Jonny Star
The artist and art curator Jonny Star (born in 1964) lives and works in Berlin. Coming from the West Berlin subculture of the 1980s, Star got a degree in psychology at the Technical University of Berlin. The artist had the extended stays abroad, was running a cult bar, was occupied with fashion, and developed the culture of the fine arts. Stars work has been exhibited internationally since 1996.
The works of Star question the need of art for society and an individual human being. She examines the relationship between art and the everyday life and the necessity of art in the social mind. Star questions the meaning and purpose of her existence as an artist. She examines her working and living reality as a woman in a patriarchal society, with its gender roles and prejudice and develops humorous and practical strategies for overcoming boundaries.
Star uses biographical experiences and everyday observations as a starting point for her works. Her spatial installations, associative sculptures made of bronze, fabric objects, collages, and photographs combine to spatial allegories that let you feel their private mythology. Since 1996, Jonny Star has initiated various art projects in Berlin. Since 2013, she has been using SUPERUSCHI as a platform for her current curatorial activity.
The works of Star question the need of art for society and an individual human being. She examines the relationship between art and the everyday life and the necessity of art in the social mind. Star questions the meaning and purpose of her existence as an artist. She examines her working and living reality as a woman in a patriarchal society, with its gender roles and prejudice and develops humorous and practical strategies for overcoming boundaries.
Star uses biographical experiences and everyday observations as a starting point for her works. Her spatial installations, associative sculptures made of bronze, fabric objects, collages, and photographs combine to spatial allegories that let you feel their private mythology. Since 1996, Jonny Star has initiated various art projects in Berlin. Since 2013, she has been using SUPERUSCHI as a platform for her current curatorial activity.
