ABOUT

Julie Legouez is a multidisciplinary artist and curator based in Berlin. Her practice develops from autobiographical experiences and examines power, control, intimacy, violence, care and self-determination.

Working across installation, photography, video, text, objects and performance, she uses interiors, furniture and everyday materials to explore how private experiences are shaped by social expectations and institutional structures.

BIOGRAPHY



Julie Legouez (*1988 in Viersen) lives and works in Berlin. She studied painting at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee and graduated in 2017, followed by a Meisterschüler year with Werner Liebmann.

Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Germany and internationally. Alongside her artistic practice, she works as a curator and co-founded the art association Gruppe Gorgone e. V. , through which she develops exhibitions, public programmes and collaborative projects.

BORN
1988, Viersen

BASED IN
Berlin

PRACTICE
Artist
Curator
Co-founder, Gruppe Gorgone

CV


EDUCATION2018 Meisterschülerin, Prof. Werner Liebmann 
2017 diploma fine arts, KHB Weißensee University of Art, Berlin
2015 semester abroad, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada 
2011-2018 studies fine art, KHB Weißensee University of Art, Berlin 
2008-2010 studies German studies and art history,  Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg

GRANTS
RESIDENCIES
AWARDS
2026 Nominated Förderpreis Junge Kunst, Berlin
Project funding, Ministry of Culture, Schleswig-Holstein 
Residency grant, Otte1, Eckernförde 
Exhibition grant from the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin
2025
Research grant, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin  
Exhibition grant from the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin
2024
Die schönsten Bücher Deutschlands (Shortlist), Stiftung Buchkunst, Frankfurt a. M.
2023
Workinggrant NEUSTARTplus, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2021 Grant Kulturwerk Stiftung VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
NEUSTART KULTUR Mentoring
2020 Grant of the Senate for Culture and Europe, Berlin
2017 Shifting Islands Residency Program, Bolzano, Italy
2016 Grant of Mart-Stam-Stiftung, Berlin
2015 Promos Grant


EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
SOLO & DUO
2026 Dinner from one, Droste Galladé Salon, Berlin
Your Empty Chair, Flutgraben e. V. , Berlin
2024
Urlaub in Biesenthal, Galerie Pforte, Biesenthal
MY HAPPY PLACE, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin
2023 I ALWAYS HOLD A KEY IN MY HAND, Culterim Gallery, Berlin (Duo)
2021 Solo show, Shedhalle Tübingen e.V., Tübingen
I WILL SURVIVE, ZF Projektraum, Berlin
2019 Sprechstunde, Sabot Mimi Faster, Berlin
I can´t live without you! Then die., Galerie Irrgang, Berlin

GROUP2026 fight or flight: SEX, Studio1 at Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Fiction makes me nauseous, Neukölln Speicher (48 h Neukölln Festival), Berlin
All that she holds inside, Droste Galladé, Paris, FR
2025
fight or flight: MONEY, Stadtwerkstatt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin 
Women at Work, Kunstverein Amrum, Amrum
Gelbe Seiten, raumwww, Berlin  
2024
Do you feel me now?, Galerie am Saalbau, Berlin 
Female Gaze & Power, Syker Vorwerk, Syke 
fight or flight: FEAR, Stadtwerkstatt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin 
2023 FEMI(NI)ZID, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Gruß aus Biesenthal, Culterim Gallery, Berlin
Culterim Showcase, Culterim Gallery, Berlin
2022 Final Exhibtion Culterim Residency, Culterim Gallery | Kaiserdamm, Berlin
Dear Diary, …, Culterim Gallery | Kaiserdamm, Berlin
Übern Berg, Localize Festival, Potsdam
Messages, Galerie M, Berlin
Werkschau Residency, Culterim Gallery | Kaiserdamm, Berlin
To be on the cards, MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach
2021 PrePast, Schaufenster, Berlin
Spitting Diamonds -Edition Südpfalz, Das gute Leben, Kandel
Nothing‘s gonna change my world? by raumwww, gr_und, Berlin
2020 Sorgen (International) Vol. 9 – High Class, Localize Festival, Potsdam
Quellengalerie, Im Wizemann, Stuttgart
how beautiful you are! mit Sorgen (International), KINDL, Berlin
ADAMANT ROMANCE BLUE INTOLERANT, City Casino, Berlin
2019 Sorgen (International) Vol. 7, Basis, Frankfurt a, M.
Auszug, Galerie Abbau, Berlin
Rausch, SEZ, Berlin
2018 Sorgen (International) Vol. 6, Vitrine01, Berlin
Sorgen (International) N. 5, Bar Babette, Berlin
Defying Currents, The Shelf, Berlin
Staffelschau, Galerie M, Berlin
Sorgen (International) Vol. 4, SOX, Berlin
Macht Landschaft!, Schloßgalerie, Kaltern (Italy)
Erotica Groupshow, Erotica Sexshop, Berlin
2017 Macht Landschaft!, Kunsthalle Bozen, Bolzano (Italy)
Sorgen (International) Der Shop, Raum für draßtische Maßnahmen, Berlin
BITTE BITTE BITTE, SEZ, Berlin
documenta ulaanbaatar kassel, UFO, Kassel-Biebergemünd
Wir wollen nicht zur Documenta 14, Corporate Hotel Gallery, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
Golden Ass, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig,
u.A.w.g., Mojolika Manufaktur, Karlsruhe
2016 Die Bilder der Anderen, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin
Sorgen (International), Montagehalle, Berlin
Tote Tauben Turteltauben, Kurt Kurt, Berlin
Speed, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Berlin
Abschlussausstellung, Kaufhaus Jandorf, Berlin
Kaputt ist nicht genug, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
Rien ne va plus, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Lüneburg
2015 2210, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver (Canada)
Capillatus, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin
Cirrus, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin
2014
UTA, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
UGMAPLAST, Studio Schramm, Berlin
Das Floß der Medusa, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
2013 Heimgesucht, WBB, Berlin
Nachschlag, Uferhallen, Berlin


PRESS/PUBLICATIONS  2026 “fight or flight: SEX”, interview, Les Nouveaux Riches
“Libido und Antidepressiva”, Queerspiegel-newsletter by Luca Lang, Tagesspiel 
“That Time of My Life”, short story, published in the anthology Dog Days, SHIFT BOOKS
“Mein Büro” by Daniela Noack, Forum Magazin, Saarbrücken
“Threads of Farewell”
by Carolin Kralapp, Hot Coffee Conversations, New York
2025
“Eine toxische Beziehung“ by Emilia Papadakis, review, taz, Berlin
“Wenn Frauen* endlich über Geld sprechen” by Uta Baier, report, Parnass Magazin, Vienna
“Book Review: Julie Legouez - The Cure” by Georgina Laube, review, MUSÉE magazin, New York
2024
“An Britney und die Selbstzweifel”, review, gallerytalk.net
Ausstellung “Female Gaze & Power”: Kunst aus weiblicher Perspektive, Bericht, Weser Kurier
“Female Gaze & Power”, exhibition catalog, Syker Vorwerk
“Female Gaze & Power. Die Stärke kollektiven Schaffens.”, preview, Artline Magazin
“Ausstellung „Fight or Flight”: Angst aus FLINTA*-Perspektive”, report by Selina Hellfritsch, Siegessäule
“Mehr Sichtbarkeit für Flinta*-Personen in der Kunstszene, report by Robert Klages, Tagesspiegel 
“Ich dachte Beziehungen sind so.”, interview, Beige Magazin
“Hinter verschlossenen Türen.”, review, gallerytalk.net
“Es wäre mutig, wenn Täter dazu stehen würden, was sie getan haben”, interview, Börsenblatt
 “THE CURE”, artist book, published by SHIFT BOOKS
2023 After the Happy Ending by Josefine Granetoft, portrait, re:visions journal
2022 Macht, Liebe und eine komplexe Welt, report, Rheinische Post
2021 “Nothing’s gonna change my world?”, book by raumwww
2020 Fighter with a broken heart, Horst und Edeltraut
2019 “Beate Scheder schaut sieht sich in Berlins Galerien um”, report, taz


CONCEPT
CURATION
COORDINATION
(SELECTION)
2026 fight or flight: SEX, Studio1 at Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2025
fight or flight: MONEY, Stadtwerkstatt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin
2024 Do you feel me now?, Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin
fight or flight: FEAR, Stadtwerkstatt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin
2023
I ALWAYS HOLD A KEY IN MY HAND, Culterim Gallery, Berlin
since 2023
curator duo with Evelina Reiter (exhibition with feminist focus)
2022 Dear Diary, …, Culterim Gallery, Berlin


TEACHING
READINGS
TALKS
2026 I WISH I COULD, performative reading, Neuköllnspeicher (48 Stunden Neukölln), Berlin 
Artist Talk, Paris Gallery Weekend, Droste Galladé, Paris
How to be a curator (fast), lecture, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg & HFBK, Hamburg 
(NO) Drama, talk, Galerie ART CRU, Berlin
2025
Kunst als Handlung, input (at the exhibition ctrl+alt+delete), Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin 
How to make Kulturpolitik (fast), lecture, Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel 
How to make Kulturpolitik (fast), lecture, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin 
Zur Bedeutung der Kunst für eine krisenbeständige Demokratie, panel talk, Kunsthaus Hamburg
Rembrandt als Unternehmer:in, guest lecture, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg
2024
The Cure, reading, Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin
Talking Books, reading THE CURE, C/O Berlin, Berlin
2021
Don‘t worry – Self-help group for artists, seminar as part of the "See Up" program at KHB Weißensee University of Art, Berlin


VOLUNTEER POSITIONS2024–2026 board member, bbk berlin (professional association of visual artists), Berlin
Part of the speakers’ circle of The Independent Art Coalition, Berlin



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