Jörn Stoya

Vita of the artist

Jörn Stoya (*1957, Lüneburg) lives and works in Düsseldorf. From 1978-84 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Gotthard Graubner, among others. His works are represented in renowned private and public collections, including the Kunstpalast/ Düsseldorf, Museum Morsbroich/ Leverkusen, the E.ON Collection/ Essen and the Bundeskunstsammlung/ Bonn.

Jörn Stoya's production process

Jörn Stoya does not work with oil or acrylic paint, but with pure pigments. This means that he does not need any binding agents. The colours are always unmixed. The artist places the pictures on a table and applies the pigments or colour dust to the paper by hand, rubbing it in, layering and smudging it. The pictures are created without sketches or drawing in lines in the process, inspired by colour after colour. Jörn Stoya only finishes a work when the overall tone is harmonious.

Colour and colourfulness of the works

The artist frees colour completely from the representational and instead uses his works to address questions about the effect and power of colour.

With Jörn Stoya, colour can be experienced almost physically. Sometimes the colours are composed close together, sometimes they merge into one another. Again and again, clearly defined areas of colour meet blurred, shimmering fields of colour. Jörn Stoya's specific use of colour creates a strong materiality and three-dimensionality: the colours often appear to float on a background. The pictures create an effect of depth and pictorial spaces that have a suggestive and sensual power.

Strong colours are at the heart of Jörn Stoya's art. His works are vitalised by shades of warm and cold, light and dark. Jörn Stoya's colours are often radiant and glowing, they have a pulsating effect and seem to glow from within. This results in powerful pictures full of vibrancy and energy!

Unique and serial unique works on paper by Jörn Stoya

Jörn Stoya creates his works on paper as unique pieces or as serial unique pieces. The unique pieces are one-offs. The serial unique pieces are works that the artist also creates freely by hand, always using the same colours, but slightly different for each work.

New editions of ‘The Nights’

Jörn Stoya is not only a visual artist, but also a musician. ‘The Nights’ is the name of his band, which cannot currently be heard live. Nevertheless, the artist is letting ‘The Nights’ go on stage - fictitiously! To this end, he has designed a series of concerts and has the band perform in three legendary locations: Amsterdam, London and Florida. Jörn Stoya has designed three particularly dynamic concert posters for this fictitious project.

Attention art and music lovers! The new editions (2025) of the concert posters are based on collages that the artist began in 2013. The editions are excellent pigment prints and appear in a limited edition of only 40 copies.