Biography
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Jordana Rae Gassner is an internationally exhibited US-American artist living in Bavaria, Germany.  She is primarily an oil painter with a focus on metaphysical realism; reflecting humanity's inherently cosmic nature and interconnectedness to all things on cellular and other levels.

With a strong focus on structure and line, these abstract paintings become evocative and engaging.  There is a powerful dynamism, even with a reduction into simple forms and the stories they convey are multi-faceted resonating on multiple levels of the viewer. Color pigments lively reflect between each other sustained within their natural bonding* materials.  "My colours are potent, the combinations lively and real."

The early years of her life were spent in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA. It was there she learned to love the dual complexity/simplicity of nature while running barefoot through prairie lands and climbing up big rocks. JRG lives and works in Regensburg and spends much of her time experimenting with exploring ideas of science and spirituality on traditional supports such as linen canvas and wood.*

A moderate stint in art conservation began before beginning studies in Psychology, Literature, Shamanism and Philosophy, and helped to refine her focus towards 2 dimensional paintings and sculptural objects. She continues to explore concepts of balance between artistic expression and art conservation in present-day works. 
JRG obtained her Bachelors of Arts in 1999 after studying at the Universidad de las Americas in Mexico, the Universität i Bergen in Norway and Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, USA.
Jordana has had the honor of being mentored by several established/renowned local and international artists; most recently at the Art Akademie in Kolbermoor, Germany; the completion of studies there awarded a diploma in painting. Her works are elegant and strong and evoke a sensual engagement with the viewer. 

Member in the BBK Niederbayern/Oberpfalz (German Federal Association of Fine Artists)


flax (and the derived oil for fine art painting) is a renewable resource that is fast growing. Few, if any, chemical pesticides and fertilizers are required in the cultivation of flax (called linen as a cloth/canvas). *JR is dedicated to sourcing materials of a renewable nature as much as possible for her works.
 

Additional Information

Taking 3 template views of creation: the molecular, the more or less everyday „figurative“ and the cosmic, I switch between these images in attempts to re-awaken a knowing connectedness of all things and possibilities. From a very young age, there was a recognition within me of what I thought as a holding back of humanity's true being/nature/potential.  My youth spent reading texts of philosophy and social critique, art became a way to change the discussion about what it means to live on and in harmony with one's self and planet earth.

My oil paintings are a continuation of American predecessors' abstract expressionism and a contiguousness 
to classical mastery of spike lavender, egg tempura, and flax seed oil. The modernization of technique is to bring in the full spectrum of oil paints' versatility by evoking a lived in, favorite-jeans-feel with the holes in the knees and rubbing on the pockets. This is achieved by using fogging, wrinkling and craquelure in addition to traditional glazes, scumbling, impasto.

There is an undefinable lack of constriction in my work yet by negotiating repetitive colors or forms, there is also a feeling of structure, and thereby resonant calm. The incorporation of the 3 primary colours of red, blue and yellow into every piece, the works are intended to encroach upon a literal manifestation of limitless possibility; a visual reminder that those 3 colours can create an almost infinite number of results.  To extend the flexibility of each artwork and subsequently the aimed expansiveness of thought behind it, sometimes, the pieces do not have a single side that is "up." This means, for instance, that a collector or curator can choose to place a polyptych together or hang each individual piece in differing combinations and orientations.

The paintings are organized mainly by series, but often works can be combined to create new polyptychs due to their color or size similarities. 

Each painting is unique.


"As human beings, we are linked to all other members of the human community. As living beings, we are linked to all other forms of life. As inhabitants of the universe, we are linked to everything that exists. We stand within an endless network of relationships. We are all parts of one universe. But within that universe, we are each of us a single point of consciousness, a unique event, a private, unrepeatable world." - Dr. Nathaniel Branden




CV

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b. 1976, Black Hills, SD, USA


Education

2023-2024 Diplom, Malerei, AdBK-Kolbermoor, Germany
1999 Bachelor of Arts, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, USA
1998-1999 Universität Bergen, Norway
1997 Universidad de las Americas, Mexico City, Mexico


Solo / Group Exhibitions (selection)

2024
ARTe Wiesbaden, Germany
GOK 2024, 'Große Ostbayerische Kunstausstellung', Regensburg, Germany
Ausstellung, Malerei und Zeichnung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste-Kolbermoor, Germany

2023
I am You’, Florence Biennale XIV, Florence, Italy
97. Jahresschau Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg, e.V., Germany
'Zurück Gewonnen Freiheit', North Wing St. Josef's, Regensburg, Germany
'X artists', Prachtsaal Studio, Berlin, Germany
ArtMUC Art Fair, Munich, Germany

2022
Spectrum Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
'100 Unter 1000', Schindler LAB gallery, Potsdam, Germany
Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
ARTMUC, Munich, Germany
EuropArtFair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Where the Wild Things Are?’, Gallery Graf, Amberg, Germany
PAF – Parallax Art Fair, London, England
‚Art at Midnight‘, Broadway Plaza, Times Square, New York, NY
Krones AG Ausstellung, Regensburg, Germany [solo]
Animals, Grey Cube Gallery, online
‘THE WAY’, Albe Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
‘Transcending Barriers: Art Outside The Box’, Teravarna Art Gallery

2021
‚Komm’ unter meine Flügel‘, Neuer Kunstverein, Regensburg, Germany
‚From Micro to Macro‘, (solo) Kunstgalerie Graf, Amberg, Germany
‘I want to Believe’, Gallerium , online, Ontario, Canada
‘WHATEVS’, Art Fluent, Massachusetts, USA
Open Theme, Las Laguna Art Gallery, California, USA
Light Space & Time, Online Art Gallery
Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Azucar Gallery, Berlin, Germany
‘Landscape’, Art Show International Gallery, artsy.net
‘PANTA RHEI’, Galerie Schindler Lab, Potsdam, Germany
‘On Site’, Kunstgalerie Graf, Amberg, Germany

2019
‘Landscapes’, Finesse Center, Regensburg, Germany
2018 ‘Abstract Landscapes’, Marina Forum, Regensburg, Germany
2017 Finesse Center, Dauerausstellung, Regensburg, Germany

Honors and Awards (nominations indicated)

2022 Certificate of Excellence, Circle Foundation for the Arts
Finalist, 2022 Animals, Grey Cube Gallery, “Dintsa le Dikolobe”
2021 Merit Prize Award, Art Show International Gallery, “Introspection”
Special Recognition, Light Space & Time, “Gemma”

Publications/News Pieces

2022 Art Business News | Spotlight Recipient
TVA Blitzlicht / television news interview
Onetz (Region Amberg) / "Zwei junge Künstlerinnen stellen in der Galerie Graf am Amberger Roßmarkt aus"
Oberpfalz TV / "Kunstausstellung in der Kunstgalerie Graf"
Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine – Issue 8
2021 „Die Frau aus den Black Hills”, Mittelbayerische Newspaper (Zeitung)
Issue 18, Artist Talk Magazine, London, UK
„Change the Discussion“, Top 99 catalog, Regensburg, Germany
Goddess Arts Magazine, Germany
“Gemälde-Genuss im Schaufenster”, Onetz, Sulzbach-Rosenberger Amberger Zeitung
Issue 19, Art Hole Magazine, United Kingdom

Public and Corporate Collections

Cording Rechtsanwälte, Deggendorf, Germany
Kanzlei Christian J. Kreuzer, Regensburg, Germany
Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany
MG Holding GmbH, Saal / Donau, Germany
Vogl Electronic GmbH, Salching, Germany














if anyone is interested, a small book of paintings (50 pages) is now available.
If you've got IG, go take a look at the latest post.
An archatypal interplay of destiny or is it an escape from Descartes' allegory of the cave?
Had a lovely chat with colleague Bernhard Rauch and the famous Valerie Fischer on gallery night in Regensburg.
Jordnaa Rae Gassner @ Regensburger Galerienabend Kunstgalerie Watmarkt 4, Regensburg, Germany Die Regensburger Galerienlandschaft ist bunt und vielfältig. Tauchen Sie ein in die lebendige Galerienszene der Stadt: 21. September 2024 18-23 Uhr
oil on canvas diptych 100 x 100 cm I think I love you.
How our egos make everything so damned personal.
Wiesbaden's a great place to visit; great place to show art; come and join us! September 13-15, 2024
Wonderful newspaper (Mittelbayerische) article (in German) the new gallery in the UNESCO city of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany.
What makes an artwork sing to you?
SAFE WORK. When and how does an artist get convinced what they are doing is wrong? Unfruitful? Not what the public wants? And so on. And why it is important we listen to our own hearts/inner direction.
Change is a constant; the same river cannot be crossed more than once.
13. April - 19. Mai 2024 Wir laden Sie und Ihre Begleitung zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung am Freitag, 12. April um 19.00 Uhr herzlich ein. ... Inviting you to join us for the Vernissage at 7pm on April 12 at the Kunst- und Gewerbeverein in Regensburg, Germany. Hope to see you there!
Never too late; there is ALWAYS something to learn. Image title: "Titans on the Eastern Hill" 120 x 100 cm oil on canvas
15 remarkable people, 1 fine master painter teacher, 1 yoga instructor and cinnamon roll baker, 2 ateliers, 1 kitchen, and a TON of good energy (and PAINT!)
There is only one material absolutely essential in my studio; oil paint and/or a combination of pigments and linseed oil so i can make my own.
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.” -Rumi
The I AM YOU exhibit found in Florence, Italy is a great success. Amazing artists and a wonderful show.
This year's show is a wonderful mix of sculpture, drawings, paintings... Main photo of my triptych, "The Big Catch", acrylic on canvas.
Just some thought nibbles on what traveling does for me; to relax, inspire, motivate.
Through opposing force we grow.
Taking a break? Nah! Just refocus on what nourishes.
Working at not freaking out over the new.
MarshallTerrence has written, "intervention art is simply using the world around us as a sort of “recycling” project to up-cycle it into art, just like turning old clothes into new items. Like ripping your jeans up to give them a more grungy look or painting on them."
What we Live, we Paint?
Creating new spaces with positive vibes
Direction in LIFE
As artists, we must create. When we don't create, we are not artists
The drying aka oxidizing times of oil paintings varies. Most would say, however, that they are thoroughly "dry" after about 100 years. Soooo romantic.
Flashback to Times Square
Mary Ann and Team will be receiving new works (oil on canvas) this week. They have been voted Best Art Gallery 2022 by Fort Lauderdale Magazine.
Incredible location, great atmosphere, competent, interesting artists.
Please come join us, stop in and say hello, buy some lovely artwork. :)
Extending a warm welcome to Redwood Art Group's writers for choosing me as one of 6 artists to spotlight for Spectrum Miami 2022. Many thanks!
When creating art, be courageous in changing something that may already be "finished", may already be "published", but may not yet have found a new home aka "sold." (or you just don't like the way it looks/feels.
*In German* Valerie Fischer and her camera crew showed up at the studio for a talk about life and living in Germany.
Lovely article by Marianne Sperb about a fantastic experience exhibiting at Krones' gallery in Neutraubling, Germany.
Catching up; a note of thanks to Circle Foundation for the Arts for the inclusion in issue 31
QUESTIONS ANSWERED #1: DO YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC WHILE YOU ARE WORKING IN YOUR STUDIO/ATELIER? Source: M. in Munich "ArtMUC", October 2022.
iPhones, boats, water and Italy
Looking back at Top 99 Regensburg photoshoot with Claudia Niebauer and Andreas Fuchs (the talented photographer)
Over-sized, gigantic artworks on wood, canvas or other supports is not always practical, even though the visual impact is often impressive. For those who wish to fill up more wall space, however, while adhering to ease of transport or hanging, polyptychs could be the creative answer. To see "Peaceful Vigilance" in it's warthog form, use this link: https://jordanarae.com/GalleryMain.asp?GalleryID=202507&AKey=ETWC4N8D
Welcome Visitors! to my newly designed pages of art and dialogue; I'm glad you could make it.

About

Biography
Jordana_bio_portrait_2021_headshot.jpg

Jordana Rae Gassner is an internationally exhibited US-American artist living in Bavaria, Germany.  She is primarily an oil painter with a focus on metaphysical realism; reflecting humanity's inherently cosmic nature and interconnectedness to all things on cellular and other levels.

With a strong focus on structure and line, these abstract paintings become evocative and engaging.  There is a powerful dynamism, even with a reduction into simple forms and the stories they convey are multi-faceted resonating on multiple levels of the viewer. Color pigments lively reflect between each other sustained within their natural bonding* materials.  "My colours are potent, the combinations lively and real."

The early years of her life were spent in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA. It was there she learned to love the dual complexity/simplicity of nature while running barefoot through prairie lands and climbing up big rocks. JRG lives and works in Regensburg and spends much of her time experimenting with exploring ideas of science and spirituality on traditional supports such as linen canvas and wood.*

A moderate stint in art conservation began before beginning studies in Psychology, Literature, Shamanism and Philosophy, and helped to refine her focus towards 2 dimensional paintings and sculptural objects. She continues to explore concepts of balance between artistic expression and art conservation in present-day works. 
JRG obtained her Bachelors of Arts in 1999 after studying at the Universidad de las Americas in Mexico, the Universität i Bergen in Norway and Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, USA.
Jordana has had the honor of being mentored by several established/renowned local and international artists; most recently at the Art Akademie in Kolbermoor, Germany; the completion of studies there awarded a diploma in painting. Her works are elegant and strong and evoke a sensual engagement with the viewer. 

Member in the BBK Niederbayern/Oberpfalz (German Federal Association of Fine Artists)


flax (and the derived oil for fine art painting) is a renewable resource that is fast growing. Few, if any, chemical pesticides and fertilizers are required in the cultivation of flax (called linen as a cloth/canvas). *JR is dedicated to sourcing materials of a renewable nature as much as possible for her works.
 

Additional Information

Taking 3 template views of creation: the molecular, the more or less everyday „figurative“ and the cosmic, I switch between these images in attempts to re-awaken a knowing connectedness of all things and possibilities. From a very young age, there was a recognition within me of what I thought as a holding back of humanity's true being/nature/potential.  My youth spent reading texts of philosophy and social critique, art became a way to change the discussion about what it means to live on and in harmony with one's self and planet earth.

My oil paintings are a continuation of American predecessors' abstract expressionism and a contiguousness 
to classical mastery of spike lavender, egg tempura, and flax seed oil. The modernization of technique is to bring in the full spectrum of oil paints' versatility by evoking a lived in, favorite-jeans-feel with the holes in the knees and rubbing on the pockets. This is achieved by using fogging, wrinkling and craquelure in addition to traditional glazes, scumbling, impasto.

There is an undefinable lack of constriction in my work yet by negotiating repetitive colors or forms, there is also a feeling of structure, and thereby resonant calm. The incorporation of the 3 primary colours of red, blue and yellow into every piece, the works are intended to encroach upon a literal manifestation of limitless possibility; a visual reminder that those 3 colours can create an almost infinite number of results.  To extend the flexibility of each artwork and subsequently the aimed expansiveness of thought behind it, sometimes, the pieces do not have a single side that is "up." This means, for instance, that a collector or curator can choose to place a polyptych together or hang each individual piece in differing combinations and orientations.

The paintings are organized mainly by series, but often works can be combined to create new polyptychs due to their color or size similarities. 

Each painting is unique.


"As human beings, we are linked to all other members of the human community. As living beings, we are linked to all other forms of life. As inhabitants of the universe, we are linked to everything that exists. We stand within an endless network of relationships. We are all parts of one universe. But within that universe, we are each of us a single point of consciousness, a unique event, a private, unrepeatable world." - Dr. Nathaniel Branden




CV

JORDANA RAE GASSNERcdb59b10-5ad8-43b7-8cad-0be09d1d8846.JPG

b. 1976, Black Hills, SD, USA


Education

2023-2024 Diplom, Malerei, AdBK-Kolbermoor, Germany
1999 Bachelor of Arts, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, USA
1998-1999 Universität Bergen, Norway
1997 Universidad de las Americas, Mexico City, Mexico


Solo / Group Exhibitions (selection)

2024
ARTe Wiesbaden, Germany
GOK 2024, 'Große Ostbayerische Kunstausstellung', Regensburg, Germany
Ausstellung, Malerei und Zeichnung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste-Kolbermoor, Germany

2023
I am You’, Florence Biennale XIV, Florence, Italy
97. Jahresschau Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg, e.V., Germany
'Zurück Gewonnen Freiheit', North Wing St. Josef's, Regensburg, Germany
'X artists', Prachtsaal Studio, Berlin, Germany
ArtMUC Art Fair, Munich, Germany

2022
Spectrum Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
'100 Unter 1000', Schindler LAB gallery, Potsdam, Germany
Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
ARTMUC, Munich, Germany
EuropArtFair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Where the Wild Things Are?’, Gallery Graf, Amberg, Germany
PAF – Parallax Art Fair, London, England
‚Art at Midnight‘, Broadway Plaza, Times Square, New York, NY
Krones AG Ausstellung, Regensburg, Germany [solo]
Animals, Grey Cube Gallery, online
‘THE WAY’, Albe Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
‘Transcending Barriers: Art Outside The Box’, Teravarna Art Gallery

2021
‚Komm’ unter meine Flügel‘, Neuer Kunstverein, Regensburg, Germany
‚From Micro to Macro‘, (solo) Kunstgalerie Graf, Amberg, Germany
‘I want to Believe’, Gallerium , online, Ontario, Canada
‘WHATEVS’, Art Fluent, Massachusetts, USA
Open Theme, Las Laguna Art Gallery, California, USA
Light Space & Time, Online Art Gallery
Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Azucar Gallery, Berlin, Germany
‘Landscape’, Art Show International Gallery, artsy.net
‘PANTA RHEI’, Galerie Schindler Lab, Potsdam, Germany
‘On Site’, Kunstgalerie Graf, Amberg, Germany

2019
‘Landscapes’, Finesse Center, Regensburg, Germany
2018 ‘Abstract Landscapes’, Marina Forum, Regensburg, Germany
2017 Finesse Center, Dauerausstellung, Regensburg, Germany

Honors and Awards (nominations indicated)

2022 Certificate of Excellence, Circle Foundation for the Arts
Finalist, 2022 Animals, Grey Cube Gallery, “Dintsa le Dikolobe”
2021 Merit Prize Award, Art Show International Gallery, “Introspection”
Special Recognition, Light Space & Time, “Gemma”

Publications/News Pieces

2022 Art Business News | Spotlight Recipient
TVA Blitzlicht / television news interview
Onetz (Region Amberg) / "Zwei junge Künstlerinnen stellen in der Galerie Graf am Amberger Roßmarkt aus"
Oberpfalz TV / "Kunstausstellung in der Kunstgalerie Graf"
Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine – Issue 8
2021 „Die Frau aus den Black Hills”, Mittelbayerische Newspaper (Zeitung)
Issue 18, Artist Talk Magazine, London, UK
„Change the Discussion“, Top 99 catalog, Regensburg, Germany
Goddess Arts Magazine, Germany
“Gemälde-Genuss im Schaufenster”, Onetz, Sulzbach-Rosenberger Amberger Zeitung
Issue 19, Art Hole Magazine, United Kingdom

Public and Corporate Collections

Cording Rechtsanwälte, Deggendorf, Germany
Kanzlei Christian J. Kreuzer, Regensburg, Germany
Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany
MG Holding GmbH, Saal / Donau, Germany
Vogl Electronic GmbH, Salching, Germany