Julia Rómas
Julia Magdalene Rómas (*1994) is a multimedia artist and musician based in Berlin, Germany. She is teaching Fine Art in Berlin.
She studied Design and Photography at Peter Behrens School of Arts in Düsseldorf (B.A) and finished her post-graduate studies at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (M.F.A).
In her multidisciplinary art practice she combines painting, sculpture, performance, sound, text and explores the dynamics between identity construction and deconstruction, staging of the performative as well as the relationship between human, city and nature.
She exhibited and performed her work at local galleries, collectives and concert spaces in Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Venice and Berlin. Her work was honored with different grants like project funding of Freundeskreis der HfBk Hamburg, Master grant of HfBK Hamburg and Stiftung Kulturfonds. She is participating in different bands and music projects.
CV
Education
2020 – 2022 Pedagogical Education, Fine Arts, Waldorf Pedagogy, Berlin
2017 – 2020 Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Master of Fine Arts) – Theory and History – Dr. Astrid Mania / Class of Sam Durant
2017 – 2019 Guest Study Ethnology – Universität Hamburg
2013 – 2017 Peter Behrens School of Art (Bachelor Of Arts) – Design / Photography
Grants (selected)
2022 Grant of Stiftung Kunstfonds
2019 – 2020 Master Grant »Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg e.V.« (DE)
2019 »Young Talent Scholarship« International Summer Academy – Performance & Choreography, Jay Pather (IT)
2018 Project Grant for „Herody“ »Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg e.V.« (DE)
2017 »Design Award Peter Behrens School of Arts« Award for Best Graduation Work, Düsseldorf (DE)
Exhibition & Performance (selected)
2023 (upcoming)
Museum Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg »Learning from Loheland« (06.-08.2023), Gruppenausstellung
2022
Sommersalon // VILLA68, Möckernstr. 68 Berlin
Fete de la musique, Spider Hug Band at Red Rum Bar
2020
»My I Oni« Graduation Show at HFBK Hamburg (DE)
»Czerwona Nic« Eröffnung Jahresaustellung HFBK (DE)
2019
Groupshow »3 Jahre Bunkerhill«, Bunkerhill Galerie, Hamburg
Musikalische Auftritte im Frappant, Gängeviertel und TONALi Hamburg
»Był Sobie Król« TONALi SAAL Hamburg (DE)
Performance Venice Biennale, Kurator Jay Pather (IT)
Performance »Mnemosys« HFBK Gallery (DE)
Performance »Tentillium Octavia«, PAT PAT PAT Show, Hamburg (DE)
2018
Tautology Show, Gallery Of HFBK (DE)
2017
Duesseldorf Photo Weekend 2017 (DE) – My I Oni (We and the Others) – The question of Polish Identity
Music / Release (selected)
2022 Release: Jupiter – Spider Hug, Garden Of Mind – Spider Hug
since 2020 Singer & Songwriter in the Berlin based band Spider Hug
2019 Singer – PADOUC (Hamburg), Release: The Line, Herat Is King ( Drosssel Label), etc
Teaching + Work
since 2022 Teaching: Finer Arts – Emil-Molt-Schule, Berlin
2020 - 2022 Teaching: Art and Sculpture – Annie-Heuser-Schule, Berlin
2019 Collaberation / Performance Course „Room Of One‘s Own“– Performance Studies, HFBK Hamburg
2018 – 2019 Research & Library, HFBK Hamburg
2016 – 2018 Cultural education for children and young people in different projects
2016 moxie collective / denken3000
