Jannes Bürkner,

Exhibitions

2019 New Wor(l)ds — Sou­venirs, Kun­sten­lab, Deven­ter; The I in For­ma­tion, Kun­st­podium T, Tilburg

2018 Een Schop onder De Ploeg, Groninger Forum, Gronin­gen; Ern­stig Geschikt!, Studio Omstand, Arnhem; Head­lin­ers Grad­u­a­tion Show, Suikerunie, Gronin­gen; Domes­tic Vio­lins, Bedumer­weg, Gronin­gen; 24 Hour Res­i­dency, Kun­sthuis SYB, Beet­sterzwaag;

2017 _Loop / Pool,_SIGN, Gronin­gen; Tents, Machine­fab­riek RAW, Gronin­gen; Jan­u­ary Expo, Acad­e­mie Min­erva, Gronin­gen

2016 De Osloos, Sticht­ing Proton, Gronin­gen; Golden her­ring exhi­bi­tion, Acad­e­mie Min­erva, Gronin­gen

Education

2014 — 2018 Fine Arts, Bach­e­lor, Acad­e­mie Min­erva, Gronin­gen

2013 — 2014 Graphic Design & Illus­tra­tion, Acad­e­mie Min­erva, Gronin­gen

contact

info@jannesbuerkner.com

Statement

Through mate­r­ial explo­ration and the empha­sis of cir­cum­stan­tial phe­nom­ena his works often play with the tip­ping point of famil­iar­ity. He com­pares traces of decay and growth and is intrigued by their resem­blance, so the end of a prod­uct often trig­gers a process and even his own cre­ations move in a con­stant state of recy­cling. Found objects and mate­ri­als are ana­lyzed and trans­formed based on their char­ac­ter­is­tics, cre­at­ing a dis­tance from their orig­i­nal func­tion and invit­ing the viewer to ques­tion the per­cep­tion and rela­tion towards it.

Driven by curios­ity the work­ing process is exe­cuted in an intu­itive manner, work­ing partly de- and con­struc­tive. Being in con­trol but leav­ing space for coin­ci­dences to occur imple­ments the ele­ment of chance, express­ing a feel­ing of unpre­dictabil­ity and uncer­tainty.

While being fas­ci­nated by organic struc­tures and processes, but also con­fronted with the man-made ones, most of his play­ful exper­i­ments result in a jux­ta­po­si­tion of nature and indus­try, high­light­ing their effects on each other.