Still from "The Familiar", 2021
About
Julian Quentin (*1999) is an artist and filmmaker based in Zurich and Cologne. Currently, his work reflects on concepts of social normativity within the systems that organize society.
Formally, he moves in the intersections between media art and cinema, working with film, photography, performance and installation.
He studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
CV
Education
2018 - today
2018
2017
Electronic Music Production SAE Zurich
Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM
3 month acting intensive at "Schauspielfabrik Berlin"
Exhibitions (e) / Performances (p) / Interventions (i)
2022 (i)
Cologne Philharmonic // Cologne, Germany
Sound installation
Bathroom Stalls
2022 (e)
Kunst Werk e.V. // Cologne, Germany
Installation work in group show
"Photographic Utopia"
2021 (e)
IKOB Museum for Contemporary Art // Eupen, Belgium
Installation work in group show
"Bodies in between"
2021 (p)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf // Düsseldorf, Germany
Performance with installation
"Journey through a body"
2021 (e)
Studio for Artistic Research // Düsseldorf, Germany
Installation work in group show
"A WAREHOUSE"
2021 (i)
Ebertplatz billboards // Cologne, Germany
Photography as intervention
"Offene Plakatwände"
2021(i)
urban advertisement pillars // Düsseldorf, Germany
Photography as intervention
„Public Art – Litfaßsäule als Massenmedium“
2020 (i)
Various Subway Stations // Cologne, Germany
Video as intervention
Ströer Video Billboards
2019 (e)
KHM Foyer // Cologne, Germany
Photography work in group show
"MAXIMAL"
Selected Screenings
2021
2021
2021
2021
2018
Frameline, San Francisco International LGBTQ+
Film Festival
NewFest, LGBTQ+ Film and Media, New York, USA
Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Seattle Queer Film Festival
Pink Apple Film Festival Zurich
Selected Films and Video Works
2022
2021
2021
2019
2018
2017
"Territory" (Experimental Film)
"Führungslos" (Short Film, in post-production)
"Schau mal: Wir schimmern" (Music Video)
"Kämpferinnen" (Short Film)
"Alien" (Short Film)
Awards
2018
2017
2017
2016
"Luzerner Nachwuchsfilmpreis (Lucerne Young Filmmakers Award) @Upcoming Filmmakers 2018 for "Highway"
"SAE Förderpreis" (SAE award) @Filmfestival Schaffhausen 2017 for "I'm not here"
"Luzerner Nachwuchsfilmpreis" (Lucerne Young Filmmakers Award) @Upcoming Filmmakers 2017 for "Alien"
"Bester Film" (Best Picture) @Zuger Filmtage 2016 for "My whiplash gone blank"