Nicole Jutka Biography
The artist, art educator, and designer was born and raised in Bucharest during the communist era. Escaping the oppressive and totalitarian regime proved both challenging and perilous—her attempts were thwarted on multiple occasions. Consequently, Jutka's aspiration to flee remained a persistent companion. Alongside her brother Jan Stoian, a distinguished jazz musician, Jutka boldly protested against Nicolae Ceaușescu and his dictatorship in 1989, advocating for the freedom of the people. In 1990, she ultimately succeeded in emigrating to Germany. She divides her time between Bucharest and Düsseldorf. For Jutka, it is evident that the form and content of her works are equally significant as the how, why, and for whom she creates them, reflecting her deeply ingrained ethical convictions. Her visually striking, vibrant, and intricate works draw inspiration from her observations of cultural, social, and political developments, as well as her engagement in exhibition concepts and projects. "My experience as a teacher inspired me to consider how art can influence and engage audiences more directly," explains Nicole Jutka. Over her more than 12 years as an art educator, she has been exceptionally active, participating in over 200 art education projects at her own art school and various institutions, with more than 2,000 students involved.
The artist demonstrates both the courage and talent to employ a striking color palette. She specializes in fluorescent hues, which she harmonizes with black light, resulting in a dual existence for the artwork, manifesting in both light and darkness. This duality, the parallel life or "soul" of the painting, emerges as a sculptural painting within a political and aesthetic framework, providing the audience with an ethical and interactive discourse.
Since 2013, Nicole Jutka has delved into the interplay between light and darkness through the concept "LIGHT PENETRATES DARKNESS," a compelling theme that engages with our existence alongside philosophical and spiritual inquiries. She employs fluorescent pigments to grant viewers access to an alternate dimension, crafting a realm of luminosity and vivid color. Each composition adapts to its environment, akin to a sculpture with dynamic imagery. A mother of two sons, she is an internationally acclaimed visual artist, recognized with numerous awards and exhibitions in museums. Her works are housed in collections across various countries, including Germany, the USA, France, Italy, Slovakia, and Romania. Since 2021, Nicole Jutka has also committed herself to establishing and curating the Nicole Jutka Gallery, an avant-garde space with four locations: Bucharest and Olimp in Romania, Bedburg in Germany, and Cannes on the Côte d'Azur in France (collaboration). Dr. Anita Shah, curator and art critic
The distinctive, expressive line is readily recognizable as one of the hallmark traits, unique in its perception and artistic essence. Jutka delves into significant and expressive dimensions, including coloristic accents, fluorescent references, and artistic sensibility, with these elements embodying the prominent characteristics of his work. Dr. Peter Markovik, an esteemed art critic and curator at the Löffler Museum in Košice, Slovakia.
STUDY AND TRAINING
2024 – Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of Bucharest
2024 | September – December – Diploma course “Contemporary Art Industry and Curating,” directed by Ștefania Dobrescu (Curator @ Mobius Gallery)
2019 – Training: Manager, European Fund Specialist, Appraiser, Eurobest Team, Bucharest, Romania, Artmarkt Auction House, Bucharest, Romania
2019 – Course: Art History and Artistic Management, Artmarkt Auction House, Bucharest, Romania
2014 – Course: Art Educator for Culture and Schools. Ministry of Culture and Education, Cologne, Germany.
2009 – 2011 – Pursued Fine Arts and Art Education at the Institute for Culture in Cologne.
2011 – Advanced Studies: Cultural Aspects, Cultural Institute Cologne
2009 – 2010 – Continuing education: Qualification in adult education (foundational training) courses for educators at all adult education centers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 – 2001 – Pursued studies in graphic and multimedia design. Incurricula, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1990 – 1992 – Pursued a degree in fashion design at the Ioan Slătineanu Academy in Bucharest, Romania.
A W A R D S_
2025 | Artistic Curatorial Contribution Diploma – ITER ARTLAND INTERNATIONAL, Venice Awarded for active involvement in supporting art education and promoting the new generation of creators.
2024 | Luxembourg Art Prize 2024 – Certificate of Artistic Merit (Pinacoteca Museum, Luxembourg). Awarded in recognition of outstanding artistic quality among international participants.
2023 | MIHAI EMINESCU Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Mihai Eminescu Academy, Craiova, Romania
2021 | Circle Quarterly Magazine Contest - Excellence Award for work “Green free tree”
2021 | Diploma, full member of the Tomitan Academy for important activity in the field of art from Archbishop Theodosius of Tomis, Constanta/Romania
2020 | GLOBAL ART CONTEST, CATEGORIE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS , Shangai/China
2020 | PRIZE FOR PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE, LIFE‘s WORK, Academie Dimitrie Cantemir/Romania
2019 | PRIX D ENCOURAGEMENT DU JURY,Loubet, Cote d Azur/France
2017 | Arta Vita Art Contest, Santa Barbara/USA
2016 | “HEIMAT” (HOME) ART COMPETITION Cologne/Germany , 2nd place in the “Group Prize” category your art school “Atelier Jutka” Artschool for all
– for student Abdulrahman Barghoti 3rd place in the category “Youngsters – up to 18 years”
2016 | PREMIO INTERNATIONALE D´ARTE, „PREMIO SPECIALE DELLA GIURA“, San Crispino, Italia, for work “Wings” and “Pain”
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N_ (last years)
2024 - 2025 | PRAY FOR LOVE AND PEACE. To Have or to Be. BUNDESTAG; BERLIN (preliminary version)
2024 - 2025 | Galeria Renaissance, Guy Gaflon, Cannes, France (under development)
2024 | August 25–27, ART 3F, MONACO Art Fair
June 13–16, 2024 | Wedding, Our Daily Bread, Artbox Project Basel 3.0, EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse, Switzerland
May 30 - June 2, 2024 | PRAY LOVE PEACE; Annual Nac 2024, Neo Art Connect, Hala La Minor, Bucharest, Romania
April 10–30, 2024 | Hanging Garden; Galeria Cipriarte, Side Events of the Venice Biennale, Veneto, Italy
April 12–21, 2024 | Hanging Garden; Galeria Renaissance Art by Guy Kalfon, 52nd Antibes Art Fair, Antibes, France
February 25, 2024 – Peace initiative “Let’s Send the Dove of Peace” in partnership with the band Boney M, Palace Hall, Bucharest, Romania
23.12.2023 – in collaboration with the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra from Austria, Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania
2023 | December 6–10, FRIENDLY LETTERBOARD_LET'S SEND A BIRD OF PEACE, ARTBOX EXPO Miami ART BASEL; Mana Convention Center; MIAMI / USA
2023 | September 15–17, LOVE. NOT WAR, ART 3 F, LUXEMBOURG Art Fair
2023 | June 15–18, DOVE OF PEACE for the USA, ART BASEL 2.0, Artbox Projects, BASEL / SWITZERLAND
2023 | May 25–28, DOVE OF PEACE for the USA, Festival of Romanians from around the world, Aici-Acolo, BUCHAREST / ROMANIA
2023 | May 13 – September 1, DOVE OF PEACE: LET US SEND A DOVE OF PEACE, Romanian Design Week (satellite location), Nicole Jutka Gallery, BUCHAREST / ROMANIA (SOLO)
2023 | April 17 – 26, FUTURE DAY; NEW YORK 2.0, Artbox Projects, Wynwood, NEW YORK / USA
2023 | April 8 – 28, HANGING GARDEN; Renaissance Art Gallery by Guy Gaflon, Antibes Art Fair, ANTIBES / FRANCE
2023 | March 31 - June 6, Galerie Johanna Dürig, Glarus, Switzerland (solo)
2022 | November 28 – December 10, Art Basel Art Week Miami, Artbox Project, Wynwood, Miami, USA
2022 | October 24 – November 5, Casa del Arte, Palma, PALMA DE MALLORCA / SPAIN 2023 | February 28 – August 30, La vie en rose, ARTSY, exclusively online
(SOLO) 2022 | July 16 – January 28, 2023, "The Wave That Breaks the Beach," Nicole Jutka Gallery, OLIMP / ROMANIA (SOLO)
2022 | April Art Fair Shanghai/China (corona limited)
2022 | Monaco (corona limited)
2022 | Prize Eminescu, “Light penetrates darkness” Ovidiu, arhiescopie Magma, Constanta/Romania
2022 | D ARTE GALLERY, Auction House , Bratislava/Slovakia (corona limited)
2021 | November - Januar Maenner Villa, Wien/Austria
2021 | October 1-31, Terra: Nova Forum, Elsdorf/Germany
2021 | September 11-12, Alte Rathaus, Bedburg/Germany
2021 | July Europa Artfair Amsterdam/Holland
2021 | June 5- 31 August, “ Open happy light Space”Nicole Jutka Gallery Bucharest/Romania 2021 | May 28-30 “Festivalul romanilor de pretutindeni- Aici-Acolo”, online Exhibition, Bucharest/Romania 2021 | Mai 5 “Exploring the emotional potential of occupying a luminal free space between music and painting.” Free performance; painting by Nicole Jutka on Jazz Music by Bogdan Stoian, Olimp/Romania 2020 | Nov performative act, call to action, “LET US ACT IN LOVE AND LIGHT FOR US, OUR CHILDREN, FOR THE WORLD." Online Facebook performative act (call to action) 2019 | August - September Project F7 – La vie en…pink, Villeneuve-Loubet, Espace Rene Tosti, Cote d Azur/France 2019 | Iuly - August, Project F7 – La vie en…pink, Muzeul Taranului roman, Bucharest/Romania
2018 | February - April , Galeria Alexandra’s Bucharest/Romania
2018 | February, Art Fair, Parallax, London/UK
2017 | June, Etoile Gallery, Düsseldorf/Germany
2017 | June, Art Safari Art Fair, Bucharest/Romania
2016 | June, Kunstraub Gallery, Cologne/Germany
2016 | May, Art Safari Art Fair, Bucharest/Romania
2016 | April, Centrul Cultural UNESCO, Bucharest/Romania
2015 | November/ Dezember, Muzeul Taranului Roman, Bucharest/Romania
2015 | November, Art Fair A19, Paris/France
2015 | April - May , Glashaus Gallery „La vie en rose“, Bedburg, Germany
2015 | Januar - Februar, Löffler Museum, Kosice, Slovakia
2014 | Oktober, DARTE GALLERY, Auction House , Bratislava/Slovakia
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N (last years)_
2021 | September 3 - Dezember 3, “BLACK SEA FEELINGS”, Nicole Jutka Gallery/Olimp, Romania 2021 | Juni 11 - 12 MUSIC & PAINTING, fantastic Fusion Nicole and Rachel Jutka performing painting on life Jazz music by jazz-stars Jan Stoian and Robert Patai 2019 | December, Artbox Art Fair, Miami, USA 2019 August, Artbox Salon, Zurich/Swiss
2019 | May, Codrin Gallery, Bucharest/Romania
2019 | May, Cotroceni Museum, Bucharest/Romania
2018 | August, History Museum Constanta/Romania
2018 | Januar, Unesco, Bucharest/Romania
2017 | October, Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris/France
2017 | August, National Museum, Bran/Romania
2017 | July, Unesco, Bucharest/Romania
2017 | July, Church San Nicolaus, Predeal/Romania
2017 | July, History Museum Ipotesti/Romania
2017 | June, Art & Fashion, Mamaia/Romania
2017 | European Book Art Biennale Collection Galerie Yummis Tsuzuki, Tokyo/Japan
2016 | 3rd European International Book Art Biennale, Kuna/India
2016 | Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich/Swiss
2016 | Premio Internationale D’Arte, San Crispino/Italia
2016| Kult Gallery, Bedburg/German
E D U C A T I O N_
2019 | Arthistory, Artmanagement, bei Auction House Artmarkt Bucharest/Romania
2014 | Further Education: to Art Teacher/Educator for culture and school, ministry for culture and education Cologne/Germany
2009 – 2011 | * Artpedagogic, Cologne Culture Institute, Cologne/Germany
2011 | Furt Further Education: Aspects of the Culture of Aging, Culture Institute Cologne/Germany
2011 | Further Education: Moderating, Presenting, Visualizing, VHS Düsseldorf /Germany
2011 | Further Education: Quality development and accompanying learning counseling, Volkshochschule Düsseldorf/Germany
2009 – 2010 | * Adult Basic Educational qualification for course instructors at community college in NRW, Düsseldorf/Germany
2010 | Further Education: Communication and collegial advice, VHS Düsseldorf /Germany
2009 | Further Education: Moderating, Presenting, Visualizing, VHS Düsseldorf /Germany
2009 | Further Education: Learning in groups, VHS Düsseldorf /Germany
2009 | Further Education: Communication and collegial advice, VHS / Germany
2009 | Further Education: Teaching and learning in adult education, VHS Düsseldorf/ Germany
2009 | Further Education: Adult Education Center as a place of learning and field of activity, Düsseldorf Adult Education Center/Germany
2009 | Further Education: Quality development and accompanying learning counseling, VHS Düsseldorf/Germany
2000 – 2001 | * Multimedia Graphic-Design and Desktop Publishing Specialist, Incurricula, Mönchengladbach/Germany
1990 – 1993 | * Fashion Design, Ioan Slatineanu Academy, Bucharest/Romania
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E_
since 2021 | Owner Nicole Jutka Gallery
since 2019 | President Asociation „Part of world“
2010-2020 | Owner of Atelier Jutka,“Art School for all“ Bedburg/Germany,
since 2011 | Founding „Teamart 11“, Team Building for companies and their employees
since 2002 | Freelance Artist
1993-1998 | Artdirector bei EWS Sindorf/Germany
P E D A G O G I C A L P R O J E C T S_ (Choice from 200 Projects)
2019 | International Project „ la vie en pink“, France-Romania
2017 – 2018 | „Europa“, graffiti action, Erasmus project Europe, Berufskolleg Adolf-Kolping, Germany, exhibition
2017 – 2018 | „Love no war“, identity, intercultural project Europe international kids, Berufskolleg Bergheim, Germany, exhibition
2017 – 2018| „New fables, young authors“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Wilhelm Busch Schule, Bedburg, Germany, Culture and School, exhibition
2017 – 2018| „New fables, young authors“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Hermann Gemeinde Schule Glesch, Bedburg, Germany, Culture and School, exhibition
2017 – 2018 | „Love no war“, identity, intercultural project Europe international kids two groups, Berufskolleg Kerpen, Germany, exhibition
2016 – 2017 |„part of this world“ identity, intercultural project Europe international kids two groups, Berufskolleg Kerpen, Germany, exhibition
2016 – 2017| „Inspiration Fables“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Hermann Gemeinde Schule Glesch, Bedburg, Germany, Culture and School, exhibition
2015 – 2016 | „part of this world“ identity, intercultural project Europe international kids, graffiti, Berufskolleg Kerpen, Germany, exhibition
2015 – 2016 |„Inspiration Fables“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Hermann Gemeinde Schule Gleschl, Bedburg, Germany, Culture and School, exhibition
2015 – 2016 | „Inspiration Fables“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Wilhelm Busch School, Bedburg , Culture and School, exhibition
2015„part of this world“ identity, intercultural project orphan kids, Löffler Museum, Kosice, Slovakia
2014-2015 | „my dream home“ , ethics, literature, identity, intercultural project School in Pulheim, Germany
2014 – 2015 | „part of this world“ identity, intercultural project Europe, Berufskolleg Kerpen, Germany
2014| „part of this world“ identity, intercultural project Europe, Berufskolleg Kerpen, exhibition
2013 – 2014 | „Inspiration Fables“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Wilhelm Busch School, Bedburg, Germany, Culture and School, exhibition
2013 | „Part of this World“, identity, intercultural project. OGS, junior and secondary school Elsdorf, Germany, exhibition
2012 – 2013 | „Inspiration Fables“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Wilhelm Busch School, Bedburg, Germany, Culture and School, exhibition by Nicole Jutka, intercultural project. junior and secondary school Elsdorf, Germany, exhibition 2012 | after book „ Bello and the blue wonder“ ( Paul Maar) painting and sculpture, intercultural Wilhelm Busch School, exhibition Bedburg Castel 2011 – 2013 | „Inspiration Fables“, painting, sculpture, ethics, literature, theater, recycling, Wilhelm Busch School, Bedburg, Germany, Culture and School, exhibition. 2011 | „Part of this World“, identity, intercultural project. Berufskolleg Kerpen, exhibition 2011 | „holiday without suitcases _ Picasso and I“, retirement home, Elsdorf. 2010 | Musical RitterRost, interdisciplinary School, Kaster
A R T R E S I D E N C Y _ (symposiums)
2021 | Mannervilla, Wien/Osterreich
2018 | Eforie Sud, Unesco – Artcaravane, Romania, Dimbovicioara,, Romania
2017 | Sucevita Unesco – Artcaravane, Romania
2017 | Ipotesti Unesco – Artcaravane, Romania, Predeal
2017 | Bran Unesco – Artcaravane, Romania
Certificate of excellence to all symposions
P U B L I C A T I O N _
2021 | Nicole Jutka, Germany
2020 | F7, La vie en Pink
2017 | Art Safari, Bucharest, 9 786068605531
2016 | Art Safari, Bucharest, 9 786068605531
2015 | New People 1151361, Löffler Museum
2014 | Das Glashaus
2014 | New People, New Landscape 1373470
2013 |Das Experiment, 1961678
P R E S S & M E D I A _2020-2021
https://mobil.rundschau-online.de/region/rhein-erft/bedburg/kunstpreis-aus-shanghai-bedburger-kuenstlerin-erhaelt-global-art-award-fuer-ihr-oelgemaelde-37891800?cb=1633847995218
https://www.modernism.ro/2020/12/17/nicoleta-jutka-premiul-intai-global-art-award-2020-shanghai-china/
https://lifeandstyle.ro/index.php/2021/07/04/galeria-privata-un-proiect-special-semnat-de-nicole-jutka/
https://www.modernism.ro/2021/06/09/nicole-jutka-gallery-deschisa-romanian-design-week/
https://www.ziarulmetropolis.ro/open-happy-light-space-la-nicole-jutka-gallery-un-nou-spatiu-expozitional-din-bucuresti/
https://www.lokalbuero.com/2021/05/10/kunst-aktion-kinderrechte-ein-platz-fuer-jedes-kind/?fbclid=IwAR32tvwnNMrUIlLkvwa9ukihoXvsWqAuHbFiHKtNAFOq3PHYjcVCc-x0BaM
https://roma.mae.ro/local-news/3069
https://klaudija.de/ein-platz-fuer-kinder-unicef-kunstaktion-von-heribert-klein-geht-um-die-welt?fbclid=IwAR2CzqLzybfqro9ARfeQNuiVNeBC6VshCDDqCyP2lWOe9gqelIRgj4Rr2w8
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M O R E P R E S S & M E D I A _
Link to CV and Bio :
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