Jonas Feige

About

Jonas Feige (*1988) is a German, berlin-based photographer. He studied photography at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin and graduated in 2015.

Since 2016 he has been working on the project Zenker, a collaboration with the photographer Yana Wernicke, about the history and repercussions of the life of German botanist and gardener Georg August Zenker. A photobook of the project was published by Edition Patrick Frey in 2021.

In 2018/19 he took part in the ISSP masterclass of Clare Strand and Gordon MacDonald during which he began his current project on Germany, for which he has been nominated for the Skinnerboox Award in 2019 and the MACK First Book Award in 2020.

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Books

2021, Zenker, published by Edition Patrick Frey

Awards & artist residencies

Press

2021, Zenker, British Journal of Photography, Confronting a colonial past (EN)
2021, Zenker, Conscientious, Review (EN)
2021, Zenker, Velvet Eyes, Interview (EN)
2020, GUP magazine, Interview on stayathome.photography (EN)
2020, ZEIT Magazin, feature on stayathome.photography (DE)
2019, Zenker, DUMMY-Magazin, #61: Schwarz-Weiss (Print, DE)
2018, Zenker, Bird in Flight, Interview (RU)

Solo Exhibitions

2018, Zenker, Botanical Museum Berlin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017, Zenker, Encontros da Imagem Projections
2017, Zenker, Athens Photofestival Main Exhibition
2017, Nacht auf der Sonne, Ostkreuzschule – Positionen Group exhibition at Photobastei, Zurich

Education

2019, »Making The Work«, workshop with Mark Steinmetz and Irina Rozovsky, Berlin
2019, ISSP Masterclass of Clare Strand and Gordon McDonald
2017, »Strategies Against the Map«, workshop with Andrea Grützner and Federico Clavarino, Berlin
2015, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
2012, Graphic Design studies, Hamburg