Maidje is a documentary photographer and film maker from Berlin, who is developing the majority of her personal projects during international Artist Residencies. After studying Textile Design at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee, she continued her education at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, where she graduated in 2018. Her artistic work revolves around various sociological topics, including industrialization and its implications in Western society, social phenomena in rural areas, and marginalized individuals. 


She is a curatorial member of the AFF Galerie in Berlin and part of the female artist collective AFAIK, where she is producting short films and performances. Maidje is available for assignments and collaborations as a photographer, photo assistent, for curatoriol work and exhibition management.

Get in touch:
︎ hello (at) maidje.com

︎ +4915758831891  




NEWS



︎︎︎ From 2016 – 2018 she photographed the then up- and coming restaurant ernst in Berlin. For press images please get in touch via e-mail: hello (at) maidje.com

︎︎︎ “Ludi, Death & Me”  is a performance piece she developed with AFAIK collective and was funded by Stadt findet Kunst. It premiered on Oct 3rd at Kirche am Hohenzollernplatz.

︎︎︎ “Diskurszone Ost - Reparatur und Revolution” (2.5.–30.06.2024) was a group show with works by Eric Meier, Erik Niedling and Sven Gatter, she curated together Sven Gatter at AFF Galerie.

︎︎︎ In 2021 she was an Artist in Residence in Eastern Switzerland with the TaDA Residency. During her residency she also developed her first documentary film project about the history of the Swiss textile industry. Her work has been exhibited in 2023 at Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Switzerland.

︎︎︎ Together with Julia Brigasky she curated the exhibition CODED BODIES in 2022 at AFF Galerie, showing works by Alexander Kadow, Lina Scheynius & Ivonne Thein.

︎︎︎ She is part of the exhibition project IN WAVES #womenincovid. The exhibition has so far been shown in Berlin (2021), Bremen, Lüneburg and Tallinn, Estland (2022) and in 2023 in Bremerhaven. Read her ZEIT Newsletter feature about it. 

︎︎︎ Maidje spent April through July 2022 in Upper Austria as an Artist in Residence of the project Wirbelfeld. The series “d’Jugnd im Innviertel” is now a permanent installation at Schloss Sigharting, Upper Austria.




PUBLICATIONS


"Hinterm Berg - Notizen aus Osttirol", Nadja Köffler (Hg.) schneeblind Band 13, 2023
︎ https://www.uibk.ac.at/iup/buecher/9783991061021.html
“the story of ernst”, 2018 (self published, sold out)



EXHIBITIONS


2024
11.10.2024 VIDEO CENTER, /Zentrale Space, Berlin,GER
03.10.2024 performance with AFAIK collective /Kirche am Hohenzollerplatz, Berlin, GER
open studio, soft power /Berlin,GER
Keep Your Eyes Peeled IX, AFF Galerie /Berlin, GER
Mama, Bubu & me, GROTTO /Berlin, GER

2023
Textile Industry & Artists in Residence /Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, CH
Keep Your Eyes Peeled VII, AFF Galerie /Berlin, GER
9+1 TAGE SCHÖPFUNG, Kulturwerkstatt HAUS 10 /Bavaria, GER
Solo exhibition, Kunsthaus bella martha /Bavaria, GER
IN WAVES, Bremerhaven /Bremen, GER

2022
Kunstwerkstatt Lienz /East Tyrol, AU
25*Jahre Streetwork, Sparkassen Stadtsaal Ried/Upper Austria, AU
Wirbelfest, Schloss Sigharting /Upper Austria, AU
Vonovia Shortlist, Sprengel Museum /Hanover, GER
IN WAVES #womenincovid, Stadt Bremen /Bremen, GER
IN WAVES, Goethe Institut Estonia /Tallinn, EST
IN WAVES, KulturBäckerei /Lueneburg, GER
Raum für Kunst Halle e.V. /Halle, GER

2021
Shortlist Vonovia Award, Beste Fotoserie
Hinterm Berg, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain /Berlin, GER
IN WAVES, Köpenicker Str. 70 /Berlin, GER
Keep Your Eyes Peeled VII, AFF Galerie /Berlin, GER

2020: Saudade, Raaago online /Berlin, GER
2020: Keep Your Eyes Peeled VI, AFF Galerie /Berlin, GER
2020: MÄNNER, Projektraum Spoiler /Berlin, GER
2019: Helping Hands, Jugendprojekt Kreuzer /Berlin, GER
2019: Pop Up N°1, AFF Galerie /Berlin, GER
2019: Keep Your Eyes Peeled V, AFF Galerie /Berlin, GER
2019: Gallery Weekend opening, ORi Galerie /Berlin, GER
2018: Jahrgang Zwölf, Offlocation The Shelf /Berlin, GER
2018: Traumberufe, Jugendprojekt Kreuzer /Berlin, GER
2017: bluest light, ORi Galerie /Berlin, GER
2016: Ein Bild, Panke Gallery /Berlin, GER
2016: Ab in die Zukunft, Jugendprojekt Kreuzer /Berlin, GER
2015: IDLE Salon, Colonia Nova Galerie /Berlin, GER
2014: Rundgang, KHB Weißensee /Berlin, GER
2013: KunstPur, Galerie Wedding /Berlin, GER

RESIDENCIES


06 – 07/2024: super soft residency #6 / Berlin, GER
02 – 03/2023: Kunsthaus bella martha /Bavaria, GER
04 – 07/2022: Wirbelfeld /Upper Austria, AU
09 – 10/2021: Künstlerhaus Eisenhammer /Brandenburg, GER
04 – 06/2021: TaDA Residency /St.Gallen, CH
          08/2020: dolomitenstadt.at /East Tyrol, AU



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