Julia Wachsmuth

 After completing my carpentry training in 2005, I pursued a degree in communication design. Since 2012, I have been working as a freelance designer and illustrator based in Hamburg.

At Andreas Heller Architects & Designers, I developed immersive room and exhibition concepts for the “Museum Wasserkunst Kaltehofe” and the “Wälderhaus in Wilhelmsburg,” both of which I continued to support as a graphic designer for many years after their opening.
In addition, mostly in collaboration with the company “Effectiv Team,” I have spent many years overseeing advertising film productions and photo shoots, specializing in food styling, liquid styling, and dummy construction. As an experienced dummy builder, drink stylist, and paper artist, I have had the pleasure to work for renowned brands such as Haribo, Penny, Radeberger, Warsteiner, Veltins, Krombacher, Philips, Kühne, Lipton, Mumm, Rotkäppchen Sekt, and Philadelphia, to name just a few. With a keen eye for detail and creativity, I bring products to life and create unique visual concepts for a diverse range of projects.

But my true passion lies in art.
As an artist, I see the world in cycles, with everything interconnected, forming a vast, overarching work of art in which I am allowed to participate. I alter things, break them apart, and then reassemble them, giving them new, unique meaning, if only temporarily, as everything in this world is fleeting. Sometimes I approach my work with a critical eye, while at other times, my creations are purely representational or without explicit meaning.

Just as my materials are complex, I often collect or discover them, enjoying the process of combining different techniques. I love merging the analog with the digital, exploring and uncovering new ways to harness the full spectrum of today’s possibilities. This blend enables me to push the boundaries of both traditional and contemporary art forms.

Through my collaborations with the artist collectives “At the Space Office” and “Strahlentiere,” I have transformed my art into cinematic lighting experiences using projection visual mapping. Stop-motion meets short, bizarre video sequences, overlaid to create new, independent, and random outcomes. This fusion, often presented in a loop, captures the continuous evolution and unpredictable nature of the work.
In my art I strive to create a dynamic interplay between structure and randomness, meaning and meaninglessness, permanence and transience. This perspective not only enriches my artistic practice but also invites viewers to engage with my work on multiple levels, encouraging them to see the world through a lens of perpetual transformation and interconnectedness.

Exhibitions

2023

 Jupiter - ART STADT  Hamburg      Paintings/Collagen 

2022 

 DER KLIMAWANDEL UND DIE FOLGEN FÜR DAS ALTE LAND    "kommune.une“         Paintings/Illustration 

2019 

AVANTGARDE IS HAPPENING   Schiphorst        Collective - At the Space Office          Visual Projection/Instellation 

STUBNIZ Hamburg  "dance against the machine"       Collective - At the Space Office      Visual Mapping /Instellation in Cooperation with „Stahlentiere“

2018 

EIGENARTEN Festival - MUT Theater Hamburg       Collective - Abfahrt Krokette          Visual Mapping/Instellation 

DRUCKEREI Gängeviertel Hamburg       "dance against the machine "        Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Projection /Instellation 

SCHALTZENTRALE Hamburg        in cooperation with „ Stahlentiere“        Visual Mapping/Instellation 

2017 

 AUGUSTENPASSAGE  Streetfestival Hamburg              Collective - At the Space Office     Visual Projection /Instellation 

UNIVERSUM Altona                    Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Projection /Instellation 

ASTRA STUBE Hamburg            Visual Projection /Instellation 

KAPITÄN PLATTE Festival  Bielefeld          Visual Projectio /Instellation 

TASTE  Fest der Künste Hamburg           Paintings/Collagen 

GOLDENER SALON - Hamburg   "teleport me"          Visual Projection/Instellation 

2016

 T-WERK Potsdam                 „Nihiling-Konzert“         Visual Mapping /Instellation

FRAPPANT Hamburg  "Lasy Duo Session"       Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Projection /Instellation 

GOLEM Hamburg         Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Projection /Instellation 

2015 

EIGENARTEN Festival - Haus 73 Hamburg          Collective „At the Space Office“       Visual Mapping/Instellation 

CHAOS COMUTER CLUB Congress Hamburg                 Collective - At the Space Office         Visual Mapping /Instellation 

AUGUSTENPASSAGE Streetfestival Hamburg               Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Mapping /Instellation

2014

EIGENARTEN Festival  - Haus 73 Hamburg                Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Mapping /Instellation 

CHAOS COMPUTER CLUB Congress Hamburg                   Collective - At the Space Office         Visual Mapping /Instellation 

FARMKLANG Festival Hamburg         Collective - At the Space Office          Visual Mapping /Instellation 

KAMPNAGEL Hamburg  "Follow the White Rabbit Vol.1 "        Collective - At the Space Office          Visual Mapping /Instellation 

2010 

 KÜNSTLERHAUS Wendenstrasse Hamburg         Paintings/Collagen 

HASENSCHAUKEL Hamburg                  Collective - At the Space Office          Visual Mapping /Instellation 

KÜNSTLERHAUS Wendenstrasse Hamburg        Paintings/Collagen 

KLANGLABOR   Hamburg         Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Projection: Instellation 

FREAKQUENCY Festival  Delmenhorst        Collective - At the Space Office         Visual Projection /Instellation 

CHAOS COMUTER CLUB Congress Hamburg      Collective - At the Space Office        Visual Mapping /Instellation 

2009 

FUNDBUREO Hamburg  "Meet the Point"        Paintings/Collagen