gallery Waterfall, New York, USA
"The Five Moons, Return of the Nameless and Unknown", Pyeongchang biennale, Korea, (catalog)
2016
"A SUSTAINING LIFE", Gallery Waterfall, New York, USA
2015
"Under Construction", Bahnwärterhaus, Gallery city Esslingen, Germany
"FERMENTED SOULS", Waterfall Gallery, New York, USA
"S.COOP / STUTTGARTER KUNST COOPERATIVEN", Kunst Bezirk, Stuttgart, Germany
"A L L E !", Municipal Gallery of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, (catalog)
2014
"METAMORPHILIA - METAMORPHOBIA", Gallery Kaņepes Kultūras centrs SIA, Riga, Latvia, (catalog)
"Moving Triennale_made in Busan 2014", many places throughout the old town area of Busan, Korea, (catalog)
"Recycling Art", Cityhall in Busan, Korea
"FEEL LIFE", Waterfall Gallery, New York, USA
"DA_______WIR", Kunstverein Ellwangen e.V., Germany
2013
"TIME IS LOVE.6 - [Show 1], [Show 2], [Show 3]" , Gallery mori + stein, London, England / SAZMANAB, Teheran / PEANUT UNDERGROUND, New York
/ KULTER.GALLERY, Amsterdam / STIFTELSEN 3.14, Bergen, Norway / TEA - TENERIFE ESPACIO DE LAS ARTES, Spain
2012
"Face to Face", KAF museum, Busan, Korea, (catalog)
"Baden Württemberg 60", Museum Singen, Singen and Gallery Im Prediger, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany (catalog)
"New Wave II", Gallery Gana Art, Busan, Korea
2011
"New Wave", Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea, (catalog)
"Open to you", Gallery Openspace Bae, Busan, Korea, (catalog)
"Residence Network 2011", Culture and Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, (catalog)
"Stuttgart, how are you?", Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2010
"Local to Local", Gallery Kaire Desine, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Temporary VIII“, Gallery secondhome, Berlin, Germany, (catalog)
"High Noon", Europaplatz, Stuttgart, Germany, (catalog)
"Dvina silo art complex", Project Military Base Plokstine, Lithuania
2009
"Das Kaser Tableau", Museion Bozen, Bozen, Italy
"Generation New Berlin", Gallery Schuster, Miami, USA
"Visions of New York city", Gitana Rosa Gallery (NY), Miami, USA
"Übermorgenkünstler", Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
"Büyükada resort residence", Island Büyükada, Istanbul, Turkey
"Visions of New York city Film Festival", Macy Gallery, New York, USA
"Dadada" Columbia University, New York, USA
"Die Krautschneider", Gallery Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, Austria
"Lange Nacht der Museen", Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
"Wg3ZiBar" Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008
"Dadalenin Ubulenin", Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
"Institut for alpine affairs", Parallelevents Manifesta 7, Flaas / Bozen, Italy, (catalog)
"Institutional homelessness" Gallery Fruit and Flower Deli, New York, USA, (catalog)
"Made in germany", Gallery Im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany
2007
"Made in germany", Gallery Openspace Bae, Busan, Korea, (catalog)
"Traditional Market Art Festival Project Shows", State Museum Daejon, Korea, (catalog)
Publications
2021
"Faulty Reveries", Kerber publisher, Bielefeld / Berlin, Germany
ISBN 978-3-73560805-5 / German, English
2018
"SOUL BLINDNESS, fall into indescribable scenes", Snoek publisher, Cologne, Germany
ISBN 978-3-86442-222-5 / German, English
2017
"JAK WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.", catalog promotion LBBW Stuttgart, Germany
edition with 30 Unique specimens - out of print / English
2012
"JAK", EXP edition, Stuttgart, Germany
ISBN 978-3-00-039050-0 / German, English and Korean
2012
"JAK - Active Competition", Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Germany
ISBN 978-3-934320-48-2 / English
Public and notable private collections
2021
Contemporary Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany
2020
Public art, Library for Economics, University of Freiburg, Germany
2019
Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, New York, USA
2019
City Leonberg, Germany
2018
Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea
2018/2017/2016
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
2017
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
2017
Graphic collection of the city Esslingen a.N., Germany
2011/2013
LBBW, Stuttgart, Germany
2012/2012
State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
2012
German Literature Archive Marbach, Germany