Jörg Lozek  bio + work

Born in Chemnitz, Germany
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany

Education

2003

Gastprofessur, Pentiment International Summer Academy of Art and Design, Hamburg

2002

Meisteschüler bei Prof. Sighard Gille

2000

Studium der Malerei an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig

1990

Ausbildung als Tischler am Chemnitzer Theater


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 SCHIMMELREITER, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Im Zimmer, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

2006

Paraisos Artificiales, Pilar Parra & Romero Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
Home Stories, Staedtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen

2005

Jugend-Zimmer, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2004

YOUTH, Rhodes + Mann, London, England

2003

Jugend forscht, Galerie LIGA, Berlin, Germany

2002

Pures Glück, Galerie LIGA, Berlin, Germany


Selected Group Exhibitions

2007

Home Stories, Stadtgalerie Kiel
Home Stories, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg

2006

“Paraisos Artificiales” Pilar Parra & Romero Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain

2004

EASTORY, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
Art Brussels, Galerie Binz & Kramer
Art Frankfurt, Galerie Binz & Kramer
“Hernwachsend,” Stadtische Galerie im Kulturhof Flachsgasse, Speyer

2003

BELLISIMA, HGB, Leipzig, Germany
Malerei, Galerie Mathias Kampl, München, Germany
Malerei, Galerie Binz und Krämer, Germany
FUTURE / Five Artists from Germany, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Leipziger Lerchen, Kunstverein Halle Neustadt, Germany
Jugend, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany
Achtung Rothweiler, Kunstverein Rottweil, Germany

2002

Pures Glück, Galerie LIGA, Berlin, Germany
6 aus 11, Galerie LIGA, Berlin, Germany
Junge Malerei, Binz & Krämer, Germany
Convoi, Kunstspeicher Oldenburg, Germany

1999

Yale School of Art First Year MFA Show; A&A Gallery, New Haven, CT
‘Dynamo Punch’, UCLA; Wight Gallery, UCLA, CA
Future Fantastic; East Central Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2000

Klasse Gille, Galerie Tim Gierig, Leinwandhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany


Awards / Scholarships

2003

Parsons Artist-In-Residence, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2001

Guest Lecturer, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

2000

Schoelkopf Travel Grant, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1999

MFA Scholarship, School of Art; Yale University, New Haven, CT

1998

Werner Hirsch Award for Drawing; UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

1997

Studio Art Centers International Scholarship; Florence, Italy


Bibliography

2007

Roennau, Jens, Home Stories – Zwischen Dokumentationen und Fiktion, Kunstforum International, vol. 185, May-June, p. 324

2006

Miles, Christopher, Jörg Lozek, Artforum International, February
Mullins, Charlotte, Painting People: Figure Painting Today, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London – German edition by Dumont Literatur und Kunst
Der Siebenschläfer, Jörg Lozek, readings/illustration, Harper’s Magazine, May, p.1

2005

Art News Magazine, Los Angeles review of solo show, “And the Darkness Implies the Vastness”.  Bridget L. Goodbody, December 2005 Issue
Los Angeles Times, review of solo show “And the Darkness Implies the Vastness, David Pagel, February 11, 2005

2003

Cakewalk Magazine, Issue no. 5, winter 2003

2000

“MFA 2001 at Green Hall Gallery”, October 2000, New Haven Register
Yale 2001 MFA Painting/ Printmaking Exhibition Catalog; Norfolk, CT

1999

“Art in the News”, August 1, 1999; Pacifica Tribune

1998

Mani Mario; Exhibition Catalogue, April 1998; Florence, Italy