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Jay Gard is a German artist. He lives and works in Berlin . Life. Jay Gard was born in Halle/Saale and raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt (renamed Chemnitz in 1990). He spent his early childhood in the waning years of the German Democratic Republic where his mother worked as a textile designer and his father as a product designer.
Jay Gard studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) in Leipzig and graduated the class of Installation and Space in 2011. Since 2022 he is a co-curator of BcmA Gallery in Berlin.
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Jay Gard constructs works whose visual language combine aesthetics and rationality. His expression is dominated by strict geometrical shapes. Here are no coincidences, rather a calculated and conceptualized expression.
JAY GARD - ORNAMENT- & SCULPTURE SCRIBBLE. Sculpture Scribble 3, 2023, Oil on plywood, 27 x 20,5 cm | 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. In his series of works, Jay Gard explores the role of shapes in the history of art and thus puts the development from the ornamental to the abstract up for discussion.
Eschewing trends in virtual design, Gard focuses on traditional craftsmanship, using tools like saws and angle grinders to sculpt objects that emanate timeless elegance. His works refer to Constructivism, with pioneers like Aleksandr Rodtjenko, Bauhaus and De Stijl.
lives and works in Berlin. since 2022 Co-Curator of BcmA Gallery, Berlin. 2011 Diploma (Media Arts), Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Prof. Joachim Blank. 2008 – 2011 Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Prof. Joachim Blank. 2009 Assistant at Studio Thomas Demand, Berlin.
