JULIAN VOSS-ANDREAE
Julian Voss-Andreae, a German sculptor based in Portland (Oregon, USA) is widely known for his striking large-scale public and private commissions often blending figurative sculpture with scientific insights into the nature of reality. His sculptures are frequently shown at international art fairs and galleries and can be found in major collections all over the world. Voss-Andreae’s work has been featured in print and broadcast media worldwide and videos of his sculpture have gone viral with tens of millions of views. Prior to his art career, Julian Voss-Andreae studied quantum physics and philosophy at the Universities of Berlin, Edinburgh and Vienna and did his graduate research in the lab of 2022 Physics Nobel Prize laureate Anton Zeilinger, participating in a seminal experiment in foundational quantum physics. His expertise in diverse fields of science and a deep passion for the mysteries of the world have been a continual source of inspiration for his work.
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Contemporary technology is ushering in a new era for sculpture, comparable perhaps only to the invention of metal casting during antiquity. In my work I draw cutting-edge approaches from very diverse fields to re- imagine the ancient art of sculpture. My goal is to convey elements of our spiritual essence and open our eyes to the miraculous nature of the underlying nature of reality.
I started out as a painter in my youth and later switched to physics. I studied at the universities of Berlin and Edinburgh, and did my graduate research participating in a seminal experiment probing the foundations of quantum physics in one of the world's leading research groups at the University of Vienna. My science training enables me to take advantage of the latest technologies to achieve my artistic visions. But most importantly, my first-hand experience of the enigmatic nature of reality has provided me with key cultural insights, informing my path ever since. Contrary to our strongly held prejudices about the workings of the universe, there simply is no ‘reality’ out there that is independent of us. Similarly, the divide we perceive between us and the rest of our world turns out to be an illusion: Ultimately, we cannot separate ourselves from each other and the rest of the universe, both in a physical sense as well as when it comes to our actions.
These kinds of ideas were well-known for millennia in certain Eastern spiritual traditions but in the West they appeared only relatively recently, at about the same time as non-representational art emerged in the early twentieth century. Quantum physics came as a complete surprise even to its discoverers and it stands in striking contrast to the old (and still absolutely predominant) ‘Newtonian’ paradigm, the mindset of separating subject and object, of detaching ourselves from nature, and of dividing the world into small parts assuming this will lead to an understanding of the whole.
Art is holistic in its very essence, both when we create it, as well as when we consume it. And art provides the seeds for our future. Before our future happens, we have dreamt it up. The central place where we, as a collective mind, dream up our future, is in art. It is therefore critical to harness the transformative powers inherent in art to get to the future we want. I believe a cultural change comparable in depth to the Renaissance is imminent. The urgent need for a paradigm shift is most obvious in our reckless attitude toward our environment; we are jeopardizing our future by rapidly making our planet uninhabitable. Art is a powerful driver of the cultural and spiritual change desperately needed. The lessons of quantum physics offer us a glimpse of a different way of dealing with each other and dealing with our world and I feel it is critical that those embryonic ideas get out into the cultural mainstream.
My work is a reminder of our fundamental connectedness, giving tangible expression to the vital paradigm shift from Newtonian separation to a renewed connection with Nature.
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2023
Art Miami 2023, Miami, Florida.
Seattle Art Fair 2023, Seattle, Washington.
Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2023, Southampton, New York.
Art Market San Francisco 2023, San Francisco, California.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary 2023, Palm Beach, Florida.2022
Confluence: a dialogue between artists, Impulse Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Solo Exhibition “Beneath Reality”, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Art Market Hamptons 2022, Bridgehampton, New York.
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, New York.
Art Market San Francisco 2022, San Francisco, California.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair 2022, Palm Beach, Florida.
Intersect Palm Springs 2022, Palm Springs, California.2021
Art Miami 2021, Miami, Florida.
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Julian Voss-Andreae @ Bürgenstock, Bürgenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, New York.
Impulse Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Market Art + Design, The Hamptons, New York.
CODAawards Exhibition at The Octagon Museum, Washington, DC.2020
International Sculpture Center at Intersect Chicago 2020, Chicago, Illinois.
UNLIMITED 2020, Alumni Salon Show PNCA, Portland, Oregon.
Art Palm Springs 2020, Palm Springs, California.2019
Art Miami 2019, Miami, Florida
International Sculpture Center LittleSCULPTURE Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon.
Unmatched Pairs, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, Oregon.
Art New York 2019, New York City, New York.
Art Palm Springs 2019, Palm Springs, California.2018
CONTEXT Art Miami 2018, Miami, Florida
Art Miami 2018, Miami, Florida
Layers: The Evolving Art of 3D Printing, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Art New York 2018, New York City, New York.
Art Palm Springs 2018, Palm Springs, California.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, West Palm Beach, Florida.2017
Art Miami 2017 and CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, Florida.
Art Miami New York 2017, New York City, New York.
Art Revolution Taipei 2017 Art Fair and X-Power Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.2016
Art Miami 2016 and CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, Florida.
Monaco Yacht Show 2016, Port Hercules, Monaco.
Encounters Between Biology and Contemporary Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China.
2nd National Juried Exhibition: Art + Science, Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana.2015
Silicon Valley Art Fair 2015, San Francisco, California.
Tech + Art, The Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Art Revolution Taipei Art Fair 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.2014
Un-Natural Nature, Eastwood, New York City, New York.
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair 2014, Palm Springs, California. -
Google (Mountain View, California), Anton Aspire (Milpitas, California), Younity (Basel, Switzerland), Instituto Açoriano de Cultura (Azores, Portugal), Rancho LB Sculpture Park (Valle de Bravo, Mexico), Washington Gladden Social Justice Park (Columbus, Ohio), Amy Van Andel Library (Ada, Michigan), Racing Park (Lyon, France), GS28 (Fürth, Germany), Château de Vullierens Sculpture Park (Vullierens, Switzerland), JW Marriott Hotel (Anaheim, CA), Continental Development Corporation (Los Angeles, CA), Virgin Hotel (Dallas, TX), Station Park Green (San Mateo, CA), Alexandria Real Estate (San Diego, CA), The Kimpton Rowan (Palms Springs, CA), Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA), Portland Community College (Portland, OR), Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA), California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA), City of Hope National Medical Center (Duarte, CA), Clarksburg Premium Outlets (Clarksburg, MD), Universität Wien (Vienna, Austria), Texas Tech U (Lubbock, TX), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN), Rutgers U (Piscataway, NJ), DePauw University (Greencastle, IN), The Bravern (Bellevue, WA), The Scripps Research Institute (Jupiter, FL), The Maryhill Museum of Art (Goldendale, WA), U of Washington (Friday Harbor, WA), The City of Moses Lake (Moses Lake, WA), Institute for Molecular Bioscience, U of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), Linus Pauling Center (Portland, OR), Pacific NW College of Art (Portland, OR)
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2020
Voss-Andreae J., Weissmann G. ”Finally Fresh Air: Towards a Quantum Paradigm for Artists and other Observers”.
Chapter for "Armchair and Paintbrush: An eternal Philosophico-artistic tango" Ed. S. Wuppuluri (Springer)2013
Voss-Andreae, J. "Unraveling Life's Building Blocks: Novel Sculpture Inspired by Proteins" Leonardo 46 1.2011
Voss-Andreae, J. "Quantum Sculpture: Art Inspired by the Deeper Nature of Reality" Leonardo 44 1.2005
Voss-Andreae, J. "Protein Sculptures: Life’s Building Blocks Inspire Art" Leonardo 38 1.1999
Arndt, M., O. Nairz, J. Voss-Andreae, et al. "Wave-Particle Duality of C60 Molecules". Nature 401, pp. 680—682.