Jochen Cerny

Artist Statement:

Jochen Cerny, born in Düsseldorf/Germany, inherited his artistic skills from both his grandmother, a passionate photographer with a sense of extraordinary details in b/w art, and his father who worked as a marketing consultant together with top industry photographers.
Following his academic studies, he took his first attempts to become a professional photographer but opted for a career as an international banker instead.
It was only lately that he re-discovered his passion for photographic art. Following a catalyst re-union with one of the world's most famous photographers, Andreas Gursky, a friend from his childhood days, who confirmed his talent, he got inspired to professionalize his photographic works.
Today Jochen's style is characterized by his self-developed and perfected CMPB-technique which combines various individual post-production techniques into a unique art form in photography by digitally manipulating the colors of the underlying object without alienating the object itself. Newer works see a move into digital photo painting, and art form that differentiates his work from the classical photography. His pictures do not intend to tell a “story" in the traditional sense but rather than bringing more vibrancy to the object itself.
Over the last years, his work gained specific traction with multiple awards in high-profile photo challenges like Trierenberg Circuit, Monochrome Awards, Fotoforum Magazine and Viewbug. In addition, multiple exhibitions have been successfully launched in Germany, London and Hong Kong where his work was strongly received by international art collectors and photo enthusiasts.

Awards & Distinctions:

Trienberg Circuit 2014, Viewbug, Fotoforum Magzine, Monochrome Awards

Exhibitions:

Asian Contemporary Art Show - September 2017
Gallery Zwinz, Stuttgart/Germany - December 2017
Gallery Zimmermann, Hamburg/Germany - November 2018
KunstQuartier, Leonberg/Germany - May 2019
Galleria Lebensart, Koblenz - November 2019
Galerie ArtDynamic, Düsseldorf - November 2019
PhotoPop Up, Düsseldorf - December 2019
Gallery 040, Hamburg - September 2020
Pulpo Gallery, Murnau - November 2020
Maison Sensey, Paris - December 2020
PhotoPop Up, Düsseldorf - June 2021
DetoKUNST, Munich - September 2021
Robert Berry Gallery, New York - December 2021
Galerie 1489, Zurich/Baden - January 2022
ArtCadia Gallery, Berlin - February 2022

Artistic Influences:

Due to my friendship with Andreas Gursky, I cannot deny a certain influence regarding as to how an object will be approached. Newer works are characterized by Digital Photo Painting, an art form that differentiates from the classical photography.