Contact
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Honolulu, HI 96816
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Vita

Born

Waimea, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

Exhibitions

2023 - The Art Gallery University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Honolulu New Painting Invitational", Honolulu

2022 – Maui Arts & Cultural Center, “Paper Water Wind”, Kahului

2020 – Koa Gallery, “Between Words”, Honolulu 

2017 – Honolulu Museum of Art, “Contact”, Honolulu 

2016 – Ho‘omaika‘i project, “Kilohana”, Honolulu 

2016 – Cedar Street Gallery, “Napp / Khewhok”, Honolulu 

2016 – Honolulu Museum of Art, “Contact”, Honolulu

2015 – Film premier, “The Waypoint”, Movie Museum, Honolulu

2015 – Honolulu Museum of Art, “Contempo #Artshop”, Honolulu

2014 – Underwater exhibition, “Hide &  Seek”, GPS: N 21 17.200’ W 157 51.623’

2014 – Solo exhibition, “episodes”, Wilke Atelier, Bremerhaven

2014 – Honolulu Museum of Art, “HJCC”, Honolulu

2014 – Honolulu Museum of Art, “Contact”, Honolulu

2013 – Exhibition discourse, “Where We Walk”, Honolulu

2011 – Solo exhibition, “breezeways”, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu

2010 – Solo exhibition, “In-between”, The Contemporary Museum at
First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu

2010 – Solo exhibition, “catching ripples”, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig

2010 – schreier & metternich fine arts, “Napp und Ghyczy”, Duesseldorf 

2009 – Solo exhibition, “Weather”, Galerie 149, Bremerhaven

2008 – Rebenpark, “BS-Visite”, Braunschweig

2008 – Underwater exhibition, “New Neighbors”, GPS: N 21 17. 200’ W 157 51. 623’

2008 – Solo exhibition, “our plantation”, Galerie vom Zufall und vom Glueck, Hannover

2008 – schreier & von metternich fine arts, “High Society”, Duesseldorf

2007 – Solo exhibition, “virus project / paintings & drawings // 2007 ///”
HPU Art Gallery, Honolulu

2006 – Solo exhibition, “Viruses 2006”, one-week.de, Berlin

2005 – The Contemporary Museum “Contempo”, Honolulu (cat.)

2005 – Solo exhibition, “Wall Viruses A-Z”, Workspace, Honolulu

2004 – Solo exhibition, “Viruses”, one-hour.de, Berlin

2002 – Solo exhibition, “Documents of Empathy”, KulturFabrik, Krefeld

2002 – Galerie Schreiter, “Milena Aguilar Janetta Napp”, Muenchen

2002 – 5. Niedersaechsische Grafiktriennale-Drawing, Holzminden (cat.)            

2001 – Solo exhibition, “Painting Plus”, Galerie auf Zeit, Braunschweig (cat.)

2001 – Solo exhibition, “Janetta Napp”, Kunstverein Halberstadt

2001 – MDR  Television Cultural Report “ Region Sachsen- Anhalt”

2000 – Kunst am Tor “Kuenstler Stipendium des Landkreises”, Wolfsburg

1999 – Galerie Tangsi “Tangsi Braunschweig Collaboration”, Kuala Lumpur

1999 – Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, “Schlaglicht”, Wolfsburg

1998 – Solo exhibition, “Janetta Napp”, Kunstverein Wolfenbuettel

1997 – Galerie der Burg Giebichenstein “ 2 x 2 Braunschweig-Halle”, Halle

1996 – Solo exhibition, “Janetta Napp”, Kreishaus Helmstedt (cat.)

1995 – Galerie Awangarda, Breslau

1995 – Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum “Heinrich der Loewe”, Braunschweig (cat.)

1994 – Sparkasse Goettingen “Kunst am Bau”

1994 – Kunstverein Aurich

1994 – Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
“Kunst Studenten stellen aus”, Bonn (cat.)

1994 – “Weilburgerer Foerderpreis für Bildende Kunst” (cat.)

Grants

2014 – Stipendium Wilke-Atelier, Bremerhaven

2001 – Artist documentation

1999 – Group project including realization, concept and fundraising
“Kunst Direkt - Kunst in Ateliers der Region”

1996 – Artist documentation Stipendium Landkreis Helmstedt

Works in public and private collections:

Commission for the Under Water Museum of Art, Walton Beach

Commission for the altar Martin Chemnitz Church, Braunschweig (470x400cm)

Landkreis Helmstedt

Deutsche Bank

Fachhochschule Wolfenbuettel

Stadtwerke Halle

Kulturinstitut Braunschweig

Four Seasons Maui Art Collection

Education

1993-94
MFA / Aufbaustudium Meisterschuelerin with Prof. Arwed D. Gorella

1989-93
Study of Fine Arts at the HBK Braunschweig with Prof. Arwed D. Gorella; BFA /
Diplom 1993 with honors

1988-89
Study of Fine Arts at the University of Mainz with Prof. D. Brembs

1978-80
Folkwangschule Essen with Prof. G. Reker

1975-76
Study of Fine Arts at the University of Hawai‘i, Studio Program Honolulu Academy
of Arts with L. Pohl

1974
High-School Diploma, Hawai‘i

Teaching

2009-18
Course teaching-drawing and painting, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu

2013
Course teaching for children, Art to Go, Kalihi Uka Elementary School, Honolulu

2011
Course teaching-drawing-painting-objects for children and young adults,
Leipziger Summer Academy, Leipzig

2009
Course teaching-painting-drawing-objects, Pentiment International Summer Academy, Hamburg

2009
Course teaching-drawing, Leipziger Summer Academy, Leipzig

2006
Course teaching-painting, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu

2006
Course teaching-painting, Hochschule fuer Kunst und Design, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle

Bibliography

Weilburger Foerderpreis fuer Bildende Kunst 1993. Merenberg: Magistrat der Stadt Weilburg, 1993. pp. Napp

Kunst von Frauen. Gr. Oesingen: Landkreis Gifhorn, 1994. pp 30-31.

Meisterschüler 1994. Braunschweig: HBK Braunschweig, 1994. pp. 44-45,
83-84

Kunststudenten stellen aus12. Bundeswettbewerb 1994. Stuttgart: Bundesministerium
für Bildung und Wissenschaft, 1994. pp. 30-33

Renner, Klaus und Brüdern, Jutta. Kirchliche Kunst im Braunschweiger Land. Hildesheim: Landeskirchenamt der Evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirche, 1994,
pp. 73-75

Luckhardt, Jochen und Niehoff, Franz. Heinrich der Loewe und seine Zeit, Muenchen: Hirmer, 1995. pp. 73-75

Janetta Napp. Braunschweig, 1996.

Janetta Napp. Braunschweig, 2001.

5 Niedersaechsische Grafik Trienale Zeichnung. Holzminden: Kunstkreis Holzminden, 2002. pp. 74-75

Janetta Napp. Berlin: Appelhans, 2010.