JAN CARSTENSEN

hohentorsheerstraße 51a
D – 28199 bremen
tel: ++49(0)421.59 31 70
mail: info[at]pictor-verlag.de

jan carstensen

curriculum vitae

1956
born in niebuell, schleswig-holstein / germany
1978
type setting apprenticeship
1981 – 1990
studied fine art at the hochschule fuer kuenste, bremen
since 1988
operation of a studio and printing workshop in bremen
1990 – 2002
worked in the werkstatt gallery bremen
1990
founded pictor verlag publishers with udo reichwald and began production of the artists magazine pictor
since 2001
part-time lecturer at the college of art in bremen (advanced training program)
2004
founded pictor artcourses

exhibitions

2007
kubo summer academie inkatt gallery, bremen
2006
the kern collectionweidenstieg gallery, cuxhaven
2005
pictor 13 with regina hennen and norbert schwontkowski, pictor verlag workshop, bremen
2005
correspondence post card project, college of art, bremen, academie of art, riga/lettland
2004
pictor 12 with marion bösen and christian meyer, pictor verlag workshop, bremen
2003
swb-gallery, bremen
2002
the dodenhof collection große kunstschau worpswede
2001
landscapes werkstatt gallery, bremen
2001
dialog angewandte kunst bremen, focke museum bremen (with karin bablock)
2001
pictor 1 – 11 print art expo, staedtische gallery, bremen
2001
album der schüler museum katharinenhof, kranenburg
2000
pictor 1 – 11 weserburg museum for contemporary art, bremen
2000
the dodenhof collection rabenhaus gallery, pinnow
1999
kap hoorn kulturbahnhof, bremen-vegesack
1998
kühe in halbtrauer woodcuts, public library, cuxhaven (solo)
1998
kap hoorn 11 artists of the kap-horn-straße studios, gröpelinger culture festival, bremen
1997
pictor 11 with martin young and alan frame, street level gallery, glasgow
1996
pictor 1 – 10 forum bookart, staedtische gallery, bremen
1996
pictor 1 – 10 international exhibition for artists books and hand printing at the leipzig book expo
1995
pictor 1 – 10 artist book exhibition, werkstatt gallery, bremen
1995
spiegel – haut – essen (mirror - skin - food)cornelius hertz gallery, bremen
1995
pictor 10 with pep dardanyà and joan casellas, galeria l‘angelot, barcelona
1995
pictor 1 – 9 retrospective, lloyd-passage, bremen
1995
werkstatt galleriy, bremen (solo)
1994
pictor 9 with achim bitter and achim bertenburg, gruppe grün gallery, bremen
1994
pictor 8 published at the im strom sculpture symposium, staedtische gallery, bremen
1994
old museum arts centre, belfast, ireland (solo, with marion bösen and dagmar hess)
1993
pictor 7 with susanne bollenhagen and bogdan hofmann, werkstatt gallery, bremen
1993
pictor 6 published as part of the exhibition series art of the housewife, schlachthof culture centre, bremen
1992
cuxhavener kunstverein, cuxhaven (solo, with udo reichwald)
1992
pictor 5 with hajo antpöhler and norbert schwontkowski, werkstatt gallery, bremen
1992
pictor 4 at the international print and graphic symposium druckwerk – haut der stadt, staedtische gallery, bremen
1992
pictor 1 – 3 kulturbuero krefeld
1991
pictor 1, 2 and 3 werkstatt gallery, bremen
1991
werkstatt gallery, bremen (solo)
1990
gallery schrift und bild, bremen (solo)
1990
altes lager gallery, delmenhorst (solo)
1989
schlachthof culture centre, bremen (solo)

public collections
— große kunstschau worpswede
— weserburg museum, bremen
— spendhaus museum, reutlingen
— arno schmidt foundation, bargfeld
— bbk bremen