With the vivid and impasto variegation of his paintings, the striking forms and particularly with the repetition of motifs Schubert`s formal language sometimes reminds the viewer of folk art. Masks, animal motifs, floral and architectonic elements, as well as abstract ornaments are interwoven to puzzling and mythical figures. Not a realistic depiction or story telling is decisive, but the expression focuses on a strong emotional charge of the pictures. The prints are extremely complex. Either Schubert compiles varied motifs on one plate or he puts several layers above one another on his large size prints, so that different individual motifs form a new figure. He counteracts the possibility to reproduce a linocut by reusing motifs, but he solely creates unique prints. The emerging traces of work and differences of the cover remain as characteristics of the printing process, as they give proof of the authenticity of the print and its uniqueness.

1983 born in Schwarzenberg (Germany)
2003-2004 Education as technical design assistant
2004-2009 Studies of painting at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
2009-2011 Master studies in the class of Prof. Annette Schröter
lives and works in Leipzig

Solo shows

• 2015 Promethium, Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz
  Perspektiven der Gegenwart - Jens Schubert, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main
  Empire (mit Paula Gehrmann), Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
  2014 The Foundation of Power, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf
  Das Libellenschwert, Galerie M2A, Dresden
  2013 Blackmagickparty, MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen
  2012 new age, m2a Gallery, Dresden
  VOLTA NY, New York City
  2011 Die Herrrschaft des Feuers, m2a Gallery, Dresden
  Von Helden und Drachen, Raum 4.4, HGB Leipzig
  2010 Dragon Slayer, Bongout Gallery, Berlin
  Bad Fairy Tales, Showroom Kunstfeler, Dresden

Group shows

• 2016 Klassentreffen - Master students of Annette Schröter at HGB Leipzig, Sparkasse Leipzig Art Exhibition Hall, Leipzig

• LUBOK - prints and artist books, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf
  2015 Pro M - 22. Jahresausstellung, Westwerk, Leipzig
  Daab Salon, Daab Verlag, Cologne
  Wunschlos glücklich, Kunstverein Duisburg
  2014 Update 02, Galerie M2A, Dresden
  2013 Prints / Made in Leipzig, Hungarian Academy of Visual Arts, Budapest
  Linolschnitt Heute, Städtische Galerie, Bietigheim-Bissingen (Germany)
  Adler mit Krone, Junge Kunst aus Leipzig, Bürgerhaus Sulzfeld
  Schaufenster: Zwickau meets Dresden, Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst e.V., Zwickau
  Carolyn Case & Jens Schubert, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York City
  LUBOK. Grafica contemporanea y libros de artistas de Leipzig, Centro Cultural Clavijero, Morelia (Mexico)
  Wegzeichen 13, Heinrich-Hartmann-Haus, Oelsnitz
  LUBOK. Grafica contemporanea y libros de artistas de Leipzig, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo del Teatro Isauro Martínez Torreón, Coahuila (Mexico)
  Ego Identity - New York, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Galerie M2A, Dresden
  2012 LUBOK, Instituto de Artes Graficas, Oaxaca (Mexico)
  High End, Room4.4, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
  Purchases by Kunstfonds 2012, Agency of Freistaat Saxony, Berlin
  Die Schlampe Malerei, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig
  LUBOK, Capilla del Arte, Puebla (Mexico)
  Sunday Park, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf
  WIN / WIN. Purchases by Freistaat Saxony, Halle 14, Leipzig
  LUBOK, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City
  LUBOK, Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf
  2011 Falsche Freunde - Master students of Prof. Annette Schröter, Galerie Kleindienst
  Olpe-Wolfen-Schwarzenberg, Museum of Visual Arts Leipzig
  Falsche Freunde 2, Art hall Kühlungsborn
  Lubok - Künstlerbücher aus Leipzig, Museum of art Spendhaus, Reutlingen
  Convoy Leipzig, Biksady Gallery, Budapest
  Meisterschülerausstellung 2011, Academie of Visual Arts Leipzig
  druckgrafik_aktuelle positionen, Schafhof-Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Freising
  2010 Hotel Genial, Art association Tiergarten/Galerie Nord, Berlin
  Lubok, Gallery Bongout, Berlin
  Lubok, Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie, Quedlinburg
  Ereignis Druckgraphik 2, BBKL/Galerie Vorortost, Leipzig
  Bad Fairy Tales, Showroom Kunstfeler, Dresden
  Die Druckgrafik, New art association Pfaffenhofen, Pfaffenhofen/Ilm
  Good mornin` Leipzig, how are you?, Gates of Eden, Mannheim
  Mutterboden, Villa Kobe, Halle
  Schnittstelle Druck, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
  Lubok, Art association Essenheim
  Atlas, Galerie Hoch+Partner, Leipzig
  Blattbildung, Galerie Artae, Leipzig
  Dragon Slayer, Bongout Gallery, Berlin
  2009 Alles was Recht ist, Hager+Partnerschaft lawyers, Leipzig
  Lubok im Museum, Museum of Visual Arts, Leipzig
  Das Unsichtbare sichtbar machen, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
  Diploma exhibition, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
  My worst nightmare boyfriends, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
  Lucidus, Galerie Hoch + Partner, Leipzig

Grants

• 2015 Scholarship by Foundation Kunstfonds, Bonn
  2014 Scholarship by Kulturstiftung Saxony
  2012 Purchase by Kunstfonds, Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden
  2011 Marion Ermer-Award