Jonathan Mertz, born in 1986 in Stuttgart, studied Fine Arts and Stage Space with Raimund Bauer at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and with Marie‑José Burki at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux‑Arts in Paris. During his studies, he developed a close collaboration with director Christopher Rüping, creating stage designs for Hass (St. Pauli Theater Hamburg, 2010), Philoktet – mein Hass gehört mir (Kampnagel Hamburg, 2010), and Jekyll/Hyde (Kampnagel Hamburg, 2011). He also designed the stage for The Great Gatsby (2011) and Die andere Seite (2012) at Schauspiel Frankfurt. In 2012, he designed Freund Till, genannt Eulenspiegel at Staatstheater Braunschweig and Tschick at Thalia Theater Hamburg.
At Thalia Theater Hamburg, he also contributed to productions such as Bye Bye Hamburg (2013), Die lächerliche Finsternis (2014), Panikherz (2018), Brüste und Eier (2022), and Ajax und der Schwan der Scham (2025). At Deutsches Theater Berlin, he designed the stage for Gier (premiere 15 February 2025). At Schauspielhaus Bochum, his stage designs were featured in All About Earthquakes (Wiener Festwochen / Schauspielhaus Bochum, 2025), Einfach das Ende der Welt, and Dem Freund, der mir das Leben nicht gerettet hat.
Current roles:
- Stage design in All about Earthquakes
Past roles:
- Stage Design in Dem Freund, der mir das Leben nicht gerettet hat
- Stage Design in Miranda Julys Der erste fiese Typ
- Stage Design in Einfach das Ende der Welt