Jan
Bauer

Jan Bauer, born in Schwerin in 1972, spent the 2000s in Berlin. He currently lives and works in Bavaria. From 1993 to 2000 Bauer completed his studies in Leipzig at the Academy of Fine Arts (specialist class A. Klein). In 2013 he was awarded the Friedrich Schlie Prize of the State Museums of Schwerin. Jan Bauer prefers to work in series of paintings and drawings, which he develops over several years. In his works he shapes the style of "documentary painting". Therefore, these are characterized, among other things, by a particularly meticulous and precise working method. The works of Jan Bauer have been presented several times in various institutions and galleries in Germany, Italy, Argentina and the United States.