Premio Combat Prize

ABOUT MY ART:
The expression of a moment in which an individual feels unobservedrevealing inner insight, without pretence detached from specific behaviour natural passionate and purely revealed.This is the focus of my artistic work. I am moved by the moment in which the soul opens up and the portrayal of life reflects expression. My work concerns itself with human beings and their inner state but not a purely external viewpoint. The outer form is solely a frame for the inner feelings. I usually paint my figures into scenes in which they reveal themselves to be lost in thought and vulnerable. In doing this I want to bring out the intensity of the moment, that of a brief expression. This short moment, which seems so unspectacular and which mostly passes by unnoticed, is a deep, moving experience because it reveals the fundamental, the inner being for a fleeting moment - it offers an insight into the soul. I create my paintings from studies I have made of my model.
BIOGRAPHY:
JOSTA works as an independent artist/ painter in Mönchengladbach (Germany).In 2012 she moved from Hannover to Mönchengladbach.Josta Keil was born in 1967 in Göttingen, Germany. She spent her childhood in Hannover, Hamburg and Hessen/ Wehretal in Germany and Zürich in SwitzerlandAfter school, she continued studying at a picture frame manufacturer. In 1990 she went to Hong Kong, where she had various jobs, including working as an agent for children’s toys .After her time in Asia Josta continued her artistic education at the Free Art Academy in Obernjesa, Germany. Simultaneously, she pursued a degree in economics at the GH/University in Kassel, Germany. During this time, she participated in various exhibitions and art projects and started developing art designs. Many trips and longer stays abroad influenced her work.After graduating in 1996, she produced art on a freelance basis for the next eight years. She developed several projects, designs and product ideas, especially for the toy and leisure sector, which have been placed worldwide. Since 2004 Josta Keil has concentrated exclusively on painting.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2014 1st Biennale della Creatività, Verona (Italy) 2012, VIII International Contemporary Art Fair, Marbella (Spain) exhibited by Gallery Steiner, Vienna (Austria)2012, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas (USA), group exhibition 2012, Gallery Display, Cologne (Germany), group exhibition 2011, Sofa-Loft, Hannover (Germany), group exhibition 2010, Centre Cultural, Alcoi (Spain), group exhibition 2010, Global Art Gallery, Santa Fe /New Mexico (USA), group exhibition 2010/ 2011, Vontobel Europe S.A., Frankfurt (Germany), solo exhibition 2010, Opera Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), group exhibition 2009, Heimkehr Wohnungsgenossenschaft, Hannover (Germany), solo exhibition 2009, Kuhlmann`s , Hannover (Germany), solo exhibition 2008/ 2009, Orangerie Kassel, Kassel (Germany), solo exhibition 2008, Orangerie Kassel, Kassel (Germany), group exhibition 2007, Kuhlmann`s , Hannover (Germany), solo exhibition 2007, Fössebad Hannover (Germany), solo exhibition
IN COLLECTION:
2012, in public the Collection of the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas (USA)
IN PUBLICATIONS:
Shakespeare Award catalog, EA Editore (Editor.), Verona (Italy), 20141st Biennale della Creatività, Catalogo generale delle opere / General Artworks Catalog and Testi biografici /Biographical profiles, both: EA Editore, (Editor), Verona (Italy), 2014 Who`s Who in Visual Art, Vol. 2014-2015, U. Goette Himmelblau (Hg.), Art Domain, Leipzig, 2013 Who`s Who in Visual Art, Vol. 2012-2013, U. Goette Himmelblau (Editor), Art Domain, Leipzig (Germany), 2012 International Contemporary Masters Volume V, WWAB, CA (USA ), 2011 International Dictionary of Artists, K. Tunberg (Editor), World Wide Art Books, Santa Barbara CA, (USA ), 2011New Art Only, Centre Cultural (exhibition-catalogue), Alcoi (Spain), 2010 Contemporary Art Fashion & Design, Opera-Gallery (exhibition-catalogue), Budapest (Hungary), 2010
AWARDS:
Palm Art Award, 2014, Art Domain Leipzig (Germany): Certificate of ExcellenceShakespeare Award, 2014, First Italian Biennale of Creativity, Verona (Italy)