Caro Jost
Born 1965 in Munich, Germany, lives and works in Munich and New York
Caro Jost collects traces of the past in a conceptual approach, whereby the appropriation of marginal histories and memories play a central role. Referring to a complex material archive, Jost transfers found fragments onto canvas and deconstructs their message by commenting, editing and alienating. In doing so, she immortalizes past events and creates contemporary documents. The artist has achieved great recognition for her development of the “Streetprint” image type, for which she creates actual street impressions of venues that have personal, social or art historical meaning.
Vita
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, DE (Diploma Prof. Jean-Marc Bustamante, Prof. Florian Pumhösl)
Art Students League, New York, USA (with Larry Poons among others)
Literature and Law, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, DE (State Examinations)
Exhibitions
STREETPRINTS 2000 – 2024, THE ARMORY SHOW, Focus Section (Walter Storms Galerie), New York, USA
Think yourself in the shoes of someone else, Ravnikar Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
SNAKES & LADDERS, Caro Jost & Olga Migliaressi-Phoca, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
ALL IN ONE, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
SEE WHAT WAS NEXT, Center for Advanced Studies, Munich, DE
KARIN SANDER || CARO JOST, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
FINAL TRACES, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LTU
CHARACTER-IMAGE ART, Art Granary, Beijing, CHN
ALGORITHM AND APPROPRIATION, Bluerider Art Gallery, Taipei, TWN
ZU GAST BEI GABRIELE MÜNTER, Münter Haus, Murnau, DE
FINAL TRACES, Dolby Laboratories by The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York, USA
WALK THE TALK, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
A ROAD TO RED, YELLOW AND BLUE, BlueRiderArt Gallery, Taipei, TWN
FINAL TRACES, NYC, Independent Film Festival, New York, USA
Anthology Film Archive, New York, USA
INVOICE PAINTINGS, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, DE
CHALLERY, Novomatic Forum, Vienna, AUT
TRACES, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
FINAL TRACES, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Desert, USA
WHITE STREET, Gallery 401 contemporary, Berlin, DE
FINAL TRACES, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, DE
FINAL TRACES, American Documentary, Palm Springs, USA
FINAL TRACES, NewFilmMakers Festival, New York, USA
STREETPRINTS, Gallery 401 contemporary, Berlin, DE
FINAL TRACES, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, DE
ONE NIGHT AT SCHUMANN’S, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, DE
Film im K20, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf, DE
IM SPIEGEL DER STÄDTE / crosstown reflections, Galerie Oberbayern, Munich, DE
STREET VIEWS, Residenz, Munich, DE
BERLIN STREETVIEWS, VDA, Berlin, DE
STOP-OVER || CROSS-OVER, Residenz, Munich, DE
STREETPRINTS, Museum Vass, Veszprém, HUN
STREETPRINTS, Museum Vass, Veszprém, HUN
Opus MAGNUM, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
QUARTET, BlueRiderArt, Shanghai-The Bund, CHN
MEMBERS’ OPEN, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown/USA
HOMELAND UNIVERSE, BlueRiderArt, London, GB
SEDIMENT, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
DREI FARBEN: Blau.Weiss.Rot., curated by Gregor Hildebrandt and Caro Jost, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, DE
BLANC DE BLANCS, curated by Sonia González and Gregor Hildebrandt, Villa Schöningen, Berlin, DE
Poster Campaign, Residenztheater & Pinakothek der Moderne Munich, Wintergarten, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, DE
FOUND IN THE COLLECTION, Group show with works from the museum collection, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, LVA
We melt before it forms, curated by Joseph Constable, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
3rd ANREN BIENNALE, Chenzhou, CHN
TEMPO? Reflexionen über Geschwindigkeiten, Neue Galerie Museum Dachau, DE
9/11 und die Kugel Koenig, KOENIG MUSEUM, Landshut, DE
MADE IN GERMANY, Gallery Bluerider Art, Taipeh, TWN
COMPRESSED TIME, FS.Art, Berlin, DE
NEW LUXE, Bluerider Art, Shanghai, CHN
GABRIELE MÜNTER AND HER GUESTS, Museum Münter Haus, Murnau, DE
SOLID FICTION, Kunstverein Emsdetten, DE
CHARACTER-IMAGE ART, Art Granary, Peking, CHN
Yoko Ono – Water Event, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, DE
The Abstract Cabinet (with Katja Strunz, Gerold Miller and others), Eduardo Secci Contemporary, Florence, IT
TAKE FIVE, BlueRiderArt Gallery, Taipei, TWN
Sixth Sense (with Alice Aycock, Monica Bonvicini, Dadamaino, Karin Sander and others), Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, DE
MONUMENTA, Leipzig, DE
TRACES (with Adam Colton, Alan Johnston and Stanislav Kolibal), Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Volume 3, (with Benjamin Bergmann and Irina Ojovan), Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
Jean Marc Bustamante: Finir en Beauté, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, DE
Concrete Jungle, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, DE
Summer Show and Benefit, The Watermill Center, Water Mill, New York, USA
CHUCKA, CHUCKA, Kunsthalle Memmingen, Memmingen, DE
Konstruiertes Grau, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, DE
Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg, DE
Hier, Kunstverein Würzburg, DE
Artists come first, Festival d’Art de Toulouse, Toulouse, FR
20STUCK, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, DE
Black-White, Galerie Nero, Wiesbaden, DE
SprachRaumWelten, DWS, Frankfurt, DE
Artists of the Gallery, Alp Galleries, New York, USA
Artists of the Gallery, Alp Galleries, New York, USA
Grants
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
Collections
Jumex Collection, Mexico City, MEX
Colby Museum of Art, Maine, USA
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, DE
Museum of the City of Munich, Munich, DE
ZERO Foundation, Düsseldorf, DE
Langen Foundation, Hombroich, DE
Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LT
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
Peggy Guggenheim Collection Archive, Venedig, IT
The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York, USA
Smithsonian Institution – Archives of American Art, USA
MoMA Library Collection, New York, USA
Projects
FRUHTRUNK/Ubu Imperator, experimental soundtrack created for ten selected artworks by Günther Fruhtrunk,
project by Caro Jost in collaboration with the avantgarde band Ubu Imperator, Walter Storms Galerie,
Munich, DE
SEE YOU, Capsule Collection by Tom Rebl x Caro Jost, Walter Storms Gallery & Concept Store Tom Rebl, Munich, DE
GIER UNTER ULMEN, Cooperation between Residenztheater and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, DE
HITTING THE HIGH NOTES by Karin Sander,
Performance (Saxophone) at Herkulessaal, Munich, DE
Panama Paperworks, Notel Prinzregent, Munich, DE