Amélie Joos – Biography

Born in Ulm, Amélie Joos studied art at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart 1990-1994 in Germany. She obtained a post-diploma from the Franco-German youth office to study at the École Supérieur d'Art d'Avignon 1994-1997. She obtained her DNSEP there in 1997.

From 1998 to 2003, Amélie Joos studied Art History at the University of Aix-Marseille - Master's degree in 2003.

Amélie Joos lives and works in Avignon. For the year 2000, she represented the city of Avignon for the international art exhibition in Norway, bringing together artists from the nine European cultural capitals. She won several prizes in Germany - notably the "Sparkasse Neu-Ulm" prize on several occasions for her paintings and sculptures -. She regularly exhibits her work in France and abroad.

In her work, Amélie Joos questions the states of mind, the emotions of beings and their relationship with each other through different modes of expression.

His artistic practice is anchored in a chimerical world that is both very personal and universal. These hybrid representations range from a girl sleeping in a bird's nest to a hanging golden house with a ladder attached to it.