BIO
Jonas Kolecki is a filmmaker, painter, and collagist whose multidisciplinary practice centers on time as both a tool and a subject. His work explores themes of ephemerality, decay, and the human impact on landscapes—physical and conceptual alike. Through site-specific and context-sensitive approaches, he creates projects across painting, film, performance, and collaboration that investigate the traces and transformations left by human presence. (Mariam Elnozahy – Artistic Director, Konsthall C Stockholm)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in Munich, Germany, where he was part of the class of Olaf Nicolai. His work has been exhibited at institutions including Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, Italy (2020); Fondazione Centro Arti Visive di Pietrasanta, Pietrasanta, Italy (2018); and Kunstarkaden München, Munich, Germany (2023). His works are held in collections including the Muri-Gries Monastery, Bolzano, and the Barth Collection, Bressanone, Italy.
CV
Born in 1994 in Munich, Germany
Based and works in Copenhagen, Danemark
EDUCATION
2026, Diploma (Class of Olaf Nicolai), Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Munich, Germany
2025, MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark — Class of Peter Wächtler
2025, Archive // HIERARCHIES Program, led by Dora Budor
2024, CPH:DOX Academy Film Program, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023, Architecture & Art Program (Veit Laurent Kurz), Copenhagen, Denmark
2016–2020, BFA / Fine Arts (New Media Arts), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
2014–2016, Philosophy (studies), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
EXHIBITIONS
2023, 5. arkadenale. Klassen, Kunstarkaden München, Munich, Germany
2022, WILLI the Cat, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich, Germany
2022, Group Exhibition, Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
2020, Group Exhibition, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, Italy
2018, Group Exhibition, Fondazione Centro Arti Visive di Pietrasanta, Pietrasanta, Italy
Muri-Gries Monastery Collection, Bolzano, Italy
Barth Collection, Bressanone, Italy
Various private collectors in Danemark, Germany, Austria,Italy and Switzerland.
SELECTED PRESS
Feature interview in Elle.dk – Billedkunstner og filmskaber Jonas Kolecki: “Jeg så en klar linje mellem maleri og film…” — profile
🔗 https://elle.dk/agenda/karriere/billedkunstner-og-filmskaber-jonas-kolecki-jeg-sa-en-klar-linje-mellem-maleri-og-film-som-at-skrive-dagbog-og-poste-et-foto-af-en-oplevelse-pa-instagram
Press image & exhibition mention — Kunsthal Charlottenborg – Obscura (Yellow) shown in Afgang 2025 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
🔗 https://www.mynewsdesk.com/dk/kunsthal-charlottenborg/images/jonas-kolecki-obscura-yellow-2025-3416512
Artwork entry on Kunst på Arbejde – page documenting Jonas’s work Am Fluss as part of Samtidskunst: Årgang 2025 (contemporary art listing).
🔗 https://www.kunst-paa-arbejde.dk/vaerk/jonas-kolecki-am-fluss/
Exhibition details – WILLI the Cat at Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare — official exhibition documentation
🔗 https://fondazioneantoniodallenogare.com/en/events/922-willi_the_cat
Kunsthaus Dahlem (Berlin) exhibition listing / program — Studio?Practices? (Arbeitstitel) as participating artist in group context.
🔗 (pdf) https://www.adbk.de/images/stories/aktuell/2022/11/Flyer_Nicolai_Dahlem.pdf