Jakob Kukula

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 practice; questioning the relationship between humans and nature, seeking ways to reconnect and suggesting ideas for transformation by combining art, design & science.

Year
Project
Partner
Kind
Place
2025
2025
2025

2024
2024
2024
2024
2024


2023
2023
2023
Veden Vire
Buoy & Right for the Spree
Diplomatic Suitcase

RiverSync
Guiding Spirits
Aeolian
Between Roots & Crowns
WildRiver:Prelude


Diplomatic Suitcase
WeWater Exhibition
SpreeVision, All in for Berlin
Monom, ALAKARI, SPATIAL Festival
Humboldt Forum "On Water"
MAC - Museum of Modern Art, Confluence

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

EuropeaWaterBodies, Spore
ECOSIA
ECOSIA
Sound Portal, Installation, Stage Design
Sculpture & Law
Exhibition

Sculpture, Exhibition, Platform
Sculpture & Audio
Kinetic Sculpture
Artwork, Workshop, Performance
Audiovisual Performance


Artwork
Exhibition, Curation
Urban Design, VR Experience
Berlin & Finland
Berlin
Lisbon, Amsterdam

Berlin
Elbe
Portugal
Zürich
Istanbul


Europe
Berlin
Berlin
2022
2022
2022

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
Publication & Panel

Ritual, Sculpture
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

Co-Founding ROH Art

Momentum
Made Of Rock @ Dutch Design Week
Kronos

Kunsthochschule Weißensee
Art Biesenthal


Various

Bauhaus
Bauhaus

Pratt Institute
Thesis Master of Arts
Production & Development


Artists Collective

Thesis -Bachelor of Arts
Exhibition

Artwork
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin

Berlin

Weimar
Berlin

New York

Awards, Press & Publications

MetaMorphosis
→ Metamorphosis Publication, ENTKUNSTUNG X Symbiotic Lab

SpreeBerlin
→ ZDF - Heute Journal (ab min 3:54) ↗
All in for Berlin Fund, ECOSIA 2023STARTS Prize, Finalist
New European Bauhaus, Finalist, 2022
GDG Design Kultur Award, 2021
Hochschulwettbewerb - Bioökonomie 2021
→ Transforming Cities
→ Circular Society Forum Berlin

Made of Rock
→ bauhausstudio100
Designing Sustainable Interventions at Dutch Design Week 2017
→ Dezeen
→ Interview on Dutch Design Week 2017

Awards, Press & Publications

MetaMorphosis
→ Metamorphosis Publication, ENTKUNSTUNG X Symbiotic Lab

SpreeBerlin
→ ZDF - Heute Journal (ab min 3:54)↗
All in for Berlin Fund, ECOSIA 2023STARTS Prize, Finalist
New European Bauhaus, Finalist, 2022
GDG Design Kultur Award, 2021
Hochschulwettbewerb - Bioökonomie 2021
→ Transforming Cities
→ Circular Society Forum Berlin

Made of Rock
→ bauhausstudio100
Designing Sustainable Interventions at Dutch Design Week 2017
→ Dezeen
→ Interview on Dutch Design Week 2017

Berlin, Germany
info@jakobkukula.com
Instagram
LinkedIn

Impressum

Wild River Prelude
RiverSync - Boje
Aeolian
Irideszenz
Wild River Prelude - Istanbul
Veden Vire
Wild River Prelude
Wild River Prelude
MetaMorphosis - Art Biesenthal
RiverSync Buoy
SpreeVision
Stream
AquaSonic
MetaMorphosis
Living With Uncertainties
Unseal The City
Aeolian
Four Siblings
Guiding Spirits
MetaMorphosis - Im Nirgendwo
Four Siblings
MetaMorphosis - Publication
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Art   •   Design   •   Research   •   Science.  •  Planet-Centric   •   Transformation   •  
Art   •   Design   •   Research   •   Science.  •  Planet-Centric   •   Transformation   •  
Art   •   Design   •   Research   •   Science.  •  Planet-Centric   •   Transformation   •  
Art   •   Design   •   Research   •   Science.  •  Planet-Centric   •   Transformation   •  
Art   •   Design   •   Research   •   Science.  •  Planet-Centric   •   Transformation   •  
artistic research

On Wind • Iridiszenz

2025

On Wind • Aeolian

2024

On Water • Wild River Prelude

2024

On Water • Riverplay

2022

On Time • Kronos

2021-22

symbiotic lab projects

Veden Vire

2025

Guiding Spirits

2024

Diplomatic Suitcase

2024

MetaMorphosis

2021-24

WeWater

2023

SpreeVision

2020-23

SpreeBerlin - Voice Of A River

2020-22

Living With Uncertainties

2022

Unseal the City

2021

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