Jonathan Meese

Infobox Artist
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name = Jonathan Meese


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birthdate = January 23 1970
location = Tokyo, Japan
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nationality = German
field = Painting, Sculpture, Performance art, Installation art
training = Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
movement = Contemporary art
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awards = Berliner Bär (BZ-Kulturpreis), 2007

Jonathan Meese (born January 23, 1970, Tokyo) is a German painter, sculptor, performance artist and installation artist based in Berlin and Hamburg. His (often multi-media) works include collages, drawings and writing. He also designs theater sets and wrote and starred in a play, "De Frau: Dr. Poundaddylein - Dr. Ezodysseusszeusuzur" in 2007 at the Volksbühne Theater"'.

Work

Meese attended Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, but left the school before completing his studies and was picked up by Berlin gallery Contemporary Fine Arts. An early installation "Ahoi de Angst" was presented at the first Berlin Biennale in 1998. Susanne Titz, writing about the Biennale said, "It was thus clear that Meese had indeed put his finger on the pulse of his generation and presented it." [Titz, Susanne. (2007). "Mr. Deltoid's a.k.a. Urleandrusus' Sonnenallee AHOI DE ANGST FAIR WELL Good Bye". In "Mama Johnny". Köln: Contemporary Fine Arts and Walther König, 321] According to Karel Schampers, "Jonathan Meese can tell a story in such a gripping way that you would never have the idea to doubt its truth. Especially his installations benefit from this quality," [Schampers, Karel. (2007). "Sherwood Forest: Jonathan Meese and Jörg Immendorff". In "Mama Johnny". Köln: Contemporary Fine Arts and Walther König, 316]

He has been included in exhibitions “Spezialbilder” at Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin, “Grotesk!” at Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt and “Schnitt bringt Schnitte” at Ausstellungsraum Schnitt in Köln. Recent exhibitions include "Thanks, Wally Whyton (Revendaddy Phantomilky on Coconut Islandaddy)" at Modern Art, London, and a performance at Tate Modern, entitled "Noel Coward Is Back — Dr. Humpty Dumpty vs. Fra No-Finger". [citation | title= Jonathan Meese | author= Melissa Gronlund | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2006 | date= February 20, 2006| url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/11876/jonathan-meese/| accessdate=2008-05-14 ] [http://www.artforum.com/diary/id=10553.htm artforum.com] ] He has exhibited at Modern Art, London, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, and Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca.

He is represented by Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin, Leo Koenig in New York, and Modern Art in London. In 2007 he collaborated with the composer Karlheinz Essl on the installation "FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS" shown at the Essl Museum in Vienna/Klosterneuburg.

He has worked collaboratively with the painters Jörg Immendorff, Albert Oehlen, Tim Berresheim, Daniel Richter, Tal R and the composer Karlheinz Essl.

Collections (Selection)

Galleries

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.cfa-berlin.com/artists/jonathan_meese/ Jonathan Meese at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin]
* [http://www.divus.cz/umelec/en/pages/umelec.php?id=751&roc=1999&cis=1/The First Berlin Biennale (by David Allen and Dominic Eichler in Umelec International, 1/1999)]
* [http://www.essl.at/works/atlantis.html Jonathan Meese: Fräulein Atlantis] multimedia room installation for the Essl Museum
* Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf: [http://www.sieshoeke.com/artists/jonathan-meese Jonathan Meese, works]
* [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/jonathan_meese.htm Jonathan Meese at the Saatchi Gallery]