Julia Bohle, born in Gummersbach near Cologne in 1997, is a German Artist, graphic designer and Bookmaker artist who lives and works in London, UK. In her practice she is exploring a sensual approach to photography and seeking a deep translation of the inner self in the photographic image. Her latest book Solstice has been shortlisted in the Kassel Dummy Award 2024.
Education
2023-2024: Master‘s degree in Photography at the Royal College of Art in London, United Kingdom.
2018-2022: Bachelor‘s degree in Communication Design at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam with a focus on Photography under Wiebke Loeper.
2020: Semester abroad at Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Matosinhos, Portugal, studying Communication Design and Interior Design.
2018: Foundation course in Visual Communication at AID Berlin (Academy for Illustration and Design) in Berlin.
Awards, Honours, Features
2024: On the Bias – Royal College of Art and Parsons Paris (selected)
2024: Revue - Magazine for Photography and Perception https://www.re-vue.org/
2024: Lensculture Portrait Awards 2024 (selected)
2024: KASSEL DUMMY AWARD - selected (Germany)
2023: 14th Aenne-Biermann-Preis Nationwide competition for contemporary German photography (shortlisted)
2023: German Society for Photography (registered association) – EMOP Berlin
2023: Photography now – Urgent Present - The Perspective of the Young Generation
2023: Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie - European Month of Photography (selected)
2023: Euopean Month of Photography – Urgent Present (selected)
2023: Wiebke Loeper (German Photographer) Urgent Present – European Month of Photography
2023: Universiy of applied Sciene Potsdam - I feel what you don’t see
2023: The Stage Gallery – Back to Black (Germany)
2022:Inspired by Method-Alexandra Martini – Assistant
2022: Human Body is Art – Bruxelles Art Vue (selected)
2019: PAGE Magazine – Holy Lake (selected)
Exhibitions
2024: Book Art Days at the society of Bookbinders (London, United Kingdom) - June
2024: Offprint Tate Modern Artbook Fair (London, United Kingdom) - May
2024: Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, Milano, Italy → 15.05. – 15.06.2024
2024: Grisart, Barcelona, Spain → 2.05.-28.05.2024
2024: The PhotoBookMuseum, Cologne, Germany → 16.03. – 25.04.2024
2024: Winchetser Book Art Fair, (Winchester, United Kingdom) - April
2023: The Stage Gallery - Group exhibition „Back in Black“ (Bonn, Germany) – March
2023: European Month of Photography – Urgent Present – Group Exhibition (Berlin, Germany)– March
Books + Zines
-Nigredo, Zine Collection (2024)
-Solctice (2024), Kassel Dummy Award (shortlisted)
-Solstice Zine (2024)
-Tender is the Night (2024)
-I feel something you don’t see (2022)