ABOUT
b.1991 Munich, lives and works between Munich and Rotterdam

EDUCATION

2017-2019
MFA, Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam
2012-2017
BA, Folkwang UdK Essen

GRANTS&PRIZES

2022
Projektförderung der Gisela und Erwin von Steiner-Stiftung, München
Bayern Innovativ Förderstipendium

2021
Project funding by Stichting Droom en Daad, Rotterdam

2020
PPR funding by CBK, Rotterdam

2016
Folkwangpreis, Freunde und Förderer der Folkwang UdK, Essen

WORK

2022 (ongoing)
Translator for Museum Susch, Susch

2021–2022
Art teacher at Ferdinand-von-Miller Realschule, München 

2019–2021
German teacher at Berlitz, Rotterdam

2020
Assistant to Evelyn Taocheng-Wang

contact:
mail@jakob-forster.de

EXHIBITIONS

UPCOMING

Solo exhibition at Delphi Space, Freiburg, September 2023

more to be announced soon.

PAST

2022
The Fate, The Future and the Plate, duo with Anna Luczak at Yellow Brick Studio, Athens
Lieu Ne Vas Plus, group exhibition at Pension Lutz, München
Wild Summer of Art, group exhibition at Brutus, Rotterdam

2021
Bubble, but, Jakob Forster at Jakob Forster, Rotterdam
Spans, Olga Pedan at Jakob Forster, Rotterdam
12 we do lunch, Johanna Klingler at Jakob Forster, Rotterdam
MISEN, Johanna Klingler & Jakob Forster at the Gimp, Berlin

2020
Sodden ties, Studio an de Rotte, Rotterdam
Creative Food Boxes, Project organized by Bobby Sayers, Rotterdam
Cala Polska, Gdansk City Gallery, Gdansk
Cala Polska, BWA Wroclaw Glowny, Wroclaw

2019
Cala Polska, BWA Wroclaw Glowny, Wroclaw
Midnight Sunburn, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
A tip's felt dance, Available & the Rat, Rotterdam
Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung, Los Angeles
Stop Gaps, studio Santamarina, Rotterdam

2018
Accidentally Sonic, Swimmingpool-Projects, Sofia
Accidentally Sonic II, Wolphart-Artspace, Rotterdam
An Equilibrium of Forces, The Cabinet, Rotterdam

2017
Coup de Soleil, Garros Roland, Essen
Folkwang Finale, Folkwang UdK, Essen
When I Close My Eyes I See the Bloody Rainbow, KUMA Museum, Seoul

2016
Gestern etwas Falsches, Leipzig
minerva's breakdown, Jonas Justen and Simon Mielke at Garros Roland, Essen
Black Dahlia Quest, group show at Garros Roland, Essen
Your Style Is So So, Anna Lisa Högler and Maria Pratts at Garros Roland, Essen
Urga, Charlotte Urbanek at Garros Roland, Essen
Fresco in the train, Felix Amerbacher and Ørjan Einarssøn Døsen at Garros Roland, Essen
Falsche Freunde, Lukas Goersmeyer and Ralph Schuster at Garros Roland, Essen
My Synthetic Secrets, Alice Ford and Maximilian Schneider at Garros Roland, Essen
Hyperstition, screening at Garros Roland, Essen
nostalgie de la boue, Israel Aten and Fabian Heitzhausen at Garros Roland, Essen

2015
Ugh, Galerie 52, Essen
Manuelle Begriffe, Galerie 52, Essen
Klick Klick, Kunstverein Werden, Essen

2014
Klick Klick, Taiga Art Space, St. Petersburg