Jan Groszer

Curriculum Vitae – Jan Henry Groszer

1963 born in Kiel

1983 Abitur ( Bacc equivalent) Max-Planck-Schule, Kiel, Germany

1983 work and studies in various states of the United States

1995 Medical State Exam, Hamburg University

2002 Membership of the Royal College Of Psychiatry, United Kingdom

2005 Consultant Psychiatrist in East London

2007 Courses in photographic practice and theory at City Lit, London
-2010

2010 Return to Germany and full-time work as photographer/artist


Exhibitions

2010 contribution of two groups of pictures to a group exhibition at the Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom

2013 Crisco Queen – group exhibition at Künstlerquarter Bethanien, Berlin

Play Boys – solo exhibition at Werkstattgalerie, Berlin





Jan Groszer worked as a psychiatrist with a speciality in addictions in East London until 2010 when he resettled to Berlin, Germany, working for a final year as a psychotherapist before dedicating himself fully to photography. Through his work with marginalised populations in London, he became interested in the construction of self in consumer culture, themes of alienation and belonging, and the role of consumer fetishes.

He decided to pursue these themes through images mixing autobiographical and fictional elements exploring concepts of sexuality and intimate relationships within consumerist lifestyles.