Jonathan Penca

Jonathan Penca

BornNationalityBased In
1988GermanMunich, Montevideo
Biography

Jonathan Penca works in diverse media such as drawing, sculpture, performance and video. Penca’s interest in stage and costume design and dramaturgy resonates in his artistic practice in the negotiation of boundaries between reality and staging. Influences from and deliminations between natural science, pop culture and science fiction offer subjects to reflect on the relation between queer and fluid embodiment as subversive moment and late-capitalist individualization. His sculptures are at times animated, also in collaborative settings. Penca’s manifold approaches have in common that they defer oppositions between the natural and the artificial, or the actor and the represented, until their dissolving. In his works, the artist – also through excessive scales – opens up double-edged, ambiguous spaces, within which the dilemma between in- and hyper visibility are negotiated playfully and the viewer is invited to partake. ...

Selected Artworks
Insect of the year  (Ameisenlöwe)
Jonathan Penca
Insect of the year (Ameisenlöwe), 2010
34.7 x 23.5cm
Insect of the year  (Steinhummel)
Jonathan Penca
Insect of the year (Steinhummel), 2005
33.6 x 26.7cm
Insect of the year  (Silbergrüner Bläuling)
Jonathan Penca
Insect of the year (Silbergrüner Bläuling), 2015
37 x 26.5 x 13.5cm
T.B.A (Wespen blumen)
Jonathan Penca
T.B.A (Wespen blumen), 2019
30 x 24cm
Ammophone
Jonathan Penca
Ammophone, 2022
44 x 34cm
Orb
Misplacing the 13th Century
Jonathan Penca
Misplacing the 13th Century, 2024
61 x 46cm
Znout
Monitor Q
Jonathan Penca
Monitor Q, 2024
61 x 46cm
Monitor T
Jonathan Penca
Monitor T, 2024
27 x 19cm
Terrore nello spazio
Jonathan Penca
Terrore nello spazio, 2024
31 x 23cm
Slupan
Autonomous, connected & sustainable
Jonathan Penca
Autonomous, connected & sustainable, 2024
23 x 31cm
Fossil barn protecting in situ displays
Jonathan Penca
Fossil barn protecting in situ displays, 2024
23 x 31cm
Reticulated Siren
Jonathan Penca
Reticulated Siren, 2024
23 x 31cm
Delivery
Fish-lizard
Jonathan Penca
Fish-lizard, 2024
34 x 27cm
Gallery Representation
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