Jorinde Voigt (born 1977) is a German visual artist based in Berlin who creates large-scale ink drawings inspired by musical scores, philosophical concepts, and phenomenological methods. She is a professor of conceptual drawing and painting at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg.

Work Critics have compared Voigt's works to those of minimalist and conceptual artists, specifically the event scores and visual artworks of 20th-century avant-garde composers John Cage and Iannis Xenakis, the algorithmic patterns of Hanne Darboven, and the procedural parameters of Sol LeWitt.

In 2002, Voigt began making drawings that have been described as projection surfaces, visualized thought models, scientific experimental designs, notations, scores, and diagrams. In 2003, she developed a system in the series Notations, Florida, and Indonesia. These drawings record the artist's impressions while traveling from Orlando to Miami. Further work cycles, developed from the study of perception, were established in this early series.

Views on Chinese Erotic Art from 16th to 20th Century (2011–2012) Voigt's series, Views on Chinese Erotic Art from 16th to 20th Century, is inspired by historic Chinese erotic paintings and prints. After studying these images, Voigt created a series of collage works, visually deconstructing the subject matter. The collages bear a resemblance to scientific charts, or diagrams.

Poet and critic John Yau wrote, "by unraveling the erotic views into their constituent parts, the artist essentially undresses the encounter, turning it into a collection of visual and written data."

Piece for Words and Views (2012) and Love as Passion: On the Codification of Intimacy (2013–2014) In the Piece for Words and Views work cycle, the subject matter changed from visual analysis of objects or scenarios to attempting to visualize internal, invisible processes. The cycle consists of a series of contour drawings on colored vellum, each associating a color and form with a particular piece of text from A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes. These pieces were collaged to form a final drawing.

In Voigt's 48-part series Love as Passion: On the Codification of Intimacy, a passage from Niklas Luhmann's 1982 book by the same name is distilled into a drawing.

Immersion (2018–2019) With Immersion, Voigt sought to develop appropriate forms to understand the inner constitution of archetypal images and how to share or experience such images collectively. Central elements in these works include the torus, arrows, axes, and lines. Voigt commences each work in the Immersion series by immersing paper in pigment. Each color denotes a particular atmosphere or emotional state. A large torus figure forms the central element of the composition, while every variation features a change in its dimensions. Voigt describes Immersion as a "time-based series", with each piece created one after the other and intended to reflect an individual moment in time. "When you look at the series as a whole, you can see the exact connection between those moments," Voigt explains. "In real life, you focus on each moment at a time, and you can't stop and zoom out to see the bigger picture."

Museum collections Jorinde Voigt's work is showcased in various collections internationally, including: the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Kupferstichkabinett Berlin; İstanbul Modern; Federal Art Collection (Bundeskunsthalle), Bonn; the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Kunsthaus Zürich; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart; Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo; and Grafische Sammlung, Munich.

Selected exhibitions 2025 Jorinde Voigt – Marc Selwyn Fine Arts, LA 2025 Music Inspiration: Beethoven's Compositions in Modern Art – David Nolan Gallery, New York 2023 Jorinde Voigt: The Match – David Nolan Gallery, New York 2021 Jorinde Voigt: Trust and Rain – David Nolan Gallery, New York 2020 Jorinde Voigt: The State of Play – David Nolan Gallery, New York 2019 Wall Drawings Series: Jorinde Voigt – Menil Drawing Institute, Houston 2019 Jorinde Voigt: Universal Turn – Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg 2018 Jorinde Voigt: Integral – David Nolan Gallery, New York 2018 Jorinde Voigt: Divine Territory – St. Matthäus Church, Berlin 2017 Jorinde Voigt: A New Kind of Joy – Kunsthalle Nürnberg 2016 Jorinde Voigt: Considerations in the Now – David Nolan Gallery, New York 2014 Jorinde Voigt: Codification of Intimacy. Works on Niklas Luhmann – David Nolan Gallery, New York 2014 Jorinde Voigt: Superpassion – MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome 2013 Jorinde Voigt: Systematic Notations – Nevada Museum of Art NMA 2011 Jorinde Voigt: Von der Heydt Museum – Wuppertal 2010 Jorinde Voigt: STAAT / Random I-XI – Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 2009 Jorinde Voigt: Symphonic Area – HDKV Heidelberger Kunstverein 2008 Jorinde Voigt: DUAL – NKV Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden

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Further reading

Jorinde Voigt: Immersion, texts Paul Feigelfeld and Jesi Khadivi (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2019) Ellen Seifermann (ed), Jorinde Voigt: Shift (Berlin: Walther König, 2018) David Nolan (ed): Jorinde Voigt: Ludwig van Beethoven Sonatas 1–3, texts by Franz W. Kaiser and Jorinde Voigt (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2015) Julia Klüser & Hans-Peter Wipplinger (eds), Jorinde Voigt: Now (Berlin: Walther König, 2015) David Nolan (ed): Jorinde Voigt – Codification of Intimacy, Works on Niklas Luhmann, Liebe als Passion, Text: Lisa Sintermann, Jorinde Voigt, Revolver Publishing, 2014 Jorinde Voigt (eds): Jorinde Voigt – Views on Views on Decameron. Text : Peter Lang, Cura Books, 2013 Kai 10 / Raum fur Kunst, Arthena Foundation (ed): Drawing a Universe. Text: Ludwig Seyfarth, Lisa Sintermann, Kerber Verlag, 2013 David Nolan (ed): Jorinde Voigt – Piece for Words and Views. Text: John Yau, Jorinde Voigt, Hatje Cantz, 2012 Museum van Bommel van Dam (ed): Nachtliches Konzert – Gregor Hildebrandt und Jorinde Voigt. Text: Niklas Maak, 2012 Neues Museum Nurnberg (eds): Internationaler Faber-Castell Preis fur Zeichnung 2012 [International Faber-Castell Prize for Drawing 2012]. Text: Lisa Sintermann 2012 Julia Kluser: Jorinde Voigt – Nexus. Text: Andreas Schalhorn, Lisa Sintermann, Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal, Hatje Cantz, 2011 Regina Gallery: Jorinde Voigt – 1000 Views. Text: Lisa Sintermann, Jorinde Voigt, 2011 Lisa Sintermann, Die Vermessung des Unsichtbaren – Notationsverfahren in den konzeptuellen Zeichnungen von Jorinde Voigt [Measuring the Invisible -notation method in Jorinde Voigt's conceptual drawings], University of Hildesheim, 2010 Jochen Kienbaum (ed): Jorinde Voigt – Botanic Code, Kienbaum Artists' Books 2011, Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft, 2010 Jorinde Voigt, Clemens Fahnemann (ed): Jorinde Voigt – ReWrite. Text: Andrew Cannon, KraskaEckstein Verlag, 2008 Elke Guhn, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (ed): Jorinde Voigt – DUAL. Text: Clemens crumbs, Kerber Verlag, 2008 Holger Peter Saupe (ed): Jorinde Voigt – Otto Dix Prize 2008 laureate, Gera Art Collection 2008