BIO | WORKS
since 2020 Development of teaching format B2 Kunst und Kultur at Volkshochschule Neukölln, Berlin.
2018 – 2021 Cultural mediator, designer education programs at Gesellschaft für humanistische Fotografie, Berlin.
Co-creator of Foto im Kontext - reflecting on the way we see.
2018 – 2020 Collaborating artist at KontextSchule, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2014 – 2016 Photo assistant to photographers John Angerson and Mark Cocksedge, London.
2012 – 2013 Staff photographer and cultural mediator at Forum Réfugiés-Cosi, Lyon, France.
EDUCATION
2018 – 2020 KontextSchule, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2018 – 2019 Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin. Seminar Sibylle Fendt: Europe
2017– 2018 Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin. Seminar Thomas Meyer: Identity
2013 St Martin's School of Art, London. Reportage photography
2012 – 2013 Université Lumière Lyon II, Lyon, France.
Professional MA Cultural Mediation: conveying of the arts and knowledge through image.
Dissertation: Portraying the life of Romanian Roma in France: the role of the image and its maker.
2009 – 2011 Université Lumière Lyon II, Lyon, France.
MA Audiovisual studies, specialisation documentary cinema and photography
2007 – 2009 University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom. International Relations, Philosophy, French
EXHIBITIONS | SCREENINGS
2022
2021
How to walk a line. The Pulse under my Skin, Berlin. Virtual exhibition here.
2020
Wie man eine Linie geht. Kurzfilmtag, Die Beginen, Rostock
Plattenkrise. DokKa Dokumentarfestival, Karlsruhe - Winner Best Short Documentary. Interview here.
Operation Himmelblick. Begehungen 2020 Festival, Chemnitz
Es wird gewesen sein. C7 Galerie, Mannheim (OFF//FOTO Mannheim). Virtual exhibition here.
2019
#OurSummerOfLove (winner instagram). Palais Populaire, Berlin
Diskursalon presents: On Migration. Group Show and Panel. Sprachsalon, Berlin
I can't recall the melody, but it was beautiful. Transmitter, Berlin
Heimspiel. Deine Zauber binden wieder. Group Show Ostkreuz Schule für Fotografie. Provino Club, Augsburg
The Cycle Diaries. Female Flavours. TATWERK, Berlin
Heimspiel. Deine Zauber binden wieder. Group Show Ostkreuz Schule für Fotografie. Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
2018
Selected Memories. Group Show curated by Loosenart. Millepiani,Rome
Ulrike, Commended Portrait, Sony World Photography Awards. Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin. Virtual exhibition here.
Heimspiel. Solo Exhibition. Mama Kalo,Berlin
Ulrike, Commended Portrait, Sony World Photography Awards. Somerset House, London. Virtual exhibition here.
Fluchtpunkt. Identity Group Show Ostkreuz Schule für Fotografie. Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin
2017
Exploraçao. Solo Exhibition. Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Virtual exhibition here.
2015
Images et Humanitaire. Group Show and Panel. Bibliothèque du 1er, Lyon (invitation by Médecins du Monde)
2014
Roms, entre autres. Solo Exhibition. Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Roms, entre autres. Solo Exhibition. Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Lyon
2013
Roms, entre autres. Solo Exhibition. Le Lavoir Public, Lyon (Biennale of Contemporary Art)
Raisin d’être. Jardin des Miroirs, Paris (Printemps de la Bio, 2nd Jury Prize)
2012
The Bricks of the Lane. Solo Exhibition. Kahila, London
Préjugés d’Ici et d’Ailleurs. Parc de la Tête d'Or, Lyon (part of Dialogues en Humanité)
2011
Préjugés d’Ici et d’Ailleurs. CCO, Villeurbanne (part of Migrant’Scène Festival)
Reflections from Jenin (short film 30', director). Fusion Festival, Mecklenburg
2010
Leo (short film 9', director). Centre d’animation, Paris (part of Cris de la ville)
COLLECTIONS
2022 Donaublau, Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum, Ulm
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2020 On placemaking. Panel discussion at Chaos Computer Congress, digital world.
2019 On subjectivity in the construction of narrative. Panel discussion at Diskursalon: On Migration, Berlin.
2018 On Brazil’s current environmental policies. Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Written interview here.
2015 On the photographer’s role in contemporary humanitarian reportage. Round table with Médecins du Monde, Bibliothèque du 1er, Lyon
2013 On inclusion policies aimed at Romanian Roma families in Lyon, France. Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Lyon
FEATURED IN PRESS
2021 On housing and rooftops. arte tracks
2017 On female refugee chefs in London, for documentary A la recherche des femmes chefs (Vérane Frédiani, France 2016). Trailer here.
2016 Mazí Mas: The life-changing restaurant. Independent
2015 On female refugee chefs in London, Interviews with AFP and BBC
2015 Meet the Migrant Women revolutionising the Food Industry. Huffington Post
2014 The New Radicals. Guardian
COLLECTIVES
Operation Himmelblick
Women making Art in Public Space
Human Systems' Future Togetherness Kitchen
Inspirations (selection) Moises Saman, Taryn Simon, Josef Koudelka, Klea McKenna, Wing Shya,Janet Cardiff, David Alan Harvey, Sebastiao Salgado, Jane Bown, Lucia Berlin, Bruce Davidson, Gillian Wearing, Paolo Pellegrin, Hannah Höch, Toni Morrison
Contact | mara.klein(at)posteo(dot)de