Hello Gorgeous!
My name is Jasha Soyka. I am a mixed media artist, perpetual traveler and creative nerd from Berlin. I make visual art for your walls, art that is full of life, colors, waves and overall very talkative. It tells stories about beauty, boldness, heartbreak, ponders complexities, seeks compassion. I portray humans that inspire me, draw curious creatures that put me in awe, and document the world around me, while traveling around it with my iridescent family.
Growing up in Berlin, I have always been surrounded by art, music, activism, and a plethora of different communities. Being queer, born with disability, a child of migration, raised by a straight catholic & a gay atheist, and having experienced communism as well as capitalism, gave me access to many different worlds, ideas, experiences and perspectives. It made me endlessly curious, a passionate activist, cynically optimistic about the world, life and everything.
I was born 81 in Berlin, studied graphic design, audio engineering and animation, and worked as a designer/developer in sound, digital and print media. Since 2007 I am exhibiting and selling my art, creating award-winning animations. In 2016 I left Berlin and the work as a designer behind for good to travel the world with my wife & two kids and make art.
We're currently traveling the UK.
Exhibitions
SÜDOST EUROPA KULTUR E.V. Sept - Oct 10, Berlin
»WE GO MAGIC, SYSTEM, WE GO« –
Solo exhibition at the gallery of SÜDOST EUROPA KULTUR E.V.
TANTE HORST, Dez 09 - Jan 10, Berlin
“NIECH MNIE WIDZA: SIMPLY THE BEST”–
Solo exhibition at TANTE HORST
CAFÉ MORGENROT, Aug - Sept 09, Berlin
Berlin – Solo exhibition at CAFÉ MORGENROT
TANTE HORST, Jan 09, Berlin
“About days & colors, expectations & mango trees, ferry boats & angry
lions and the relevance of the sad child - Joanna Soyka, Illustrations”, Berlin –
Solo exhibition at TANTE HORST
Scholarships & Awards
ART BY CHANCE Nov 12, worldwide
“Simple. Find Home” selected for the Ultra Short Film Festival “Art by Chance” - the (at that time) biggest public art event in the world. Art By Chance Selection films pop up on thousands of public screens in +20 countries +200 cities.
RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL NEW YORK Nov 12, New York
“The Week” selected for the 2012 RE/Mixed Media Festival in New York.
XXII. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SAINT-PETERSBURG 2012
“The Week” was selected for the competition. The short was screened during the festival and I was invited to partake.
BEST MASHNEW EXPERIENCE, June 2012, Rome
My shortfilm “The Week“ was screened at the MAshRome Film Fest 2012 in Rome, and awarded with "Best MashNewExperience”.
Filmography
SIMPLE. FIND HOME
Jan 2012, 0:30, Experimental animated short film created and selected in competition for the Ultra Short Film Festival “Art by Chance”.
THE WEEK - A REMIX IN SEVEN CHAPTER
Okt 2012, 3:00, Experimental animated short film.
Internationally screened on festivals: MashUp Rome (Winner), Saint-Petersburg International Filmfestival, Re/Mix New York.
Education
Steve Huston Draws from Life
since May 2022 enrolled in Steve Huston's artist coaching program
Film University Babelsberg –
Aug 2013 - Feb 2015 -- Animation B.A., no diploma
BEST - SABEL DESIGN SCHOOL, Berlin –
2004 - 07 -- Graphic Design, Ausbildung. Diploma in 2007.
SCHOOL OF AUDIO ENGINEERING Berlin
2002 - 04 -- Audio Engineering Diploma, Diploma in 2004.
