Known For
Building and exhibiting one of the world's premier collections of contemporary video art and time-based media across international venues.
About
Julia Stoschek established her eponymous foundation as a repository for over 1,000 artworks spanning 300 contemporary artists, with a curatorial focus on time-based media and experimental moving image practices. The foundation operates public exhibition venues in Düsseldorf (opened 2007) and Berlin (opened 2016), presenting solo retrospectives and thematic group shows exploring the intersection of technology, identity, and artistic innovation. Her collecting philosophy emphasizes post-internet and emerging artists creating politically engaged work, as evidenced by exhibitions featuring pioneers like Lynn Hershman Leeson and Mark Leckey. In 2026, Stoschek expanded her institutional presence to Los Angeles with 'What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,' a landmark exhibition at the Variety Arts Theater that bridges cinema history with contemporary video practice, curated by renowned director Udo Kittelmann. Her foundation has become a critical venue for advancing underrepresented artistic practices and shaping global discourse around digital and moving image cultures.