Jana Buttner

2008-2016:

Music high school, sculpture, Salzburg

2016

HTL graduate as a sculptor, Hallein
2016-2017

Travel to New Zealand, application and  admission to Florence Academy of Art, New Zealand

Since 2019

Teaches sculpting at the Academy
Evening class for painters dealing with the human figure,  Florence

2020

Graduated from the Academy of Art (scholarship) , Florence

 

My works are a representation of the conscious and unconscious. Reflecting on our memories, the imperfections, the obstacles that have been put in our way, but also the beauty we achieve.
Our will advances despite the mistakes our bodies and minds encounter. Perfection or the portrayal of the ideal human being is not attainable. There is no way, no formula that leads to a universal ideal.

The beauty of working with the human figure is that the pose is constantly changing. Although this is challenging, you can choose which moment you want to capture. That choice can range from vulnerable to strong.

Jana Buttner

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Influences:

Jana's education is a constant source of inspiration for her personal and professional life. Her passion for figurative work has intensified in every form over this period. In the summer of 2015 she worked in the Galerie Schloss Wiespach, a small castle in Hallein. Artists from all over the world were given studio space there in the summer to model or paint for a month. At Wiespach Castle she worked with well-known sculptors such as Gregoz Gwiazda and Debasish Bera. She helped Eudald de Juana Gorrize, lecturer at the Art Academy in Florence, mold his figurative works. This is how she discovered her special passion for figurative art in clay. This experience prompted her to apply full-time to the Florence Academy of art in Florence. The study program there focuses primarily on the human figure.

This is performed realistically in sound and also graphically reproduced, which is another major area of study.

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Exhibitions and awards:

2018: 

• Symbiosis TheART SPACE, Hallein

• Your every movement The ARTE, Salzburg

2019: 

• Face 2019, Society of Portrait Sculptors,

• La Galleria Pall Mall London “Figuratives 2019”. MEAM Museum, Barcelona
  ARC Salon Finalist

• Scholarship for the third year at the Florence academy of art

• Second place for sculpture of the year Florence academy of art FarbTon: Das ARTE Salzburg

• ARC Scholarship Winner First Prize

• ARTLAB Gallery Benjamin Eck, Munich

2020: 

• Colour Ton House of Culture Salzburg (Anif)

 

Teaching experience:

• Teaches figurative sculpture with Mitch Shea (Director) at the Florence Academy of (2019/2020).

• Three-day relief portrait-sculpture workshop, Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich (prevented in 2020 by Corona)

• One-week portrait workshop "Academy of Fine Art Germany: Frankfurt am Main (prevented in 2020 by Corona)