Jochen Mura

Jochen Mura develops objects and installations based on architectural forms, types, and structures. His preferred materials are simple, and include wood, cardboard, and acrylic glass. Out of these he produces works for the wall and floor, as well as three-dimensional pieces, all of which have their own minimalist order and scaled-down color schemes. This is also true of his latest cycles of works, which comprise the centerpiece of his solo show in 2018.

»Minimal«, for example, is a series based on floor plans for very small, functional apartments designed in 1928 by various architects for CIAM, an international conference for modern construction. Jochen Mura translates these blueprints into glass grid structures colorfully painted on the back, blending them into complex, nested wall objects.

Added to this are the »Blackouts«, a series of large curtains that Jochen Mura has embellished with various façade designs, some which are partially perforated. In this way, he takes the curtain – actually used at the threshold between the private and public sphere to regulate light and protect against the gaze of strangers – and turns it into an ambiguous, transparent visual medium in space.

VITA
 

1968
born in Aachen

lives and works in Aachen

EXHIBITION (SELECTION)

2024
INTERIM, Raum für Gäste, Aachen

2023
DIE GROSSE 2023, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
Relief, B-Part Exhibition, Berlin

2021
DIE GROSSE 20/21, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

2018
Transparenz und Blickdichte, Marburger Kunstverein
(with Friederike Walter)
Verdichtungen, Rasche Ripken, Berlin
Full House – 10 Jahre, Rasche Ripken, Berlin

2017
Jetzt, Kunstverein Mönchengladbach
picture this, Rasche Ripken, Berlin

2016
Kunstraum No. 10, Mönchengladbach

2015
Neubau, Rasche Ripken, Berlin

2014
Leeren, Lücken, Mängel und Poröses, Forum für Kunst und Kultur, Hergozenrath (solo)
about sculpture 2, Ladyfitness Contemporary, Berlin
RAVI, space collection, Lüttich
Too close to home, Kunstverein Unna (solo)

2013
Halte Dich fern von offenen Fenstern, Rasche Ripken, Berlin

2012
Mensch/Maschine, Kunsthalle Darmstadt
Konsens, B32, Maastricht

2011
Benda Gallery, Verviers
Rasche Ripken, Berlin (with Britta Bogers)
Space Collection, Maastricht
Kunstraum No. 10, Mönchengladbach

2010
Gallery in situ, Aalst (with Robin Vermeersch)
Raum & Objekt VIII, Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen
Kunstverein Aalen
Hausaufgaben, Regio IT, Aachen

2008
1:X Raum/Modell, Rasche Ripken, Berlin
Lücken, Hedah, Maastricht (solo)
Marquettes en Modellen, Stedelijk Museum, Aalst
Kunstraum No. 10, Mönchengladbach

2007
Geschossbauten, Perron1, Delden (solo)

2006
(Re-)Constructions & Proposals, Gallery in situ, Aalst (with Patricia Smith)
Rational, Mehrwert Aachen (solo)

2005
Kunstraum No. 10, Mönchengladbach (solo)
In den Raum gedacht, Kunsthaus Essen

2004
Bauflucht, Brühler Kunstverein, Brühl (solo)
Naherholung, Kunstverein Region Heinsberg (solo)
Insight, Gallery in situ, Aalst (with Luc Hoekx)

2003
Good News, Galerie Stefan Rasche, Münster

2001
Begrenzte Szenarien, Raum für Kunst, Aachen (solo)
Zugang, Preventorium Dolhain (solo)

2000
Forum für Kunst und Kultur, Herzogenrath