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Jac Carley cofounded tanzfabrik berlin in 1978, where her evening-length choreographies defined the first decade of this internationally recognized institution. As an author of fiction and nonfiction, her books have been published in major houses in Germany, her poetry in small presses in the US.

Born in NJ, she received a BA with Special Honors in Dance at George Washington University where she studied under Prof Maida Withers. In Philadelphia, she danced with Group Motion Multi Media Dance Company.

Since 2011 she has focused entirely on visual arts, including drawing, action painting and printing methods. Her works often include text or visual cues to story telling.

Exhibitions

Schlag-Fertig 2024 - group collaborative works with Silja Korn & RambaZamba - sponsored by KulturLeben Berlin, Paul Brody curator. At Park Center Treptow Berlin.

TELL THE STORY 2023 - solo - Galerie Obenum Untenrum, Charlottenburg Berlin

Chair-2-Chair / Contemporary Positions on Portraiture 2023 - group - at Culturim Gallery Gesundbrunnen Berlin curated by Lena Ash

How to Play Chairs at 48 hours Neuekölln, 2023 - Group - at Daumenlutscher.

ON MY WAY 2022 - group - Under the Mango Tree Gallery, Schöneberg Berlin

Sanctuary.com, 2021 Online interview and works presentation, Braille and women’s stories;

ARTSPRING, open-studio showings at BAI, (June 11/12, 2022); ARTidote, a group show celebrating the second anniversary of 2 Chairs Artspace, held at ErsterErster gallery Berlin (April, 2022);

BO/DY, a group show selected and presented by Nefarious Contemporary online, March 2021-ongoing);

Various: Femmes et Lettres’ Cedré Blanc (Berlin, Solo, 2020-2021); opening of 2 Chairs Art Space (with interview, internet, 2020); ‘Touch.Me.Not.’ Installation at BAI (Berlin, 2019), ‘Body, Line & Glass’ with Amy West Design for Venice Glass Week (Murano 2019), ‘Invasive Seaweed’ (photographs) Glaube Liebe Hoffnung Restaurant/Gallery (Berlin, Solo, 2019), ‘Sketch the Moment I’ and ‘Sketch the Moment II’ Galerie ZeitZone (Berlin, Group,2018, 2019), ‘Nudes!’ Cédre Blanc (Berlin/Solo/2018), Invitational Salon of Small Works (Group 2018), L’Origin du Monde (Berlin/Solo/2014,2015,2016,2017), Takt Galerie (Berlin/Group/2017).

Residencies at Berlin Art Institute, August/Nov 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022.

For more information about Jac’s background in dance, publishing and higher education click here: https://jacalyn-carley.com