I am Gemma Wilson a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator from Rotterdam.
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EDUCATION
since 2020 Meisterschülerin (post graduate studies) at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig with Prof. Oliver Kossack
2019/2020 Research student Printmaking at Geidai Tokyo university of the Arts
2018 Diplom Graphic design/Bookart Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB)
EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS
10/2023 »Woodcut XXL« Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin
08/2023 »IBUG - Internationales Festival für urbane Kunst in Sachsen« RAW-Gelände Engelsdorf, Leipzig
07/2023 »Himbeergeist und Sauerampfer« Groupexhibition Thaler Orginalgrafik, Spinnerei, Leipzig
02/2023 »State of the world« Groupexhibition in Galerie im Kornhaus from the Gmuender Kunstverein
11/2022 Alumni exhibition of the illustrationclass at Haus des Buches/Literaturhaus Leipzig
2021-2023 »Artists as Independent Publishers«
BREMEN 14.04~25.04.21
Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen Weserburg
ANTWERPEN 15.12~10.01.22
Sint Lucas Showroom
HALLE 14.06.22~19.06.22
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
TOKYO 01.09.23 ~10.09.23
Tokyo University of the Arts Library and Fukushima Prefecture Sukagawa Civic Exchange Center
10/2021 »Zwischen Tränen und Tüll: Konfrontation Familienfeier« Groupexhibition at Lindenow festival 2021, Links neben der Tanke, Leipzig
06/2021 »48 stunden Neukölln«
Groupexhibition with the studio Tampopo crew. Wolf Kino Berlin.
09/2020 »LUSTR - illustration festival 2020« groupexhibition with Babagoi. Prague, Czech Republic
09/2020 »Walls have ears paper sliding doors have eyes« solo exhibition at artist residency Roku House in Choshi, Chiba, Japan
2020 »2nd TKO International Miniprint«
TOKYO 03~09.08 Tokyo Metropolitan Theater KYOTO 22~30.08 Art Zone Kaguraoka
OSAKA 04~16.09 Gallery Irohani
12/2019 »Daigaku-hanga exhibition«
The 44th Annual Exhibition of the Japan Soceity of Printmaking , Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
04/2019 »Water Event«, water sculpture in collaboration with Yoko Ono, MdbK Leipzig, Germany
10/2018 Exhibition and live-drawing with Babagoi at the Krudebude
11/2017 » Impacto 08 « groupexhibition at the Community center Hyakkado, Kuayoshi, Tottori, Japan
09/2017 Local activity project & exhibition» Freehand revolution« Tanaka house, Tottori, Japan
03/2017 Exhibition »Ereichnis Druckgraphik 09«, Tapetenwerk Leipzig, Germany
11/2016 »Xilografia senza confini 2«,Galleria Porta Latina Rome
10/2015 »Illust_ratio #4«, groupexhibition at Kunstverein Rüsselsheim, Germany
PRIZES/SCHOLARSHIPS
03/2020 Prizewinner of Michael w.Schneider Prize at the 2nd TKO International Miniprint 2020
10/2019 Graduiertenstipendium des DAAD
03/2019 Prizewinner of die Förderkojen des Grafiknetzwerk at the Leipzig Book Fair
10/2018 Merit at the GOSEE-awards
07/2016 DAAD-prize for the outstanding achievement of a foreign student at a german institution
PUBLICATIONS
»Brandeins« Issue 9 and 10, 2021
»BARBARA« Issue 61, 2021
»Tippgemeinschaft 2017«
Connewitzer verlagsbuchhandlung.
»Perigaum« in the collection of the german literaturarchive in Marbach and the museum of applied arts in Frankfurt am Main
»Syrinx Magazin« issue 1-6
GRAPHIC RECORDING
04/2024 Graphic recording at »Transformative Praxis« for HALIS und Martin-Luther-Universität Halle
04/2023 Graphic recording at »fEMININE fICTION« for Klub Solitaer e. V
03/2023 Graphic recording at »Positionen:Tanz #5 ACCESS, Bedeutung von Zeit aus der Perspective von Behinderung« for Dachverband Tanz
09/2022 Graphic recording at »Zukunftskonferenz 2022 - Gemeinsam Innovationen schaffen« for Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
06/2022 Graphic recording at »Ideenlabor 2022« for Bauhaus-University Weimar
09/2021 Graphic recording at »14. Bundeskongress für Lehrer:innenbildung« for Leipzig University
09/2021 Graphic recording event »Geschichten zum Kiez« at Nacht der Kunst, Leipzig
11/2018 Graphic Recording at the event »What can Europe learn from Chemnitz« for ASA-FF
TEACHING
10/2023 Workshop instructor risoprint and bookdesign at HandSawPress Tokyo
Spring 2023 Instructor Graphic for »Fashion field walks, eine kritische Magazin-Werkstatt« at Kurt-Tucholsky-Oberschule
Summersemester/2022 Instructor Illustration at the Abendakademie of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
Wintersemestersemester 21/22 Instructor Illustration at the Abendakademie of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
Summersemester/2021 Instructor Illustration at the Abendakademie of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
09/2020 Workshop instructor japanese woodcut at artist residency Roku house in Choshi, Japan
07/2020 Workshop instructor risoprint and bookdesign at HandSawPress Tokyo
05/2019 Instructor silkprint at Evangelisches Gymnasium, Lernwelten
2018-2019 Instructor linocut and bookdesign at Freundeskreis Buchkinder Leipzig e.V.
10/2018 Workshop instructor japanese woodcut at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
