Mara Julia Engelsberger (*1994) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice revolves around the body as an breathing archive,
from which she attempts to develop a new materiality through the elaboration and translation of
inscriptions, impressions and the process of remembering.
how to describe the fluid mass of pain, of memory
/ to digest / to understand / to be
ausspucken / abkratzen / ich trage dich noch immer mit mir spazieren
Education
since 2022 MFA Body, Theory and Poetics
of the Performative
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design,
Germany
2016 - 2021 BA Photography and Media
University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Bielefeld,
Germany
2019 - 2020 BA Fine Arts
University of the Arts Zurich,
Switzerland
11 / 2024 Body and Resistance
Workshop by Yon Natalie Mik
06 / 2024 Bewegungsgeschichten
Workshop by Thomas Lempertz
01 / 2024 Ich lieg so gerne bei den Blumen
Workshop by Mira Mann
12 / 2023 Nicht-normative Körper
und Öffentlichkeiten
Workshop by NAF
06 / 2023 Kollaboratives Handeln als Ausformung
möglicher Zukünfte
Workshop by Sabrina Schray
05 / 2019 Personal Documentation
Workshop by Yulie Cohen
11 / 2017 Bildredaktion: Bild im Kontext
Workshop by Ute Noll
Solo Exhibitions
2025 meine haut härtet aus
Mozartstraße 51, Stuttgart
Jan 12 - 19
Solo Performances
2025 meine haut härtet aus
Mozartstraße 51, Stuttgart
Jan 12
Group Exhibitions
2025 I would love to talk about art but I have to go to work
Mozartstraße 51, Stuttgart
Jun 15
2025 (D)EFFEKT
Leerraum Vol. 1
Kornhaus Engen,
Apr 04 - 06
2025 Finish
Stuttgart State Academy of Art
and Design,
Jan 15 - 19
2023 Apotheca Shady Hearts
Rundgang Stuttgart State Academy of Art
and Design,
Jul 21 - 23
2021 Looking Out Looking In
FH Bielefeld Lampingstraße,
Oct 28
2021 Wohin fallen wir, wenn
Werkschau, FH Bielefeld Lampingstraße,
Sep 10 - 12
2020 Choose your battles and kill your darlings
Zurich,
Jan 09 - Jan 19
2018 Stadt.Raum.Portrait
aff Galerie, Berlin,
Jun 22 - Jul 22
2018 Identität
FH Bielefeld Lampingstraße,
Apr 17 - May 31
Group Performances
2024 There Is Nothing To See /
Win The Price, Pay the Prize
with Lem TragNguyen, Stella Ruszkowski,
Cecilie Kappel, Sepide Elmi,
Julian Sturz, Luciano Mazzo
Rundgang
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design,
Jul 19 - 21
2024 What They Say About Bodies
with Jana Haberkern, Lem TragNguyen,
Stella Ruszkowski, Agathe Colombo,
Katharina Link, Sepide Elmi, Hannah Kindler,
Luciano Mazzo, Julian Sturz,
Damon Taleghani, Yon Natalie Mik
Heusteigtheater Stuttgart,
Feb 10
2023 To All The Adorno Boys
with Toni Böckle, Mona Gablenz, Una Herbst,
Kai Krämer, Stella Ruszkowski
as Apotheca Shady Hearts
Rundgang
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design,
Jul 21 - 23
Publications
2025 ins blaue - kaffeeundkippen
2022 Vorwort: Backfischjahre - Leonie Lisette Göttling
2021 Raum21 Nr. 6 - Looking Out Looking In
2019 Heimatdesign Magazin Vol. 17 -
The NRW Fashion Edition
2018 Stadt.Raum.Portrait
Other
2021 - 2023 Text Editor
Raum 21
2018 Photography Assistant
Mara Julia Engelsberger (*1994) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice revolves around the body as an breathing archive,
from which she attempts to develop a new materiality through the elaboration and translation of
inscriptions, impressions and the process of remembering.
how to describe the fluid mass of pain, of memory
/ to digest / to understand / to be
ausspucken / abkratzen / ich trage dich noch immer mit mir spazieren
Education
since 2022 MFA Body, Theory and Poetics
of the Performative
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design,
Germany
2016 - 2021 BA Photography and Media
University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Bielefeld,
Germany
2019 - 2020 BA Fine Arts
University of the Arts Zurich,
Switzerland
11 / 2024 Body and Resistance
Workshop by Yon Natalie Mik
06 / 2024 Bewegungsgeschichten
Workshop by Thomas Lempertz
01 / 2024 Ich lieg so gerne bei den Blumen
Workshop by Mira Mann
12 / 2023 Nicht-normative Körper
und Öffentlichkeiten
Workshop by NAF
06 / 2023 Kollaboratives Handeln als Ausformung
möglicher Zukünfte
Workshop by Sabrina Schray
05 / 2019 Personal Documentation
Workshop by Yulie Cohen
11 / 2017 Bildredaktion: Bild im Kontext
Workshop by Ute Noll
Solo Exhibitions
2025 meine haut härtet aus
Mozartstraße 51, Stuttgart
Jan 12 - 19
Solo Performances
2025 meine haut härtet aus
Mozartstraße 51, Stuttgart
Jan 12
Group Exhibitions
2025 I would love to talk about art but I have to go to work
Mozartstraße 51, Stuttgart
Jun 15
2025 (D)EFFEKT
Leerraum Vol. 1
Kornhaus Engen,
Apr 04 - 06
2025 Finish
Stuttgart State Academy of Art
and Design,
Jan 15 - 19
2023 Apotheca Shady Hearts
Rundgang Stuttgart State Academy of Art
and Design,
Jul 21 - 23
2021 Looking Out Looking In
FH Bielefeld Lampingstraße,
Oct 28
2021 Wohin fallen wir, wenn
Werkschau, FH Bielefeld Lampingstraße,
Sep 10 - 12
2020 Choose your battles and kill your darlings
Zurich,
Jan 09 - Jan 19
2018 Stadt.Raum.Portrait
aff Galerie, Berlin,
Jun 22 - Jul 22
2018 Identität
FH Bielefeld Lampingstraße,
Apr 17 - May 31
Group Performances
2024 There Is Nothing To See /
Win The Price, Pay the Prize
with Lem TragNguyen, Stella Ruszkowski,
Cecilie Kappel, Sepide Elmi,
Julian Sturz, Luciano Mazzo
Rundgang
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design,
Jul 19 - 21
2024 What They Say About Bodies
with Jana Haberkern, Lem TragNguyen,
Stella Ruszkowski, Agathe Colombo,
Katharina Link, Sepide Elmi, Hannah Kindler,
Luciano Mazzo, Julian Sturz,
Damon Taleghani, Yon Natalie Mik
Heusteigtheater Stuttgart,
Feb 10
2023 To All The Adorno Boys
with Toni Böckle, Mona Gablenz, Una Herbst,
Kai Krämer, Stella Ruszkowski
as Apotheca Shady Hearts
Rundgang
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design,
Jul 21 - 23
Publications
2025 ins blaue - kaffeeundkippen
2022 Vorwort: Backfischjahre - Leonie Lisette Göttling
2021 Raum21 Nr. 6 - Looking Out Looking In
2019 Heimatdesign Magazin Vol. 17 -
The NRW Fashion Edition
2018 Stadt.Raum.Portrait
Other
2021 - 2023 Text Editor
Raum 21
2018 Photography Assistant