Anja Segermann
Anja Segermann is a visual artist whose primary medium is photography. In her work, she explores the transformation of natural materials into cultural products and examines how photographic images shape our understanding of the relationship between humans and the environment. Based on her photographs, she develops artistic research approaches to photographic thinking.
She studied photography at the Folkwang University of the Arts and completed her Master’s degree at the University of the Arts Bremen.
She has been awarded several prizes and scholarships for her photographic work. Her projects are presented nationally and internationally in exhibitions, festivals and publications.
RESUME
Education
since 2026 Binational Artistic PhD candidate
2023 Master of Arts, University of the Arts Bremen, Studio Culture and Identity
2020 Bachelor of Arts, Photography, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
Awards, grants & mentions
2025 Art Matters, Galerie Biesenbach, Honourable Mention
2024 Encontros da Imagem, Photobook Award, Honourable Mention
2024 Belfast Photo Festival, Photo-Book Winners
2023 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, Silver
2023 Frese Design Preis, Honourable Mention
2023 Photography+ The Graduate Issue, Photoworks UK
2022 BFF-Förderpreis, 3rd prize
2020 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Scholarship
2019 Marianne-Ingenwerth-Stiftung, Scholarship
2019 Deutschlandstipendium, Scholarship
2019 Vonovia Award für Fotografie, Shortlist, Newcomer
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Salt Bodies, Unstable Bodies, Halle 1, Bremen
2024 Tierisch, Art Matters, Online Exhibition, Galerie Biesenbach
2024 Fauna, Umweltfotofestival Horizonte Zingst
2023 Hier und Jetzt, Junge Fotografie, Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe
2022 BFF-Förderpreis, Haus der Wirtschaft Stuttgart
2022 BFF-Förderpreis, Umweltfotofestival Horizonte Zingst
2022 Paradies, HFK, Galerie Mitte Bremen
2021 Call it a Book, KOP.12, Essen
2020 A List of Distractions, Welterbe Zollverein, Essen
2020 Zuhause, Kunstmuseum Bochum
Teaching
since 2026 Schülerlabor der Künste, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
PORTFOLIO
“Salt Bodies” is an ongoing photographic exploration of material transformation. Ephemeral forms made of salt, flour and water become settings in which processes of drying and cracking unfold, leading to constant change. The photographs capture these fleeting moments whilst simultaneously exploring the relationships between the body and matter.
“Layers” examines the transformation of leather through the processes involved in turning raw hides into finished products. Using photographic images, the work explores how material transformation becomes visible and how photography can give form to processes that are in a state of constant change.