Prof. Martina Jess

Studies in the fine arts: 1982–1989 Academy of Fine Arts in ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands / Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe / Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf / Master’s student under Prof. Markus Lüpertz

Scholarships and grants

• 1994 and 2000: Basic grant from the Stichting Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, NL
• 1994 and 1997 Grants from the Stichting Noordbrabants Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Breda, NL
• 1995, 1998 and 2001 Grants from the Dienst Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling Kunst en Cultuur of the Municipality of Eindhoven, NL

Teaching

• 2000–2004: Lecturer standing in for the professor at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Department of Design, teaching ‘Design Theory’ (fundamentals of form and colour, and artistic design).
• 2009–2012 Lecturer standing in for the professor of ‘Interdisciplinary and Experimental Painting’ at the HfBK – Dresden (1st and 2nd cycles), Faculty 1, Fine Art programme

Selected exhibitions (Gr. = group exhibition / E. = solo exhibition)

• 1988 Galerie Sombers, Düsseldorf/Haan, Germany, S/Galerie Decalage, Milan, Italy, G/Galerie Christa Schübbe, Düsseldorf, G.
• 1990/91 Geert Schriever Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, S.
• 1991 Temporaire Galerie Schloß Neersen, Willich, Germany, Solo; Galerie Geert Schriever, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Group
• 1992 ‘Haus Schönblick’ Gallery, Heimbach, Germany, solo exhibition / ‘Im Grießbad’ Gallery, Ulm, Germany, solo exhibition
• 1993 ‘Haus Schönblick’ Gallery, Heimbach, “Offenes Spiel”, Germany, solo exhibition / Damen Gallery, Westerhoven, “Open Spel”, Netherlands, solo exhibition
• 1994 Kees Schouten Gallery, Haarlem, ‘Open Spel (derde ronde)’, Netherlands, solo exhibition / Noordbrabant Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, group exhibition / De Fabriek, Eindhoven, ‘Eenzame Speler’, Netherlands, solo exhibition
• 1995 Holland Casino Eindhoven, ‘In The Name Of The Game’, Netherlands, solo exhibition / Galerie Damen, Westerhoven, ‘In The Name Of The Game’, Netherlands, solo exhibition
• 1996 Weefhuis, Nuenen, ‘Poëzie en Beeldende Kunst’, Netherlands, group exhibition / 50 Years of North Rhine-Westphalia, Wellenbad, Düsseldorf, ‘Letzter Aufguss’, Germany, group exhibition
• 1997 Kunsthaus Langenberg e.V., in the historic old town of Langenberg, “Tuchfühlung”, Germany, group
• 1998 Galerie Bon Ton, Stiphout, “Open Spel (fourth round)”, Netherlands, solo exhibition / Galerij Germinahof, Sterksel, “Bad Girls”, Netherlands, solo exhibition / European Culture Month of the City of Linz
• 1998, Poseidon’s Eye, Austria, group exhibition; also collaborated with Sery C. on the conceptualisation of the electronic intermedia (TV, Internet) focus of the exhibition platform.
• 1999 Galerie Peninsula, Eindhoven, Netherlands, group exhibition
• 2001 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, NL, “Bad Girls & Rubber”, Netherlands, E./ Galerij Germinahof, Sterksel, Netherlands, Gr. Museum of the City of Ratingen, (travelling exhibition, “Art on Prescription”), Germany, Gr.
• 2002 Galerie Artevent, Helmond, “Strippoker II”, Netherlands, solo exhibition / Galerie Germinahof, Sterksel, “My Bad Girls”, Netherlands, solo exhibition / Alfons Blomme Museum, Roeselare, Belgium, group exhibition / Herford Art Society, (travelling exhibition, ‘Art on Prescription’), Germany, group exhibition/ - Haus Oranienstr. 9, Exhibition Forum of the Siegerland Museum, Siegen, Germany, group exhibition/ - Zwickau Municipal Museum, Germany, group exhibition
• 2003 – Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany, group / – Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine at the Charité (travelling exhibition, “Kunst auf Rezept”), Germany, group
• 2005 Galerie Zauner, Linz, Austria, (with C. Sery)
• 2006 Galerij Germinahof, Sterksel, Netherlands, group
• 2007 Galerie Damen, Westerhoven, ‘Modul als Modus’, Netherlands, solo
• 2010 European Centre for the Arts Dresden/Hellerau, ‘to be shaken before taken’, with C. Sery, E.
• 2011 Oktogon at the HfBK Dresden, ‘Zeichen setzen im Bild’, group

Selected bibliography:

• Gaby Czöppan: ‘The Card Player – The Painter Martina Jess’, 1992 Ineke Schwarts: ‘A Leap into the Deep with a Chance of Profit’, in the catalogue ‘Offenes Spiel/Open spel’, 1993.
• Ulrike Jagla: ‘Intuition versus Code, or How Martina Jess Arranges Her Card Images’, in the catalogue ‘Offenes Spiel/Open spel’, 1993.
• Irene Veenstra: ‘Nachtspel’, in *Boef Dynamics Presenteert*, 1995.
• Paul Kokke: ‘Martina Jess’s Lost Game’, interview 20 May 1995 in the *Eindhovens Dagblad*.
• Edwin Jacobs: The Game of Glances, in the catalogue ‘Lucky/Unlucky’, Salon Verlag, 1997.
• Raimund Stecker: ‘Life as a Game – a supposed children’s world; The Game as Life – a supposedly dangerous state’, in the catalogue ‘Lucky/Unlucky’, Salon Verlag, 1997.
• Kathrin Luz: ‘Susanna in the Bath: an essay on the various forms of love, life and art’, in the catalogue ‘Lucky/Unlucky’, Salon Verlag, 1997.
• Thei Voragen: ‘concealing and revealing’, in the catalogue ‘Bad Girls And Rubber’, 2001.
• Noélle Kemmerling: ‘Bad Girls: It’s All in the Game’, in the catalogue ‘Bad Girls And Rubber’, 2001.
• Diana Franssen: Martina Jess, in the catalogue *Van God Los*, 2002.
• Martina Jess: ‘Pendelen tussen Düsseldorf en Nuenen’, in *Brabant Cultureel* – a journal of art and culture, 2002.
• Hartmut Kraft: Overdose, in the catalogue *Kunst auf Rezept*, 2001. Wolfgang Günter Thiel: Art and Language Games, in the catalogue *to be shaken before taken*, Salon Verlag, 2010.
• Peter Herbstreuth: Three or Four Rooms Towards Transformation, in the catalogue ‘to be shaken before taken’, Salon Verlag, 2010.
• Martina Jess: In The Name Of The Game, in the catalogue “Zeichen setzen im Bild”, Sandstein Verlag, 2012.

Artist catalogues

• Klasse Lüpertz, Galerie Christa Schübbe, Mettmann, 1988. Offenes Spiel/Open Spel, accompanying the exhibition series of the same name, * Galerie Haus Schönblick, Heimbach / Galerie Damen, Westerhoven, Netherlands / Galerie Kees Schouten, Haarlem, Netherlands, 1994.
• Poëzie en Beeldende Kunst, Weefhuis, Nuenen, Netherlands, 1996,
• ‘Gr. Letzter Aufguss’, 50 Years of North Rhine-Westphalia, Wellenbad, Düsseldorf, 1996.
• *Tuchfühlung*, Kunsthaus Langenberg e.V., in the historic old town of Langenberg, Klartext Verlag Essen, 1997.
• Lucky/Unlucky, Salon Verlag, Cologne, 1997. Bad Girls And Rubber, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, 2001.
• Art on Prescription, Salon Verlag, Cologne, 2001. Van God Los, Galerij Germinahof, Sterksel, Netherlands, 2002.
• Jubileum Galerij Germinahof 1981–2006, Galerij Germinahof, Sterksel, Netherlands, 2007.
• ‘To Be Shaken Before Taken’, European Centre for the Arts Dresden/Hellerau, Salon Verlag Cologne, 2010.
• Making a Mark in the Image, Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Sandstein Verlag, Dresden, 2012.