Jorinde Jankowski

Jorinde is somewhat of a nomad. She was born to mixed parents in Germany, raised in Taiwan, and educated in the UK and France. In the winter of 2013 she fell in love with Iceland during an artist residency at SÍM, and decided to make this her home in 2019. She trained in illustration in Paris, and later specialised in ceramics at Camberwell College of Arts, one of the top art schools in London, following in the footsteps of a long history of British studio ceramics.

Jorinde's work is often playful, sometimes even cheeky, but she also has a strong appreciation for the quiet beauty of the Icelandic landscape and Japanese Zen philosophy.
A hybrid by nature, she instinctively brings together contrasting elements, such as reality and imagination, harsh explicitness and fluffy dreamy unicorns. As a result, her work often leaves space for contemplation, just like the occasional rough edge and finger dimples she purposely leaves on the clay; but her work is also almost always warm and kind-hearted, because life is hard enough as it is.
Jorinde has shown and sold her work in Reykjavik, Taipei, Tokyo, London, New York, and Paris.

2006-2007 MA Cultural and Creative Industries, King’s College London, UK

2004-2005 MA Interpretation, Translation and Diplomacy, University of Westminster, London, UK

2000-2004 BA (Hons) Visual Arts- Ceramics, Camberwell College of Arts, the London Institute, London, UK

1999 Ecole Supérieur des Arts et Techniques, Paris, France

2020 Parallax Art Fair, London, UK
2019 Jorinde Jankowski & Yuktesha Sarkar 2H Flash Double Solo Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Gazing in Stillness - Jorinde Jankowski Solo Exhibition, b. Lab, Taichung, Taiwan
2018 “The Tree of Life”, Taiwan Annual experimental section, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Tagboat Art Fest, Tokyo, Japan
2017 “Self Portrait as Thing in Niceland”, Taiwan Annual joint exhibition, Taipei Expo Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Taiwan Lantern Festival - Rural regeneration section, Yunlin, Taiwan
2016 On Site Art Fest, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "Theatre for All" mural project, New Taiwan Mural Team, National Taichung Theatre, Taiwan
2016 Formosa Art Show, ADSC, Humble House Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Vagrant - Jorinde Jankowski Solo Exhibition, ADSC, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 What's in Miniature joint exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Opening Exhibition, Rhythm Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Outer Place Joint exhibition, Reykjavik, Iceland

2013 iOFloat and Jorinde Jankowski (set, visual design & performance), Music with Innovative Expressions, Taipei National Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 Resident artist, Louis Vuitton Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 Chirpy Days in Taichung (site specific creation), Hotel Da...