JORINDE VOIGT German, b. 1977

Jorinde Voigt is a leading conceptual artist based in Berlin. From 2014 to 2019, she taught at Akademie der Bildenden Künste (AdBK) in Munich, and today she is a Professor of Conceptual Drawing and Painting at University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HfBK). In her work,  Voigt observes and explores the inner processes of perception in relation to various aspects and subjects such as emotions, imagination, memory, sensory experience, natural and cultural phenomena, scientific data, interpersonal actions, and relationships. She creates complex systems of charts, diagrams, and thought models to depict the intersection of subjective, personal experience with seemingly objective external stimuli. Voigt often uses as her starting point a musical composition or a philosophical text. Throughout her career, Voigt has transformed complex and intangible notions from music, philosophy, and phenomenology into visual models characterized by intricate lines organized into patterns, networks, and entire systems that strike a balance between order and chaos. She often brings together drawing, painting, collage, and sculpture, inviting the viewer to create layers of subjective meaning through an aesthetic that feels at once personal and universal. 

Voigt has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including the Menil Collection, Houston, TX; Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg, Germany; St. Matthäus-Kirche, Berlin; Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria; Kunsthalle Krems, Austria; MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany; and Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands, among others. 

Voigt's work is featured in prominent public collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; The British Museum, London; Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland; and UBS Art Collection, New York, among others.