Exploration serves as the fundamental impetus behind artistic creation—employing the tools of art while maintaining a deliberate distance from both the (self-)artist and the artwork. This approach is intertwined with fragmentation, a series of distinct perspectives that observe and document the creative processes and their assimilation into the surrounding context.
Jan-Hendrik Pelz, also known by the artistic pseudonym Paula Pelz, was born in 1984 in Filderstadt. He pursued his studies at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart from 2007 to 2015 under the mentorship of Professor Christian Jankowski and Dr. Anne Vieth. In 2011, he expanded his artistic practice through an Erasmus scholarship at the Academy of Art and Design FHNW in Basel. In 2018, he was conferred the title of Meisterschüler within the Weißenhof Program.
Pelz’s oeuvre encompasses a diverse range of media, including painting, installation, conceptual art, and video art. His works have been featured in a breadth of exhibitions, both domestically and internationally, with notable showcases in New York (USA), Bogotá (Colombia), the Istanbul Biennial (Turkey), and London.