Julia Charlotte Richter (*1982 in Gießen, Germany) is a video artist.
She studied Fine Art in Kassel (Germany), Portsmouth (UK) and Braunschweig (Germany). Julia Charlotte Richter’s works have been shown internationally in numerous screenings and exhibitions, including Manege Moscow, Georgian National Museum Tbilisi, Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis Saarbrücken, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster, Shortfilmfestival Hamburg, B3 Biennial of the Moving Image Frankfurt or Coreana Museum of Art in Seoul. She received different scholarships such as the residency Young Art in Essen (Kunstring Folkwang/Kunsthaus Essen) in 2012 or a working grant by Stiftung Kunstfonds in 2014. In 2017 she received a project grant by the Kunststiftung NRW as well as a travel grant by the Hessische Kulturstiftung. She is currently working on her project The gift of being prepared that is funded by Hessenfilm as well as on a collaborative project with Lisa Seebach, funded by Stiftung Kunstfonds.
EDUCATION
2010-2011
Meisterschülerin (master degree), Prof. Corinna Schnitt, Braunschweig University of Art (Germany)
2007/2008
University of Portsmouth, (UK), School of Art, Design and Media (Erasmus program)
2004-2010
Fine Art, School of Art, Kassel (Germany), class of Prof. Bjørn Melhus
TEACHING
2021-2022
Verwaltung der Professur “Grundlehre Film/Video”, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
2015-2017
Bachelor theses supervision, department of Mediadesign, Mediadesign Hochschule, Campus Berlin (Germany)
2014-2015
Teaching assignment, department of Mediadesign, Mediadesign Hochschule, Campus Berlin (Germany)
PRIZES / SCHOLARSHIPS
2021
Project Funding (with Lisa Seebach), Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn (Germany)
2020
Project Funding, Hessenfilm (Germany)
2017/2018
Travel Grant (to California & Nevada), Hessische Kulturstiftung (Germany)
2017
Project Grant, Kunststiftung NRW (Germany)
2016
Residency, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (Germany)
2015
Project funding, Bösenberg-Foundation Meinersen (Germany)
2014
Scholarship, Stiftung Kunstfonds (Germany)
2013
Residency in Tbilisi, Georgia, Women‘s Cultural Office NRW / Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Georgia)
2012/2013
Scholarship and Residency Young Art in Essen, Kunsthaus Essen / Kunstring Folkwang (Germany)
2012
Selection of the work Learning to Fly for the DVD-Compilation Looking at the Big Sky, Goethe-Institut / inter media art institute, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2011
Residency, Sparkasse Cultural Foundation Hesse-Thuringia, Künstlerkolonie Willingshausen (Germany)
2010
Prize by University Association Kassel (Germany)
2008/2009
Scholarship, Otto-Braun-Foundation, Kassel (Germany)
PUBLICATIONS
2015
The Smell of Rain, Folder, Orangerie Schloss Rheda & Werkstatt Bleichhäuschen, text: Melanie Körkemeier
2013
Promised Land, 88 pages, Catalogue: Young Art in Essen, text: Jean-Christophe Ammann
2012
Learning to Fly, 64 pages, Catalogue: 33rd Art Scholarship Willingshausen, text: Bernhard Balkenhol
2011
Julia Charlotte Richter, 32 pages, Braunschweig University of Art, master class edition, text: Alexandra Gerbaulet
SOLO SHOWS & SOLO SCREENINGS
2021
Point Blank, HilbertRaum, Berlin, GER
2020
Promised Land, Galerie Anita Beckers & blinkvideo, Online Exhibition
2018
NEUE FILME, Julia Charlotte Richter & Jonas Englert, Projektraum LS43, Berlin, GER
2017
Julia Charlotte Richter, art space Stolen Fire, Quanzhou, China (Solo Screening)
2016
Návštěva: Julia Charlotte Richter, Autonomní sociální centrum Klinika, Prague, CZ (Solo Screening)
Julia Charlotte Richter, Künstlerkolonie Willingshausen, GER (solo screening)
2015
LIMBO AND PARADISE, Galerie Perpetuel, Frankfurt am Main, GER (with Iris Musolf)
The Smell of Rain, Orangerie Schloss Rheda & Werkstatt Bleichhäuschen, Rheda Wiedenbrück, GER
2013
Promised Land, Kunsthaus Essen, GER
Promised Land, Goethe Institut Tbilisi, Georgia (Solo Screening)
2011
Learning to Fly, Kunsthalle Willingshausen, GER
Stellprobe, Hallenbad-Kultur am Schachtweg, Wolfsburg, GER
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS / SCREENINGS
G= GROUP SHOW, S=SCREENING, F= FAIR
2022
B-LA Connect Video Art Night, Goethe Institut Los Angeles, USA (S)
Death. Simply a Fact, Vögele Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon, CHE (G)
WORLD OF NETWORKS / CLUSTERED MINDS, video program by thewrong.org, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR (S)
2021
KFFK / Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°15, GER (S)
Lichte Momente, Osnabrück, GER (G)
CLUSTERED MINDS, La NUIT BLANCHE / Paris Wonderland, FR (S)
CLUSTERED MINDS, online streaming on thewrong.org (S)
Market Art Fair, Stockholm, SWE (F)
48h Neukölln, Studio Scheune Rixdorf, Berlin, GER (G)
BlumenFabrik, Kunsthaus Erfurt, with Marcel Krummrich, Erfurt, GER (G)
INTERLOCK #4: sleeping awake, raum on demand /Alte Münze Berlin, GER (G)
2020
Storytelling, GRIMMWELT Kassel, GER (G)
2019
TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE II, Goethe Institut Toronto, CAN (G)
INTERNATIONALES FRAUENFILMFESTIVAL, Dortmund/Köln, GER (S)
Kunst#quer#Kopf, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, GER (G)
Kino in Bewegung, screening program, HGB Galerie Leipzig, GER (S)
INSTABIL, art festival, Kunstverein die H_alle Braunschweig, GER (S)
Youth Before Age, Coreana Museum of Art, Seoul, KOR (G)
KLAPPE AUF!, Kurzfilmfestival, Hamburg, GER (S)
2018
AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR “GOOD MORNING, NEW WORLD”?, China Academy of Art Museum, Hangzhou, CHN (G)
TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE, Literaturhaus, Berlin, GER (G)
Büro Komplex – die Kunst der Artothek im politischen Raum, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster / Aachen, GER (G)
Documentary and Videofestival Kassel, GER (S)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, GER (S)
v_kunst (Mein neues Ich), Frankfurt, GER (G)
Ortstermin 2018 “Hoch Hinaus”, Projektraum LS43, Berlin, GER (G)
FISCHERS FRITZE, Frauenkulturbüro NRW in Yerevan, Goethe-Zentrum Yerevan, ARM (G)
WHAT IS GERMANY, Sporobole centre en art actuel, Sherbrooke, CAN (S)
I'm a believer, ATELIERFRANKFURT e.V., Frankfurt, GER (G)
2017
Fair Play Miami, USA (S)
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, GER (G)
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, HUUTO Galleria, Helsinki, FI (S)
Gutes Sterben - Falscher Tod, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, GER (G)
Life in the Bubble, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, GER (G)
SEH(N)SUCHT, Kunst Lager Haas, Berlin, GER (G)
RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, FR & HKW Berlin, GER (S)
Int. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Youth Program, GER (S)
I SEE - Int. Video Art Festival, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, GER (S)
2016
MTV! - MEDIA ART TELEVISE!, FAQ, Bremen, GER (G)
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Shanghai/Beijing, CHN (G)
20 Jahre Künstlerstipendium Willingshausen, Kunsthalle
Willingshausen, GER (G)
I SEE - Int. Video Art Festival, Anthology Film Archives, NY, USA (S)
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, Cuxhavener Kunstverein, GER (S)
32. Int. ShortFilmFestival Hamburg, Hamburg, GER (S)
goEast – Open Frame Award, Filmmuseum, Frankfurt, GER (S)
FEMMES’ VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, USA (S)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, GER (S)
goEast Festival, Wiesbaden, GER (S)
Open House, Shortlist - Karl Schmidt Rottluff Scholarship, Kühlhaus Berlin, GER (G)
Looking at the Big Sky, Ya-Galerie, Kiev, UKR (G)
2015
I SEE - Int. Video Art Festival, Momentum, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, GER (S)
I SEE - Int. Video Art Festival, Institute For Provocation, Beijing, CHN (S)
drama baby! on staging the self, Kühlhaus Berlin, GER (G)
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, CCA, Glasgow, GB (S)
Looking at the Big Sky, Goethe-Institut, Warschau, PL / Manila, PHL / LOOP, Seoul, KOR (S)
You are here, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, GER (G)
BEWEGTE BILDER, Marburger Kunstverein, GER (G)
MOVE ON UP, Hallenbad-Kultur am Schachtweg, Wolfsburg, GER (S)
2014
ART MIAMI, Galerie Anita Beckers, Miami, USA (F)
KLEX, Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film & Video Festival, MY (S)
SHNIT INT. SHORTFILMFESTIVAL, Bern, CH (S)
Looking at the Big Sky, Goethe Institut Chennai, IND / Chicago, USA / Barcelona, ESP / Ankara, TUR (S)
Art Southampton, Galerie Anita Beckers, NY, USA (F)
Open Air Cinema, Hamburg auf dem Rathausmarkt, GER (S)
Transition, Galerie Anita Beckers, AustellungsHalle, Frankfurt, GER (G)
Die lange Nacht der Videokunst, Europa-Haus / Goethe-Institut Tbilisi, GEO (S)
take for granted, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, GER (G)
Glückskekse, Movimentos Festwochen, Wolfsburg, GER (S)
30. Int. ShortFilmFestival, Hamburg, GER (S)
SKY – AMNUA International Video Art, Art Museum, Nanjing University of the Arts, CHN (G)
ART Rotterdam, Galerie Anita Beckers, NL (F)
2013
PULSE MIAMI, blinkvideo/Galerie A. Beckers, Miami, USA (F)
Triennial of Video 2013, Beijing Film Academy, CHN (G)
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, GER (G)
ARTISTERIUM VI, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, GEO (G)
Looking at the Big Sky, Goethe Institut, Hanoi, VNM / BABEL-Festival, Genua, ITA / Goethe Institut Porto, PRT (S)
Emerge Art Fair, blinkvideo/Galerie Anita Beckers, Washington, USA (F)
Zeitgenössische Positionen zum ländlichen Raum, Kunsthalle Willingshausen, GER (G)
Contemplating Death, Manege Moscow/Goethe Institut, RUS (G)
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, Babel Gallery Trondheim, NO (S)
26. Filmwinter Stuttgart, show EXPANDED MEDIA, GER (G)
2012
Kunstfilmtag 012, Düsseldorf, GER (S)
29. Documentary and Videofestival, Kassel, GER (S)
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, Tallinn, EST (S)
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki, FIN (S)
A Letter from Pocket Embassy, Caracas, VEN (S)
2011
Hotel Poetry Nr.4, Frankfurt, GER (S)
Gasunie Art Prize 2011, Groningen, NL (G)
v_kunst Frankfurt, la vie en général , Frankfurt, GER(G)
Video Folkwang, Screening V, Museum Folkwang, Essen, GER (S)
2010
Spiegeltest, Schnittraum, Galerie HBK Braunschweig, GER (G)
Monitoring, 27. Documentary and Videofestival Kassel, GER (G)
Interventionen 2010, Regierungspräsidium Kassel, GER (G)
2009
b4.2009 - Die Sprache der Menschen ist ihrem Leben gleich -, Brüder-Grimm-Platz e.V., Kassel, GER (G)
2008
Platform 5, Kunstverein Hannover, GER (G)
Monitoring, 25. Documentary and Videofestival Kassel, GER (G)
2007
Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis, Saarbrücken, GER (S)
goEast-Festival, Wiesbaden, GER (S)
31. Open-Air-Filmfest, Weiterstadt, GER (S)
4. Haydauer Filmtage, GER (S)
Survey, Galerieraum Satellit, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, GER (G)
Privacy 101, Hotel Grand Londres, Istanbul, TUR (G)
24. Documentary and Videofestival, Kassel, GER (S)
2006
23. Documentary and Videofestival, Kassel, GER (S)
2005
International Student Forum: European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, GER (G)