ABOUT
Jakob Forster (he/him)
b.1991 in Munich, lives and works between Berlin and Rotterdam
EDUCATION
2017–2019
MFA, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
2012–2017
BA, Folkwang UdK, Essen
GRANTS & PRIZES
2024
Nominee for the Painting Award of Kunsthalle Lingen
Project funding by CBK, Rotterdam
2023
Projektförderung der Gisela und Erwin von Steiner-Stiftung, München
Praktijk bijdrage CBK Rotterdam
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
RESIDENCIES
2022
La Nièce, Nice
Yellow Brick, Athens
2021
Allmendstraße 74, Zurich
contact:
mail@jakob-forster.de
EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING
Appreciation, group exhibition and open studio at Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, Mar 28 – Mar 30
CURRENT
PAST
2024
Roleshifters – The many artist, Summer school organised with LiLAE (Laboratory interested in Art & Education) at Fundaziun Nairs, Nairs
Someday I'll Love Jakob Forster at Tonus, Paris, organized by Niéce
From the beginning, group exhibition at Galerie Petra Rinck, Düsseldorf
2023
WILL, group exhibition at Milchstraße 4, München
First Impressions, group exhibition at Gastatelier LEO XIII, Tilburg
Anti-Aging, solo show at Delphi Space, Freiburg
Pêche de Nuits, at Peach, Rotterdam
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
A lick and a promise, at Allmendstraße 59, Zurich
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
Vertrauen Gegen Vertrauen, at Olga's flat
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
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