Joeggu HOSSMANN

Each painting is meticulously executed by the artist with color zones corresponding to a pixelated screen image. The artist reproduces areas of cut colors such as lace, different from both square-by-pixel carvings and curvatures of topographical maps.

Paintings reproducing the pages of the most viewed images for a particular word-search keys on Google contain a mass of visual information that perfectly represent the Zeitgeist and that for this can be considered the major series of his work.
The most developed series is probably today that of celebrities, whether they are in the field of cinema, music, sport, art…

Landscapes around the world are another important theme. The hues of the sky are subtly degraded. There is often a feeling of loneliness in these great landscapes. Some views are actually reprints of photographs of the globe-trotter artist, which reveal a personal look at the landscape and its interest in capturing the daily life of people from all countries.

Painting was the dominant medium of expression for two purposes:
– objectively represent the iconography of the world at any time
– To show the uniqueness of each artist and thus of each human being.
The painters were able to absorb the photographic medium in their practice. Today Joeggu Hossmann appropriates the inventory capacities of the digital in favor of the medium of painting

Galerie Richard presents the first solo exhibition in Paris of Joeggu Hossmann’s paintings entitled Existence Has No Format from November 4, 2021 to January 16, 2022. Born in 1978 in Switzerland, Joeggu Hossmann explains our digital era with the web as an aesthetic reference and the GAFA as instruments of their visual standardization. He transcribes the pictorial material found on the Internet into traditional oil paintings, presenting the collective visual memory of the virtual world. 

Joeggu Hossmann regularly exhibits in Switzerland in Zurich, Germany in Mannheim and the United States in Kierland, Arizona and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He has exhibited in the art centers of Switzerland in Steffisburg, Le Noirmont, the Museum of Arts of Moutier.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 THE BRIGHT SIDE OF A GIANT | GALERIE VITRINE CH-LUZERNE
DOWN TO THE BINARY LEVEL | KUNSTHAUSROT CH-KONIZ

2021 EXISTENCE HAS NO FORMAT | GALERIE RICHARD | F-PARIS
INFLUENCE YOURSELF | GALERIE GRANDEL D-MANNHEIM
POSTFAKTISCHE WAHRHEITEN | GALERIE HODLER CH-THUN

2019 CONNECTED TO THE ESSENCE OF LIFE | KUNSTHAUSROT CH-KONIZ
CLOS DES ROSES | ART LIFE GALLERY F-SAINT-RAPHAEL
ILLUSION IS REAL | PYTHONGALLERY CH-ZÜRICH

2018 DOCKING TO REALITY | GALERIE DUTOIT CH-UNTERENTFELDEN
BETWEEN THE TIME | GALERIE ART HOUSE CH-THUN
APEX EXISTENTIA | GALERIE GRANDEL D-MANNHEIM
INTERFACES (DUAL)| GALERIE KERSTAN D-STUTTGART

2017 THE GLOBALISATION OF IDENTITY | GALERIE SOON CH-BERN

2016 KEEP THE SILENCE (DUAL)| PYTHONGALLERY CH-ZÜRICH
THE FUTURE IS NOW | GALERIE KERSTAN D-STUTTGART
SUPRAREGIONALER AKTIONSRADIUS II | B & B CONTEMPORARY D-BERLIN

2015 SUPRAREGIONALER AKTIONSRADIUS I | GALERIE KUHN D-BERLIN
URBANE JOY OF LIFE | PYTHONGALLERY CH-ZÜRICH
POINT OF VIEW (DUAL)| VON FRAUNBERG GALLERY D-DÜSSELDORF

2014 PRIMITIV ABSTRAHIERTE FIKTION | GALERIE ART HOUSE CH-THUN

2013 I DON‘T CARE, WE JUST FLY | GSCHWEND AREAL CH-STEFFISBURG

2005 1 ODER 0 | GALERIE DEKADENT CH-BERN

ART FAIRS & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 CONTEXT ART MIAMI (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
ART MARKET HAMPTONS (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
A SUMMER SERIES | AXIOM CONTEMPORARY USA-KIERLAND, AZ
GALLERY ARTISTS | AXIOM CONTEMPORARY USA-PHILADELPHIA
AFF NEW YORK USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
I WANNA ROCK | AXIOM CONTEMPORARY USA-KIERLAND, AZ

2020 CANTONALE BERNE JURA | LA NEF, CH-LE NOIRMONT
GRAND OPENING!! | AXIOM CONTEMPORARY USA-KIERLAND, AZ
GALLERY ARTISTS | PYTHONGALLERY CH-ZÜRICH2020POSITIONS BERLIN D (PYTHONGALLERY)
1ST DIBS USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
GALLERY ARTISTS | AXIOM CONTEMPORARY USA-SANTA MONICA
INTERSECT ASPEN USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
HAMPTONS VIRTUAL ART FAIR USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
GALLERY ARTISTS | GALERIE LOESER D-ERFURT
GALLERY ARTISTS | GALERIE DIEDE D-BEULICH
PALM BEACH ART FAIR USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
PALM SPRINGS ART FAIR USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
PALM BEACH MODERN USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)

2019 SCOPE MIAMI BEACH USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
GALLERY ARTISTS | GALERIE LOESER D-ERFURT
GALLERY ARTISTS | GALERIE DIEDE D-BEULICH
AFF NEW YORK USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)
GALLERY ARTISTS | AXIOM CONTEMPORARY USA-SANTA MONICA
ART MARKET HAMPTONS USA (AXIOM CONTEMPORARY)

2018 EXPAND YOUR FOCUS | PYTHONGALLERY CH-ZÜRICH
PULSE MIAMI BEACH USA (PYTHONGALLERY)
GALLERY ARTISTS | GALERIE DUTOIT CH-UNTERENTFELDEN
ARTE SINDELFINGEN D (GALERIE KERSTAN)

2017 TAYLOR WESSING | VON FRAUNBERG GALLERY D-DÜSSELDORF
DAS KONZEPT | GALERIE ART HOUSE CH-THUN2017 SCOPE BASEL CH (PYTHONGALLERY)
PERSONAL STRUCTURES | EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRE I-VENICE

2016 NOW YOU SEE IT | VON FRAUNBERG GALLERY D-DÜSSELDORF
KUNST ZÜRICH CH (PYTHONGALLERY)
ALLER GUTEN DINGE SIND 3 | GALERIE VON STECHOW D-FRANKFURT
SCOPE BASEL CH (PYTHONGALLERY)
LANGE NACHT DER MUSEEN | GALERIENHAUS D-STUTTGART
BRAVE NEW WORLDS | GALERIE AFFENFAUST D-HAMBURG

2015 KUNST ZÜRICH CH (PYTHONGALLERY)
URBAN VIEWS | GALERIE KATAPULT CH-BASEL
ROOTS | PYTHONGALLERY CH-ZURICH2015SCOPE BASEL CH (PYTHONGALLERY)
NEUE LANDSCHAFTEN | GALERIE SOON CH-BERN

2014 JUNGKUNST CH-WINTERTHUR
CANTONALE BERNE JURA | MUSEE JURASSIEN DES ARTS CH-MOUTIER

2013 EINAUSSTELLUNG | ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNST CH-THUN

2005 TEUFLISCHE ENGEL | ARTDIREKT CH-BE