»In Jay‘s work, a political level is revealed from the personal motivation, which is very important to them. This reveals the emotional strength and sensitive radicalism that characterise their work.« (Jonathan Mürmann)
I am a designer and artist. This means that I work with various visualisation media to shape and form the world around me. I achieve this through photographic works and collages, such as in the »Verhüllungen« projects, but also concepts made up of images and text, such as in the editorial design for »Power of the Kitsch« and »Queerdinx«.
Another focus of my design work is in the field of art direction, editorial activities and project managment, such as the publication of the magazine for young queer feminism »Queerdinx«.
Much of my work is based on personal experience and a strong desire to make the invisible visible. My contact with other queer designers in particular inspires me time and again and has a direct influence on my artistic work.
My way of working is therefore strongly characterised by collaboration. This approach can be seen, for example, in the photo art project »trans* artist portraits«, but also in my bachelor‘s thesis »Gender Playground«. Methodologically, I use photography as a participatory medium that opens up spaces for exchange between different people.
Short CV
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 10/2019 - 02/2025
Bachelor of Arts »Visual Communication«
→ Thesis »Gender Playground« supervised by Birgit Wudtke
Bachelor of Arts »Visual Communication«
→ Thesis »Gender Playground« supervised by Birgit Wudtke
Queerdinx - Magazin für jungen Queerfeminismus
→ Initiator of the project in 2018: first queer-feminist magazine in Dresden
→ Foundation of new editorial team in 2020
→ Focus on remote project management and development of the internal organisational structure
→ Art Direction of print and online media incl. editorial design, branding, etc.
→ publication issue »Stolz« 2021
→ publication issue »Orte« 2022
→ Initiator of the project in 2018: first queer-feminist magazine in Dresden
→ Foundation of new editorial team in 2020
→ Focus on remote project management and development of the internal organisational structure
→ Art Direction of print and online media incl. editorial design, branding, etc.
→ publication issue »Stolz« 2021
→ publication issue »Orte« 2022
Diversity Office der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar als »Diversity Guide« seit 04/2022
→ Group coordination, social media, peer-to-peer counselling
→ Group coordination, social media, peer-to-peer counselling
EcoDesign Weimar
internship design agency 04/2021 - 09/2021
freelance designer 03/2020 - 09/2022
→ Design, layout and fine typesetting of print and online products
→ Photography, image editing and web design for »Möhrchenheft«
internship design agency 04/2021 - 09/2021
freelance designer 03/2020 - 09/2022
→ Design, layout and fine typesetting of print and online products
→ Photography, image editing and web design for »Möhrchenheft«
Semper Schulen Dresden 09/2016 - 09/2019
Apprenticeship graphic and media design and advanced technical college entrance qualification
→ final assignment »Queerdenker*«
Apprenticeship graphic and media design and advanced technical college entrance qualification
→ final assignment »Queerdenker*«