Biografy Julia Kaergel
When I was a child, I wanted to be first astronaut, polar explorer and later be dressmaker, to go to the theater. But it was different. I became an artist.
I love Hamburg and had my studio for 10 years in a former Margarinefabrik, nearby the Freihafen. Since 2008 I live in the countryside, just outside Hamburg, in a small town in Schleswig-Holstein, near a beautiful lake. Here I paint and draw and develop different book projects, images for animated films or computer games. Also, I'm happy to travel. Especially when I'm working together with artists in my workshops around the world and when I can also explore the world.
- pictures from my workshops
| 2013 | "Contemporary Picture Book Illustration in Germany" by Julia Kaergel, Public Lecture and Discussion, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). |
| 2013 | Illustration-workshop in Bangkok for professional illustrators and students of Srinakarinwirot University. (Organisation by Goethe Institut Bangkok) |
| 2013 | Invitation to 4. Asian Festival of Children's Content AFCC 2013 in Singapore, by National Book Development Council of Singapore - Writers and Illustrators Conference. 2 panels - speaking about "THE ART OF A PICTURE BOOK" |
| 2012 | 4-weeks workshop-Asia trip to Seoul, Beijing, Donnguan, Guangzhou, Hong Kong. Workshops for students of different Universities, department fine-art and illustration. Organised by Goethe-Institut. Finally there are presentations, exhibitions or a catalog. find more information in workshops. |
| 2012 | book-cover-design workshop for local artists in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Goethe Institut Dhaka) Finally exhibition at Goehte-Institut and Dhaka book fair. |
| 2011 | workshop in Yogyakarta, ISI, for students of fine-art departments, Finally exhibition at the gallery Katamsi |
| 2011 | got with female artists group m.art.a Residence Scholarship for Fine Arts at the Künstlerhaus Lauenburg |
| 2011 | 2-week stay in Dhaka, The world in four colors, workshop for professional illustrators and artists, Finally exhibition at the Goethe-Institut |
| 2010 | 2-week stay in Jakarta for illustration workshop with students at the Institute Kesenian Jakarta / Goethe-Institut and Exhibition (e) |
| 2008 | 6-week teaching assignment in Sudan for local artists. Poster art for Sudanese aid organizations and joint labor-trip along the Nile (UNDP / Goethe-Institut) |
| 2004 | Founding of the artists' group m.art.a |
| 2003 | painting workshop for children in Beirut and editors (Goethe Institut) |
| since 2001 | painting workshops with children and adults in kindergarten, schools, teacher training and in museums |
| since 1998 | freelance artist |
| 1992 - 1999 | Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg HAW, Department of Design, Illustration and Communication Design, Illustration by Rüdiger Stoye, painting with Eun Nim Ro and Dieter Glasmacher diploma |
| 1965 | born in Hamburg, Germany |