{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} '''JanLeonardo''' (born '''Jan Wöllert'''; 30 July 1970, Cuxhaven)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lightart-photography.de/janleonardo|title=About the artist|accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref> is a German photographer, author and speaker of fine-art photography. thumb|JanLeonardo

== Biography == JanLeonardo started off as a self-educated person in photography, preferably working at nighttime. Later on he became assistant of Reinhart-Wolf-Award laureate Stephan Meyer-Bergfeld. As an artist he has worked exclusively with bulb exposures in darkness or nighttime since 2005. His personal challenge is patterned, controlled and choreographed artificial light, staged and organized in a performance. His photographs are easily mixed up with photos altered by image editing or digital images from scratch. He lives in the town of Bremen.

In 2013 JanLeonardo initiated the International Light Painting Award to internationally promote light art performance photography and light painting. The recipients are chosen bi-annually by an international jury consisting of representatives from industry and the arts. In 2013 the award was endowed with non-cash prizes worth of €9,800.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lp-award.com|title=International Light Painting Award|accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futureoflight.philips.com/home/expression/the-olympics-of-light|title=The Olympics of Light 2015|accessdate=31 March 2018}}</ref>

From 2013 to 2016 JanLeonardo cooperated with the computer giant Lenovo. The world biggest computer company used the light painting photographs for social media advertising, tradeshows and mobile devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.lenovo.com/en/blog/light-artist-janleonardo-wollert-photography-lenovo-insiders|title=Trick of the light|accessdate=31 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2014 JanLeonardo and Carlotta Bertelli were invited from the town Corigliano Calabro in Italy to photograph the town with lightpainting. The photographs were presented during the festival Corigliano Calabro Fotografia in the ducal Castello di Corigliano Calabro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coriglianocalabrofotografia.it/the-lamplighter-project/|title=THE LAMPLIGHTER PROJECT|accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2016 the artist organized an international light painting exhibition and congress for photokina 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://koelner-lichter.de/presse/pressemitteilungen2016/2.%20Pressekonferenz/PM%20Koelnmesse%20photokina%202016.pdf|title=Pressemitteilung photokina 2016: Fotografie meets Lichtkunst|accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.photokina.com/news/photokina-newsroom/photokina-press-releases/photokina-press-releases.php?aktion=pfach&p1id=kmpresse_photokinae&format=html&base=&tp=kme9&search=&pmid=kmeigen.kmpresse_1464686815&start=0&anzahl=10&channel=kmeigen&language=e&archiv=|title=Premiere at photokina: LightArt Congress 2016|accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.4rfv.com/Y3XSRG1U7RW4/382/premiere-at-photokina-lightart-congress-2016.htm |title=PREMIERE AT PHOTOKINA: LIGHTART CONGRESS|accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>

In 2017 JanLeonardo and the gallery owner Curtis Briggs organized a light painting fundraising campaign for the internationally known boarding school Schule Schloss Salem and Kurt Hahn Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schule-schloss-salem.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/pdf/6_Salem_f%C3%B6rdern/6_2_Projekte/Fundraisingaktion_Night_Views.pdf|title=JanLeonardo: Salem Night Views – Eine Benefizfotoausstellung zu Gunsten der Kurt-Hahn-Stiftung|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012405/https://www.schule-schloss-salem.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/pdf/6_Salem_f%C3%B6rdern/6_2_Projekte/Fundraisingaktion_Night_Views.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kurt-hahn-stiftung.de/salem-night-views/|title= Kurt Hahn Stiftung: Salem Night Views|accessdate=31 March 2018}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition== * German prize for science photography – 1. price (Deutscher Preis für Wissenschaftsfotografie)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiv.fraunhofer.de/archiv/magazin04-08/fhg/Images/Magazin1-2009_42_tcm5-108597.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227223902/http://www.archiv.fraunhofer.de/archiv/magazin04-08/fhg/Images/Magazin1-2009_42_tcm5-108597.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2014|title=Deutscher Preis für Wissenschaftsfotografie 2008 – 1. Platz|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> * WissenSchafftBilder 2008 – 3. price<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.press1.de/ibot/db/press1.pictom_1222440307.html|title=WissenSchafftBilder 2008 – 3. Preis|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> * LIGHT photo contest – 2. price, category nature<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lichtnet.de/unsere-gewinner/|title=LIGHT photo contest winner|accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref>

==Selected exhibitions== * 2008: Haus der Wissenschaft Bremen – Deutscher Preis für Wissenschaftsfotografie<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hausderwissenschaft.de/Faszinierende_Visualisierungen.html|title=2008: Haus der Wissenschaft Bremen – Deutscher Preis für Wissenschaftsfotografie|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> * 2012: Art Room9 Galerie München – Night Views<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.art-room9.de/ausstellung/night-views/night-views-wollert-cubri/ |title=2012: Art Room9 Galerie München – Night Views |accessdate=18 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105151149/http://www.art-room9.de/ausstellung/night-views/night-views-wollert-cubri/ |archivedate= 5 January 2015 }}</ref> * 2013: Poimena Gallery Tasmania Australia – Luminous Nocturnal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jdaseymour.com/luminous-nocturnal-2013 |title=2013: Poimena Gallery Tasmania Australia – Luminous Nocturnal |accessdate=18 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105134104/http://www.jdaseymour.com/luminous-nocturnal-2013 |archivedate= 5 January 2015 }}</ref> * 2013: Espace Piere Cardin – Exposition Internationale de Light-Painting Paris<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/84583548 |title= Movie: PARIS LUMIȈRE – EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE LIGHT PAINTING 2013|accessdate=31 March 2018}}</ref> * 2014: Art Room9 Galerie München – Painting Lights & Jungle Nights<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.art-room9.de/ausstellung/painting-lights-amp-jungle-nights/ |title=2014: Art Room9 Galerie München – Painting Lights & Jungle Nights |accessdate=18 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105151021/http://www.art-room9.de/ausstellung/painting-lights-amp-jungle-nights/ |archivedate= 5 January 2015 }}</ref> * 2014: Waves of Shining Light – New Town Plaza – Hong Kong 2014 * 2014: Exposition Lumières, L'Embarcadère<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafabriqueroyale.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DP-LP-2-11.pdf |title= Exposition Lumières, L'Embarcadère 2014|accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref>

==Selected published works == * Faszination Lichtmalerei – JanLeonardo Wöllert & Jörg Miedza – dpunkt Verlag 2010 –{{ISBN|978-3-89864-669-7}} * Painting with Light – JanLeonardo Wöllert & Jörg Miedza – Rocky Nook USA 2011–{{ISBN|978-1-933952-74-1}} * Fotografieren statt knipsen – Rudolf Krahm – dpunkt Verlag 2011 – {{ISBN|978-3-89864-555-3}} * Wilde Seite der Fotografie 2.0 – Cyrill Harnischmacher Hrsg. – dpunkt Verlag 2012 – {{ISBN|978-3-89864-777-9}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.chip.de/itrezensionen/rezension-die-wilde-seite-der-fotografie-2-0-20131028/ |title=Rezension von Wilde Seite der Fotografie 2.0 |publisher=dpunkt Verlag |year=2012 |accessdate=18 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016135352/http://blog.chip.de/itrezensionen/rezension-die-wilde-seite-der-fotografie-2-0-20131028/ |archivedate=16 October 2014 }}</ref> * Nacht- und Restlichtfotografie – Meike Fischer – dpunkt Verlag 2013 – {{ISBN|978-3-86490-011-2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dpunkt.de/buecher/3867/nacht--und-restlichtfotografie.html|title=Nacht- und Restlichtfotografie|publisher=dpunkt Verlag|year=2013|accessdate=18 November 2014|archive-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224075411/https://www.dpunkt.de/buecher/3867/nacht--und-restlichtfotografie.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Foto-Kalender 2011: Quest – Verlag National Geographic – {{ISBN|978-9460440205}} * Digital Photo – Lichtkunst in Perfektion – February 2010 * Fine Art Printer – Lichtmalerei mit LED – January 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fineartprinter.de/index.php/FineArtPrinter-Kiosk/Ausgaben/FineArtPrinter-01-2011|title=Lichtmalerei mit LED|publisher=will Magazine Verlag GmbH|date=January 2011|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> * Foto Digital – Lichtkünstler – January/February 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digital.eu/2011/01/lichtkuenstler_portfolio_foto_digital_lapp-pro/|title=Lichtkünstler|publisher=Verlag B. Kämmer|date=January 2011|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> * ProfiFoto – Light Art Performance Photography – March 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profifoto.de/aktuelle-ausgabe/artikelarchiv/311-lapp/|title=Light Art Performance Photography|publisher=GFW PhotoPublishing GmbH|date=March 2011|accessdate=18 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102130118/http://www.profifoto.de/aktuelle-ausgabe/artikelarchiv/311-lapp/|archivedate=2 November 2014}}</ref> * c't spezial Digitale Fotografie – Getanztes Licht – April 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heise.de/foto/inhalt/2011/04/4/|title=Getanztes Licht|publisher=Heise Zeitschriften Verlag|date=April 2011|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> * Pictures Magazin – Light Art Performance Photography – May 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pictures-magazin.de/pictures-magazin-052014/|title=Light Art Performance Photography|publisher=sonic media – music support group GmbH|date=May 2014|accessdate=18 November 2014|archive-date=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207200350/http://www.pictures-magazin.de/pictures-magazin-052014/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Popular Photography – JanLeonardo – Low Light Scenery – July 2013 (China)

==Television features== * German Light Artist Illuminates Detian Falls – China Central Television (CCTV) – 10 April 2009 * Exposition Internationale de Light Painting LPWA France – 21 January 2014 * Licht gestalten – Fotograf Jan Leonardo Wöllert – Euromaxx – 30 December 2011 * Der einzigartige Stil vom deutschen Fotografen JanLeonardo – THVL – 18 October 2013 * El artista Jan Leonardo Wöllert en nuestra serie"Juegos de luces" – Euromaxx – 16 April 2012 * Lichtkünstler – JanLeonardo (LAPP-PRO) – Radio Bremen – 8 October 2009 * Lichtkunst unterm Hirschgarten (Munich) – München TV – 10 May 2014 * Spectacular long exposure photography – Euromaxx/ DW – 24 November 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://p.dw.com/p/38XPz|title=Spectacular long exposure photography|accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref>

==Assignments and campaigns==

* State capital Munich: Business Report 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dms/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Baureferat/mse/pubblikationen/pdf/gb13_inhalt.pdf|title=2013: Business Report for state capital Munich|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> * Tokio Motor Show: Poster Design<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tokyo-motorshow.com/en/press_release/20141002.html|title=2015: Poster Design|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref> * Beitrag Stipendienfonds zugunsten der Kurt-Hahn-Stiftung Schule Schloss Salem<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schule-schloss-salem.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/pdf/4_Termine_und_News/4_5_Salem_Magazin/Salem_Magazin_75.pdf#page=8|title=2018: Beitrag zum Stipendienfonds Schloss Salem|accessdate=3 December 2018|archive-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206145306/https://www.schule-schloss-salem.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/pdf/4_Termine_und_News/4_5_Salem_Magazin/Salem_Magazin_75.pdf#page=8|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Citations== * Lichtfang / Gestalten mit Lichtgrafik – Jeanette Bohn – Diplomarbeit FH Wiesbaden 2009 * Tangible High Touch Visuals – Klanten, Ehrmann, Hübner – Die Gestalten Verlag GmbH 2009 – {{ISBN|978-3-89955-232-4}} * Die wilde Seite der Fotografie – Cyrill Harnischmacher Hrsg. – dpunkt Verlag 2009 {{ISBN|978-3898646697}} * Night Photography – Lance Keimig – Focal Press USA 2010 – {{ISBN|978-0-240-81258-8}} * Licht – Gestaltung und Technologie – Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich F – Design und Kunst, Sommersemester 2011 – Forschungs- und Lehrgebiet Professor Jürg Steiner – Dajana Richter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ied.uni-wuppertal.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/licht_gestaltung_technologie_ss11_ied_wuppertal.pdf|title=Licht – Gestaltung und Technologie |publisher=Bergische Universität Wuppertal Sommersemester|year=2011|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> * Light Painting und die Veränderung durch die Digitale Fotografie mit besonderer Beachtung von LAPP – Dipl-Ing Lydia Mantler- Diplomarbeit FH St. Pölten 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docplayer.org/35588711-Lightpainting-und-die-veraenderung-durch-die-digitale-fotografie-mit-besonderer-beachtung-von-lapp.html |title=Dipl-Ing Lydia Mantler- Diplomarbeit FH St. Pölten |publisher=FH St. Pölten |year=2014 |accessdate=5 December 2018 }}</ref> * Light Painting / Entwicklung eines Pixel-Sticks Bachelorarbeit Universität Koblenz Landau 2016 vorgelegt von Marius Köpcke<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kola.opus.hbz-nrw.de/opus45-kola/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/1346/file/BA+Pixel+Stick.pdf#page10 |title=Bachelorarbeit Uni Koblenz Landau |publisher=UNIversität Koblenz Landau |year=2016 |accessdate=3 December 2016 |archive-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206102348/https://kola.opus.hbz-nrw.de/opus45-kola/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/1346/file/BA+Pixel+Stick.pdf#page10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|35em}}

==External links== * {{official website|http://www.lightart-photography.de}} * [https://lightpaintingphotography.com/light-painting-Artist/featured-artist-2/janleonardo Light Painting Photography profile] * [https://community.sony.de/t5/alphaddicted/im-fokus-janleonardo-wollert/ba-p/2143585 Sony – Im Fokus: JanLeonardo Wöllert] * [http://social.lenovo.com/en/blog/light-artist-janleonardo-wollert-photography-lenovo-insiders Trick of the light]

* {{DNB-Portal|142454540}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Photographers from Lower Saxony Category:People from Cuxhaven Category:German male writers