born 1992 in Munich, Germany
Maansi Jain is a Berlin-based artist and photographer specializing in documentary and conceptual projects.
S/he was born in Munich and grew up between Paris (FR), Texas (US) and Delhi (IND) before undertaking studies at the Sorbonne, New York University in NYC, Paris, & Berlin, and at the University of Pennsylvania.
Their colorful, energetic imagery examines power structures and universal desires through play and has been published and exhibited widely in Europe and the United States.
S/he often mines personal imagery and private moments to explore the ways in which images can shatter shared realities and broader notions of consumption, identity and cultural hegemony.
selected exhibitions:
2020
constitution wall, gallery ske, india art fair, new delhi, india
subject to change, exgirlfriend gallery (postponed from may) berlin, de
rooftop dance premiere on curated by girls, online
gooey cum hands, exgirlfriend gallery, berlin art week, berlin, de
sk8trboi, kunstlerkunsterlin*'s how long is forever (postponed from nov)
online auction, weserhalle, berlin, de
2019
new feminity #3, melkweg expo, amsterdam, nl jennifer aniston superfans, retramp gallery, berlin, de
club tropicana, dadapost, berlin, de
performer at young girl reading group's: 14x reading with a single hand, schimmel projects, dresden, de
group show, kake club, berlin, de
tomatoluv performance at ego, night embassy, berlin, de
2018
maansi's warped tour, all about indian food, new york, ny
paranoia, das gift, berlin, de
one night stand, exgirlfriend gallery, berlin, de
2017
new femininity, blender studio, berlin, de
puderpink, puderraum, berlin, de
sova #7 adult, blender studio, berlin, de
2016
the artist is broke, blender studio, berlin, de
tomatoluv, theblushroom.com, seattle, wa
mopper's paradise, sameheads, berlin, de
running older, blender studio, berlin, de
2015
the artist is broke, blender studio, berlin, de
maansi jain and lucia sciandro, the club, berlin, de
extended visions, blockbuster exhibitions, berlin, de
where is my house ?, das gift, Berlin, DE
2014
food in context, entretempo kitchen gallery, berlin, de
master plan, blockbuster exhibitions, berlin, de
dry paint presents, das gift, berlin, de
community clash, prachtwerk, berlin, de
in sickness and in health, may you glisten with perspiration, das gift, berlin, de
uo outclass, center for creative practices, dublin, ie
electron salon, lacda, los angeles, ca
berlin becoming, Deutsches Haus, Manhattan, NY
2013
random 06, donau 115, Berlin, DE
the birth of aquarius, basement, Berlin, DE
1/X, Gallatin Gallery, New York, NY
2012
works abroad, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE