About

Ludwig Nikulski

German photographer based in Hanover

Available for assignments

Ludwig is a member of

Freelens e.V.
Fotobus Society
VG-Bildkunst

Statement

I am following something that is absurd. I have to do it. There is a certain grade of darkness, memories, confusion, pushing it to the limit, to reveal something that no one can see. But it exists. Somewhere. With a loss of factual information, something hidden wants to be discovered to resonate in the world. That is what I am trying to do with photography. The work requires doubts, calmness, change, vulnerability, ecstasy and a high amount of naivety to go somewhere that can not be planned. I do not feel well with logic transcriptions. The narrative must be open. To be rewritten by the viewers own reality.

1989

born in Greifswald

2013-2014

Studies of Fine-Arts and Philosophy, Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut Greifswald

2015-2018

Studies of Photography, Lette Verein Berlin

2021

NOOR Academy Masterclass

2022

currently studying Visual Journalism & Documentary Photography, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hanover

Awards / Stipends

2022

Münzenberg Forum Berlin, Art Competition, 1st Prize
Palm* Photo Prize, Shortlist
Nominated for Otto-Steinert-Prize, by the German Photographic Society

2021

Vonovia Award for Photography, Shortlist
Stipend "Neustart Kultur", Stiftung Kulturwerk, VG-Bildkunst
Research Grant, VG-Bildkunst

2020

Scholarship, Austauschstipendium des Künstlerhauses Lukas in der Nes Artist Residency Skagaströnd, Island
Nominated for Dokumentarförderpreis Wüstenrotstiftung

2018

"Hello I Love You" - German Photobook Award 18/19, Bronze
"Hello I Love You" - Finalist for Award for Emerging Artists in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schloss Plüschow

Exhibitions

2023

Gallery Espaço Alto, São Paulo

2022

OFF Bratislava
Willi Münzenberg Forum, FMP1 Berlin
Hamburg Portfolio Review
Kranj Foto Fest, Kranj, Slovenia
Vonovia Award for Photography, Sprengel Museum Hannover
Lumínic Festival, Sant Cugat, Barcelona
Days of Photography, iManaLab, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Palm* Photo Price, 1014 Gallery, London
Rotterdam Photofestival

2020

Photobook Week Aarhus

2019

Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 18/19 - Frankfurter Buchmesse
Hier und Jetzt, Nachwuchskunstpreis für Bildende Kunst - Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 18/19 - Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe
Transformart Festival, Berlin
no limits, Photography Unlimited, Berlin
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 18/19 - Goethe-Institut Tokio
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 18/19 - Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.)
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 18/19 - Fotoforum Köln

2018

Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 18/19 - Stuttgarter Buchwochen
Seltsame Zeiten, mein Liebling, Kapelle, Berlin
Nachts auf der Sonne, Graduation Show, CRCLR, Berlin

2017

1. Akt, Galerie STP, Greifswald
Nautilus „inside out", Zweidreiraum, Berlin
Die Welt tönt noch, OBEY Showroom, Berlin
Zwischen Innen und Außen - Filterhouse, Berlin

2016

Glance vs. Gaze #02, Kunstquartier Bethanien, European Month of Photography, Berlin

2014

Romantic in Abstraction, Caspar-David-Friedrich-Zentrum, Greifswald
Young Professionals, Fotofestival Horizonte, Zingst