About the Artist Jonah Gebka

Jonah Gebka (b. 1989 in Bonn) paints, draws and makes artist's books in which he captures everyday moments of contemporary life — moments where closeness and estrangement meet. His interest lies in repetition and pattern: in the recent series "A–Z," for instance, he records the transitional instant in which a hand reaches to take a book from a shelf or to put it back. Gebka studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Karin Kneffel and at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts. In 2023 a travel grant from the Free State of Bavaria enabled residencies in the USA; in 2026 he received a working grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds. He lives and works in Munich.