Moritz Jekat photography

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Moritz Jekat

Moritz Jekat is a visual artist hailing from the vibrant intersection of Berlin and Lausanne, whose practice spans the mediums of computer-generated imagery, sculpture, and installation. With a distinguished BA in Visual Communication from Potsdam under their belt, Jekat has since gone on to further refine his craft as a participant in the esteemed Master program of Photography at ECAL honoured "Tres Bien" in their 2023 MA-diploma in Renens/Lausanne, Switzerland.

At the core of Jekat’s practice lies an incisive exploration of contemporary developments within "western" society, with a particular emphasis on the role of identity and digital culture. Investigating the themes of co-existence, cohabitation, and the multiplicity of ideas that converge in shared spaces, Jekat’s work often draws on his own immediate surroundings before expanding outward to explore broader universal truths and experiments with re-kin-ing, vulnerability and collaboration as artistic practice and interprets the artistic process as a labratory for future togetherness of species and beings. Leaning into the fields of relational aesthetics and collective art practice, Jekat explores in this the intersections between human experience and technological advancement, with computer-generated imagery and the use of AI serving as powerful tools in their artistic arsenal.

(text by Matteo Bittani and Moritz Jekat)

Wipperstraße 6
12055 Berlin, GER
info(at)moritzjekat.de
+49 176 70902328

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Education

2023 – Master of Arts "Photography" with hornors – ECAL (Lausanne, CH)

2018 – Bachelor of Arts "Communication Design" with hornors – FH Potsdam (Potsdam, GER)

2010 – Bachelor of Arts "Comercial Economy" – Stenden Hogeschool (Emmen, NL)

Awards, Nominations, Scholarships & Projects

2021 – DAAD Scholarship "Masterabschluss Bildende Künste"

2019 – WINNER UNSEEN DUMMY AWARD 2019 – "Non ya"
2019 – SHORTLISTED KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2019 – "Non ya"

2018 – "Best graduation work FHP 2018" – "Non ya"

2016 – Participant art project TRAFO WEISSWASSER – in collaboration with „BIWAQ“

2015 – Participant photo project TRAFO – in collaboration with „Kulturstiftung des Bundes“

Exhibitions

2023 – (G) – Summer Show 2023 Young International Positions – Kang Contemporary – GER
2023 – (G) – Dissecting Globality – F2 Fotofestival 2023 (Künstler*innenhaus Dortmund) – GER
2023 – (S/O) – VRAL – Milan Machinima Festival – Milan, IT
2023 – (G) – Photo Schweiz – Halle 550 – Zürich, CH

2022 – (G) – Won Syat – ECAL – Lausanne – CH
2022 – (G) – Won Syat – Platform L – Seoul – KOR
2022 – (G) – Next! Festival der jungen Photoszene – MAKK – Köln – GER
2022 – (G) – I'm pretty cool but I cry a lot – UJZ Glocksee – Hannover – GER

2021 – (G) – In Search of Identity – F2 Fotofestival 2021 – Dortmund/Herne – GER
2021 – (G) – Inside – PH Museum Lab – Bologna – IT

2020/21 – (G) – Eleven: Artists of Gallery – Kang Contemporary – Berlin – GER
2020 – (G) – Keep your Eyes peeled VI – AFF Galerie – Berlin Art Week – Berlin – GER

2019 – (G) – Der Greif x Berlin Photo Week Print Exhibition – Berlin Photo Week – Berlin – GER
2019 – (G) – Photobook Exhibition Tour (Kassel Dummy Award 2019):

RAW Phototriennale – Worpswede – GER
Officine Fotografiche Roma – Rome – IT
Photobook Week Aarhus – Aarhus – DEN
Fotopia Collective Festival – Cluj-Napoca – ROU
Encontros da Imagem – Braga – PRT
Istanbul Photobook Festival – Istanbul – TUR
Photoireland Dublin – Dublin – IRL
IED Madrid – Madrid – ESP
Kassel Buch, Kulturbahnhof – Kassel – GER

2019 – (G) – Fusion of Evidence – Kang Contemporary – Berlin – GER
2019 – (G) – 8 Room Gallery – 8 Room Gallery – Berlin – GER
2019 – (S) – Non ya – Tribes.Convo – Berlin – GER

2018 – (G) – Applaus 2018 – Fachhochschule Potsdam – Potsdam – GER
2018 – (G) – Politiken des Design – Kunstraum Potsdam – Potsdam – GER

2017 – (G) – Neue Tradition – Objekte Unserer Tage – Berlin – GER
2017 – (G) – Trafo – Interim Festival – Schwäbische Alb – GER
2017 – (G) – Buchmesse Leipzig – Exhibitionstand FH Potsdam – Leipzig – GER

2016 – (G) – Trafo Weiswasser – Stadt Weisswasser – Weisswasser – GER
2016 – (G) – Buchmesse Leipzig – Exhibitionstand FH Potsdam – Leipzig – GER
2016 – (G) – Über Land – Kulturstiftung des Bundes – Halle a.d. Saale – GER

Features & Publications

A Corner with, (O)
Aint-Bad Magazine #14, (P)
Aint-Bad Magazine Online, (O)
British Journal of Photography, (O)
Der Fluter #67 #69 #70, (P/O)
Fototreff Berlin,
(O)
Katalog F2 Fotofestival, (P)
Ignant, (O)
INSIDE, (P)
Kaltblut Magazine, (O)
Musee Magazine, (O)
MYP Magazine, (O)
Ordinary Magazine – Tampon, (P)
Photographic Museum of Humanity, (O)
Spiegel Start, (O/P)
The Opera Magazine V, (O/P)
this ain't art school, (O)
Unseen Amsterdam (O)

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