Valentina Jaffé
Valentina Jaffé (*1990, born in Bad Dürkheim) works interdisciplinarily at the intersection of painting, collage, and sculpture. She studied from 2011 to 2015 at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe under Ernst Caramelle and Nora Schultz. Jaffé's works are characterized by layering: they engage with, within, and between their media and materials, exploring their properties and becoming a paradoxical play with states. Capturing these relationships is Jaffé's attempt to grasp temporal superimpositions. The artist lives and works in Mannheim. In 2024, she served as a juror for the Hans-Purrmann Foundation's emerging artist award. In both 2021 and 2024, she was nominated for the Young Palatinate Prize for Fine Arts, as well as for the Emy Roeder Prize at the Ludwigshafen Art Association in 2020. In 2022, she won the "Junge Kunsst" award in Neustadt. In 2017, she received the Contemporary Art Prize and exhibited internationally in Germany, France, and Italy. She is also a board member of the Bad Dürkheim Art Association.
Artworks
Vita
lives and works in Mannheim (DE)
Bad Dürkheim (DE)
Education
Study of English/American Studies | Ruprecht-Karls-University | Heidelberg (DE)
Studied art education in the field of painting/graphics | with Prof. Ernst Caramelle and Nora Schultz | Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe (DE)
Awards and prizes
NEUSTART Kultur-Stipendium
Studio funding from the city of Mannheim (DE)
Prizewinner Junge Kunst in der Villa | KV Neustadt (DE)
Project grant from the MWK Baden-Württemberg
Contemporary Art Price 2017 - Bonn, Straßburg und Novara
Exhibitions (selection)
Pfalzpreis für Bildende Kunst | Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern (DE) (group exhibition)
Junge Kunst in der Villa Böhm | Kunstverein Neustadt (DE) (solo exhibition)
PAPIERe | Künstlerhaus Metternich | Koblenz (DE) (group exhibition)
Hans Purrmann Preise | Kulturhof Flachsgasse Speyer (DE) (group exhibition)
FLUX4ART | Landesmuseum Mainz (DE) (group exhibition)
skins | Kunstverein Worms (DE) (solo exhibition)
Leaks & Legacies | Laube | Karlsruhe (DE) (solo exhibition)
Zig Zag | Kunstverein Bad Dürkheim (DE) (group exhibition)
Pfalzpreis für Bildende Kunst / Plastik | Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern (DE) (group exhibition)
Wir sind hier | Heidelberger Kunstverein (DE) (group exhibition)
Deltabeben | Kunsthalle Mannheim (DE) (group exhibition)
Emy-Roeder-Preis 2020 | Kunstverein Ludwigshafen (DE) (group exhibition)
Why do I always paint flowers? | Kanhweilerhaus Rockenhausen (DE) (solo exhibition)
Contemporary Art Prize | Aedaen Gallery | Strasbourg (FR) (group exhibition)
A Place to Live | Casa Bossi | Novara, Italien (IT) (group exhibition)
A Bit More Different. | Paul-Clemen-Museum | Bonn (DE) (solo exhibition)