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Jan Voss.
Born in 1945, Hildesheim, Germany.
Studies: Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, lives in Amsterdam.
Co-founder of "Boekie Woekie, books by artists", Amsterdam.
Born April 1945 in Hildesheim. Father, a soldier after
his art studies, trying to find his peace to paint, mother earning
the money for the family as a secretary in a steel mill. Sudden
death of the father in 1956, boarding
school, art academy of Düsseldorf from '66 to '74, impressed
through getting acquainted with Robert Filliou, Dorothy Iannone,
Dieter Roth. The last introduced JV to offset printing as an art
possibility, first own books.
1971 on Dieter Roths' invitation for the 1st time to Iceland, the
periods there eversince developing into a sort of lifeline. Art
exhibitions from the early 70s on. Lived after Düsseldorf in
Berlin, since '77 in Amsterdam, became there one of the founding
members in '86 of "Boekie Woekie, books by artists". Founding
member of the "Dieter Roth Academy", Basel 2000.
Jan Voss - geboren 25.4.1945 in Hildesheim, wo es der werdenden
Mutter sicherer erschien als in Berlin. Der Vater, nach dem Kunststudium
Soldat, versuchte, endlich zum Malen zu kommen, die Mutter musste
das Geld verdienen. 1956 plötzlicher Tod des Vaters, Internat,
Abitur, Kunststudium in Düsseldorf. Beeindruckt von Robert
Filliou, Dorothy Iannone, Dieter Roth.
Bilder, erste eigne Bücher, 1971 erstmals nach Island, seither
ein zweites Leben dort. 1972 erste Ausstellung in einer Galerie.
Nach Düsseldorf ansässig in Berlin und seit 1977 in Amsterdam.
1981 eine kleine Offsetdruckerei für die eigenen Projekte eingerichtet,
und 1986 mit in ähnlicher Situation verkehrenden Künstlern
den Buchladen "Boekie Woekie, books by artists" begonnen.
Mitbegründer in Basel im Jahr 2000 der "Dieter Roth Akademie".
List of one-man-shows
1968
Galerie Morundu-i, Duisburg
1969
Galerie NOS, Duisburg, catalogue
1972
Galerie Stähli, Luzern (with Johannes Geuer), catalogue
1974
Galerie Súm, Reykjavík
In-Out-Center, Amsterdam
Galerie Stähli, Zürich
1976
Galerie Stähli, Zürich
Galerie Beck, Erlangen
1977
Galerie am Mehringdamm, Berlin
Galerie Lóa, Haarlem
Galerie Stähli, Zürich
1978
Galerie Steinmetz, Bonn
Galerie Ecart, Geneva
1980
Fundatie Kunsthuis, Amsterdam, catalogue
Bokasafn, Isafjördur, catalogue
1982
Galerie Stähli, Zürich, catalogue
Rauda Húsid, Akureyri
Galerie Camomille, Brussel (with H.van Egten)
1983
Galerie Asselijn, Amsterdam
1984
Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, catalogue
Galerie Stähli, artfair, Köln
1985
Galerie Petersen, Berlin, catalogue
Gallery Biederberg, Amsterdam, catalogue
1986
Galerie Stähli, Zürich
Galerie Camomille, Brussel (with Henriëtte van Egten)
International Bookfair, Frankfurt
1987
Bookworks W.P.A., Washington D.C.
1988
Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussel
Ausstellungsraum Hundertmark, Köln
1989
Wiens Laden und Verlag, Berlin
Galerie Stähli, Zürich
1990
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
Galerie Spieker, Viersen
Galerie Hubert Klocker, Vienna
1991
Wiens Laden und Verlag with Galerie Petersen, Berlin
Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussel (with Henriëtte van Egten)
1992
Galerie Spiecker, Viersen
Galerie Hubert Klocker, Vienna (with Tom Wasmuth)
Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
1993
Galerie Ellifjós, Reykjavík (with Henriëtte van
Egten)
Kunsthandel Stähli, Köln (with Henriëtte van Egten)
1994
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt (with Henriëtte van Egten
+ Rúna Thorkelsdóttir)
1995
Mikosch und Partner, Düsseldorf
Verein für Kunst und Geschichte, Haus Salmegg, Rheinfelden,
catalogue
1998
Creative House, Basel, catalogue
List of group-shows
1969
"Gymnasia", Düsseldorf (with Uecker, Mack, Beuys,
Kriwet, Richter, Polke, Fischer-Lueg, Rinke, Klapheck, Palermo,
Ruthenbeck, Spoerri, Luther, Rot, Giese, Knöbel)
"Súm III", Reykjavík, catalogue
Galerie Kümmel, Cologne (with Schult, Körbel, Filliou,
Brecht, Geuer)
Galerie Handschin, Basel
1970
"Entwürfe, Partituren, Projekte: Zeichnungen", Galerie
Block, Berlin, catalogue
1971
"Súm IV", Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, catalogue
1972
"Súm A Listahátid", Reykjavík, catalogue
1973
"Biennale Des Jeunes", Paris, catalogue
1974
Hall before reconstruction, New Paltz, N.Y.
"Geboren 1945", Galerie Block, Berlin
1977
Gallery Sudurgata 7, Reykjavík (with van Egten, Geuer, Wasmuth,
Gudmundsson, Thorleifsson)
Samkomahús, Flatey (with van Egten, Geuer, Wasmuth, E.Gudmundsson,
Thorleifsson) catalogue
1979
Gallery Háhol, Akureyri (with van Egten, Ingvarson, K.Gudmunds-son)
1984
Galerie Camomille, Brussels (with Iannone, Gose-witz, Schmit)
1985 The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík (with Rohner, van Egten,
Visser, Thorkelsdóttir, Runge)
since
all books permanently in Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam,
with frequent catalogues
1986
with Boekie Woekie, Galerie Trajekt, Utrecht
with Boekie Woekie, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík
1987
with Boekie Woekie, Kultuurrikeskuksessa, Turku
with Boekie Woekie, Taidemuseum, Rauma
"KEX", Kulturhused, Stockholm, catalogue
"KEX" UKS, Oslo
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
"Complete Works" Hooghuis, Arnhem, catalogue
1988
"An Bord" Galerie Petersen, Berlin
with Boekie Woekie, Galerie Camille von Scholz, Brussels
with Boekie Woekie, MJS Books + Graphics, New York
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, bookstore of Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
"An Bord" Galerie Frei, Zürich
with Boekie Woekie, Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln
"Line and Image: the northern sensibility in recent european
drawing", ICI, New York, travelling exhi-bition, catalogue
1989
"De lijn van een gedachte de gedachte van een lijn"
Haagse Kunstkring, Den Haag, catalogue
"Das Buch - Künstlerobjekte" Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen,
travelling exhibition, catalogue
"Literatur und Kunst aus Island" Württembergische
Lan -desbibliothek, Stuttgart, catalogue
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
1990
with Boekie Woekie, Druck und Buch, Buchhandlung Hugo Frick, Tübingen
with Boekie Woekie, Galerie Halte Kropswolde, Kropswolde
with Boekie Woekie, Artfair, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, Ausstellungsraum Hundertmark, Köln
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
1991
with Boekie Woekie, Bibliotheek Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein
with Boekie Woekie, Artfair, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
1992
with Boekie Woekie, Artfair, Basel
with Boekie Woe-kie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
"Fluxus aus der Sammlung Andersch" Kunstverein, Biele-feld,
catalogue
1993
Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
"Friends of Hreinn Fridfinnsson" Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
with Boekie Woekie, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
1994
with Boekie Woekie, Kunstwinkel von Oberbach, Arnhem
with Boekie Woekie and United Untied, Artfair Frankfurt, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam Galerie von der Milwe,
Aachen (with van Egten, Thor-kelsdóttir)
with Boekie Woekie and United Untied, Granery Books, New York
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
"Die Bücher der Künstler" Institut für
Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin, travelling exhibition, catalogue
"Kostprobe" Galerie von der Milwe, Aachen, with 12 other
artists
1995
with Dieter + Björn Roth + Boekie Woekie, Seces-sion, Wien,
catalogue
with Boekie Woekie and United Untied, Artfair, Frankfurt
Gallery 2nd Floor, Reykjavík, (with van Egten, Schmit, Tippel)
with Boekie Woekie, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
"Beklei-dung" Ausstellungsraum Hundertmark, Köln,
with 9 other artists
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, Dorothy Iannone, Bjarni Thorarinsson, Dieter
Roth, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
1996
with Boekie Woekie, Artfair, Frankfurt
"Souveniers" Galerie von der Milwe, Aachen, with many
others artists
"A Seydi" with Boekie Woekie and other artists, Sey--disfjördur
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
1997
with Boekie Woekie, Artfair, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
"Stretch & Squeeze" MAC, galeries contemporaines des
musées, Marseille, with Dieter + Björn Roth + 6 other
and the Boekie Woekie artists, catalogue
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie, Verzameld Werk, Gent
Hommage An Stéphane Mallarmés Würfelwurf"
Neues Museum
Weserburg, Bremen, with 12 other artists, catalogue
1998
with Boekie Woekie, Artfair, Frankfurt
"Exhibition For Everything" exhibition in memory of Dieter
Roth, Seydisfjördur, (planned) catalogue
"El Arte De Los Libros De Artista", Oaxaca, (planned catalogue)
with Boekie Woekie, Art Multiple, Düsseldorf
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
with Boekie Woekie on the occasion of "10 Jahre Galerie Von
Der Milwe", in the hall of Ludwig Forum, Aachen
"Homage A Dieter Roth", with many other artists, Galerie
Holtmann, Köln, catalogue
1999
"Homage A Dieter Roth", with many other artists, Nord/LB
Galerie, Braunschweig, same catalogue as above
with Boekie Woekie, Bound & Unbound, New York, catalo-gue
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
2000
"Friends of Raul", with many other artists, Galerie Artkitchen,
Amsterdam
"Dieter Roth Akademy" 6.5.-1.7.2000, with many other artists,
Volksdruckerei, Basel (catalogue)
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
2001
"Blondies and Brownies", with many other artists, Aktionsforum
Praterinsel, München (planned catalogue)
"Dynamics of Form, Narrative in the Artist's Book" Sackville,
Canada (catalogue)
"Dieter Roth Akadémia - Elöretekintés (1998-2001)"
Gallery Pécs, Pécs (planned catalogue)
with Boekie Woekie, International Bookfair, Frankfurt
"Malerbücher-Künstlerbücher", with many
other artists, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen (catalogue)
2002
"Boslucht", with 24 other artists/writers, Arti et Amicitiae,
Amsterdam
Exhibition on the occasion of the 3rd conference of the Dieter Roth
Academy, Mosfellsbaer
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