About
Julia Runge was born in Berlin in 1990 , lived and worked from 2010 to 2012 in Namibia , Africa. She completed her degree in photography in 2015 with the photography project „Basterland“ at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin. In her photographic work, Julia Runge primarily deals with social commitment and social structures as well as cultural topics in Africa. She uses her natural and empathetic pictorial language to open an artistic insight into the subject. Julia currently lives and works in Berlin.
Upcoming:
July 2019 Solo Exhibition at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, DE
EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Entrepreneur 4.0 Award, Growing Hope, Igersheim, DE
2015 Art @ SAP, Growing Hope, SAP Walldorf, DE
2015 OHO Abschlussaustellung Ostkreuzschule, Basterland, HO Berlin, DE
2016 Hellerau Portraits, Basterland, Dresden Hellerau, DE
2016 Basterland & POPCAP ’16 at Nuit des Images, Lausanne, CH
2016 Basterland at the Panacée – Centre for Contemporary Art, Montpellier, FRA
2016 Basterland at Photobastei Zürich, Zurich, CH
2016 Basterland at the 21th Voies Off Festival, Arles, FRA
2016 Basterland at Image Afrique in Basel, CH
2016 Basterland at Heuberg 24 – Raum für Kunst, Basel, CH
2016 Basterland at Tan Gallery, 798 Art District Beijing, China
2016 Basterland at LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
2016 Basterland at Uganda Press Photo Award, Kampala, Uganda
2017 Solo Exhibition at Jammin Galerie, Berlin, DE
2018 Basterland at Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie , Quedlinburg, DE
Awards:
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
2015 Nominee Category Photojournalism – Fine Art Photography Award
2016 4th Place PhotoVisions Förderpreis, Basterland
2016 Winner POPCAP ’16, the piclet.org Prize for Contemporary African Photography, Basterland
2016 Preisträgerin Deutscher Jugendfotopreis 2016, Kategorie D
Appearances:
Interview for Africa in the Photobook
ZITTY Berlin #14/2012
Lust auf Gut (Republic of Culture) Magazin #27/2013
Namibia Magazine #4/2015
Neues Deutschland – Tageszeitung Okt/2015
Stern Magazin #37/2016 , #41/2016
„Nachdruck“ Magazin #5/2016
PHOTOGRAPHIE Magazine #3/2016
Chaeg South Korean Magazine #31/2017