Vita

Jonathan Joosten is an artistic researcher and multimedia artist based in Berlin.

Jonathan joosten

In his work he investigates the notions of urban transformation, narrations and memories. Through artistic research he creates new narratives, negotiates unlikely relations and constantly oscillates between small pieces and larger contexts. His works include video, print, installation, performance, photography and sound art.

Exhibitions

10.08.-11.08.24
"[verwandlungen/metamorphoses]"
Solo show at Haus der Statistik (Berlin) as artist in residence of Co-Making Matters. Examination of metamorphoses (Verwandlungen) using plant prints, collected objects and glitchy 3D images of the construction side at Haus der Statistik.

23.05.24
"en regardant le bruit de fond"
Solo show as outcome of research residency at Dos Mares, Marseille.

03.05.24
Provence Art Contemporain (PAC) Marseille
Exhibition and open studios with Ronnie Danaher and Anthony Almendarez in the framework of Dos Mares Residency.

10.04.-28.04.24
Mattermorphosis Exhibition at WRO Art Center & IP Studio in Wrocław (Poland). Artwork and Performance developed during FUNKEN ACADEMY in collaboration with Hendrik Klatte.

17.07.-21.07.23
FUNKEN ACADEMY European Summer School Re:Sourcing in collaboration with Fraunhofer IWU Dresden, ARS Electronica Linz and WRO Art Center Wroclaw (ongoing project in 2024).

07.-09.07.2023
Untitled [Herbarium]
Exhibition in the former Herbarium building in Weimar in the framework of my Masterthesis (Solo Exhibition).

04.2023
« Horizon Limite» Exhibition with the isdaT at the centre d’art Maison Salvan (near Toulouse, France).

03.2023
« La culpabilité ne fais jamais de doute »
Exhibition with the isdaT at Hotel Albert I in Toulouse (Frankreich).

17.07.-21.07.23
FUNKEN ACADEMY European Summer School Re:Sourcing in collaboration with Fraunhofer IWU Dresden, ARS Electronica Linz and WRO Art Center Wroclaw (ongoing project in 2024).

07.-09.07.2023
Untitled [Herbarium]
Exhibition in the former Herbarium building in Weimar in the framework of my Masterthesis (Solo Exhibition).

04.2023
« Horizon Limite» Exhibition with the isdaT at the centre d’art Maison Salvan (near Toulouse, France).

03.2023
« La culpabilité ne fais jamais de doute »
Exhibition with the isdaT at Hotel Albert I in Toulouse (Frankreich).

07.2021
« Encounter with a sleeping Giant » Exhibition with the M.F.A. PANAS in cooperation with the city of Leipzig. 09.2021

06.2022
One month residency as part of « Transcultural Mensa Collective (TMC) » at floating university Berlin for the free radicals programme.

01.2022
« Das kannst du tragen » Exhibition with the M.F.A. PANAS in cooperation with Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz.

06.2022
One month residency as part of « Transcultural Mensa Collective (TMC) » at floating university Berlin for the free radicals programme.

07.2021
« Encounter with a sleeping Giant » Exhibition with the M.F.A. PANAS in cooperation with the city of Leipzig.

Education

10.2020 – 07.2023
M.F.A Public Art and New Artistic Strategies at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany).

08.2022 – 03.2023
Exchange to institut supérieur des arts et
du design de Toulouse isdaT to fine arts faculty (France)

10.2015 – 06.2020
B.Sc. Urbanistik (Urban Studies) at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany).

08.2017-05.2018
Exchange to Universiteit van Amsterdam to social sciences faculty (Netherlands).


Study Grant of Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (2017-
2023).

Jobs + Internships

Since 01.07.
Employee at Urban Heritage department of Reinickendorf district in Berlin (Untere Denkmalschutzbehörde Bezirksamt Reinickendorf von Berlin)

01.03.-31.05.24
Internship at Dos Mares, Marseille (France). Artistic Research projects, collaboration with international artists and exhibition planning.

10.2020, 10.2021-02.2022, 09.2023
Student Assistant at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany). Exhibition setup, mentoring, archival work at faculty of art and design.

01.07.-12.08.18
Internship at the collective Stadtlücken that converted a parking lot under an urban highway at Österreichischer Platz in Stuttgart (Germany) into an artistic space. Jonathan Joosten developed a site-specific performances and small exhibition from archival research.

08.2016
Kunstverein Wagenhalle is a center of contemporary art production in Stuttgart (Germany). As part of the internship, Joosten worked with international artists on the construction of the experimental architecture « Containercity » that consists of studios and exhibition spaces.

05.2016-07.2023
Jonathan Joosten has been a board member of The Laden Weimar e.V. for 7 years. Der Laden Weimar is a former store transformed into an uncommercial off space for arts, culture and activism in Weimar (Germany).

09.2015-10.2020
Kollektiv Raumstation
« We don’t want to wait for the city to change on its own, we want to do it ourselves ». The Kollektiv Raumstation is dedicated to political actions and artistic interventions in public space. Founded in Weimar (Grmany), it has been active in Berlin, Weimar, Vienna and Zurich any many other places.

04.2014-09.2015
Contain’t e.V.
Due to the lack of uncommercial art spaces in Stuttgart
(Germany), Containt’s approach is to create temporary spaces for art and culture through mobile architecture on wastelands.