BIO
Kika Francisca Jonsson was born in Berkeley, California in 1979. Raised in Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, San Mateo (California), and Farmington (New Mexico), she currently lives and works in Berlin. Her artwork considers the interpretation and analysis of landscape: as a theory, as an art historical term, and as a vehicle for discourse between the metaphorical and the concrete.
EDUCATION
2019 – 2020 Raumstrategien MA Program, Kunsthochschule Weissensee, withdrawn after 2 semesters
2007 Multiple Subject K-5 Teaching Credential, BCLAD emphasis, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, with Highest Distinction, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
2001 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Art History, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, RESIDENCIES & PROJECTS
2022 Trace Path: Part II, Seestrasse 49 Open Studio, Berlin, Germany
2020-2021 Parental leave extended due to COVID 19 pandemic
2020 politik. poetik. des raumes: Raumstrategien Masters Students, February 6-7 n.b.k., Berlin, Germany
2019 Trace Path, solo exhibition at periscope project space, Salzburg, Austria
2018 zuzüglich, Gallery of the Kurt-Schumacher-Haus, Berlin, Germany
2017 Aukcja! Sztuka dia Puszczy (Auction for the Forest), Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Poznán, Poland
2017 Refractions, KN: Space für Kunst im Kontext, Berlin, Germany
2017 Ágúst Residency, Borgarfjörður, Iceland
2016 The Making of the Unrealised, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
2016 Know the Ways: Project Space Festival, KN: Space for Art in Context, Berlin, Germany
2016 KunstBoulevard, Boulevard, Berlin, Germany
2015 State of Matter, povvera, Berlin, Germany
2012 Winter Open Studio, laden atelier, Berlin, Germany
2006 Momentum, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA
2006 6th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA
2005 Peeing in the Sandbox, mixed USE gallery, San Francisco, USA
2004 Artist-in-Residence, Medalta Society Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS AND PUBLICATIONS
2022 Recipient of Neustart Kultur grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2022 Member, berlin berufsverband bildender künstler*innen berlin
2018 Recipient of a subsidized studio space, Kulturwerk des bbk, geförderte Atelierprogramm
2016-2020 Member, Frauenmuseum Berlin e. V.
2016-2017 Assistant Director and Member, KN: Raum für Kunst im Kontext
2016 KunstBoulevard: Exhibition Catalog
2013 The Swimmer, published in The Santa Clara Review, Spring 2013
2006 Member, Independent School of Art with Jon Rubin, San Francisco
LECTURES AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Teacher, Hand-building Ceramics, Ceramic Kingdom, Berlin, Germany
2019 Artist Talk: periscope project space, Salzburg, Austria
2017 Panel with Elizabeth Mcternan, KN, Berlin, Germany
2014 On Art and Art-Making: Lecture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA
2012-2014 Bilingual Teacher, Berlin Bilingual School, Berlin, Germany
2010-2012 Teacher, Berlin Brandenburg International School, Berlin, Germany
2007-2010 Bilingual Teacher, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, USA