Bio

Jonas Englert is a Frankfurt/M.-based artist whose practice engages with historical materials and narratives through video, sculpture, and sound. He received his Art Diploma from the University of Art and Design Offenbach/M. in 2018. Selected exhibitions include Simultaneities, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels (2025); Looking for Humanity, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg (2023); Things I Think I Want, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main (2017); Performing Portraiture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2015); and Atlas 2013, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (2013). His works are held in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the New Art Foundation, Reus (Tarragona); the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg; and the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen. Alongside his exhibition practice, Englert has created works for theatres and orchestras, including the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, the Staatstheater Hannover, the Theater Bonn, the Berliner Ensemble, and the Schauspiel Frankfurt. Englert is represented by Galerie Anita Beckers.

Education

2010–2018 Art Diploma
University of Art and Design Offenbach/M.

2012/2013 Guest Semester
Institute for Applied Theatre Studies, Justus Liebig University Giessen

Awards, Grants and Residencies

2026 NEWARTaward@ARCO, New Art Foundation
2026 RE-SEARCH. ZF-Forschungsstipendium, Friedrichshafen
2022 Neustart Kultur-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2021 Create-Stipendium, Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe
2021 Projektstipendium, Deutscher Künstlerbund
2020 Projektstipendium, Hessische Kulturstiftung
2020 Arbeitsstipendium, Hessische Kulturstiftung
2019 Award of the Marielies Schleicher-Stiftung, University of Art and Design Offenbach/M.
2018 Award of the Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe
2018 Scope BLN, Art Residency, Berlin
2017 Honorary Mention, B3-Awards, time-based and immersive arts
2013 Johannes Mosbach-Stipendium, University of Art and Design Offenbach/M.
2012 Dr. Marschner Award, University of Art and Design Offenbach/M.

Works in Public Collections

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
New Art Foundation, Reus (Tarragona)
Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2025 ce qui nous hante, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/M.
2025 Simultaneities, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels
2024 OFFSCREEN Paris, Galerie Anita Beckers, Grand Garage Haussmann, Paris
2022 Palimpseste, Heussenstamm-Stiftung, Frankfurt/M. (Cat.)
2019 Circles, Jüdische Kulturwochen 2019, Ebene B1, Frankfurt/M.
2018 Praeludium, Jakobikirche, Lippstadt
2015 Jonas Englert. Videoarbeiten, Art Virus Galerie, Frankfurt/M. (Cat.)
2015 Teatime in the Visual Library, LS43, Berlin
2013 Unity, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt/M. (Cat.)

Group Exhibitions and Screenings (Selection)

2026 Gefühlte Wahrheiten. Zeppeline und Nationalsozialismus, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen (Cat.)
2026 ARCOmadrid, Galerie Anita Beckers, IFEMA MADRID, Madrid
2025 Much Love Anita, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/M.
2025 HERAUSGEFORDERTE GEMEINSCHAFT, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg
2025 OFF WORLD, Diamant Offenbach, Offenbach/M.
2024 Schöne neue Welt, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/M.
2024 ARCOmadrid, Galerie Anita Beckers, IFEMA MADRID, Madrid
2023 ART COLOGNE, Galerie Anita Beckers, Koelnmesse, Cologne
2023 umrisse, Friedenskirche, Offenbach/M.
2023 Looking for Humanity, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg
2023 ARCOmadrid, Galerie Anita Beckers and Galerie Kornfeld, IFEMA MADRID, Madrid
2022 Fragments (with Tammam Azzam), Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin
2022 Günther Rühle – Ein alter Mann wird älter, Deutsches Theater, Berlin
2021 Rhodope International Documentary Film Fest, Smolyan
2021 Berlin Art Week, Ivo Wessel Collection, Berlin
2021 ZURÜCK ZUM FILM, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/M.
2020 Doch!, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/M.
2020 Monitoring, Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel (Cat.)
2020 Open Houses Werkhof L.57, Berlin Art Week, Ivo Wessel Collection, Berlin
2020 Frankfurt Art Experience, Galerie Anita Beckers, Art Experience Showroom, Frankfurt/M.
2019 MERRY CRISIS …, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/M.
2019 Your Choice!, Berlin Art Week, Sammlung Ivo Wessel, Berlin
2019 Aus unserer Werbung, HfG-Kunsthalle, Offenbach/M.
2019 The Badehaus Diaries, Stadtgalerie Bad Soden, Bad Soden
2018 AMBITUS. Kunst und Musik heute, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg (Cat.)
2018 I’m a Believer, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt/M.
2018 NEUE FILME, LS43, Berlin
2018 KUNST DER REVOLTE // REVOLTE DER KUNST, Campus Bockenheim, Frankfurt/M.
2017 On Desire, B3 Bienniale, FOUR, Frankfurt/M. (Cat.)
2017 Things I Think I Want, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M.
2016 Kopf und Kragen, Galerie der Stadt Backnang, Backnang
2016 Paris Photo, Galerie Anita Beckers, Grand Palais, Paris
2016 Art Toronto, Galerie Anita Beckers, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
2016 B3+Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai (Cat.)
2015 Raum_Reformation: Interferenzen, Alte Nikolaikirche, Frankfurt/M. (Cat.)
2015 Bewegte Bilder, Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg
2015 Performing Portraiture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2014 Transition, AusstellungsHalle, Frankfurt/M.
2014 Art Rotterdam, Galerie Anita Beckers, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
2014 UNPAINTED Media Art Fair, Postpalast, Munich
2013 PULSE Miami, Galerie Anita Beckers, Ice Palace Studios, Miami
2013 nonliteral, B3 Bienniale, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt/M. (Cat.)
2013 Atlas 2013, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (Cat.)
2012 Junge Hunde Festival, Godsbanen, Aarhus
2012 The Meaning, Neuer Kunstverein Gießen, Giessen
2012 NEU/NOW, Maus Hábitos, Porto (Cat.)
2012 Hidden and Forbidden Identities, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice

Collaborations with Theatres and Orchestras (Selection)

2024 Die Brüder Karamasow, based on F. M. Dostoevsky, Schauspiel Frankfurt
Director: Laura Linnenbaum; Music & Video: Jonas Englert
2022 A New World, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Musical Director: Kent Nagano; Video: Jonas Englert
2020 Don Karlos by Friedrich Schiller, Staatstheater Hannover
Director: Laura Linnenbaum; Music: Fiete Wachholtz, Jonas Englert
2020 Gott ist nicht schüchtern by Olga Grjasnowa, Berliner Ensemble
Director: Laura Linnenbaum; Video: Jonas Englert
2019 Zeit aus den Fugen, based on Philip K. Dick, Staatstheater Hannover
Director: Laura Linnenbaum; Video: Jonas Englert
2017 Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe by Bertolt Brecht, Theater Bonn
Director: Laura Linnenbaum; Music: Jonas Englert
2017 Homohalal by Ibrahim Amir, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Director: Laura Linnenbaum; Video: Jonas Englert
2015 Santa Monica by Akın E. Şipal, Nationaltheater Mannheim
Director: Tarik Goetzke; Video: Jonas Englert
2014 Hurenkinder Schusterjungen by Marianna Salzmann, Nationaltheater Mannheim
Director: Tarik Goetzke; Video: Jonas Englert
2012 Strom, based on Hisashi Inoue, Frankfurt LAB
Direction, Set Design, Video & Sound: Jonas Englert, Tarik Goetzke

Publications (Selection)

Gefühlte Wahrheiten. Zeppeline und Nationalsozialismus, catalog, Berlin, 2026
Jonas Englert. Palimpseste, catalog (solo), Heussenstamm-Galerie, Frankfurt/M., 2022
37. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, festival catalog, 2020
Perception is Reality, overview publication, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 2020
Ambitus. Kunst und Musik heute, catalog, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, 2018
B III, festival catalog, B3 Biennale, Frankfurt/M., transcript, 2017
M–Scape, catalog, Tongji University, Shanghai, 2016
Raum_Reformation: Interferenzen, catalog, Frankfurt/M., 2016
Jonas Englert. Video Works, catalog (solo), Galerie Art Virus Ltd., Frankfurt/M., 2015
Jonas Englert. 2011–2013, catalog (solo), 1822-Forum, Frankfurt/M., 2013
nonliteral, catalog, Frankfurt/M., 2013
Expanded Narration, reader for the B3 Biennale, Frankfurt/M., transcript, 2013
Atlas 2013, catalog, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 2013
NEU/NOW, festival catalog, Porto, 2012