https://julian-hetzel.com/

Julian Hetzel works as performance maker, visual artist and musician. He creates performative experiences for theatres and galleries that have a political dimension and a documentary approach. His works are produced and presented internationally.

Julian Hetzel is born in the Black Forest (DE), currently based in Amsterdam (NL). He studied at Bauhaus University Weimar (DE) with a focus on visual communication. In 2013 he graduated from DasArts Amsterdam, an artistic research laboratory for new forms of theatre and performing arts. Hetzel is a founding member of the electro pop band Pentatones and he performed with the group until 2016. Between 2014-2016 Hetzel was associated artist at SPRING Performing Arts Festival Utrecht (Niewue Maaker). Since 2014, Hetzel collaborates with Frascati Theater Amsterdam. In 2016, Hetzel established Stichting Ism & Heit in Utrecht to realise and produce his artistic work under the label Studio Julian Hetzel. In 2017, “The Automated Sniper” received the VSCD-Mimeprijs. Since 2018 Hetzel works in close collaboration with the Gent based art center CAMPO (BE). Both their joint productions “All Inclusive” (2018) and Mount Average have been selected for the Nederlands Theaterfestival (2019 / 2021). Hetzel has presented three works at the Venice Biennale Teatro in 2019. The performance Installation “SELF” has been selected as the Dutch National entry at the Prague Quadrennial in 2019. Since 2021 Studio Julian Hetzel receives structural funding from the city of Utrecht and Fonds Podium Kunsten. In 2023 SPAfrica has been selected for Impulse Theater Festival in Cologne. The work of Studio Julian Hetzel has been presented in 25 countries.

Selection of presentations::

Venice Biennale del Teatro (IT), Steirischer Herbst Graz (AT), Theater der Welt Mannheim (DE), Impulse Theater Festival (DE), Santarcangelo Festival (IT), Brut Vienna (AT), Espacios Revelados Buenos Aires (ARG), Adelaide Festival (AU), Kaai Theater Brussels (BE), Vooruit Gent (BE), Biennale Bern (CH), Belluard Festival Fribourg (CH), Quadrennial Prague (CZ), Spielart-Festival Munich (DE), Festival Theaterformen Hannover (DE), Theater der Welt Mannheim (DE), Saal Biennale Tallinn (EST), Actoral Marseille (FR), Actoral Marseille (FR), Festival Impatience 104 Paris (FR), Next Festival (FR), MMCA Seoul (KR), National Theatre Riga (LV), Theaterfestival Amsterdam (NL), SPRING Utrecht (NL), Noorderzon Groningen (NL), Festival Boulevard Den Bosch (NL), Dutch Design Week Eindhoven (NL), Malta Festival Poznan (PL), SouthEastDance (UK), Transform Festival Leeds (UK), Dublin Theatre Festival (IRL), etc.

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