Gabriela Jolowicz
Gabriela Jolowicz is a German artist known for her detailed black-and-white woodcuts.
Biography
Gabriela Jolowicz was born in 1978 in Salzgitter. He grew up in Salzgitter. She studied communication design at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim before entering the Academy of [Fine Arts Leipzig] in 2002, where she was a student of Volker Pfüller and Thomas M. Müller.Her diploma work consisted of a series of 24 woodcuts, published in 2008 by Lubok Verlag under the direction of Christoph Ruckhäberle.
In 2012, she won the first prize of the international competition "Woodcut Today" held by the Foundation for Art, Culture and Education of the Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg.
She has lectured at the Berlin University of the Arts, the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, and at the University of [the Arts Bremen|University of the Arts] in Bremen. She lives and works in Berlin.
Work
Jolowicz's woodcuts frequently depict scenes from everyday contemporary life. Moments that today are often photographed and shared via smartphones and social media are translated by her into one of the most traditional graphic media, the woodcut. The choice of motifs and her strict limitation to black-and-white often evoke associations with comics and graphic novels.Selected exhibitions
- 2025: Snack Machine Berlin / Mein Deutschland, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig
- 2025: Gabriela Jolowicz – The Infinite Woodcut, Kunsthalle Erfurt
- 2024: Kirchner Woodcuts, Kunsthalle Bremen,
- 2022: Scenes from the City: A Multidimensional Journey, Goethe-Institut Czech Republic, Prague
- 2021: Among Us, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig
- 2019: Gratwanderung, Kunsthaus Stade
- 2019: ', August Macke Haus, Bonn
- 2018: ', Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2017: Off Licence, Galerie Hübner + Hübner, Frankfurt am Main
- 2017: Church Playground, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 2015: Present Density, Society of [Northern Alberta Print-Artists], Edmonton, Canada
- 2013: Das Wandern der Schatten, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2013: Sol Niger, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
- 2013: New Prints / New Narratives, International Print Center New York
- 2012: The Monkey on My Back, Galerie Emmanuel Post, Berlin
- 2012: Lubok exhibition, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City
- 2012: Lubok Graphic Show, Printroom, Rotterdam
- 2011: Lubok – Artist Books from Leipzig, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen
- 2010: Now Playing, Galerie Hafenrand, Hamburg
- 2010: Now Playing, Galerie Emmanuel Post, Leipzig
- 2010: Schnittstelle Druck, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig & Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
Selected publications
- 2026: Gabriela Jolowicz. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen.
- 2024: Kirchner Woodcuts. Lubok Verlag, Leipzig..
- 2022: The Ground Swaying Under the Feet. Maro Verlag..
- 2021: Megabillig 2. Lubok Verlag, Leipzig..
- 2017: Yo, Future! In: Spring magazine. Mairisch Verlag, Hamburg..
- 2012: Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City. Lubok Verlag.
- 2011: Lubok in Reutlingen. Lubok Verlag.
- 2008: Megabillig. Lubok Verlag, Leipzig.
- 2007 . Lubok Verlag Leipzig.