About
Julia Runge, born in 1990 in Berlin, is an esteemed photographer with over a decade of experience working in southern Africa. She completed her photography studies in 2015 at the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin, where she gained recognition for her remarkable project „Basterland.“ This project later evolved into a compelling documentary film produced in collaboration with arte/ZDF in 2022, with Julia Runge playing a pivotal role. Her work primarily focuses on portraiture, delving into profound questions about social dynamics and societal structures. Julia Runge’s photographic oeuvre centers on social engagement, cultural themes, and the exploration of Africa. With her natural and evocative visual language, she offers viewers an artistic glimpse into these subjects. Her exceptional work has garnered multiple accolades and has been featured in prominent publications both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, her photographs have been exhibited in various countries, including France, Uganda, Nigeria, China, the United States, and Switzerland.
EXHIBITIONS & ARTISTIC INVOLVEMENT
2023 Founding REFRAME KOLLEKTIV e.V. (Founder and current chairwoman of the association)
2023 Curator of the group exhibition „Home of Mine“ , Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin
2023 Direction of the photography workshop „Reframe-Immersion“, Berlin
2023 Photos and collaboration for arte/ZDF on the documentary film „Namibia – The Rough World of the Basters“, NAM/DE
2022 Direction of the photography workshop „Reframe“ , NAM
2022 Guest lecturer at Collage of the Arts Windhoek, NAM
2022 Shebeen Queens at Café Prestige, Windhoek, NAM
2021 Shebeen Queens at die Muschel, Swakopmund, NAM
2021 Award Winning African Photography – photo basel Takes a Closer Look
2020 Shebeen Queens at Trieste Photo Days -> exhibition at the “Sartorio” Museum Trieste, ITA
2020 Shebeen Queens at Château de LaLande seeingWOMAN Award 2020, FRA
2020 Shebeen Queens at Ilham Gallery (KLPA 2020 Award exhibition), Kuala Lumpur
2020 Shebeen Queens at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, DE
2020 Shebeen Queens at International Portrait/Fashion Exhibition in Orlando, FL
2020 Solo Exhibition „Shebeen Queens“ at R. – Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin, DE
2019 Solo Exhibition „Basterland“ at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, DE
2018 Basterland at Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie , Quedlinburg, DE
2017 Solo Exhibition at Jammin Galerie, Berlin, DE
2016 Basterland at Photokina, Köln, DE
2016 Basterland at Uganda Press Photo Award, Kampala, Uganda
2016 Basterland at LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
2016 Basterland at Tan Gallery, 798 Art District Beijing, China
2016 Lead a Photography Workshop for Goethe Institut in Beijing, China
2016 Basterland at Heuberg 24 – Raum für Kunst, Basel, CH
2016 Basterland at Image Afrique in Basel, CH
2016 Basterland at the 21th Voies Off Festival, Arles, FRA
2016 Basterland at Photobastei Zürich, Zurich, CH
2016 Basterland at the Panacée – Centre for Contemporary Art, Montpellier, FRA
2016 Basterland & POPCAP ’16 at Nuit des Images, Lausanne, CH
2016 Hellerau Portraits, Basterland, Dresden Hellerau, DE
2015 OHO Abschlussaustellung Ostkreuzschule, Basterland, HO Berlin, DE
2015 Art @ SAP, Growing Hope, SAP Walldorf, DE
2014 Entrepreneur 4.0 Award, Growing Hope, Igersheim, DE
AWARDS:
2023 Project funding by Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery, Projekt „Reframe – Immersion“
2022 Project funding by Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery, Reframe Photography Workshop
2021 INITIAL Special Grant by the Akademie der Künste
2021 Project funding by Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst & Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.v. , What the Storm Has Left
2021 Digital Residency with pacificoritualyresistencia, Columbia/Berlin
2020 Bronze Medal German Photo Book Award (Category: Documentary-Journalistic Photo Book), Shebeen Queens
2020 Honorable Mention (Category People) Neutral Density Photography Award 2021, Shebeen Queens
2020 Honorable Mention (Category Analog / Film : Portrait) IPA 2020, Shebeen Queens
2020 Winning Project of the „Sartorio“ Museum Trieste prize-exhibition, Shebeen Queens
2020 Finalist Urban Photo Awards 2020, Shebeen Queens
2020 Projekt Grant Finalist Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards 2020 (Portrait Prize) , Shebeen Queens
2020 Honorable Mention (Category Equality – Egalité) seeingWOMAN Award 2020 (Photos de Femmes), Shebeen Queens
2020 Honorable Mention (Category Portrait Series) Annual Photography Awards 2019, Shebeen Queens
2019 Scholarship Robert Bosch Foundation / Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Shebeen Queens
2016 Prizewinner Deutscher Jugendfotopreis 2016, Category D, Basterland
2016 Winner POPCAP ’16, the piclet.org Prize for Contemporary African Photography, Basterland
2016 4th Place PhotoVisions Förderpreis, Basterland
2015 Nominee Category Photojournalism – Fine Art Photography Award, Basterland
2014 Winner Audience Prize Entrepreneur 4.0 Photography Award 2014, Growing Hope
2014 2nd Place Entrepreneur 4.0 Photography Award – Category „Young Talents“, Growing Hope
APPEARANCES:
Neues Deutschland – nd der Tag
Kwerfeldein about „Shebeen Queens“
Interview for Africa in the Photobook
ZITTY Berlin
Welt der Frauen (Österreich)
Stern Magazin
Der Spiegel
Neues Deutschland – Tageszeitung
Namibia Magazine
Lust auf Gut (Republic of Culture) Magazin
Fotopraxis mit Perspektive, Fotofeinkost Verlag, 2014
„Nachdruck“ Magazin
PHOTOGRAPHIE Magazine
Chaeg South Korean Magazine
Pagina 99 Italien