Johnny Linder

Biography

born 1991 in southern Germany
working between painting, photographic and conceptual approaches that are based on analogue photosensitive materials.
created in an unstable medium, my works are visualizations of ephemeral processes.
instead of fixing illusionary snapshots of reality, I seek for images that deal with the material and question longevity and time as key factors of autonomous reactions and non-binary dynamics, reflecting the volatile and inconsistent nature of our times.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2020 ›interim‹ catalogue release
2019 ›still not gone‹ trafo.e.V., gießen (solo show)
2018 ›come and sit with me a little while II‹ pohlheim (group show)
2018 ›was macht die kunst‹ kultur im zentrum, gießen (group show)
2018 galerie art supplement, göttingen (group show)
2017 ›ohne Titel‹ fröhliche gesellschaft, gießen (group show)
2017 ›transitions‹ fröhliche gesellschaft, gießen (solo show)
2017 ›notions of home‹ institute for philosophy, gießen
2015 ›sammeln‹ neun10räume, (group show)
2014 ›stadtbotanik‹ „galerie 23“, gießen, (group show)
2012 ›4art‹ galerie katapult, basel, switzerland (group show)
SCHOLARSHIPS:
2015 scholarship ›sommerakademie homburg / main‹
2015-2019 studio scholarship, ›atelierstipendium alte UB‹ gießen
2016/2017 scholarship ›deutschlandstipendium‹
2019 project grant, hessisches ministerium für wissenschaft und kunst
2020 young artist space, kunst/mitte magdeburg
2020 online residency travneve / kiew, europäisches künstlerhaus oberbayern

Works

Virtually unseen. Johnny Linder

In these days, relations between humans and the mediation of artworks have become a rather difficult matter. an important part of our everyday life seems shifted to the digital world as some sort of supplement. This project tries to focus on the autonomous creation and reaction of works based on physical transformation and the factor of time. in different approaches, I looked for ways of creation and variation of images that are similar to digital processing or algorithms but totally stay in the analogue world. no matter if the material is light, liquids, paper, or optical copy machines, the works always exist in a physical form that is subject to changements and instability. the fact that things are actually present but not clearly visible for everybody underlines the intention of the video works where pictures are shared in public space but can only be seen during a short period of time. This conception tries to comment on the meaning of reality beyond virtual space by questioning the relation to the public and traditional conceptions of artworks in a way that might be as well a symbol for human interaction