Jan
Zöller

Jan Zöller , Nothing Else Changes It Just Rearranges, Installation View, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, 2024

born in Haslach im Kinzigtal, (DE), 1992. Lives and works in Karlsruhe, (DE)

Jan Zöller’s installations and paintings resemble a knocked-together, cosmic, comic theatre. Fires flicker, trouser legs and elbows dance, run and burn. A central motif is fountains, basins and tubs as symbols of communal places, but also of the circulation of vital energy, in human and economic relationships. In his painting, Zöller creates something new out of broken or outdated systems, which include the current art business. He reflects in painting what it means to him to be an artist. He is less interested in a dialogue with art history or other contemporary painters than in the psychosocial relationships and conditions that shape his work as an artist. In his installations, sculptures and paintings, Zöller repeatedly speaks of the dichotomy between economic production and the spiritual, magical side of art.
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, (DE)
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, (FR)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, (DE)
2021 Arbeitsstipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds, (DE)
2019 Awarded for 24. Bundespreis für Kunststudierende, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, (DE)
2017 Postgraduate award: Academy of Finearts, Karlsruhe, (DE)
2025 There is a crack in the mirror, House of Galleries, Frankfurt (DE)
2024 Conversation with the Others, DIRIMART, Istanbul (TUR)
2024 Nothing else changes it just rearranges, Robert Grunenberg (DE)
2024 Visitors: Jan Zöller, Meyer-Riegger, Karlsruhe (DE)
2022 For every thing that is show, some thing is hidden, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, (DE)
2022 Kaputte Fenster Kunstverein Heppenheim, Heppenheim, (DE)
2022 Will ich nichts verpassen, schließe ich die Augen, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, (ES)
2021 Jan Zöller and the Fire Spirits (Side A), Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, (DE)
2020 Keine Zeit zum Baden, Städtische Galerie, Ostfildern, (DE)
2019 Possibly There is a possibility that everything is possible, Meyer-Riegger, Robert Grunenberg Gallery, Berlin, (DE)
2019 SPA(sibo), DINAMIKA, Moscow, (RU)
2016 OPULENCE, Geschwisterraum, Karlsruhe, (DE)
2015 I saw people smoking crack on holidays, Mucharaum, Karlsruhe, (DE)
2014 100% pure kokain, Mucharaum, Karlsruhe, (DE)
2025 Nous n’irons plus au bois…, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin (DE)
2024 Secci Gallery, Florence (IT)
2023 Jahresgaben Auktion 16.12.23, delphi space, Freiburg (DE)
2023 die Welt ist noch auf einen Abend mein, Galeria Ehrhardt Florez, Madrid (ES)
2023 IMAGINE — 10 Unrealized Projects, Robert Grunenberg, (DE)
2022 Why can’t we live together, Sammlung Peters-Messer, Kunstmuseum Marburg und Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, (DE)
2022 There is no sea but the sea, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, (DE)
2021 For Real?! Jahresgaben und Editionen, Kunstverein Reutlingen, (DE)
2021 6 + 3 = 1, Galerie Barbara Seiler, Zurich, (CH)
2020 En otro tiempo ibas muy elegante, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, (ES)
2020 Paranoia Strikes Deep, Osnova, Moscow, (RU)
2020 Sincere Intentions, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, (DE)
2019 Arco Madrid, Meyer-Riegger, Madrid, (ES)
2019 ART Basel Miami, Meyer-Riegger, Miami, (US)
2019 24.Bundespreis für Kunststudierende, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, (DE)
2019 Zwei Alter: Jung, Galerie Crone, Berlin, (DE)
2019 ART Basel, Meyer-Riegger, Basel, (CH)
2019 You are here, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, (DE)
- 2023 Kunst ohne Grenzen: Museum in Schaffhausen zeigt aktuelle Malerei, Südkurier
- 2022 JAN ZÖLLER – VISITORS, kubaparis
- 2022 Wir sagen uns Dunkles – kuratiert von Christian Malycha, miettinen-collection
- 2022 Zehn Künstler im Kunstverein, gea
- 2022 Karlsruher Künstler Jan Zöller stellt in Heppenheim aus, echo-online
- 2021 Kunstverein Friedrichshafen zeigt Jan Zöller, architekturzeitung
- 2018Numéro Homme Berlin, Herbst/Winter 2018, S. 123.
- 2018Meisterschülerkatalog, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe

ABOUT

Jan Zöller,
unusual reorganisations, 2025,
Charcoal and oil on sewn canvas,
47 1/4 x 311/2 in,
120 x 80 cm — Jan Zöller, unusual reorganisations, 2025, Charcoal and oil on sewn canvas, 47 1/4 x 311/2 in, 120 x 80 cm

Jan Zöller,
Walking on footprints, 2024,
Acrylic, oil, mordant, pastel and charcoal on canvas,
200 x 160 cm — Jan Zöller, Walking on footprints, 2024, Acrylic, oil, mordant, pastel and charcoal on canvas, 200 x 160 cm

Jan Zöller, Nothing else changes it just rearranges, Installation View, Robert Grunenberg, 2024

Some always disagree, 2025,
Acrylic charcoal and pastels on sewn canvas,
39 3/8 x 311/2 in,
100 × 80 cm — Some always disagree, 2025, Acrylic charcoal and pastels on sewn canvas, 39 3/8 x 311/2 in, 100 × 80 cm

Jan Zöller,
It's still raining while some never dream, 2024, Ink, mordant, pastel and charcoal on canvas,
200 x 250 cm — Jan Zöller, It's still raining while some never dream, 2024, Ink, mordant, pastel and charcoal on canvas, 200 x 250 cm

Jan Zöller,
Memories of essential ignorances, 2024,
Charcoal and pastel und sewn canvas,
80 × 100 cm — Jan Zöller, Memories of essential ignorances, 2024, Charcoal and pastel und sewn canvas, 80 × 100 cm

Jan Zöller, Nothing else changes it just rearranges, Installation View, Robert Grunenberg, 2024

Jan Zöller,
Loneliness has a purpose, 2024,
Charcoal and oil on sewed canvas,
200 x 150 cm — Jan Zöller, Loneliness has a purpose, 2024, Charcoal and oil on sewed canvas, 200 x 150 cm

Jan Zöller,
The Motions of the habits, 2025,
Acrylic, oil, stain, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 200 × 250 cm — Jan Zöller, The Motions of the habits, 2025, Acrylic, oil, stain, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 200 × 250 cm

Jan Zöller,
Green painter needs a job, 2024 charcoal and pastels on canvas,
160 x 200 cm — Jan Zöller, Green painter needs a job, 2024 charcoal and pastels on canvas, 160 x 200 cm

Jan Zöller, Nothing else changes it just rearranges, Installation View, Robert Grunenberg, 2024

Jan Zöller,
Rehearsal of truth, 2024,
oil, oilstick, stain, acrylic and pastels on canvas,
250 x 200 cm — Jan Zöller, Rehearsal of truth, 2024, oil, oilstick, stain, acrylic and pastels on canvas, 250 x 200 cm

Jan Zöller,
Remove the outside to talk on the inside, 2024
Acrylic, oil, mordant, pastel and charcoal on canvas,
160 x 200 cm — Jan Zöller, Remove the outside to talk on the inside, 2024 Acrylic, oil, mordant, pastel and charcoal on canvas, 160 x 200 cm

Jan Zöller, Wisdom t(h)ree, 2022,
Oil stick, acrylic paint and oil on canvas,
200 x 160 cm — Jan Zöller, Wisdom t(h)ree, 2022, Oil stick, acrylic paint and oil on canvas, 200 x 160 cm

Jan Zöller, Lead from the shadows, 2022,
Acrylic, oil stick, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 165 x 125 cm — Jan Zöller, Lead from the shadows, 2022, Acrylic, oil stick, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 165 x 125 cm

Jan Zöller, Untitled (Joy of Existence), 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick and charcoal on canvas,
200 x 300 cm — Jan Zöller, Untitled (Joy of Existence), 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick and charcoal on canvas, 200 x 300 cm

Jan Zöller, Holes of a night, 2021,
Oil paint, oil stick, pastels and pencil on canvas, 200 × 160 cm — Jan Zöller, Holes of a night, 2021, Oil paint, oil stick, pastels and pencil on canvas, 200 × 160 cm

Jan Zöller, Zuofirsiht, 2022,
Charcoal, oilstick, coloured canvas and pastels on canvas, 200 × 250 cm — Jan Zöller, Zuofirsiht, 2022, Charcoal, oilstick, coloured canvas and pastels on canvas, 200 × 250 cm

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Jan Zöller, End all things, 2022,
Acrylic, oilstick, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 120 × 80 cm — Jan Zöller, End all things, 2022, Acrylic, oilstick, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 120 × 80 cm

Jan Zöller, THE FIRESPIRITS, 2021 watercolor and pencil on paper,
50 × 70 cm — Jan Zöller, THE FIRESPIRITS, 2021 watercolor and pencil on paper, 50 × 70 cm

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Jan Zöller, FIRESPIRIT (for workers), 2021,
Patinated bronze 42 × 39 x 39 cm — Jan Zöller, FIRESPIRIT (for workers), 2021, Patinated bronze 42 × 39 x 39 cm

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Jan Zöller, It's not possible to talk about something that only exists as a SPIRIT, 2021
Oil paint, acrylic, oil stick, charcoal, pencil on canvas,
200 x 160 cm — Jan Zöller, It's not possible to talk about something that only exists as a SPIRIT, 2021 Oil paint, acrylic, oil stick, charcoal, pencil on canvas, 200 x 160 cm

Jan Zöller, Badebrunnen (A clear and abstract view), 2022,
Acrylic, oil stick and charcoal on canvas
200 × 160 cm — Jan Zöller, Badebrunnen (A clear and abstract view), 2022, Acrylic, oil stick and charcoal on canvas 200 × 160 cm

Jan Zöller, Firespirit (Observer), 2021
Patinated bronze,
54 x 49 x 32 cm — Jan Zöller, Firespirit (Observer), 2021 Patinated bronze, 54 x 49 x 32 cm

Jan Zöller, Another text for another show, 2019
Oil stick on digital print,
189 x 120 cm — Jan Zöller, Another text for another show, 2019 Oil stick on digital print, 189 x 120 cm

Jan Zöller, Keine Zeit zum Baden, 2021, Charcoal and pastels on canvas, 200 x 350 cm

Jan Zöller, Teamwork, 2019,
Painted aluminium,
170 x 103 x 24 cm — Jan Zöller, Teamwork, 2019, Painted aluminium, 170 x 103 x 24 cm

Jan Zöller, Last drink in a designed Atmosphere, 2019,
Acrylic, oil based coloured pencil, charcoal, and pastels on canvas, 100 × 80 cm — Jan Zöller, Last drink in a designed Atmosphere, 2019, Acrylic, oil based coloured pencil, charcoal, and pastels on canvas, 100 × 80 cm

Jan Zöller, Badebrunnen, 2019,
Acrylic paint, oil based coloured pencil and charcoal on canvas,
200 x 160 cm — Jan Zöller, Badebrunnen, 2019, Acrylic paint, oil based coloured pencil and charcoal on canvas, 200 x 160 cm

Jan Zöller, Untitled, 2019,
Oil based colored pencil, pencil on paper
29,7 x 42 cm — Jan Zöller, Untitled, 2019, Oil based colored pencil, pencil on paper 29,7 x 42 cm

Jan Zöller, To walk until there is no more to walk, 2019,
Acrylic, oil based colored pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas 350 x 200 cm — Jan Zöller, To walk until there is no more to walk, 2019, Acrylic, oil based colored pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas 350 x 200 cm

Jan Zöller, Vacation, 2019,
Acrylic, oil based coloured pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas
70 x 50 cm — Jan Zöller, Vacation, 2019, Acrylic, oil based coloured pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas 70 x 50 cm

Jan Zöller, Hanging in the Underground, 2019
Painted aluminium,
19 x 55 × 3,5 cm — Jan Zöller, Hanging in the Underground, 2019 Painted aluminium, 19 x 55 × 3,5 cm

Jan Zöller, Badebrunnen (natural feelings), 2020,
Acrylic, oil based colored pencil and pastels on canvas, 100 × 80 cm — Jan Zöller, Badebrunnen (natural feelings), 2020, Acrylic, oil based colored pencil and pastels on canvas, 100 × 80 cm

Jan Zöller, Thinking about life at the magic fountain, 2019,
Charcoal on canvas,
165 × 125 cm — Jan Zöller, Thinking about life at the magic fountain, 2019, Charcoal on canvas, 165 × 125 cm

Jan Zöller, Just another day, 2019,
Acrylic, oil based coloured pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas,
200 x 350 cm — Jan Zöller, Just another day, 2019, Acrylic, oil based coloured pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 200 x 350 cm

Jan Zöller, Poster for the current show, 2021 Watercolor, pencil and tape on paper, 50 × 70 cm

Jan Zöller, Working on a dream, 2019,
Acrylic, oil based colored pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas,
250 x 200 cm — Jan Zöller, Working on a dream, 2019, Acrylic, oil based colored pencil, charcoal and pastels on canvas, 250 x 200 cm

Jan Zöller, Nachts am Brunnen, 2019,
Acrylic paint, oil based coloured pencil and charcoal on canvas,
201 x 160 cm — Jan Zöller, Nachts am Brunnen, 2019, Acrylic paint, oil based coloured pencil and charcoal on canvas, 201 x 160 cm

Jan Zöller, I can see clearly, 2021, Watercolor and pencil on paper,
50 × 70cm — Jan Zöller, I can see clearly, 2021, Watercolor and pencil on paper, 50 × 70cm

Jan Zöller, Voyage (T,J,N), 2019,
16 min., video installation inside a hut — Jan Zöller, Voyage (T,J,N), 2019, 16 min., video installation inside a hut

past exhibitions

NOTHING ELSE CHANGES IT JUST REARRANGES

14 SEPTEMBER – 26 OCTOBER 2024
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AND THE FIRE SPIRITS (SIDE A)

17 SEPTEMBER – 13 NOVEMBER 2021
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POSSIBLY THERE’S A POSSIBILITY THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE

26 OCTOBER – 21 DECEMBER 2019
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LOSING MY VIRGINITY

13 JULY – 7 SEPTEMBER 2018
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