Bio
Jonas Kolecki is a filmmaker, painter, collagist, and all-around bricoleur. Despite the variance in all of these roles, the most important element that unites them is time. Throughout his work, time is not only a vital tool in his arsenal, it is also a powerful subject matter to tackle. His work captures a sense of fleeting time as he engages with subjects of decay and ephemerality. (Mariam Elnozahy - Artistic Director, Konsthall C Stockholm)
"In my work, I examine the intersection of human presence and the passage of time. Through a multidisciplinary practice that spans painting, film, performance, and collaborative projects, I engage with themes of ephemerality, decay, and authorship. My work often reflects on how landscapes—both physical and conceptual—are altered by human intervention, being interested in how the creation can be a process of removal, recontextualizing contemporary imagery through the lens of historical decay, and examining the dynamics of labor within artistic production. Across all my projects, I am concerned with what remains and what is lost in the traces we leave behind."
Education
2022 – 2025: Royal Academy of Arts Copenhagen – Class Peter Wächtler
2025: Archive // HIERARCHIES, Class of Dora Budor
2024: CPH:DOX Academy, Copenhagen
2023: Veit Laurent Kurz – Architecture & Art, Copenhagen
2020 – 2026: Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Class Olaf Nicolai, Germany
2016 – 2020: BFA in New Media Arts, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
2019: Workshop with Otobong Nkanga
2017: Fake for Real – Workshop with Beate Gütschow
2017: Workshop with Monica Bonvicini
2014 – 2016: Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Philosophy
Solo Exhibitions
2024: Through the Shades of Broken Windows, Every Story Once Rang True, Ping Pong, Copenhagen
Group Exhibitions
2025: Archive // Hirachies Book Launch, Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, Copenahgen
2023: Ajoutens, A Mon Avis, Copenhagen
2023: Adaptable, Repeatable, Changeable, ADBK Munich
2022: Studio, Practices, Arbeitstitel, Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin
2022: I Did Not See It Coming, Lothringer 13, Munich
2020: Willi the Cat, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano
2019: Tree Time, Curated by Massimo Bartolini & Luca Trevisani, Bolzano
2018: CAV Residency, Pietrasanta, Italy
Film Work
Director: A Long, Long Way from California to Casablanca
Cinematographer: Anti-Flag - Power to the Peaceful
Directors Reel on request
Collections
BARTH Collection Italy
Works are included in private collections in Europe.
Links
Exibart - Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare
Süddeutsche Zeitung - I Did not see it coming
Kunsthaus Dahlem Berlin
Jahresaustellung ADBK
Lothringer 13
Willi the Cat - Fondazione
https://www.culturalheritage.unibz.it/
Klasse Nicolai
Instagram
Photo by Isaac Nissen
Bio
Jonas Kolecki is a filmmaker, painter, collagist, and all-around bricoleur. Despite the variance in all of these roles, the most important element that unites them is time. Throughout his work, time is not only a vital tool in his arsenal, it is also a powerful subject matter to tackle. His work captures a sense of fleeting time as he engages with subjects of decay and ephemerality. (Mariam Elnozahy - Artistic Director, Konsthall C Stockholm)
"In my work, I examine the intersection of human presence and the passage of time. Through a multidisciplinary practice that spans painting, film, performance, and collaborative projects, I engage with themes of ephemerality, decay, and authorship. My work often reflects on how landscapes—both physical and conceptual—are altered by human intervention, being interested in how the creation can be a process of removal, recontextualizing contemporary imagery through the lens of historical decay, and examining the dynamics of labor within artistic production. Across all my projects, I am concerned with what remains and what is lost in the traces we leave behind."
Education
2022 – 2025: Royal Academy of Arts Copenhagen – Class Peter Wächtler
2025: Archive // HIERARCHIES, Class of Dora Budor
2024: CPH:DOX Academy, Copenhagen
2023: Veit Laurent Kurz – Architecture & Art, Copenhagen
2020 – 2026: Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Class Olaf Nicolai, Germany
2016 – 2020: BFA in New Media Arts, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
2019: Workshop with Otobong Nkanga
2017: Fake for Real – Workshop with Beate Gütschow
2017: Workshop with Monica Bonvicini
2014 – 2016: Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Philosophy
Solo Exhibitions
2024: Through the Shades of Broken Windows, Every Story Once Rang True, Ping Pong, Copenhagen
Group Exhibitions
2025: Archive // Hirachies Book Launch, Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, Copenahgen
2023: Ajoutens, A Mon Avis, Copenhagen
2023: Adaptable, Repeatable, Changeable, ADBK Munich
2022: Studio, Practices, Arbeitstitel, Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin
2022: I Did Not See It Coming, Lothringer 13, Munich
2020: Willi the Cat, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano
2019: Tree Time, Curated by Massimo Bartolini & Luca Trevisani, Bolzano
2018: CAV Residency, Pietrasanta, Italy
Film Work
Director: A Long, Long Way from California to Casablanca
Cinematographer: Anti-Flag - Power to the Peaceful
Directors Reel on request
Collections
BARTH Collection Italy
Works are included in private collections in Europe.