*1978 born in Neuss, Germany
living and working in Berlin
Diploma with distinction in Photography and Communication Design
Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen

Sabrina Jung is a visual artist who combines photography and collage using digital and analogue tools. Her portrait series explore various aspects of identity, such as gender identity and social roles. In her photographic images of nature, she explores images of an ephemeral yet sublime nature. Common to all of her series is that there is a disconcerting moment, she playfully holds the image in a pose of inbetweenness.
In her portrait series she mainly uses archival black-and-white photographs originating from professional photo studios of the 20th century. She transforms these photographs into fictional portraits through the use of various digital techniques and manual montage. This process exposes the construction of identity and allows a dialogue on how an image of identity is created. The portraits are rethought.
Jung critically examines the medium and the photographer's gaze, creating images that encourage viewers to reflect on power relations, gender equality and the construction of self-images. The hand-cut, mounted 'masks' in her work conceal the original faces while disorientating the viewer's expectations. Her images challenge to reflect on themselve and question the own perception and judgement.


Lectures/Workshops/PROJECTS
Lecturer, Technical University of Dortmund, SoSe 2025, "Collage in contemporary photography"
Workshop "Freundschaft", Kunstverein Bahnitz, 2025
Workshop "East – West Germany", Kunstverein Bahnitz, 2019
Co-Initiator of "Weisser Salon", a curatorial project, 2006 – 2010

AWARDS/Nominations
Nomination "Villa Aurora Fellowship", Los Angeles, 2024
Nomination "20th Brandenburg Art Prize", 2023
Nomination "Stiftungspreis Fotokunst", Alison & Peter Klein Foundation, 2020
Nomination "13th Brandenburg Art Prize", 2018
Nomination "6d International Marianne Brandt Prize2, 2016
Nomination "Newcomer Photo España", 2008
Epson Art Award, "Best Class", class of Prof. Jörg Sasse, 2007

Exhibitions

2024
"Mother", Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
"Aufbruch / Umbruch", Produzentengalerie M, Potsdam
"Wall of BÄM!", Art Cologne, And she was like: BÄM!
"Schöne Aussichten", Kunsthalle Bahnitz

2023
(solo) "Art x Nature", Wintergarten Floristik x Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
"Who´s afraid of stardust? – Positionen queerer Gegenwartskunst", Kunsthaus Nürnberg
(two person show) "Simple Present", MWFK, Potsdam
"Flüchtigkeit des Augenblicks", Kunsthalle Bahnitz
"20. Brandenburgischer Kunstpreis", Schloß Neuhardenberg

2022
"Idylle", Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
"Art Düsseldorf", Galerie Gisela Clement, Düsseldorf

2021
(solo) "Rethinking Now", Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
"Sehnsucht & Ahnung", Cooperation with Ensemble Ruhr, Maschinenhalle Essen
"Art Cologne", Galerie Gisela Clement
"Landeinwärts: Einblick – Ausblick", Landtag Brandenburg, Potsdam
"Die Freiheit, frei zu sein", Kunsthalle Bahnitz

2020
"faces-traces", Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
"Stiftungspreis Fotokunst I Gegenwart Erinnerung", KUNSTWERK, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
"Heile Welt", Kunsthalle Bahnitz
"Summer Show", Beast, Bornholm, DK

2019
"Gezielte Setzungen. Übermalte Fotografie in der zeitgenössischen Kunst", Sprengel Museum,
"Neuss Foto", Städtische Galerie, Neuss
"Über Grenzen", Kunsthalle Bahnitz

2018
"The female Gaze II", Studiogalerie Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
"The female Gaze I", Kunsthaus Erfurt
"Sehnsucht nach Landschaft", Kunsthalle Bahnitz

2017
"Raum, Slagteriet Østermarie", Bornholm, DK
"Leben_Zeit_Raum", Kunsthalle Bahnitz

2016
"Kopf und Kragen", Galerie der Stadt Backnang
"Mit anderen Augen – Das Portrait in der zeigenössischen Fotografie", Kunsthaus Nürnberg
"l‘Autre visage", Centre photographique Pôle Image, Rouen, F
"Quovadis", Kunst & Denker, Düsseldorf
"Geschenkt. Gekauft. Gefunden.", Münchner Stadtmuseum
"Mit anderen Augen – Das Portrait in der zeigenössischen Fotografie", Kunstmuseum Bonn
"Materialeffekte", Internationaler Marianne Brandt Preis, Industriemuseum Chemnitz
"Schatten des Krieges", Kunsthalle Bahnitz

2015
"Baywatch", Galerie Hartwich, Sellin
"Landschaf(f)tkunst V", Neuwerder
"Demokratie – Politische Landschaften", Kunsthalle Bahnitz

2013
"Field Work – German Art Photograph"y, Det ny Kastet, Thisted, DK

2012
(Solo) "Beutetiere", Galerie Römerapotheke, Zürich, CH
"Eros & Thanatos - Sammlung Rusche", Spinnerei, Leipzig
"mock room", POP UP @ brutto gusto, Berlin
"Cliffhanger", Minken & Palme, Berlin

2011
"Rundblick 2011 – Schöne Wahrnehmung", Temporary Gallery, Cologne
"Nullportrait", Galerie Zink, Berlin
(two person show) "Snake Handling", Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin
"Het is aan", Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
"Les questions sont plus denses que les réponses", general Public, Berlin
"Taste my photons", Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen, NL
"Great Opening", Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin

2010
(solo)" Inter Zink #5", Galerie Zink, München
"Behind the billboard", MK Galerie, Berlin
"Der Himmel leuchtet", Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf
"Genre", Kunstraum t27, Berlin
"Sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects", Depot Dam, Antwerpen, BE
"Girl Overkill", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
"Madonna Psycho Slut", Grimmuseum, Berlin
"NowHere", Centrum for Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, NL
"One world is not enough", Galerie Merkle, Stuttgart

2009
"Spuren", Kunstraum t27, Berlin
"middle of nowhere", LUMP Gallery, Raleigh, USA
"Immodest proposals", Weisser Salon x Version Fest, Eastern Expansion, Chicago, USA
"Noise", Weisser Salon x Raum für Kunst & Musik, Köln
"Viel", Galerie Mikro, Düsseldorf

2008
(solo) "Displays Unplugged", Galerie Mikro, Düsseldorf
"Newcomer Photo España", Complejo El Aguila, Madrid
"Mind the Gap", Weisser Salon x Version Fest, Country Club, Chicago, USA

2007
(solo) "Bühnen Kulissen Modelle", Kunsthaus Essen
"Diplome", Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen

2006
"Sehwege", Oldenburger Kunstverein
"Public Folder #2", Cuisine Digitale, Museumsquartier, Wien
"Public Folder #2", Raum für Kunst und Musik, Köln
"Public Folder #1", Galerie Mikro, Düsseldorf

2005
(two person show) "Otzenrath", Städtische Galerie, Neuss
"Privatkontakte", Städt. Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen

2004
"500m", Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen

BOOKS
Sabrina Jung, Good Mothers I Queers
2024, ISBN 987-3-00-080269-0


Publications
Who´s afraid of stardust? Positionen queerer Gegenwartskunst
Kunsthalle Nürnberg + Kunsthaus Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2023, ISBN 978-3-99153-050-3
Stiftungspreis Fotokunst
Hrsg. KUNSTWERK Stiftung Alison & Peter Klein, 2020
Gezielte Setzungen. Übermalte Fotografie in der zeitgenössischen Kunst
Verlag Sprengel Museum Hannover, 2019, ISBN 978-3-89169-245-5
Ostfrauen – Wendezeit
Hrsg. Sabrina Jung & Claudia König, Kunstverein Bahnitz e.V., 2019
Mit anderen Augen – Das Porträt in der zeitgenössischen Foografie
Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2016, Snoeck Verlag, ISBN 978-3864421587
Public/Private/Portrait
mossless 4, Hrsg. Romke Hoogwaerts & Charlotte Cotton, 2016
Rising, 100 young artists to keep an eye on
daab Verlag, 2011


GRANTS
Neustart Kultur, Kunstfonds Bonn, 2022
Neustart Kultur, VG Bild-Kunst, 2021
Brandenburg Ministry for Science, Research and Culture, 2021
Working grant, Brandenburg Ministry for Science, Research and Culture, 2020
Plattform Kulturelle Bildung & Demokratie leben!, 2019


Collections
Münchner Stadtmuseum
Bundesministerium BMU, Berlin
Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam
Sammlung der Stadt Neuss
Sammlung SØR Rusche
Sammlung Lothar Schirmer
Sammlung Finkel–Zimmermann
private collections