Jan Pleitner creates striking and expressive abstract painting driven by subconscious thought. Often painted in short bursts of time, or even marathon single sittings, the works are full of movement and energy, with jolting lines pulling the eye up and down the canvas. Pleitner’s highly physical approach to painting sees him scrape through layers of paint as readily as he builds them up, resulting in a highly tactile canvas. His deep colour palette is lively and mercurial, with elemental patches, streaks and lines bleeding into one another and jostling for space aggressively, but not inharmoniously. Imbued with symbolic properties, they point towards a synesthesiac sensibility. Pleitner, born in 1984 in Oldenburg lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
EDUCATION
2005-2007
Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Prof. Jörg Immendorf
2008-2010
Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Master class Prof. Tal R.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Syringe Concorde – Die spritze der einmütigkeit, Haverkampf Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2019
Who is the sun?, Natalia Hug, Cologne, Germany/Achenbach Hagemeier, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018
Helios, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2017
Träum Weiter, Kunstverein Heppenheim, Heppenheim
Nothing is real, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam
Ey I?, Haverkampf gallery, Berlin
2016
Water for the Tribe, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Vonn Dann Bis Jetzt, Natalia Hug Gallery, Cologne
The Bitter Fruits of The Jungle, MIER Gallery, Los Angeles
2015
Dark Matter Matters, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo
2014
Painting Is No Business, Natalia Hug, Cologne
[kaj`f] , Kurhaus Dangast, Germany
Doowylloh, Ancient & Modern, London
2013
Ein weiterer Stein aus der Wand, Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, Germany
Blicke hinter den Himmeln, Treuhand Oldenburg, Kunstfoyer am Langenweg, Germany
2012
Die Grenzen der trunkenen Gärten, Projekt Skagen 12, Skagen, Denmark
2011
Why is the Question – Yes is the Answer, Avlskarl Fine Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
She might be, Delmes und Zander, Köln, Germany
2015
To good to be true, Contemporary fine Arts ,Berlin, Germany
By-Products, Haus am Lützowplatz ,Berlin, Germany
Berlin Bozen Connection, Studio Chrom , Bolzano, Italy
2014
Ein Stiefel voll Glück, Linzbach , Düsseldorf, Germany
17 Abstract Paintings, Wertheim, Warhus Ritterhaus, Köln, Germany
Loiterin with Intent, Galerie Börgmann, Mönchen Gladbach, Germany
Deep One Perfect Morning, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2013
Benefizauktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Ikarier, Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
2012
German Kleinformat 3, Neter, Mexico City, Mexico
Die Stummen Schreie Deiner Socken, Plattenpalast, Berlin, Germany
Central Horizon, Penny Temporary, Neumünster, Germany
Show of the week, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
aps, PVPC, Berlin, Germany
2011
Die Böse Laune der Guten Miene, Essential Existance Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
Ich kann kein Bier mehr sehen, Galerie Grundeinkommen Berlin, Germany
2010
Sie haben gerade erst angefangen, Oktoberbar, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Castle of Discipline – ZPX 3’ Mischpoke, Mönchengladbach, Germany