About German photographer, Birgit KRAUSE (born in Hildesheim)

Birgit KRAUSE has a degree in Arts and Cultural Studies from the University of Bremen. She studied at the Ostkreuzschule for Photography, Berlin, with Sibylle BERGEMANN, Prof. Arno FISCHER (master class) and completed her degree in photography under Prof. Ute MAHLER in October 2013. She has taken other project courses with Wiebke LOEPER and Göran GNAUDSCHUN. Birgit KRAUES lives and works in Berlin.

Photo books by as well as with works by Birgit KRAUSE

  • 'One little Indian' (2010, 2012); 'Recherche' (2010, 2011); 'Plánētes' (2013, 2014); 'cups and balls' (2015);

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For her self-published, out-of-print photo volume 'Plánētes', German photographer Birgit KRAUSE trusts her unusual gaze completely and finds a new foreign country in reality. It is as if you are looking at images from an astronomical voyage of discovery.
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Exhibitions (a selection)
  • 2006: 'Tropical Island', 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin;

    2008: 'In Berlin. 15 Positionen', Seminar Sibylle Bergemann, Berlin;
    2009: 'Stille', Galerie Ina Köhler, Berlin; 'Das fotografische Portrait', Motorenhalle, Dresden;
    2010: 'Was am Ende bleibt', Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin;
    2011: 'pattern', Zeitraum für Fotografie, Potsdam; 'Incierta Gloria', Gatos de Marte, Carpaccio, Murcia, Spain; 'Unwillkürliche Erinnerungen', exp12, Berlin;
    2012: 'Vendredi Treize', exp12, Berlin; 'Slideshow: The Flood Wall', exp12, Berlin, Amsterdam, Switzerland; 'Unwillkürliche Erinnerungen', Adam Ziege, Dresden;
    2013: 'Der Raum Dazwischen', Kugelbahn; 'Siehste, jeht doch! Meisterklasse Arno Fischer', Haus am Kleistpark; 'Berlin Fotografen/ Slideshow, exp12'; 'Unwillkürliche Erinnerungen', world in a room'; 'LCMV #1 Berlin/ Slideshow, Das Gift'; 'Sieben', Uferhallen'; 'Blue Monday * Kleister, Hotel Bogota, all in Berlin;
    2014: 'Fernweh', curated by Kaetha, tête gallery, Berlin; 'Planetes. Blacklabs', galerie velours royal, Lyon, France; 'Der Greif. A Process',  Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg; 'Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie', Schloßmuseum, Darmstadt; 'Salopp', Die Färberei, Munich; 'Artist Books', Clap, Essen; 'Spaces. Berlin Fotografen', Urban Spree Galerie, Berlin; 'Voies Off Festival', Arles, France; 'Photobook Show', Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton, UK; 'Made in Berlin', exp12, Berlin; 'Rückschau', world in a room, Berlin;
    2015: 'Evidence', Format Festival, Derby, UK; 'Keep Your Eyes Peeled', aff Galerie, Berlin; 'Le cose che si vedono in cielo', Fotografia Europea Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italy; 'kijk:papers', Warte für Kunst, Kassel; 'Akmuo', KCCC Exhibition hall, Klaipeda, Lithuania; 'The Athens Photo Festival. Photobook Exhibition', Benaki Museum, Greece; '25 Karat. Goldrausch', Studio 1, Kunstquartier im Bethanien, Berlin; 'Chapter one by Homeparkpress', Island, Hamburg; 'Five years', exp12, Berlin; 'Space Jamz', Humble Arts Foundation;
    2016: 'Kollision', Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin; 'Positionen. The Boutographie projection', La Panacée, Montpellier, France; 'photobookNOW!', Festival analogueNOW!, Berlin; Group exhibition, Photobastei, Zurich, Switzerland; 'Fotobuchsonntag #5', erstererster, Berlin; 
    2017: 'TheLibrary. A Photo Book Love Affair', tête, Berlin; 'Keep Your Eyes Peeled', aff Galerie, Berlin; 'The Athens Photo Festival. Photobook Exhibition', Benaki Museum, Greece; 'Errance blanche', Fotohaus ParisBerlin, Arles, France; 
    2018: 'Answers Without Words', Paragon Gallery, Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland;
    2019: 'pretty blue batch', Treptow Ateliers Berlin; 'Herbstsalon', Kunstverein Bad Homburg, Germany;
    2021: 'Mensch Arno, siehste ...!', Treptow Ateliers Berlin;
    2022: 'Kunst zum Blättern', GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig; 'Träumen', Hof Prädikow, Brandenburg, Germany;
    2023: 'Die Obiger Galaxis / Compiling Caspar David', Axel Obiger, Berlin;

Awards
  • 2013: Public prize, Le PhotobookFest, Paris for 'Plánētes';

    2014: 2th prize portfolio review, 6th European Month of Photography Berlin;