Gabriela Jolowicz

Gabriela Jolowicz (born 1978) is a German artist known for her detailed black-and-white woodcuts.

Biography Gabriela Jolowicz was born in 1978 in Salzgitter. She grew up in Salzgitter. She studied communication design at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim before entering the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) in 2002, where she was a student of Volker Pfüller and Thomas M. Müller.

Her diploma work consisted of a series of 24 woodcuts, published in 2008 by Lubok Verlag under the direction of Christoph Ruckhäberle.

In 2012, she won the first prize of the international competition "Woodcut Today" held by the Foundation for Art, Culture and Education of the Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg.

She has lectured at the Berlin University of the Arts, the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, and at the University of the Arts in Bremen. She lives and works in Berlin.

Work Jolowicz's woodcuts frequently depict scenes from everyday contemporary life. Moments that today are often photographed and shared via smartphones and social media are translated by her into one of the most traditional graphic media, the woodcut. The choice of motifs and her strict limitation to black-and-white often evoke associations with comics and graphic novels.

Selected exhibitions 2026: Woodcuts - Holzschnitte, Gabriela Jolowicz, Sprengel Museum Hannover 2025: Snack Machine Berlin / Mein Deutschland (with Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi), Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig 2025: Gabriela Jolowicz – The Infinite Woodcut, Kunsthalle Erfurt (solo exhibition) 2024: Kirchner Woodcuts (with Benjamin Badock and Thomas Kilpper), Kunsthalle Bremen, Exhibition 2022: Scenes from the City: A Multidimensional Journey, Goethe-Institut Czech Republic, Prague (solo) 2021: Among Us (with Anna Haifisch), Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig 2019: Gratwanderung, Kunsthaus Stade 2019: Gratwanderung, August Macke Haus, Bonn 2018: Enclaves (with Moki, Gosia Machon & Inga Kählke), Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg 2017: Off Licence, Galerie Hübner + Hübner, Frankfurt am Main (solo) 2017: Church Playground, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo) 2015: Present Density, Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists (SNAP), Edmonton, Canada (solo) 2013: Das Wandern der Schatten, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg 2013: Sol Niger (with Lou Hoyer and Steingrimur Eyfjord), Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin 2013: New Prints / New Narratives, International Print Center New York 2012: The Monkey on My Back, Galerie Emmanuel Post, Berlin (solo) 2012: Lubok exhibition, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City 2012: Lubok Graphic Show (with Sebastian Gögel and Christoph Ruckhäberle), Printroom, Rotterdam 2011: Lubok – Artist Books from Leipzig, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen 2010: Now Playing, Galerie Hafenrand, Hamburg (solo) 2010: Now Playing, Galerie Emmanuel Post, Leipzig (solo) 2010: Schnittstelle Druck, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig & Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig

Selected publications 2026: Gabriela Jolowicz. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen. 2024: Kirchner Woodcuts. Lubok Verlag, Leipzig. . 2022: The Ground Swaying Under the Feet. Maro Verlag. . 2021: Megabillig 2. Lubok Verlag, Leipzig. . 2017: Yo, Future! In: Spring magazine. Mairisch Verlag, Hamburg. . 2012: Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City. Lubok Verlag. 2011: Lubok in Reutlingen. Lubok Verlag. 2008: Megabillig. Lubok Verlag, Leipzig. (no ISBN) 2007 Lubok 2. Lubok Verlag Leipzig. (no ISBN)