Louisa Boeszoermeny (Germany)
The Nearness of Things

In her series of works "The Nearness of Things" Louisa Boeszoermeny deals with the construction of identity, especially in relation to gender. A special role is played by the control of and expectations towards the bodies of women and queers. She is interested in the attempt to visualize gender by portraying objects rather than being limited to the human body.

In the process, documentary-like images are juxtaposed with stagings. Furthermore, Boeszoermeny deals with the possible nature of the subconscious and its (in)accessibility.

Louisa Boeszoermeny holds a master's degree with distinction in fine arts from Berlin University of the Arts (class Josephine Pryde) and has been a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation until 2024. She is a state-certified photo designer (Lette-Verein Berlin, where she was awarded the "Lette Design Award" in 2017). In 2025, she took part in the residency “Culture moves Europe” in Lisbon, coordinated by the Goethe Institute. That same year, Boeszoermeny was awarded the "UdK Berlin Art Award". In 2023 she won the IBB Prize for Photography. Louisa Boeszoermeny had her first solo exhibition at "Weiss Berlin" in 2019. Since 2016, her work has been part of national and international group exhibitions and film festivals. From 2018–2019 she was one of the selected artists of the international photography program "Parallel Photo Platform". Her artistic practice mainly includes photography and film. Recurring themes of her practice are the construction and technologies of identity, especially in relation to gender and the control of bodies, the entanglement of masculinity and violence and the expectations towards female and queer bodies. In her still photographs, she explores the fetishistic qualities of certain objects and the ability of photography to amplify them. In this way, she repeatedly approaches the human body, which forms a significant part of her work and is always placed in relation to the fleeting nature of identity and its performative character.