Ronja Falkenbach *1989 is a german photographer based in Berlin. Educated at the University of Applied Sciences / Bielefeld, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design / Jerusalem and Chung-Ang University / Seoul.
Her interested in issues revolving around intimacy and themes emerging from it, working in documentary photography at the performative intersection. This performative is drawn from the empathic relationship that she develops during her projects with the individuals
of her photographs.
Social Networks as Instagram, Tinder or Couchsurfing are building the base of her research into subcultures in different locations and serve as a performative tool to connect body and place. Actions in front and behind the camera intertwine and through that the work is referring to herself, even if she never appears in the photographs. Truth as the base of the documentary photography is blurred with fiction, memories are constructed or true and start or end her psychological and existential journey.
Photo © Loredana Nemes
education
2016 - 2021 Bachelor of Arts Photography and Media, FH Bielefeld
2021 Participant of the Canon Student developing Programm at Visa pour l’image
2020 Internship at Ostkreuz Agentur der Fotografen GmbH, Berlin
2019 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Department of Photography, Erasmus+ Israel, Yaakov Israel, Uri Gershuni
2018 중앙대학교 Chung-Ang University Seoul, Department of Art, South Korea, DAAD Promos Scholarship, Sascha Pohle
2018 OSTKREUZ Workshop, Christian Pankratz, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld
2017 Bildredaktion: Bild im Kontext - Workshop, Ute Noll, FH Bielefeld
2015 - 2016 Graphic Artist, TW Plus Agency, Koblenz
2010 - 2013 Vocational Training, Graphic Design
awards & residencies
2022 Artist in Residence / 1. Lausitzer Fototage / Lieberose
2022 Artist in Residence / Studio Vortex / by Antoine D’Agata, Arles, France
2019 shortlist "cat on a leash" Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Greece
group exhibitions
2023 Vertraute Fremde, Bilder der 1. Lausitzer Fototage with "Eisenhüttenstadt", Atelierhof Werenzhain, Doberlug-Kirchhain
2023 Lausitz im Wandel with "Eisenhüttenstadt", Schlosswiese, Lieberose
2023 Lange Nacht der Kunst - Perspektiven with "Ways of eating Chickpeas", Die Weberei, Gütersloh
2023 Keep Your Eyes Peeled with "Cat on a leash", AFF Galerie, Berlin
2022 Mixed Feelings with "Cat on a leash", Omega Bar, Berlin
2021 werkschau, Graduation Show "Light by Screen" FH Bielefeld
2021 In the Evening, fotobus-society-showcase exhibition, Essen
2019 back to the future - 19th century photography, curated by Uri Gershuni, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2018 haeckgeoli - art book show (curated by Sascha Pohle) 중앙대학교 Chung-Ang University Anseong, Seoul, South Korea
2018 unauthorized 중앙대학교 Chung-Ang University Anseong at the cave, Seoul, South Korea
publications
Musikexpress, DE
ZEIT Campus, DE
photo-letter, DE
Zenevloed, NL
Mixmag, RUS
Electrónica & Roll, ES
Worldwide FM, UK
Groove, DE
DJ Mag, UK
Complex, UK
stays abroad
2019 Israel + Palestine
2018 South Korea
2015 Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam)
2014 New Zealand
2010 London