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| Claudia Wiens is a German photojournalist based in Istanbul and Cairo, between which she is travelling internationally for her work. Her expertise and knowledge, from over 10 years of living in the region and her fluency in Arabic, has allowed her to develop a style of rare intimacy and insight of Middle Eastern culture that has grown into a signature of her work. She contributes regularly to international publications, such as GEO, GEOlino, COLORS, The National, GEO Special, Wallpaper*, DW tv, BBC World, Merian Guide Book, Abenteuer Reisen, Chrismon, British Marie Claire, and she works frequently for a number of NGOs, including UNICEF, UNDP, GTZ and Johns Hopkins. Claudia Wiens is the author of two photo books: Coptic Life in Egypt, focusing on the religious traditions and social life of the country’s Christians; and recently a previously undocumented portrayal of daily life in Myanmar/Burma, Of Dung-beetle Messengers and Infamous Crickets. This was supported by a project grant from the German institution, KULTURWERK. Her work has frequently been featured in exhibitions in Germany, Egypt, Switzerland and England, at venues like the August Kestner Museum (Hannover), Summer Show in the HOST Gallery (London), Antikenmuseum (Basel) and Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria). She is represented by Getty Images/Global Assignments CV EDUCATION 1996-2002 University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, Faculty of Communication Design MSc Photo-Design “Coptic Life in Egypt” 1992-1996 Ruhr Universität Bochum, Faculty of Philology and Faculty of History BA in Art History and Italian BOOKS 2009 Informal Areas in Cairo (A book published by GTZ) 2009 Of Dung-beetle Messengers and Infamous Crickets (self-published) 2008 Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo (Museums Catalogue, contribution) 2004 1000 SIGNS (contribution) a COLORS book by TASCHEN 2003 Coptic Life in Egypt photo book, published by AUC in Cairo Press in Egypt, UK, USA 2000 Heimat-Sicht (contribution) Edition Zavrino 2000 SOLE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2009 Informal Areas in Cairo at Goethe Institute Cairo 2008 Ten Years of Photographic Work in Egypt German Embassy Cairo 2008 Women on the Ball in the Middle East in Dortmund, Germany 2007 Women on the Ball in Egypt in Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, Germany 2005 2000 Years of Christianity in Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany 2004 Elephant’s Heaven in Maximilianpark, Hamm, Germany 2004 Myanmar, Mystic and Buddhism at Sonnenenergieforum, Dortmund, Germany 2004 Where Genies Live at AL SALAMLEK Gallery in Cairo/Egypt 2003 Elephant’s Heaven at Sonnenenergieforum in Dortmund, Germany 2002 Copts in Egypt at Goethe Institute Cairo/Alexandria, Egypt 2002 Copts in Egypt at Sonnenenergieforum in Dortmund, Germany 2000 Egypt Kaleidoscope at Auslandsgesellschaft in Dortmund, Germany 2000 Mechanics in Bulaq and the Cafe Fishawy at Goethe Institute Cairo, Egypt 1999 Touareg in Algeria at Auslandsgesellschaft, Dortmund, Germany GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2010 Foto8 Summer Show 2010 at Host Gallery, London, UK 2008/9 Köstlichkeiten aus Ägypten in Antikenmuseum Basel 2008 Foto8 Summer Show 2008 at Host Gallery, London, UK 2008 Köstlichkeiten aus Ägypten in Kestner Museum in Hannover 2007 UNICEF photos at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt 2006 Schoemberger Fotoherbst” at Town-Hall in Schoemberg, Germmany 2005 60 years UN at Cairo Opera House, Egypt 2005 Feed your Imagination at the.gallery@oxo in Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK 2000 Home at the River at Photobiennale in Bad Tölz, Germany PRIZES/SPONSORSHIP/SCHOLARSHIPS 2010 Selected for foto8 summershow 2010 at HOST Gallery, London 2010 2nd Place in Travel Photo Competition of PLANET MAGAZINE 2008 Selected for foto8 summershow 2008 at HOST Gallery, London 2007 Short listed for kontext-research grant 2006 Among the 25 finalists at “Schoemberger Fotoherbst”, a travel and reportage photo competition 2006 Grant for Myanmar book project from KULTURWERK Foundation, Germany 2005 Short listed in “Feed your Imagination” Observer photo competition. 2002 Sponsorship by Sawiris Foundation for my photo book, “Coptic Life in Egypt” 2002 Scholarship from the Egyptian Ministry of Education to improve my Arabic 2000 Short listed in photo competition “Home at the River” |
| Claudia Wiens ist eine deutsche Fotojournalistin, die zwischen Istanbul und Kairo lebt und von dort weltweit für ihre Arbeit unterwegs ist. Ihre umfangreiche Kenntnis des Nahen Ostens von mehr als 12 Jahren in der Region und ihr fließendes Arabisch haben es ihr ermöglicht einen Stil von seltener Intimität und Einblick in die nahöstliche Kultur zu entwickeln, der zum Merkmal ihrer Fotografie wurde. Sie arbeit regelmäßig für internationale Publikationen wie GEO, Geolino, GEO Special, Britisch Marie Claire, The National, COLORS, Wallpaper*, Chrismon, BBC World, Merian Reiseführer, und NGOs wie UNICEF, UNDP, GTZ und Johns Hopkins. Außerdem ist Claudia Wiens die Autorin zweier Bildbände: Coptic Life in Egypt, das sich mit den religiösen und sozialen Traditionen der Kopten Ägyptens befasst; und Of Dung-Beetle Messengers and Infamous Crickets, ein Buch über den Alltag in Burma/Myanmar. Dieses Projetkt wurde mit einem Fördergeld vom KULTURWERK der VG Bild-Kunst unterstützt. Ihre Fotos werden regelmäßig in Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen in Deutschland, England, Ägypten und der Schweiz gezeigt, wie zum Beispiel im Kestner Museum (Hannover), HOST Galerie (London), Antikenmuseum (Basel), Biblitheca Alexandrina (Alexandria). Sie wird von Getty Images/Global Assignments repräsentiert. |