Art on a Postcard x War Child UK 2024 Part II

About
Known for his Trompe-l’œil technique, Mühlenbrink leans on theories to investigate reality within the aesthetic principles of modernist painting and classical art.

Education
Jochen started his artistic education at the Düsseldorf Art Academy (DE), where he studied from 2001 to2007 and graduated as a master student of Markus Lüpertz.

Select Exhibitions/Awards
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (DE) and Morat-Institut, Freiburg (DE), Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (DE),Osthausmuseum Hagen (DE), Kunstmuseum Solingen (DE), Kunsthal Rotterdam (NL) , Museum HetValkhof (NL), Cuturi Gallery in Singapore (SGP). Engagements in Shanghai (CH), Taipei (TW), Tokyo (JP)and Seoul (KR). Solo debut in 2022 in the USA with Long Story Short in Los Angeles, followed by an exhibition in 2023 in NYC.

His work is held in private as well as public collections in Europe and abroad, including those of MuseumX, Beijing (CN), G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig (DE), Deutsche Bundesbank (DE), NATIONAL-BANK (DE), ING Bank,Amsterdam (NL) and Collectie DE.GROEN, Arnhem (NL). His artistic achievements are documented in numerous national and international publications. His latest monograph J'M donc je suis, 2023 was published as part of a comprehensive solo exhibition by Museum Bensheim, showcasing his works from2018 to 2023.

Gallery Representation
ASPN, Leipzig
Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart
Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam
Gether Contemporary, Copenhagen 
Long Story Short, New York.

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
Through his painting, Jochen Mühlenbrink places himself in the tradition of centuries-old philosophical questioning–and does so in a contemporary way that is both fascinating and shocking. Ultimately, it transpires that what I perceive does not necessarily have to correspond to the truth. Cogito ergo sum–I think, therefore I am. Or not?

Nothing is as it seems. Not even the strips of sticky tape on the canvas, which of course are not sticky tape at all, but merely painted on.


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