JANA MARIE KOLBERT

Jana Marie Kolbert (*1995 in Vienna, Austria) lives and works in Vienna and Lisbon. She graduated 2019 in Painting andAnimated Film and 2023 in Transmedia Art, both at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Startingfrom abstracted human reflections in different mirroring surfaces and spaces such as the elevator,Kolbert creates larger than life painting installations on metal that mirror the viewer and theenvironment. They invite the audience to perceive themselves as part of the painting and depict thenetwork in which the art work exists. By recreating the experience of the abstracted reflection for theviewer Kolbert investigates contemporary self portrayal culture.Her works have been exhibited at Parallel Vienna, Vienna Art Week, Verein Bildender KünstlerinnenÖsterreich, KS Room Feldbach, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Spiegelray Zürich, Q21 MuseumsquartierWien, Pince Budapest, Ausstellungszentrum Heiligenkreuzerhof, Künstlerhaus Wien, Phileas andKrinzinger Schottenfeld.