Jana Kießer
about
Hi!
My name is Jana Kießer, I live and work as a freelance photographer in Berlin and Nürnberg.
From 2015 to 2018 I studied at Ostkreuzschool for Photography in Berlin from which
I graduated in 2018 with the series "das bleibt unter uns" (this remains between us).
In my work, I deal with sexualised violence and abuse of power. I rework experiences
and transfer feelings into symbolic photographs. In addition to associative and emotionally loaded images, text plays an essential role in my works – with the text layer I introduce the observers of my photographic images into verbal life realities.
During the self-isolation in Germany due to Covid-19 I started a photographic conversation
with Annemie Martin in March 2020. 'On potato-roses and burning treetops' – our conversation kept me going. In August 2021 our series was published in a book, in November 2021 awarded with bronze by the German Photobook Prize!
You can order the book via our publisher SHIFT BOOKS here.
I'm always open for exhibitions, collaborations & projects, contact me:
mail@janakiesser.de Instagram
Artistic Education
since 2022 Master Art in Context, University of the Arts Berlin
2018 graduation from Ostkreuzschool for Photography in Berlin in the class of Prof. Linn Schröder
2015 – 2018 Photography studies at Ostkreuzschool for Photography Berlin in the classes of Werner Mahler, Ute Mahler, Sibylle Fendt and Prof. Linn Schröder
Solo exhibitions
2021 "das bleibt unter uns" (cela reste entre nous) Maison de Heidelberg, Montpellier
2020 "Von Kartoffelrosen und brennenden Baumkronen", Âme Nue, Hamburg
2019 "das bleibt unter uns" Kulturwerkstatt auf AEG, Nürnberg
Group exhibitions
upcoming
2023 October 13-20 "The tide is high" @KUNSTRAUM Potsdamer Straße
2023 Flora & Fauna & @LobeBlock
2022 "Von Kartoffelrosen und brennenden Baumkronen" @Haus des Wandels, Brandenburg
2022 "ruled by touch" Mundhalle, Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg
2022 "Puzzled" during 48 H Neukölln, Berlin
2022 „Photobook One“, Emkan Gallery, Tehran; Hasht Cheshmeh Art Space, Kashan; Khaneye_Ma Art Residency, Kerman and Padiav Home, Yazd, Iran.
2021 "about last year" Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin
2021 "HIGH NOON" @Marian van Zijll Langhout, Amsterdam
2021 "2nd Roma Biennale" @acud macht neu, Berlin
2021 Les Boutographies - Recontres Photographiques de Montpellier
2020 "Blaze of colour!", Weißes Schloss, Heroldsberg
2020 "keep your eyes peeled", AFF Galerie, Berlin
2019 „de_MUT“, xpon-art Galerie, Hamburg
2018 „breathing the ultimate wave - feminism and class“, Galerie Sprechsaal, Berlin
2018 „Jahrgang Zwölf“, Abschlussausstellung der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
2018 „Better together“, Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg
2017 „State of Affairs“, Ori Galerie Berlin
2016 Ausstellung der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
2016 „Einbild“, junge Fotograf*innen der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, panke gallery, Berlin
Interviews
2021 An Interview in Photographs by dieMotive, see it here.
2021 The pupil sphere interviewed Annemie and me on our book, read the Interview here.
2020 OKS.lab interviewed Annemie Martin and me on our series "On potato-roses and burning treetops"
2020 read an article about "On potato-roses and burning treetops" on monopol-magazin.de
2019 I talked to dienacht publishing about my book "this remains between us", read the Interview here!
Prizes / Nominations
2021 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis – Bronze for "Von Kartoffelrosen und brennenden Baumkronen"
2019 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis – Silber for „das bleibt unter uns“
2019 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie – honoring mention for „das bleibt unter uns“
2019 Kassel Dummy Award - Shortlist with „das bleibt unter uns“
Books / Catalogs
2021 “Von Kartoffelrosen und brennenden Baumkronen” published by SHIFT BOOKS
2021 "2020 edited", ICP x OKS
2018 "das bleibt unter uns", Artist Book
2018 Ausstellungskatalog "Jahrgang Zwölf"
Publications / Clients
art Magazine, VOGUE, Monopol Magazin, i-D Magazine, photonews, hohe luft, BBC, enorm Magazin, medium magazin, Brigitte Woman, Tagesspiegel, Neues Deutschland, Chamäleon Theater Berlin
Contact
Jana Kießer
Lichtungsweg 17
13465 Berlin
mail@janakiesser.de
Jana Kießer auf Instagram
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