Astrid Jacobs

Astrid Jacobs

Astrid Jacobs

Painter, Illustrator and Author

Introduction

The award-winning painter, illustrator and author Astrid Jacobs works and lives in Germany. Aside from her fine-art career, Astrid Jacobs had a prosperous professional life as a publisher, illustrator, writer and art director at renowned businesses including Gruner & Jahr in Germany. She exhibits her artwork internationally throughout Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Austria, Scotland, England, France, Spain, Malta and the United States. Her artwork hangs in many public and private collections worldwide. She undertook many study trips to Europe, Asia and the USA. In 1993 she moved for 5 years to New York, USA, where she worked at the Barrett-House Art Gallery and School of Arts. Since 1998 she has her own studio in Munich, Germany, as a freelance artist.
Her paintings allow to capture happy moments of silence, showings others a glimpse of what is beneath the surface. The colors express the emotions and music behind all forms of life. For her, color is music and music is color.

Awards

2017

  • "METROPOLITAN EMPIRE PRIZE" - for the best Artists of the year 2017, Foundation Costanza, at the American Folk Art Museum - MoMa, NYC, USA
  • "PREMIO OSCAR DELL' ARTE - AWARD" the Prize is awarded for its creative abilities and permanence in the field of Art, ArtExpoGallery and Biancoscuro Art Magazine, Monte Carlo, Monaco
  • "LEONE DEI DOGI A VENEZIA 2017", biennale per la arti visive - Award, Venice, Italy
  • "DIEGO VELAZQUEZ 2017 Prize" - Conferisce il Prestigioso Titolo Onorario di "MAESTRO ACCADEMICO ONORARIO" e Membro Sostenitore Associato Onorario, Lecce, Italy
  • "THOUGHTS OF LIGHT ON CANVAS", Essay by Dr. S. Russo, Roma, Italy
  • "DANTE ALIGHIERI"- INT. ART AWARD , Dr. S. Russo, Peschiera del Garda, Italy
  • "FRANCISCO GOYA"-INT. ART AWARD, Gran Teatre Del Liceu', Barcelona, Spain
  • "TOP SELECTION", EFFETTO ARTE MAGAZINE, Palermo, Italy
  • INT. ART AWARD "BEATO ANGELICO ", High Recognition to Personalities of the Art, Science and Culture of the World, Accademia Italia in Arte nel Mondo Assoc. Culturale, Lecce, Italy
  • "INT. HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD" and "AWARDED HONORARY ACADEMY MASTER" entitled Homage to "PAOLO VI", Pope of Peace, Lecce, Italy
  • "ARTISTA PER L' UNICEF" - Award, E/A-Editore, Palermo, Italy
  • "TROFEO WORLD ART COLLECTION" per aver contribuito alla divulgazione dell' Arte nel Mondo, by Biancoscuro, Art Expo Gallery and Art in the World, Genua, Italy

2016

  • "GOLDEN PALM FOR THE ART 2016" Monte-Carlo, Monaco
  • "VENICE IN ART-CASANOVA AWARD, Sept. 2016", Flangini Palais, Venice, Italy
  • "OMAGIO a PAOLO VI" - INT. HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD 2016, Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia in Arte Nel Mondo, Brindisi, Lecce, Italy
  • EUROPEAN ART MUSEUM - "GALLERY GAL", Frederiksvaerk, Denmark
  • "INT. ART AWARD - MINERVA LA DEA DI TUTTE LE ARTI 2016", Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia in Arte Nel Mondo, Brindisi, Lecce, Italy
  • "CONTEMPORANEI NELLA CITTA DEGLI UFFIZI 2016", Firenze, Italy
  • "SHAKESPEARE IN ART AWARD 2016", PALAEXPO, Verona, Italy
  • "PREMIO CANALETTO AWARD 2016" - International Artistic Career Award, Biennale Riviera del Brenta, EA-Editore, Mira, Venice, Italy
  • "THE BEST MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AWARD 2016", EA-Editore, Rom, Italy
  • "JUBILEE OF THE MERCY 2016"- PRIZE, The Intern. Association Gallery "Il Collezionista", Vatican, Italy
  • "PREMIO GIUBILEO DELLA MISERICORDIA 2016"- PRIZE, Palace of Marescotti, Vatican, Italy
  • "INTERNATIONAL LEONARDO DA VINCI PRIZE - FOR ARTISTIC MERITS" - The Universal Artist, EA-Editore, Villa Borghese Palace, Florence, Italy
  • "ARTISTA DELL'ANNO 2016 - AWARD" - more than deserved, given the importance of its design, Research by Associazione Culturale Redazione di EA-Editore, 2016, by Sandro Serradifalco, Palermo, Italy

2015

  • "SEGNALATI-PRIZE", for the stylistic value, by Salvatore Russo, EA-Editore, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • "THE BEST MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS 2015", curated by S.Russo, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • "ARTIST AT THE JUBILEE -Moses by Michelangelo", Internat. D'Arte Prize, EA-Editore, Palazzo Cardinal Cesi, Roma, Italy
  • "DAVID by Gian Lorenzo Bernini", Int. D'Arte Prize, and Membro Associato Socio Onorario e Sostenitore Premio, Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia In Arte Nel Mondo, Theatre G.Paisiello, Lecce, Italy
  • "OMAGIO A ANNE FRANK", Special Award 2015 of Human Rights, Tribute to "ANNE FRANK", Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia In Arte Nel Mondo Brindisi, Lecce, Italy
  • "PIETER PAUL RUBENS - AWARD + DIPLOMA", Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia in Arte Nel Mondo, Brindisi, Lecce, Italy
  • "MARCO POLO-ART AMBASSADOR", International Prize, EA-Editore, Palazzo Marin, Venice, Italy
  • "MAZULLO PRIZE - PER LA SUA RILEVANZA STILISTICA", EA-Editore, Palazzo dei Duchi di Santo Stefano, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
  • "IL GENIO DELL' Arte", Salvatore Russo, EA-Editore, Palermo, Italy
  • "CERTIFICATE OF ARTISTIC MERIT - A Portrait for great Art's Masters", EA-Editore, Palermo, Italy
  • "Lifetime Achievement Award", Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, Serradifalco, Italy
  • "GUGLIELMO II AWARD", International Cultural Center in Art, Monreale, Sicily, Italy
  • "PREMIO ROMA IMPERIALE - International Prize, given to important figures of the world of art and culture", by Curatore S. Russo, EA-Editore, Sale del Bramante, Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Italy
  • "SANDRO BOTTICELLI PRIZE - for honored contemporary artist", EA-Editore, Palazzo Guicciardini Bongianni, Florence, Italy
  • "DANTE ALIGHIERI Award", EA-Editore, Palazzo Guicciardini Bongianni, Florence, Italy
  • "CONTEMPORARY PARADISE" - L'ISOLA CHE C'E, by EA-Editore, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

2014

  • "CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE", Artavita, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • "HONORABLE MENTION AWARD", 8.Art Contest, Artavita, CA, USA
  • "ARTISTIC TROPHY KNIGHTS OF MALTA" Cavalieri di Malta O.S.J., EA-Editore, Club Casino Maltese, La Valetta, Malta
  • NELSON MANDELA AWARD "Ambassador of Culture in the World, for Human Rights", Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia in Arte Nel Mondo, Lecce, Italy
  • "RAFFAELLO SANZIO AWARD - Personal Concept of Contemporary Art", Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia in Arte Nel Mondo, Lecce, Italy
  • "EUROPA IN ARTE AWARD", 1st EUROPEAN BIENNALE, Musee Banke, La Fayette, Paris, France
  • "THE 1st ARTE CATANIA AWARD", EA-Editore, Catania, Sicily, Italy
  • "THE BEST MODERN AND COTEMPORARY ARTISTS", Effetto Arte, Palermo, Italy

2012

  • "SPECIAL RECOGNITION", 4.Art contest, Artavita, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Selected National And International Exhibitions

2017

  • "I SEGNALATI" InArte Werkkunst Galerie, Berlin, Germany
  • ART UpClose Gallery, NYC, USA
  • "ARTE DEL LEVANTE" at MUTUO SOCCORSO SOCIETY, Lecce, Italy
  • ROSSO CINABRO - Gallery, Rome, Italy
  • Centro d' Arte "SAN VIDAL" di Venezia, Italy
  • "HARTEXPO"- Gallery, Artbaho, Barcelona, Spain
  • "TOP SELECTION", E/A- Gallery, Palermo, Italy
  • "Caravaccio" - Exhibition at Bramante's Hall, Rome, Italy

2016

  • "GOLDEN PALM FOR THE ART 2016" Monte-Carlo, Monaco
  • "VENICE IN ART-CASANOVA AWARD, Sept. 2016", Flangini Palais, Venice, Italy
  • "OMAGIO a PAOLO VI" - INT. HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD 2016, Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia in Arte Nel Mondo, Brindisi, Lecce, Italy
  • EUROPEAN ART MUSEUM - "GALLERY GAL", Frederiksvaerk, Denmark
  • "INT. ART AWARD - MINERVA LA DEA DI TUTTE LE ARTI 2016", Associazione Culturale Accademia Italia in Arte Nel Mondo, Brindisi, Lecce, Italy
  • "CONTEMPORANEI NELLA CITTA DEGLI UFFIZI 2016", Firenze, Italy
  • "SHAKESPEARE IN ART AWARD 2016", PALAEXPO, Verona, Italy
  • "PREMIO CANALETTO AWARD 2016" - International Artistic Career Award, Biennale Riviera del Brenta, EA-Editore, Mira, Venice, Italy
  • "THE BEST MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AWARD 2016", EA-Editore, Rom, Italy
  • "JUBILEE OF THE MERCY 2016" - PRIZE, the Intern. Association Gallery "Il Collezionista", Vatican, Italy
  • "PREMIO GIUBILEO DELLA MISERICORDIA 2016" - PRIZE, Palace of Marescotti, Vatican, Italy
  • "INTERNATIONAL LEONARDO DA VINCI PRIZE - FOR ARTISTIC MERITS" - The Universal Artist, EA-Editore, Villa Borghese Palace, Florence, Italy
  • "ARTISTA DELL'ANNO 2016 - AWARD" - more than deserved, given the importance of its design, Research by Associazione Culturale Redazione di EA-Editore, 2016, by Sandro Serradifalco, Palermo, Italy

2015

  • "I SEGNALATI", Exhibition at the Dundas Street Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Bienal De Arte Barcelona in MEAM (Museo Europeo d'Arte Moderna), Barcelona, Spain
  • "Natale a Napoli 2015", Pinacoteca D'Arte Moderna "Le Porte", Assos. Culturale Napoli Nostra, Prof. Rosario Pinto, Napoli, Italy
  • International Grand' Art Exhibition, Campo San Zaccaria, Galleria Vidal, Venezia, Italy
  • "CONTEMPORARY PARADISE", International Exhibition in Villa Castelnuovo, EA-Editore, Palermo, Italy
  • International ART Exhibition in Palazzo dei Duchi di Santo Stefano, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
  • "PREMIO SANDRO BOTTICELLI", Palazzo Guicciardini Bongianni, Firenze, Italy
  • "The Secret Room of Art", Museum Reale Albergo delle Povere, Palermo, Italy
  • "2nd BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE ARTE DI PALERMO", Sant Elia Palace, Palermo, Italy
  • "FROM CARAVAGGIO TO MODERN DAYS", Piazza del Popolo, Sale Del Bramante, Roma, Italy

2014

  • LOUVRE CARROUSEL, "Salon Art Shopping", Paris, France
  • "COLLECTORS' CHOICE", Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, USA
  • "POETIC VISIONS", Art Fusion Galleries, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida, USA
  • "1st EUROPEAN BIENNALE PARIS", Musee Banke, La Fayette, Paris, France
  • "ESSENCE OF TRIUMPH AND COLOR", Art Fusion Galleries, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida, USA
  • "FIRST ARTE CATANIA EXHIBITION", Catania, Sicily, Italia
  • "CAVALIERI DI MALTA - Trofeo Artistico", Club Casino Maltese, La Valetta, Malta

2013

  • AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY, Chelsea, New York City, USA
  • "BROADWAY GALLERY OF NY ARTS", International Art Exhibition, New York City, USA
  • "SPIRIT OF ART", MOYA (Museum of Young Art), International Art Exhibition, Vienna, Austria

2012

  • "Symphony of Colors", La Galleria Pall Mall, International Art Exhibition, London, England

before 2012

  • "Bienale Illustraci Bratislava", BIB, International Art Exhibition, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • The Museum of Carolinensiel, Solo Exhibition, Wittmund, Niedersachsen, Germany
  • Branzolo, International Art Exhibition, Italy

Published In

2017

  • ART IN AMERICA ANNUAL GUIDE "ART UpCLOSE", NYC, USA
  • "I SEGNALATI" a Famous ART Book, Dr. S. Russo, Berlin, Germany
  • "THE BEST 2017 MODERN AND CONTEMORARY ARTISTS",Dr.S.Russo, Friedrich-Stadtkirche, Berlin, Germany
  • THE FIRST BERLINER ART BOOK 2017, Berlin, Germany
  • "THOUGHTS OF LIGHT ON CANVAS", Essay by Dr.S. Russo, Rome, Italy
  • "POLYCHROMIA" the Wonder of Contemporary Art, Dino Marasa, Studio Byblos, Palermo, Italy
  • "TOP SELECTION", EFFETTO ARTE MAGAZINE 2, Palermo, Italy
  • "DANTE ALIGHIERI PRIZE", Art Intern. Contemporary Magazine 2
  • "FRANCISCO GOYA Prize", Art Intern. Contemporary Magazine 3
  • "TROFEO WORLD ART COLLECTION" Art Expo Gallery, Genova, Italy
  • "LEONE DEI DOGI A VENEZIA" Art Expo Gallery, Venice, Italy
  • "DANTE ALIGHIERI" Dr. S. Russo, by Serradifalco s.r.l - Palermo, Italy

2016

  • "THE BEST MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS 2016", Palais Sternberg, Wien, Austria
  • "CURRENT MASTERS 2016", World Wide Art Books, Santa Barabara, CA, USA
  • "TOP 60 MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2016", ART tour INTERNATIONAL, NYC, USA
  • "INSPIRATION: INTERN. ART BOOK VOL. 4, 2016" , Inspiration Art Books, South Woodford Clarendon Road, London, England
  • "WE CONTEMPORARY", MUSA - International Art Space, Plumenia Editione, Milano, Italy
  • "ARTISTA DELL'ANNO 2016", by S. Serradifalco, EA-Editore 2016, Palermo, Italy
  • "LEONARDO DA VINCI PRIZE - The Universal Artist", ART INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY, EA-Editore, Palermo, Italy

2015

  • Famous Art Book "I SEGNALATI", S.Russo, Edinburgh, Scotland, England
  • "THE BEST MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS", by Salvatore Russo, E/A Editore, Rome, Italy
  • "I SEGNALATI" Effetto Arte, E/A Editore, Palermo, Italy
  • "IL GENIO DELL'ARTE" Effetto Arte, E/A Editore, Italy
  • Dictionary of Italian and International Artists, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, Serradifalco, Sicily,Italy
  • "2nd BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE ARTE DI PALERMO", Effetto Arte, E/A Editore, Italy
  • "AMA World Directory of Artists", Gruppo Editoriale L'Espressov, Serradifalco, Italy
  • "NELSON MANDELA AWARD", Magazine Arte Mondadori, Italy
  • "RAFFAELLO SANZIO AWARD", Magazine Arte Mondadori, Italy

2014

  • "TOP 60 MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2014", ART tour INTERNATIONAL, New York City, USA
  • "1st PREMIO ARTE CATANIA", OVER ART Magazine, Sicily, Italy
  • "A PORTRAIT FOR GREAT ART'S MASTERS", Over ART Magazine, Palermo, Italy
  • "CAVALIERI DI MALTA - Trofeo Artistico", E/A Editore, Italy
  • "THE NEW HEIRS OF REMBRANDT AND POLLOCK", Effetto Arte EA-Editore, Italy
  • THE BEST MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, by Salvatore Russo, E/A Editore, Rome, Italy

2013

  • "NEW YORK ARTS MAGAZINE", NEW YORK CITY, USA
  • "ART ACQUISITOR MAGAZINE", Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, USA
  • "SPIRIT OF ART", MOYA, Vienna, Austria
  • "TOP 60 MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2013", ART tour INTERNATIONAL, New York City, USA
  • INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS, WWAB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

2012

  • "SYMPHONY OF COLORS", La Galleria Pall Mall, London, England
  • "INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MASTERS", World Wide Art Books, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Drawing Dream Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • "BIENNALE ILLUSTRACI BRATISLAVA", BIB, Ministry of Culture of the Slovakia Republic
  • Lexikon der zeitgenössischen Illustratoren, Dokumentationszentrum, Branzolo, Italy