Biography

Jakob Kukula is a multidisciplinary creator, working in the fields of art, design and music. Born and raised in Berlin, he is life-long influenced by the city’s thriving scenes. After finishing his product design studies at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, that included abroad experiences at the Pratt Institute, NY and working with Studio Drift in Amsterdam, he returned to Berlin where he worked two years with the Studio Olafur Eliasson and finished his MA Thesis at KHB Weißensee.

As Founder of SpreeBerlin and Symbiotic lab, he currently explores a Planet-Centric Design practice; questioning the relationship between humans and nature, trying to find ways to reconnect and suggest ideas for a social and planetary transformation by combining art, design & science.

Shows

2024

01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025     Spore Initiative Berlin (DE)     Guiding Spirits
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025     Spore Initiative Berlin (DE)     Guiding Spirits
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025     Spore Initiative Berlin (DE)     Guiding Spirits
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025     Spore Initiative Berlin (DE)     Guiding Spirits
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025     Spore Initiative Berlin (DE)     Guiding Spirits

2023

Awards, Press & Publications

2024

2023

Contact

Studio Jakob Kukula
Berlin, Germany

→ info@jakobkukula.com‍

Year

Project

Partner

Kind

Place

2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
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2023
2023
2023

RiverSync
Guiding Spirits
Aeolian
Between Roots & Crowns
WildRiver:Prelude
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Diplomatic Suitcase
WeWater Exhibition
SpreeVision, All in for Berlin

EU-VOICE
MK&G, SKD Dresden, Sl
Waking Life
Schlosspark Branitz, Sl
School of Commons, Riverlov, Sabre, AKM, Digital Art Festival
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EuropeaWaterBodies, Spore
ECOSIA
ECOSIA

Sculpture, Exhibition, Plattform
Sculpture & Audio
Kinetic Sculpture
Artwork, Workshop, Performance
Audiovisual Performance
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Artwork
Exhibition, Curation
Urban Design, VR Experience

Berlin
Elbe
Portugal
Cottbus
Zurich
Istanbul
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Europe
Berlin
Berlin

2022
2022
2022
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2022
2022
2022‍

SpreeBerlin at Dutch Design Week
MetaMorphosis, Publication Release
MetaMorphosis II
Founding Symbiotic Lab
Living With Uncertainty
SpreeBerlin Finalist NEB
SpreeBerlin X OpenNext!

Waag NL
ENTKUNSTUNG
Art Biesenthal & Im Nirgendwo
Design Farm
Artist In Residency
New European Bauhaus
Open Next!

Fair & Paneltalk
Publication
Exhibition & Performance
Incubator, Funding
Residency Project
Award
Tech Fair

Eindhoven
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin
Munich
Brussels
Nancy

2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2021‍

Unseal the City
SpreeBerlin Culture Award
SpreeBerlin, Artist in LAB
SynchroniCities
Science in Dialouge
MetaMorphosis I‍

ROH X CURA
GDG
CityLab
B-Part
BMBF, WID, HSW
SOAM

Performance
Award
Summer School
Exhibition
Funding
Artist in Residence

Berlin
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin

2020
2020
2020-
2018
2018

2017
2017

2016‍

SpreeBerlin
Riverplay & A Sense Of Power
Studio Olafur Eliasson
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Co-Founding ROH Art
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Momentum
Made Of Rock @ Dutch Design Week

Kronos‍

Kunsthochschule Weißensee
Art Biesenthal

Various
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Bauhaus
Bauhaus
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Pratt Institute‍

‍Thesis Master of Arts
Production & Development
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Artists Collective
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Thesis -Bachelor of Arts
Exhibition

Artwork

Berlin
Berlin
Berlin

Berlin
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Weimar
Berlin

New York

‍Awards, Press & Publications
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→ All in for Berlin, ECOSIA 2023
‍→ STARTS Prize, Finalist
→ New European Bauhaus, Finalist, 2022
→ GDG Design Kultur Award, 2021
→ Hochschulwettbewerb - Bioökonomie 2021
→ Transforming Cities
→ Circular Society Forum Berlin

MetaMorphosis
→ Metamorphosis Publication, ENTKUNSTUNG X Symbiotic Lab
‍‍SpreeBerlin
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Studio Jakob Kukula
Berlin, Germany

→ info@jakobkukula.com‍