Info
tel: 0031641393369
email: ja@janisland.com
web: www.janisland.com
Studio adress
Janis Pönisch
Baarsjesweg 208
1057HT Amsterdam
Bio
Janis Pönisch was born in Starnberg, Germany in 1979. After finishing Abitur in Munich, he produced a series of unique furniture prototypes. In the year 2000 he started his study of architectonic design on the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, where he produced architectural concepts, maquettes, interactive interfaces and animations. During the study he worked as an intern at the company Yens & Yens in the fields of electronic art, exhibition design and software development. In the summer 2005 he graduated from architectonic design department with the Rietveld design prize.
Janis Pönisch is now working as a designer in assingment and as an autonomous artist in Janisland, researching the processes of shapes, materials and functions of objects and space. He is visualizing and constructing three dimensional phantasies with a focus on the relationship between body and its environment and perception. Creating an own reality in a conscious way can only result in a wonderful world manifesting the materialized dream.
Exhibitions and Events
2010 Science Gallery, Dublin
2010 Pecha Kucha, Amsterdam
2010 Transmediale, Berlin
2009 See this Sound, Lentos Museum, Linz
2009 Palais Paradiso, Amsterdam
2009 Soco Amsterdam
2009 Pop Up Cafe, Amsterdam
2008 Meneer de Wit, Amsterdam
2008 Maison des Metallos, Paris
2008 Elektra festival, Montreal
2008 Le Cube, Paris
2007 Soco Amsterdam
2007 World Trade Center, Amsterdam
2006 De Baarsjes, MrdeWit, WitteLijn, Amsterdam
2006 Nike Yoga Bonita, Berlin
2006 Media Room Melkweg, Amsterdam
2005 Soco Amsterdam
2005 GRA, Exam Exhibition, Amsterdam
2003 GRA, Cocoons, Amsterdam
2002 Pathos,ab.art: gegen Nacht, München
2002 Filmacademie 301, Amsterdam
2001 Pathos, ab.art: Naherholungsort, München
1997 Lustpielhaus, München
Prizes and Grants
2009 Startstipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2007 Sofa Fonds, Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds
2006 Nike Play Award
2005 Gerrit Rietveld Prize/ Design