Julia Holtmann

Julia was born in Germany in 1983 and brought up amongst 3 brothers. After graduating from school with the german Abitur in 2003 she temporarily volunteered in a project for street children in Cape Town before moving to South Africa in 2005 to study Fine Arts. In 2007 she moved back to Germany to continue her studies near Dortmund and, later, Hamburg, where she focused on free-drawing and received her Bachelor of Arts from the Design Faculty of the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, in 2013.

Her book 'Fremde', a figurative and narrative investigation of dependencies, conditional and unconditional love and powerlessness in relationships between parents and children, was published in 2012 in a limited edition by the independent book label 'Mami Verlag'.

Julia exhibited in Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Japan during and after her studies including, for example, 'Reeper Reeper' which was curated during the Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg 2013 by gallerist Ralf Krüger and 'How We Quit the Forest', curated by Kasia Nagorska in 2015 for INCUBARTE 7, International Art Festival, Valencia, Spain.
In 2014 she received the Hamburg 'add art' grant that encourages companies in Hamburg to support emerging artists by providing exhibitio...

2009-2013 Illustration - Art Department of HAW Hamburg, DE

2007-2009 Fine Arts, Illustration - Ruhrakademie Schwerte, DE

2005-2007 Fine Arts - UNISA Cape Town, SA

Solo

2015
CONEXIONES [Drinks&Co Gallery Bar, Ronda_Spain]
selected drawings from 2010-2015

Group (selected)

2015
INCUBARTE 7 [International Ar t Festival Valencia_Spain]
„How we quit the forest“ at Sala La Metro, curated by Kasia Nagorska

ART OLYMPIA [International Ar t Prize, Tokyo_Japan]
Exhibition of finalists works

2014
ADD ART [BDO Hamburg_Germany]
Selected Ar tists shown and fostered by Business Companys in Hamburg

2013
KUNST IM REE [Ree Location, Hamburg _Germany]

REEPER REEPER [Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg _Germany]
curated by Ralf Krüger from „Feinkunst Krüger“ Gallery, Hamburg

FUMETTO [Luzern _Switzerland]
works selected by Prof. Anke Feuchtenberger

2012
MILCH & KOHLE [Das Magazin_Hamburg _Germany]
artists published by „Mami-Verlag“

2011
REACTIVE LANDSCAPES [Frappant E.V. Hamburg _Germany]
Interactive Installations



Awards and Grants:

2014 ADD ART Stipend
2015 First Round Winner Award ART OLYMPIA