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Rhythm, sensuality and humor characterize Jac’s work. Known as a choreographer and writer, her drawings and artworks are now center stage. Jac Carley cofounded tanzfabrik berlin in 1978, where her evening-length choreographies defined the first decade of this internationally recognized institution. As an author of fiction and nonfiction, her books have been published in major houses in Germany, her poetry in small presses in the US. Born in NJ, she received a BA with Special Honors in Dance at George Washington University where she studied under Prof Maida Withers. In Philadelphia, she danced with Group Motion Multi Media Dance Company. In Berlin, Lara Faroqhi, Michael Hegewald and Christine Arweiler have instructed her.

Since 2011 she has focused entirely on making visual art, including drawing, action painting, printing methods, that often includes text or visual cues to story telling. The female figure is her first love, but she is now moving on to abstract work dealing with anger and abundance.

Exhibitions

ON MY WAY (Aug. 26 - Sept 25, 2022) at Under the Mango Tree Gallery, Schöneberg Berlin ; Extensive interview at Sanctuary.com, about her works on Braille and women’s stories; ARTSPRING, open-studio showings at BAI, (June 11/12, 2022); ARTidote, a group show celebrating the second anniversary of 2 Chairs Artspace, held at ErsterErster gallery Berlin (April, 2022); BO/DY, a group show selected and presented by Nefarious Contemporary (online, March 2021-ongoing); Light Ekphrastic exchange between poet and artist; ‘Femmes et Lettres’ Cedré Blanc (Berlin, Solo, 2020-2021); opening of 2 Chairs Art Space (with interview, internet, 2020); ‘Touch.Me.Not.’ Installation at BAI (Berlin, 2019), ‘Body, Line & Glass’ with Amy West Design for Venice Glass Week (Murano 2018-19), ‘Invasive Seaweed’ (photographs) Glaube Liebe Hoffnung Restaurant/Gallery (Berlin, Solo, 2019), ‘Sketch the Moment I’ and ‘Sketch the Moment II’ Galerie ZeitZone (Berlin, Group,2018, 2019), ‘Nudes!’ Cédre Blanc (Berlin/Solo/2018), Invitational Salon of Small Works (Group 2018), L’Origin du Monde (Berlin/Solo/2014,2015,2016,2017), Takt Galerie (Berlin/Group/2017).

Residencies at Berlin Art Institute, August/Nov 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022.

For more information about Jac’s background in dance, publishing and higher education click here: https://jacalyn-carley.com