Jannis Uffrecht lives and works in Berlin and Weimar, Germany. He studied Fine Arts and Design under Björn Dahlem, Florian Schmidt and Hermann Stamm at Bauhaus University and graduated 2020 with his project Uff+Down following his project UFF!. In 2019 he was an official photographer for Bauhaus 100, the centenary programme of the Bauhaus and its legacy from past to present. In 2018 Uffrecht was selected for the artist residency Studio Vortex by Antoine d'Agata in Arles, France. And in summer 2017, he was granted an exchange to study multimedia art and sculpture at Belas-Artes in Lisbon, Portugal.
ARTIST STATEMENT
His artistic practice includes photography, moving image, performance, sculpture and installation. He draws from commoning. Under this paradigm, he works on an infinite multimedia chronicle of community based on collective actions. A central aspect is the continuous re-presentation of his works by adapting it to the respective exhibition space. Uffrecht always documents transport, set-up, dismantling, exhibits, context and participants of his exhibitions. These observations, in turn, give rise to new works, which can mirror each other, repeat themselves and change over time.
»Experience gives way to understanding. The desire to get to the essence of things leads him to elevate objects, surfaces and content to a level free of context, to then release them into new dialogs of interpretation. Impulsiveness is both a contradiction and instrument of his structured, almost manic work method.« — Grenadine Rübler
CONTACT
@jannisuffrecht (Instagram)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 02 # Städelschule Rundgang — Frankfurt, DE
02 # Hammer Show — zuostant, Berlin, DE
01 # Club Curry by Katrin Steiger — An Introspective Monument, Weimar, DE
2022 12 # Open Uffice — uffice.berlin, Studio 132, Berlin, DE
07 # KORRELATIONEN II — a studio, Weimar, DE
04 # Space Activate! (w/ Anna Rupp) — NOVA Art Space & Kunsthaus Erfurt, DE
2021 09 # OFF GRID — Independent Foto Festival, Vienna, AT
07 # CALL IT A BOOK — KOP.12, Essen, DE
07 # Ästhetik der Zitrone (by Anna Rupp) — Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, DE
07 # Champagne Supernova — NOVA Art Space, Weimar, DE
07 # Die 100 Pokale von Zella-Mehlis — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
2020 10 # Ästhetik der Zitrone — Eiermannbau Apolda, DE
06 # In My Hands — Strizzi.Space, Cologne, DE
02 # Uff+Down — Berkaer Str. 11, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
01 # The Matter of Data — Architektur Galerie Berlin, DE
2019 12 # Bauhaus100 (w/ Samuel Solazzo) — HGB, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
10 # Globart-Academy (w/ Björn Dahlem) — ESSL Museum, Klosterneuburg, AT
09 # The Matter of Data — Bauhaus Museum Weimar, DE
07 # UFF! — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
05 # Streaming Pictures — Museum für angewandte Kunst Köln (MAKK), Cologne, DE
04 # Republic of Spirits — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
03 # SPRUNG 3 — ARTHOUSE.NYC, New York, US
02 # Einfach machen! (w/ Leon Billerbeck) — Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE
01 # Facing Realities (by The Art Union) — Studio Hütte, Berlin, DE
01 # Manifest of Practice — Thuringia State Representation, Berlin, DE
2018 12 # Display — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
11 # Einfach machen! (w/ Leon Billerbeck) — Paris Photo, FR
10 # One Night in Club Danger — Eiermannbau, Apolda, DE
10 # Friends with books — Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
09 # POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, represented by Marke.6 — Tempelhof, Berlin, DE
07 # Summaery 2018 — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
07 # Die blaue Bibliothek (by Leon Lukas Plum) — Der Laden, Weimar, DE
06 # Grand Ouvert — Kunsthaus Erfurt, DE
05 # KORRELATIONEN Release — Kiosk.6, Weimar, DE
03 # It's a book, HGB Leipzig, DE
03 # Studio Vortex by Antoine d'Agata — Galerie Voies Off, Arles, FR
03 # Parabéns! (w/ Björn Heyn) — Espaço Cultural Mercês, Lisbon, PT
02 # Parabéns! (w/ Björn Heyn) — Im leeren Raum, Berlin, DE
02 # Parabéns! (w/ Björn Heyn) — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
2017 05 # GAB-A — Belas-Artes Lisboa, PT
2016 07 # Family & Madness (curated by Nina Röder) — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
06 # Sharing Bauhaus — Kultursymposium Weimar (by Goethe Institut), DE
2015 07 # Instabile Bilder (curated by SCHMOTT) — Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
RESIDENCIES
2022 11 # uffice.berlin — Studio 132, Berlin, DE
2020 11 # Meisterzimmer — Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
2018 03 # Studio Vortex by Antoine d'Agata — Arles, FR
02 # Roundabout.LX — Lisbon, PT
AWARDS & GRANTS
2021 07 # Lyonel Art Award 21 (Shortlisted by Daniel Marzona, Julia Schäfer, Anne Schwanz) — Weimar, DE
04 # Special Fellowship of the Cultural Foundation Thuringia — Gotha, DE
2020 11 # German Photo Book Award 2020 for KORRELATIONEN II — Stuttgart, DE
08 # Athens Photo Festival (Shortlist) — Athens, GR
2019 07 # Annual Grant for UFF! — Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, DE
2018 11 # German Photo Book Award 2018 for KORRELATIONEN I — Stuttgart, DE
07 # Grafe Award & Bauhaus Essentials (1st place) — Weimar, DE
2016 12 # Hellerau Photography Award 2017 (Shortlist) — Dresden, DE
07 # Bilder-Bank-Price 2016 (Shortlist) — Weimar, DE
PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES
2022 05 # Spielzeitheft 22/23 (w/ Samuel Solazzo), Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, DE
2021 07 # Die 100 Pokale von Zella-Mehlis, IRRE@Bauhaus, Weimar, DE
07 # Ästhetik der Zitrone (by Anna Rupp), artist book, Weimar, DE
04 # Touching (Artist Feature by Samuel Solazzo), Der Greif, Munich, DE
2020 09 # Der Greif 13 (curated & designed by Penelope Umbrico), Munich, DE
09 # KORRELATIONEN II, self-published, Weimar, DE
05 # Sies + Höke newspaper (w/ Björn Dahlem), Berlin, DE
2019 12 # Idee Inhalt Form — Bauhaus 100 anniversary book, Weimar, DE
10 # Dust & Data(by Prof. Dr. Ines Weizman), Spector Books, Leipzig, DE
10 # Ästhetik der heilsamen Orte (by Gabriel Dörner), Lucia Publ., Weimar, DE
07 # PORT 2019, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
04 # Journal of a Friendship (w/ collective), Weimar, DE
04 # All about Tel Aviv-Jaffa: Die Erfindung einer Stadt, Jewish Museum Hohenems, DE
03 # ARCH+ 234 (w/ Prof. Dr. Ines Weizman), Berlin, DE
2018 12 # Artist Postcards, Weimar, DE
10 # Bauhaus 100 Magazine, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, DE
07 # Blaue Stunden (by Leon Lukas Plum), artist book, Weimar, DE
07 # PORT 2018, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
04 # KORRELATIONEN, self-published, Weimar, DE
01 # Faktur: Documents and Architecture, 1st issue
2015 04 # HANT Magazine for photography, 5th issue, Erfurt, DE
COLLECTIONS
Archiv der Moderne, Weimar
SELECTED CLIENTS
Bauhaus 100, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Berlin Art Week, Centre for Documentary Architecture, Goethe-Institut, Globart, Kuba Paris, Le Mile Magazine, Meisterzimmer, Nova Art Space, Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, TU Berlin