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1957 born in bremen
1977-83 studies at the academy of fine art, brunswick, germany
1982 master degree, professor malte sartorius
1985-86 german academic foreign exchange scholarship for the netherlands, the hague
1987 young west artprice for drawing, kunsthalle recklinghausen, germany
1991 scholarship casa baldi, olevano romano, italy
1992 scholarship art fund e.v. bonn, germany
1997 first award of the international drawing and graphic biennial, gyoer, hungary
2000 prize of the international art triennial majdanek, lublin, poland
2001 interdisciplinary culture project merge on java, indonesia
with paul goodman, jos janssen and the miroto dance company
2003 first steel-sculptures, basel, switzerland
2004 prize (mention) for installation and environment with jos (jhw) janssen,
international competition for electronic music and sound art film, bourges, france
(music: jos janssen, shadow-installation: constantin jaxy)
2007 first prize sculpture competition, crossroads bremen-north,
realisation of large steel-sculptures
2007-2008 lecturer at the university of hildesheim, germany
2009 scholarship bartels foundation, basel, switzerland

public collections
selection:
 
contemporary art collection of the federal republic of germany
bavarian state painting collection
deutsche bank collection
karin und uwe hollweg collection
kunsthalle recklinghausen
mönchehaus museum goslar
car museum aschaffenburg
national museum majdanek, lublin, poland
municipal museum of art, györ, hungary
imprint graphic art collection, warsaw, poland
international print triennial society, krakow, poland
industrial museum delmenhorst
stadtwerke swb bremen
public art collection, salder castle, salzgitter
robert simon collection at the bomann-museum celle
weserburg, museum of modern art, bremen
e.on energie munique
confederation of german construction industry berlin
luxun academy of fine arts, shenyang, china
blg-forum, bremen overseas
essent, arnhem, the netherlands
broadcasting hall of bremen

solo exhibitions
selection:

1989 gering-kulenkampff gallery, frankfurt, germany, catalogue
1992 art association mannheim, art association freiburg, germany, catalogue
1995 art association speyer, germany, catalogue
1998 lilian andrée gallery, basel, switzerland, catalogue
2003 art association stuttgart, germany, catalogue
2005 harbour museum bremen, germany
2007 blg-forum, harbour bremen, germany, catalogue
art association cuxhaven, germany, catalogue
2008 art association konstanz, germany
essent, arnhem, the netherlands
2009 bartels foundation, basel, switzerland
2010 art association siegburg/bonn, germany
2012 castle leuk, wallis, switzerland

also gallery solo exhibitions in basel, frankfurt, stuttgart, hamburg, berlin, hannover, bremen and rotterdam

group exhibitions
selection:

2000 consulat general of the frg, german house, new york, usa
2003 international graphic triennial krakow, poland
2003 contemporary german graphic, national gallery nowosibirsk, russia
2004 dream and dead: museum gallery, prince of wales museum, bombay, india
2004 outdoor, sculpture exhibition, basel/riehen, switzerland (several years)
2005 de verborgen planet, ndsm amsterdam, the netherlands
2006 kunst & complex, rotterdam, the netherlands
luxun academy of fine arts, shenyang, china
2007 international graphic triennial vienna, austria
2008 imprint, warschau, poland
2009 vorortost gallery, leipzig, germany
international graphic triennial krakow, poland
international drawing and graphic biennial, gyoer, hungary
2010 international print network, horst janssen museum, oldenburg, germany
multiple matters, künstlerhaus vienna, austria
contemporary art ruhr, world heritage zollverein essen, germany
2011 guanlan international print biennial, shenzhen, china
imprint, 2nd international graphic arts triennial warsaw, poland

art-fairs since 1984: cologne – basel – zürich – frankfurt - karlsruhe

about my work

base of all forms and abstractions is the technical, architectural environment.
in consequence of permanent excursions in urban accumulations, large cities, ports, stations, worldwide, this process performs new formulations. the impressions are documented by photos, sketches and found objects. the digital camera is a permanent tool to bring the impressions faster and more simply into "correct form".
this "accumulation" unloads itself predominantly in large sized artworks: objects, drawings and in the last years also sculptures and installations.

constantin jaxy
2011