Jo Kley
DE (1964)
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Jo’s art is formed by movement and energy.
And this is exactly how he deals with people.
Jo likes being out and about, he is an avid traveller.
How did Goethe put it in his `Wilhelm Meister´: `The best education a clever man finds when travelling´.
And so the artistic and human experiences he has had on every continent of this globe become part of his work.
Looking at photographs from countries to which he was invited e.g. to a sculpture symposium, they can be divided into two types: Jo is either covered in a thick coat of dust or he is sitting with other artists, talking and discussing. This holds true for Belgium or Dubai, Japan or Turkey – his curiosity is definitely a driving force in his art.
Karl Dahmen (art historian)
1964, born in Ulm, Germany
1981-84, apprenticeship as stone-mason and stone-sculptor in Ulm, Germany
1991-97, study of fine arts and sculpture (MA), Muthesius School of Fine Arts in Kiel, Germany, under Prof. Jan Koblasa
2012, doctor of liberal arts (DLA), University of Pécs, Hungary, under Prof. Colin Foster
1995, establishment as freelance artist in his own studio in Germany
2000-18, executive director of his art company ‘ars magnifica GmbH’, in collaboration with his wife
from 2025 studio management by his wife
nearly 40 single and 120 group exhibitions in Germany and abroad
participation in more than 60 international sculpture symposia worldwide
1998: start of the`KleyCity´ global art concept, installation of tower shaped sculptures in 26 countries so far
more than 100 large scale sculptures at public places worldwide (commissions, sculpture symposia)
