Jannis Kustak
In his paintings
, Kustak explores nature in depth, emphasising the tension between transience and rebirth. He uses expressive, deliberately unnatural colour palettes and clear contours, which lend his works a striking, almost graphic effect.
His works straddle the line between draughtsmanlike precision and classical painting, as he simultaneously utilises painterly depth and varied textures. A central component of his painting process is a base layer of acrylic paint, which interacts with the overlying layers of oil paint. This underlying layer of paint shows through in places, creating subtle breaks and lending the paintings a dynamic surface movement. Inspired by bark textures, branching patterns and organic structures, Kustak develops complex pictorial spaces
that interlock and exhibit both naturalistic and abstract qualities.
Exhibitions
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2024; Group exhibition “Epitaph”
2024; HAW Finkenau Tour, Hamburg
2025 HAW Finkenau Art Walk, Hamburg
2025 Hamburg Artist Art Market
2025 Berlin Artist Art Market
2026 OPEN PERSPECTIVES – Diversity of Artistic Perspectives on Life, KULTURBUNKER, Bonn
2026 Death? Yes/No/Maybe: A Hidden Variable, Berlin
2026 Solo exhibition ÜBER HOLZ UNTERHOLZ, Hamburg
2026 Skm Community Exhibition – INNER LANDSCAPES, Leipzig
Studio visit with Jannis Kustak
Here you can see the last eight works sold
