Kate Schultze is a social documentary and portrait photographer based in Berlin, Germany. Her work focuses on the everydayness of being European; which she explores through using portrait, landscape and still life photography. She primarily works with large and medium format which allows her to work in proximity, developing a rapport with her subjects, while supporting a gentle and unobtrusive atmosphere in her images. Coming from an east German family herself, Schultze’s interest is drawn to topics in areas in Europe that have experienced social and economic depression as well as an alienation of the former working class.
Kate's work is part of the Martin Parr Foundation photo book collection as well as the Ernst Rietschel collection.
mail@kateschultze.com
DE +49 176 64023909
UK +44 739 53 222 03
clients & publications.
Berliner Zeitung, Kate Nash, Then There Was Us, 11 Freunde, Courier Media, Lower Block, The Square Ball, Fred Mann, stayathome.photography, Upgration, Dass Magazin, Canon, Rheinwerk Verlag, Sicht Fotomagazin, Einsichten Magazin
exhibitions & talks.
2025 Absolute (dis)advantage: Technical terms from the global economy - Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, GER - group exhibition
2025 what happens in the meantime with Fotobus Society - Hanover, GER - group exhibition
2025 Voice Of The Fans - Leeds Central Library, Leeds, UK - group exhibition
2025 Love - Photobook Cafe, London, UK - group exhibition
2024 mind the gap, luv. at Fototreff #41 - Berlin, GER
2024 mind the gap, luv. - Village Gallery, Leeds, UK - solo exhibition
2024 Umbruch & Neubetrachtung - Galerie im Geburtshaus Ernst Rietschel, Pulsnitz, GER - solo exhibition
2024 The Ripper Would Like You To Ignore This x Cyclops - Reflektor Neukölln, Berlin, GER - solo exhibition
2023 Rotlicht Festival "Zeitgeist" - Akademie der Künste, Vienna, AT - group exhibition
2023 Der Greif 15 Year Anniversary Show "Past & Present" - Pavillon 333, Munich, GER - group exhibition
2022 Transition - Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, GER - group exhibition
2022 Zuhause 5 - Sprengel Museum Hannover, GER - group exhibition
2021 Edition365 - British Journal of Photography x Newart City, UK - group exhibition
2021 mind the gap, luv. - Kube Gallery, UK - solo exhibition
2021 Palm* Studios Photo Prize - 10 14 Gallery, London, UK - group exhibition
2021 Zuhause 4 - Kunstmuseum Bochum, GER - group exhibition
2021 In The Evening - Essen, GER - group exhibtion
2020 EYES WIDE OPEN Abschlussausstellung Lette Verein - Kühlhaus Berlin, GER - group exhibition
2020 Die Anatomie der menschlichen Destruktivität - Tribes, Berlin, GER - group exhibition
2020 Generation Z – Noorderlicht International Photofestival, Heerenveen, NL – group exhibition
2020 Sweet Dreams are made of this… – Village, Leeds, UK – group exhibition
2020 Transitions – Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam, NL – group exhibition
2019 Front – SoMos, Berlin, GER group exhibition
2018 Wasteland – Studio Cherie, Berlin, GER – group exhibition
awards.
2023 Rotlicht Festival "Zeitgeist", Winner - AT
2023 OD Photo Prize, Longlist - UK
2021 Edition365 BJP and 1854, Winner - UK
2021 Vonovia Award für Fotografie, Shortlist - GER
2021 Palm* Photo Prize, Shortlist - UK
2020 Monovisions Award, honorable mention - US
2020 Vonovia Award für Fotografie, Shortlist - GER
2020 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, Winner – GER
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