Sophie Meuresch (*1994, Braunschweig) is a visual artist based in Leipzig, Germany. 


Please feel free to aks for collaborations, portraits, artist prints or just drop me a line to have a nice chat:
sophie.meuresch@gmail.com


Education
2018 - 2022     Diploma, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, class of Heidi Specker, Leipzig
2019                  National Institut of Design (NID), Gandhinagar, India
2013 - 2018      BA, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Photography,  Christopher Muller and Elke Seeger, Essen
2016 - 2017       Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Media School, Angela Melitopoulos, Copenhagen

Grants
2024                Small Project Funding for TRÄNEN (AT), with Jana Mila Lippitz, Kulturamt Leipzig
2024                Kultur-Kollaborateure, with Lissy Willberg and special-needs school Thonberg, Kulturamt Leipzig
2017 - 2022    Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2022                Laureate of the Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents  
2019                 Exchange Semester at NID Gandhinagar, Goethe Institute Mumbai, India          
2018                 SASSO-Residency, Vairano, Ticino, Switzerland     
2017                 Residency, Kolleg für Musik und Kunst, Palazzo Ricci, Montepulciano, Italy          
2016 - 2017     Scholarship, Deutschlandstipendium       


Exhibitions/ Performances

current/ upcoming
TRÄNEN_ collaborative dinner together with Jana Mila Lippitz at HELMUT (03.10.), as part of OSTlichter 2024
FOTOHOF>CALLING_ talk, magazine and exhibition, Fotohof Salzburg, 05.10.2024
Das fotografische Portrait_ workshop at Grand Hotel Kronenhof Pontresina, Switzerland, 7.-13.10.2024


2024
das vorphotographische_ AURA Kunstraum, photo+ Festival, Düsseldorf
TRÄNEN_ collaborative dinner together with Jana Mila Lippitz at HELMUT (04.05.) and Pöge-Haus (24.05.), Leipzig
Scene of the Myth. Sarah Pierce_performing in the exhibition, GfZK Leipzig, 01-05.2024
Double Exposure_ Camera Austria, Graz, Austria

2023
Exposure_ Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
Photography in Progress_ Internationale Photoszene Festival Cologne, Michael Horbach Stiftung, Cologne

2022
The Art of Color_ Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents, LUMA Arles Foundation, Recontres d’Arles
Diplom Rundgang_ Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig
SUPERMOND_ solo exhibition, diploma, HGB Gallery, Leipzig
Widening Circles_ solo exhibition, the Gimp, Berlin
Angenommen, Hier_ group show at Neue Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Gera

2021
in difficult times_ group exhibition, Projektraum Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
SHORT DATED - pop-up-store for artist books and magazines_ Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden
leuchten_ group exhibition as a satellite of f/stop 9. Festival für Fotografie Leipzig, BB Labor
News from Klasse Specker_ group show and online exhibition, PLAST Space, Leipzig
f/stop Reflections: Come Closer_ group exhibition, f/stop 9. Festival für Fotografie Leipzig, Halle 14 UG

2020
Responses_ group exhibition at Goethe Institut Mumbai, India (March 2020 -April 2021)
nur Bild_ solo exhibition at Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen (no exhibition due to Covid 19)
Yesterday was dramatic, today is okay_ exhibition with Jana Mila Lippitz, Elsastraße 14, Leipzig

2019
#wessenfreiheit_ group exhibition, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig
Preview. Fotografie in Leipzig. Morgen_ group exhibition, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig

2018
Astrid_ ATELIER – Die Plattform für neue Kunst und Choreographie, PACT Zollverein, Essen
Nichts bleibt vergessen_ bachelor project, Folkwang Finale, Sanaa, Essen
hello from the same side_ group exhibition, Kunsthochschule Mainz
open heart open studio_ group exhibition, Essen
Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie_ exhibition at Künstlerkolonnie at Museum Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt

2017
somo_ exhibition at Kolleg für Musik und Kunst, Palazzo Ricci, Montepulciano, Italy
far too close_ exhibition with Jana Mila Lippitz at Q Gallery, Copenhagen
Rundgang_ Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

2016
some leopards never change their spots_ exhibition with Jana Mila Lippitz at Galerie 52, Essen
feldstärke_ participation and exhibition at PACT Zollverein, Essen


Publications

2023                Widening Circles_Forum (by June Drevet), Camera Austria International No. 163, Austria
2022                The Art of Color_ exhibition catalogue, Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents, LUMA Arles Foundation
2021                 MATRATZE Issue N° 3_contribution to publication, Matratze Magazine, Stuttgart
2020                life is confusing at this point_ Dreiklang N°5, magazine of the Oper Leipzig, in cooperation with Klasse Heidi Specker
2020                Stepwell_self published book
2020                Responses_ exhibition catalogue, Goethe Institute Mumbai, India
2019                 let us stop here_ poster edition, Klasse Specker, Smac, Berlin
2019                 Preview. Fotografie in Leipzig. Morgen_ exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig
2019                 The Viehofer Years_ publication about Galerie 52, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen
2018                 Nichts bleibt vergessen_ self published book (BA project)
2018                 Astrid_ published in Still 6 - magazine featuring inventive writing and photography, Berlin and New York Version
2018                 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie – exhibition catalogue, Darmstadt

Workshops

2024               Pose und Porträt_ workshop together with Lissy Willberg at special-needs school Thonberg, Leipzig


all images © 2016 - 2024 Sophie Meuresch