Professor of Photography & Moving Images, MfA
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"Karin Jobsts photographs distinguish themselves in a subtle, poetic manner, brought in accordance with a stringent imagery." Wim Wenders
Karin Jobst holds a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the Academy of Fine Arts, HFBK Hamburg, Germany and a Diploma (FH) in Photography & Media from University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld. She studied with Katharina Bosse, Silke Grossmann and Wim Wenders.
Karin Jobst has taken photographs of a nuclear power station, traveled on a container ship from Hamburg, Germany to New York City, USA and took photographs from one of the largest tunnels built in North America, in Niagara Falls.
Karin Jobst is teaching photography & moving images at Macromedia University of applied Sciences, former known as University for Fine Arts, Design and Music HKDM in Freiburg, Germany since 2013.
She is an appointed Member of the German Photographic Society DGPH and the German Photographic Academy DFA.
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Work
atomar ---zone1
Karin Jobst addresses the architecture of a nuclear power
plant in simultaneously messing with the chemical process
of photography. She creates images that are abstract and
personal at the same time.
Since the commissioning of the first nuclear power plant in Germany, the advantages, disadvantages, risks and applicability of nuclear energy have been discussed on multifarious levels, receiving diverse yet constant publicity. The artist Karin Jobst confronts the sociopolitical topic of nuclear energy in her work atomar ––– zone 1. Her photographs show interior and exterior shots of a German nuclear power plant and grant the observer views of rooms, which otherwise remain barricaded. In her work, Jobst assumes the tradition of industrial photography. In the 1920’s, symbols of the modern industrial age were fostered as the new subject matter of fine art photography. Sharp and detailed depictions of the objects were promoted as a suitable and artistic visual aesthetic, demarcating the then prevalent pictorialism, which aspired to endow photographs with painterly properties.
Artitst book; limited edition with 23 handmade C-prints
H2 – Museum for Contemporary Arts Augsburg, Germany
International Photography Award, The core of industry, special mention, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2008
Plat(t)form Fotomuseum Winterthur Schweiz, 2008
Audi Art Award, nomination 2008
Detroit for John, Marylou and Mr. Duke
In 2010, artist Karin Jobst arrived for the first time in Detroit from her native Germany. She was not awestruck by the city's empty buildings and depopulated streets, but felt compelled to develop a fresh body of work inspired by Detroit's sense of time, place, and history. Using the medium of photography, she continued working in Detroit through 2012. Select photographs from her numerous visits to the Motor City are the subject of "Detroit for John, Mary Lou and Mr. Duke". Progressive in her conception and presentation of the series, Jobst does not create a city history or interpretation with a clear, linear narrative structure or with regard to formal traditions associated with photography. Without beginning, middle, or end, the images build on a continuum of content and visual information that express Detroit's specificity as a contemporary urban environment.
Selected title German Photo Book Award 2013
Book published by Kehrer, Heidelberg, Germany
Book design by Danielle Aubert, Detroit
Exhibitions: Detroit Institute of Arts, DIA, USA 2012/13
„Motor City Muse: Detroit Photographs, Then and Now“ Robert Frank, Henri Cartier Bresson; Dave Jordano „Foto Europa. 1850 to the Present“ Julia Margaret Cameron, Eugène Atget, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Christian Boltanski, Gerhard Richter, Wolfgang Tillmans, Bernd und Hilla Becher, ...
Crossing Niagara Falls, CA/USA
The Niagara Tunnel Project was carried out by STRABAG AG with the world's largest tunnel boring machine from 2006 to 2013. It was commissioned by the Ontario Power Generation after more than seven years of construction. The 10 km long water conveyance tunnel, with a diameter of 14.4m near the Niagara Falls, was recognized as a century-building for hydroelectric power generation.
Karin Jobst photographed the 10km long tunnel just before the completion of the tunneling work and prior to the final flooding with water for power generation. She traced the course of the underground tunnel on the Earth's surface, capturing images of the casinos, streets, and hotels of the Niagara Falls town located directly above the tunnel, all the way to the hydroelectric power station in Canada, across the U.S.-Canadian border.
Brooklyn '11
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, USA located on the western end of Long Island. It is known for its diverse neighborhoods, cultural attractions, and distinctive character. Brooklyn is home to iconic landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, and Prospect Park.
Karin Jobst tried to capture her personal inner perspective of this renowned locations through the lens of her camera.
Transatlantic Seaway Hamburg - NYC 2012
As an artist, grandchild and nice of her grandfather and uncle, who traveled in 1928 and 1954 on a ship to New York City, USA seeking employment, Karin Jobst had this dream since years to follow her relatives on the same way to the United States. It was her goal to take photographs every single hour during day and night on her journey of 11 days from Hamburg via Rotterdam to New York City.
So the Laisz Group in Hamburg/Germany invited her generously in May 2012 to come on board on the containership PORTO, which is a midsize vessel who is able carry around 2800 containers.
Elbphilharmonie `09
The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany was designed and constructed by the architects Herzog & DeMeuron on a protected historic warehouse from the 1960s, whose structure was combined with a newly built, undulating glass construction. Sophisticated engineering solutions such as vibration isolation and acoustic optimizations were employed to meet the requirements of a modern concert hall. The construction work for the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg commenced in April 2007 and was officially completed in November 2016. The inauguration of the concert hall took place on January 11, 2017.
Karin Jobst began interpreting the construction of the Elbphilharmonie through her camera in 2008, capturing the process until its completion in 2016.
Wackersdorf `08
The Wackersdorf Reprocessing Plant (WAA) was a nuclear project in Germany planned in the 1980s. The facility was intended to be built in the Oberpfalz near Wackersdorf, Bavaria, with the goal of reprocessing spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants. However, the project faced strong opposition from the public and environmentalists who expressed concerns about safety, environmental impacts, and potential radioactive releases.
Protests against the WAA reached their peak in the 1980s. The project was eventually abandoned in 1989, and the WAA Wackersdorf was never put into operation.
About 10 years later, Karin Jobst was asked by the municipality of Wackersdorf if she could take photographs for the community calendar featuring the former WAA (Wiederaufbereitungsanlage) site. Today, automotive supply companies and recreational facilities are located there
Calendar Wackersdorf 2008, printed on Paper Munken Print white
Transatlantic Containershiptrip Hamburg - New York City
As an artist, grandchild and nice of her grandfather and uncle, who travelled in 1928 and 1954 on a ship to New York seeking employment, Karin Jobst had this dream since years to follow her relatives on the same way to the United States.
It was her goal to take photographs every single hour during day and night on her journey from Hamburg via Rotterdam to New York City. F. Laeisz invited her in May 2012 to come on board of the 2010 built containership MV PORTO, which is a mid size vessel of about 2800 TEU containers.
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Exhibitions
2019
100 Jahre Wirklichkeit, Deutsche Fotografische Akademie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
2016
Courbusier Revisited, internationaler Museumstag Weissenhofwerkstatt, Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, Germany
SCOPE, Fotofestival, Kurator Maik Schlüter, Hannover Germany
Der Andere und der Gleiche, Axel Hoedt, Sara-Lena Maierhofer, u.a (Kuratorin) im Kunsthaus L6 der Stadt Freiburg, Fotobiennale Mulhouse, Germany
2015
Under Surveillance, Galerie für Fotografie _
Ricus Aschemann, Hannover; Kurator: Maik Schlüter
Alec Soth, Bettina Lockemann, ... Hannover, Germany
2013
Foto Europa. 1850 to the Present
Detroit Art Institute _ DIA; USA
Bernd & Hilla Becher, Wolfgang Tillmanns, August Sander, Yves Marchan & Romain Meffre, Christian Boltanski, ...
Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Learning from Detroit
PF Galleries, Clawson MI USA, (solo)
Detroit Art Institute DIA,Motor City Muse, Detroit Photographs Then and Now
Henri C. Bresson, Robert Frank, Dave Jordano, ...
Detroit, USA
2012
Gängeviertel Kunsthaus Speckstrasse Hamburg
Koffer Kunst Chicago + Detroit
2011
Robert Morat Gallery, Hamburg, Germany, 2011
Stadtmuseum Munich, Germany, 2011
2010 - 2005
Kunsthaus Hamburg 2010 MfA, Degreeshow, HfbK
Metropolis Cinema, Hamburg. 2009
International Photography Award, The core of industry, special mention, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2008
Days of photography, Darmstadt, Museum Künstlerkolonie, Germany, 2008
Plat(t)form, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland. 2008
Portfoliowalk, special mention, DFA Symposium of the German, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, 2007
Degreeshow, University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany, 2007
ZIFPhotoAward, Aesthetic Center, University Bielefeld, Germany, 2007
Jewish Museum, Augsburg, Germany, 2007
Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Galerie Novi Hram, Goethe Institute, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2006
LCC, London, Great Britain. 2006
Historic Museum, Bielefeld, Germany, 2005
Galerie artists unlimited, Bielefeld, Germany, 2005
Crossing under Niagara Falls, CA/USA
Brooklyn '11
Elbphilharmonie `09
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Wackersdorf `08
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