Katja Sonnewend is a photographer, curator, art buyer and photo editor born in Poland and now based in Berlin and Athens.

Katja holds a Master of Arts in Photography and her work has been published in Zeit Magazin, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Stern. Her work has been exhibited at Naijing Art Institute, China, Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, The Netherlands and Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Katja has also curated international art exhibitions in Berlin, Poznan and Athens.

  • 1999 - 2000

    Künstlerdorf Schöppingen/GER
    Künstler für Europa in Civitella d’Agliano/IT

    2000 - 2001

    AGFA Germany graduation sponsoring program
    Armandomuseum Amersfoort/NL
    Klub 13 Muz - Union of Polish Art Photographers ZPAF Stettin/PL
    Young and New scholarship Saxion Ijsland (best graduation project of 2001)

    NL Kunstenlab Deventer/NL
    BZA-gallery Ahaus/GER

    2002 - 2003

    Kinepolis Poznan/PL
    C4 Warshaw/PL
    Museum of Stalgrad Stalgrad Szczecinski

    PL Zwaanshals-Festival Rotterdam/NL

    2003 - 2004

    Villa de Bank & Rijksmuseum Twenthe Enschede

    NL Naijing Art institute, Peking/China
    SHIFT reappropriated Berlin/GER
    Tacheles Berlin/GER

    2005 - 2006

    Freelens gallery Hamburg/GER
    Hype Gallery/Café Moskau Berlin/GER

    2007 - 2008

    Münzsalon Berlin/GER
    Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie/GER Rijksmuseum Twenthe Enschede/NL

    Raab gallery Berlin/GER
    F95 art showroom Berlin/GER

    2009 - 2010

    Petersburg project space Amsterdam/NL

    T.A.G. (temporary art gallery) Bruxelles/BEL

    B YBDD gallery, Berlin
    Axel Obiger gallery Berlin/GER

    2011 – 2012

    Positive Negative Gallery Vancouver/CA

    Studio Ziben/GER

    2015 – 2016

    TRAFO Stettin, PL IMPOSSIBLE LAB, Berlin/GER

    2017 – 2018

    MO Gallery, Berlin/GER

    2019 – 2020

    Gropius Bau, Berlin/GER

    2023 – 2024

    Metaphor Athens/GR

  • 2000 - 2001

    Berkelkraftwerk gallery Vreden/GER DAI (dutch art institute, Artez)/NL 2002 - 2003
    Rijksmuseum Twenthe/NL

    gallery Castelli Berlin/GER

    2004 - 2005

    gallery Kibbuz Beeri/ISR
    gallery Sleeping dogs Berlin/GER
    2006 - 2007
    Melkweg gallery Amsterdam/NL
    2008 - 2009
    Galerie 16 Hengelo/NL
    2010 – 2011
    DTDF (Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie) Schauraum Darmstadt/GER
    2013 – 2014
    Pickpocket Gallery Lisbon/PRT

    2023 - 2024
    Spaceplace Gallery Ural/RU

  • 1999- 2001 guest lectures photography at ArtEZ University of the Arts Enschede/NL

    2015 lecturer photography department at EsMod (Berlin International University of Art for Fashion)

    2021 - 2024 guest lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford/GB