Oda Jaune Explained

Oda Jaune (born Michaela Danowska,[1] Michaela Danovska, Bulgarian: Михаела Дановска; 13 November 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian painter.

From 1998 to 2003, she studied in the class of Jörg Immendorff at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

In 2012, she won the Pierre Cardin Prize in the category "Best Painter". In 2003, the second prize of the Emprise Art Award.

Personal life

Jaune married in July 2000 her professor Jörg Immendorff[2] and had a daughter on 13 August 2001. It was her husband Immendorff who invented the pseudonym Oda Jaune.

Career

Oda Jaune's work has featured in a variety of exhibitions in Europe and the USA, including Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dôle[3] (2017), Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Etienne (2016), Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart (2015), Musée Rops de Namur (2011), and La Maison Rouge, Paris and me Collectors room, Berlin (2011). In 2018, the National Art Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria, held a major retrospective of her work, Heartland, with a catalogue published in September 2019 by Hatje Cantz.[4]

Since 2009 she is represented by Galerie Templon in Paris and Brussels.[5]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2019

Hands, Seen, Antwerpen, Belgium

Beyond Gravity, Galerie Templon, Paris, France[6]

2018

Heartland, National Gallery of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

2017

Paintings and Sculptures, Galerie Daniel Templon, Brussels, Belgium

2016

Blue Skies, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France[7]

2015

Masks, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

2011

Confrontation Félicien Rops - Oda Jaune, Musée Félicien Rops, Namur, Belgium

2010

Once in a Blue Moon, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France[8]

2009

May You See Rainbows, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France[9]

2007

Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy[10]

2004

Kunsthalle Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany[11]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dmitriev . Nikita . Oda Jaune: Beyond Gravity . The Brooklyn Rail . 9 April 2020 . 11 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Nedo . Kito . Disgraced Dealer Helge Achenbach Was Once the Toast of Germany's Art World. In a New Memoir, He Details His Spectacular Fall . artnet News . 9 April 2020 . 24 March 2020.
  3. Web site: [EXPOSITION] PEINDRE, DIT-ELLE (Chap.2) – Musée des Beaux-arts de Dole]. lievrepascal. 2017-02-14. Julie Crenn. fr-FR. 2020-04-09.
  4. Web site: Oda Jaune – HEARTLAND in The National Gallery. Sofia Art Galleries - information for galleries in Sofia. en-US. 2020-04-09.
  5. Web site: Galerie Templon - Artist - Oda Jaune. www.templon.com. 2020-04-09.
  6. Web site: Oda Jaune: Beyond Gravity. Dmitriev. Nikita. 2019-12-11. The Brooklyn Rail. en-US. 2020-04-09.
  7. Book: Jaune, Oda . Oda Jaune : blue skies : January 9 to February 20, 2016. Berland, Alain . 2016. 978-2-917515-20-4. Paris. 938786833.
  8. Book: Jaune, Oda . Oda Jaune : once in a blue moon . 2010. Galerie Daniel Templon. Lavrador, Judicaël . 978-2-917515-07-5. Paris. 710904046.
  9. Book: Jaune, Oda . Oda Jaune : may you see rainbows : exposition du 28 février au 11 avril 2009, Galerie Daniel Templon . 2009. Galerie Daniel Templon. Millet, Catherine . 978-2-917515-05-1. Paris. 434447867.
  10. Web site: Oda Jaune Fondazione Mudima Milano. 1995-2015.undo.net. it. 2020-04-09.
  11. Web site: Oda Jaune Exhibitions. www.odajaune.de. 2020-04-09.