The Studio Founder

Architecture doesn't end at the facade.

jonasfrei studio was founded in 2024 by Jonas Lionel Frei—built on over two decades of work as an independent artist and a long-standing conviction that art and architecture belong together.

That conviction comes from practice. Jonas returns to the same places, the same buildings, the same tree—year after year. He observes how light shifts, how a city grows, how a space changes with the people who inhabit it. The series he creates are not produced quickly. They are built over time—and released when nothing more needs to change.

The studio was born from a simple conviction: what was missing was not more art, but a different approach—one that starts with the space, thinks in collections, and takes responsibility for the result.

That standard extends beyond the work itself. Every print leaves the studio on museum-grade fine art paper, framed with materials chosen for the work and the room.

Some works call for more than a wall. For those, jonasfrei studio has developed a collector's box—built to hold the work as carefully as it was made. The work deserves an object worthy of it. Every box leaves the studio by hand.

Porträt eines Mannes mit kurzen dunklen Haaren, blasser Haut, trägt ein weißes T-Shirt, vor grauem Hintergrund.

Exhibitions & Events

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Talks & Events

2024

Frankfurt Art Experience, Frankfurt am Main

Two English-language guided tours through the exhibition The City, led jointly with the Frankfurt Art Experience.

In conversation with international collectors about the work, the process, and the role of photography in architectural spaces.

Sept 7 - Sept 8 2024

Solo Shows

2024

Selected Works from the SERIES I THE CITY

Gallery Weekend Bad Homburg

Sept 14 - Sept 15 2024

2024

City Structures. Architecture in shadows and lines from the SERIES I THE CITY

Gallery Nebbiensches Gartenhaus, Frankfurt am Main

Aug 22 - Sept 8 2024

2023

Selected Works from the SERIES III THE TREE

Open Studio Day Bad Homburg

SEPT 2 2023

Group Shows

2024

Selected Work from the SERIES I THE CITY “Beauty of Light” (early work from 2005)

Gallery Nebbiensches Gartenhaus, Frankfurt am Main

OCT 25 - NOV 17 2024

2023

Selected Works from the SERIES I THE CITY

Gallery Lachenmann Art, Frankfurt am Main

JULY 7 - JULY 15 2023