Stefanie Kulisch #StudioQ

Stefanie Kulisch (she/her) is an artist and freelance photographer living and working in Berlin, Germany. 

Her work shows profund interests in landscapes and portraitures and reveals uncertainties about belonging.

Stefanie studied Social and Cultural Sciences at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder and photography at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin. In 2016 she graduated with the project Flughafensee.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the European Month of Photography in Berlin, Germany; the Voies-Off Festival in Arles, France; and the Dak’Art Off Biennale in Saint-Louis, Senegal.

Stefanies personal works focus on long-term artistic documentary projects that analyse social aspects of coexistence with an intimate and humorous view.

Her career is shared between her long-term projects, commissioned work and work as a photography editor.


POSITION & EDUCATION

2019 - Co-founder of Atelier Izola, a project space of interdisciplinary female artists and scientists, Berlin DE
2018 - Freelance Photo Editor at Missy Magazine, Berlin DE

2013-2016 Fine Art Photography Ostkreuzschule for Photography, Berlin DE
2007-2008 K3 - Konst, Kultur och Kommunikation, Malmö Art AcademySE 
2006-2011 Cultural and Social Sciences at European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder DE


TEACHING / WORKSHOPS / JURY


2020 Eyes of Gaza عيون غزه, Photo Workshop with young people from Gaza, Palestine PS
2019 Jury Fotofestival f2 Exhibition INCONDITION FH Dortmund DE

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Gallery in the Südhalle in Rathaus Reinickendorf, Berlin DE 

2023 Hot in AUGUST at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin DE
2021/22 Portrait Show 2021 in Johannesburg, ZA
2021 Chemistry of Feeling, Community Exhibition at Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai, UAE
2021 Styleneid from Missy Magazine in Berlin, DE
2020 ‘Soft Things’ at DNK Sofia, BG
2020 Gegenwarten, Technische Sammlung Dresden, Dresden DE
2019 ‘Soft Things’ at Uferstudios, Berlin DE
2019 Gegenwarten, Technische Sammlung Dresden, Dresden DE
2019 Smart of Photography - Be an Artist today! at Zephyr Mannheim DE
2018 Retrospektive einer Zusammenarbeit, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle DE
2018 Le Fleuve en Couleurs, Ndar Ndar, Saint-Louis SN
2018 Dak’Art Biennale of Contemporary African Art OFF, Ndar Ndar, Saint-Louis SN
2018 Group Exhibition / Keep Your Eyes Peeled IV at aff Galerie / Gallery Weekend, Berlin DE
2017 Group Exhibition / Portes Ouvertes, Nouveaux Ateliers Waaw, Saint-Louis SN
2017 Ein Tag in Berlin' at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain with Flughafensee, Berlin DE
2017 Fotohaus Parisberlin, Voies-Off Festival with Flughafensee, Arles FR
2016 ZEHN Ostkreuz School Graduates Exhibition with Flughafensee, EMoP, Kühlhaus, Berlin DE
2016 Group Exhibition at Ostkreuz school for Photography, Berlin DE
2014 Group Exhibition at Ostkreuz school for Photography, Berlin DE
2013 untitled, Group Exhibition at ORi, Berlin DE

ONGOING / UPCOMING / NEWS

Portfolio-Review RICH AND FAMOUS 2024 für Fotograf*innen und Fotokünstler*innen | 8. Juni 2024 

2024 Group Exhibition - 01.03.2024 until 21.06.2024 - Galerie in der Südhalle im Rathaus Reinickendorf, Berlin DE 

SELECTED NOMINATIONS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES / MASTERCLASS

2022 Fellowship NEUSTART KULTUR, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn DE
2021/22 Fellowship - INITIAL Sonderstipendium, Akademie der Künste, Berlin DE
2021 Nikon-NOOR Academy / Masterclass Online/Amsterdam NL
2020 Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass World Press Photo in Amsterdam NL
2019 Artist in Residence at ISSP Riga LV
2017 Shortlisted for Athens Photofestival with Flughafensee, GR
2017 Artist in Residence at WAAW Saint-Louis SN
2012 Participant at Michael Ackerman Workshop at GAPO in Istanbul TR


PUBLICATIONS & CATALOGUES

2021 Feature at British Journal of Photography: Community

2016 Flughafensee, Stefanie Kulisch
Photos & Text: Stefanie Kulisch
Self-published. First Edition 2016. Edition: 50, Softcover.
2016 Exhibition Catalogue, ZEHN, European Month of Photography, Berlin

Available for commissions and assignments.

FEATURES & PUBLICATIONS
1854
Arte
Burg Giebichenstein – University of Art and Design
CTM Festival
De Gruyter
Der Greif
Der Tagesspiegel
Die Zeit
Electronic Beats
Fisheye Magazine
FACT Magazine
Frankfurter Rundschau
Fräulein Magazin
Goethe Institut
Groove
Leica Photography International
Missy Magazine
Nachtkritik
Neue Narrative
neues deutschland
Photonews
RA: Resident Advisor
Streem Magazine
TANK Magazine
taz - die Tageszeitung
tip Berlin
transmediale
Vanity Fair
ZEIT ONLINE

CLIENTS & COMMISSIONS (selection)
Aufbau Verlag
bfstudio-architekten
CTM Festival
Colorful Standard
Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD
Brücke-Museum Berlin
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Deutschlandradio
Deutschlandfunk Kultur
DGB-Bundesvorstand
Draaimolen Festival
feldfünf - Projekträume im Metropolenhaus
GEW-Die Bildungewerkschaft
Gunda Werner Institut
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Initiative Neue Musik
Initiative Musik
Kompetenzzentrums Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes
medico international
Matthes & Seitz Berlin
Missy Magazine
Neue Narrative
Oyoun
private commissions
Rowohlt Theater Verlag
SAVVY Contemporary
Transmediale
wannseeFORUM
WDR Westart
WIR MACHEN DAS

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