Process Statement
Katja Stuke films people on the street — absorbed in thoughts they are captured on film. The looks of the portrayed, however, reveal a peculiar moment of concentration just as if they were aware of the possibility to encounter others and to escape urban isolation. The majority of the portrayed, whose specific looks, gestures and postures Katja Stuke carefully chose, are modern self-conscious women who simultaneously reflect a fugitive moment of pride.
In her book she arranges a selection of these real moments next to scenes from films and video games. the combination of real and fictional screenshots blurs not only the boundaries between reality and fiction but also the distinction between photography and film.
Katja Stuke * 1968
studied "visual communications (video/photography) in Düsseldorf
lives and works in Düsseldorf
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2016 »Mit anderen Augen« [G] Kunstmuseum Bonn
2015 »Japanese Lesson« (with Oliver Sieber) Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf
2015 »Fax form the Diary« (with Oliver Sieber) Temple Galerie, Paris
2015 »You and Me« (with Oliver Sieber) Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago
2015 »??? Nationalfeiertag« RAUM SECHS, Düsseldorf
2015 »Under Surveillance« [G] Galerie für Fotografie, Hannover
2015 »Katja Stuke & Flora Hitzing« Städtische Galerie Büttgen
2015 »Past is now« [G], Stadtmuseum Munich
2014 »(Mis)understanding Photography and Manifestos« [G] Folkwang Museum Essen
2014 »Manifeste! Eine andere Geschichte der Fotografie« [G] Fotomuseum Winterthur
2014 »Fax from the Library« (with Oliver Sieber) Kunsthalle Bremen
2014 »Portraits« IED Madrid, PhotoEspaña 2013
2013 »Specator Sports« [G] Museum for Contemporary Photography, Chicago
2012 »Zeitgespenster« [G] Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen
2012 »Der Mensch und seine Objekte« [G] Folkwang Museum, Essen
2011 »Flashmob«, Kunsthaus Essen
2011 »Our House« mit Oliver Sieber, Photomuseum Braunschweig
2010 »O.i.F./Movie Locations-Portfolio« mit Oliver Sieber, Florence Loewy, Paris
2010 »Supernatural« Loris Berlin
2010 »(Out of) Control« Les Brasseurs Art Contemporain, BIP Festival Liège [G]
2009 »Hidden Places« Kaune Sudendorf Galerie, Köln [G]
2008 »Could Be« Bespoke Gallery, New York
2008 »Beautiful World« [G] Alte Post/Neuss und Städt. Galerie/Waldkraiburg
2007 »Contemporary German Photography« [G] Texas USA
2007 Die photographische Sammlung @ Art Cologne (Supernatural)
2006 »K.Stuke/O.Sieber« Das Böhm Projekt Die photogr. Sammlung/ Cologne
2006 »K.Stuke/O.Sieber: The Böhm Project« CASO Contemporary Art Space, Osaka
2005 »Portraits« Galerie Markus Foth, Freiburg
2005 PhotoEspaña Festival [Böhm Project] Madrid
2004 »Nachtfoyer« Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, [Böhm Projekt]
2004 Pingyao International Photo Festival China
2004 »Unser Film« Goethe Institut Rotterdam/Berlin (with O. Sieber)
2004 Galerie Kraushaar [with O. Sieber] Düsseldorf
2003 »Dokumentation« [G] Fotogalerie Wien
2003 »Wonderlands, Perspektiven aktueller Photographie« [G] Museum Duisburg
2003 »Aenne Biermann Preis« [G] Gera
EVENTS/ARTBOOKFAIRS:
2009 »Markt der Kleinverlage« Fotomuseum Winterthur
2009 »New York Artbookfair« PS1, New York
2010 »Hypermarkt« Arles
2010 London Artbookfair, Whitechappel Gallery London
2010 »New York Artbookfair« PS1, New York
2010 »Offprint Paris«, Artbookfair
2011 »Cneai= Paris« Bibliothèque
2011 »Hypermarkt« Arles
2012 Paris Photo 2012 (mit Forence Loewy)
2013 Photobook Salon, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf curated by Jeffrey Ladd
GRANTS/PRICES/RESIDENCIES
2001 1rst price »European Price for Women Photography«, Prato
2002 Merit Aenne Biermann Preis
2005 Porject-Grant by Foundation Kunststiftung NRW
2005 Ernst-Poensgen-Foundation, Osaka
2005 Artist in Residence Goethe Institut/Toronto
2007 Nominiert für den Förderpreis für bildenden Kunst der Stadt Düsseldorf
2006 Artist in Residence, Art-Ex, Osaka
2009 Project-Grant by Foundation Kunststiftung NRW
2012 Artist in Residence (with Oliver Sieber) Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
2014 Grant (Japan), govermental office (Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport NRW)
2014 »You and Me« supported by Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, Goethe Institut Chicago and Goethe Institut Sarajevo
2014 Grant (Nationalfeiertag) Foundation/Kunststiftung NRW
2012 Artist in Residence (with Oliver Sieber) Cité International des Arts Paris
OTHER ACTIVITIES
since 2010 »Antifoto«, Exhibitions, Artists’ Talks, Magazines
founded, curated and organized by Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber
2016 Curator of »Internationale Photoszene« Cologne (with Oliver Sieber)
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