Julia Benz is a Berlin based painter,
trained at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
and University of Arts Berlin
Represented by Galerie Gerken in Berlin
Selected Exhibitions & Projects
2019
“Vienna Art Week” – Satellite Installation
Gerald Hartinger Fine Arts, Vienna (AU)
“Festival Concreto” – Mural
University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza (BRA)
“Out of Mind. Just in Time.” – Solo Exhibition
Gerald Hartinger Fine Arts, Vienna (AU)
“Between the Lines” – Solo Exhibition
Die Kunstagentin, Cologne (GER)
“Aporias” – Group Exhibition
Mirus Gallery, San Francisco (USA)
“Technicolor” – Group Exhibition
Galerie Zimmerling&Jungfleisch, Saarbrücken (Germany)
Urvanity Art Fair – Group Exhibition
with Fousion Gallery, Madrid (Spain)
“Catharsis” – Solo Exhibition
Galerie Gerken, Berlin (Germany)
2018
“ProAbstract” – Group Exhibition
Swinton Gallery, Madrid (Spain)
“Helsinki Urban Art” – Murals
Pasila, Goethe-Institut Finnland, Helsinki (Finnland)
“Tao Hua Tan Spring Residency” – Artist Painting Residency
Shanghai, Xuancheng (China)
“Best of Galerie Gerken” – Group Exhibition
Galerie Gerken, Berlin (Germany)
2017
“Natural Space” – Group Exhibition
Galerie Gerken, Berlin (Germany)
“Roule Petit Ougandais” – Group Exhibition
Kolly Gallery, Zurich (Switzerland)
„Not my Circus, Not my Monkeys“— Solo Exhibition
Fousion Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
“Nice to meet you too”— Group Exhibition
Agostino Iacurci, Evol, Tavar Zavacki/Above, Julia Benz
Die Kunstagentin, Cologne (Germany)
“In a while Crocodile”— Solo Exhibition
Plastic Murs, Valencia (Spain)
“What the Weekend is Gallery”— Group Exhibition
The Art Union, Alte Münze, Berlin (Germany)
2016
“Jim Avignon – Rendevouz der Freunde”— Group Exhibition
Schacher – Raum für Kunst, Stuttgart (Germany)
“Don´t hug me. I´m scared.”— Solo Exhibition
Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne (Germany)
“What the Weekend is Gallery”— Group Exhibition
The Art Union, Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin
2015
“Yalla! Go paint Khartoum!”
Project Organisation and Workshop
Goethe Institut Sudan, Khartoum (Sudan)
Art.Fair Cologne
Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne
“Lost in Trainstation” — Solo Exhibition
Heliumcowboy Artspace, Hamburg
“Art Copenhagen”— Art fair
Heliumcowboy Artspace, Copenhagen (Denmark)
“Yalla” Mural for WestART
WDR, Düsseldorf
“Scope Art Basel” — Art fair
Heliumcowboy Artspace, Basel
“60 Jahre Kunst” — Group Exhibition
Heliumcowboy Artspace, Hamburg
“Das eigene Ich” — Group Exhibition
Affenfaust Gallery, Hamburg
“WeLoveYouganda” – Mural at National Theater Kampala
with Millerntor Gallery and Viva con Agua, Kampala (Uganda)
2014
“Window Seat”— Solo Exhibition
Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne
“Yalla! Go paint Khartoum!”
Project Organisation and Workshop
Goethe Institut Sudan, Khartoum
“Down by Law”— Solo Exhibition
Eichblatt Gallery, Berlin
“Knotenpunkt 2014” — Group Exhibition
Affenfaust Gallery, Hamburg
“Millerntor Gallery #4” — Group Exhibition
St. Pauli Stadion, Hamburg
“Project M/4” — Group Exhibition
Urban Nation, Berlin
“Community Clash 3” — Group Exhibition
Artconnect Berlin, Berlin
2013
“Everything Amazing – Nobody Happy”— Solo Exhibition
Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin
“The Circle Show”— Group Exhibition
Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin
“Millerntor Gallery – Overtime” — Group Exhibition
Heliumcowboy Artspace, Hamburg
“Millerntor Gallery #3” — Group Exhibition
St. Pauli Stadion, Hamburg
“Spring Broken”— Solo Exhibition
Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne
2012
“Blooom”— Art Fair
Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne
“Give it a second – It´s going to Space”— Group Exhibition
Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne
Studies
2015
Master Degree in Painting
at Universität der Künste Berlin,
Professor Burkhard Held
2012 – 2014
Painting
at Universität der Künste Berlin,
Professor Burkhard Held
2010 – 2012
Painting
at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Interviews & Features
2016
The Why Not
Artists we love: Julia Benz
2015
WIDEWALLS
THESE ARE THE 10 MOST POPULAR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF SEPTEMBER!
WIDEWALLS
Julia Benz
WDR West ART goes Street Art
Julia Benz – verschleierte Frau in Düsseldorf Lierenfeld
Kathrynsky´s
“Yalla” Mural in Düsseldorf von Julia Benz
Paul Barbera / Where they create
Julia Benz Studiovisit
Backyard Shop Blog
Julia Benz – Malerei und Urban Art
Kathrynsky´s
Julia Benz Malerei – Im Interview
Conleys – The Fashion Online Store
Mit Julia Benz in Uganda
URBANSHIT
Julia Benz im Interview mit Vantage Point Radio
2014
WIDEWALLS
Window Seat
URBANSHIT
Julia Benz “Window Seat” Ausstellung in Köln
URBANSHIT
Julia Benz – “Lütte Deern”
Schiffs-Mural in Hamburg
Die Zeit Online
Vom Millerntor in die Elbe by Jörg Heikhaus
Artconnect Berlin
Spotlight on Julia Benz
Stylemag.net
WOMEN TO WATCH | Julia Benz
Dori Varga Collection / Julia Benz
URBANSHIT
Dokumentation “Everything Amazing – Nobody Happy” über die Künstlerin Julia Benz
2013
artfucksme.com
Julia Benz
Lomography.de
Julia Benz gestaltet die La Sardina DIY
für die Millerntor Gallery
Mit Vergnügen Blog
ARTVERGNÜGEN #29 featuring Julia Benz
2012
KalinkaKalinka Blog Berlin
7 Fragen an die deutsche Malerin und Illustratorin Julia Benz