About me
From an early age, I have been involved with art and have painted and drawn a lot - primarily portraits and animals. After school, however, I decided against studying art for various reasons and instead studied book studies, German language and literature, and art history at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Magister 2012, PhD 2017).
During my studies, I focused on Johannes Gutenberg and the invention of printing, among other things. I was particularly fascinated by the transitional phase, when the new technology allowed mass production of text, but the initials and decorations that were still added by hand made each copy unique again.
Through my studies, I came into contact with the Gutenberg Society, whose management I took over for some time, the Gutenberg Museum and the Gutenberg Foundation. The latter is in charge of the Gutenberg Shop in Mainz and sells, among other things, reproductions of individual pages from the Gutenberg Bible - as in the original with the printed text and coloring by hand. Here I now saw the opportunity to combine my passion for painting and my theoretical knowledge and started painting for the Gutenberg Shop in 2013. Since then I have been working part-time as a freelance artist and have specialized in the field of book painting.
Exhibitions/Events
2 November 2019: Workshop at the Landesmuseum Mainz (http://www.landesmuseum-mainz.de/museum-aktiv/workshopnacht-mein-bauhaus/).
16 to 20 October 2019: Live painting at the Frankfurt Book Fair at the Gutenberg Museum stand (Hall 4.1/A32/33).
21 to 24 March 2019: Live painting at the Leipzig Book Fair at the Gutenberg Museum stand (Hall 3/H500).
10 to 14 October 2018: Live painting at the Frankfurt Book Fair at the Gutenberg Museum stand (Hall 4/N25).
2 September 2018: Live painting in the Paulinerkirche in Göttingen as part of the cabinet exhibition "Gutenberg in Göttingen" (http://gutenbergdigital.de/ausstellung2018/).
Press
Interview with Tobias Enseleit on the portal Mittelalter Digital "Colorfulness on Parchment": https://mittelalter.digital/artikel/farbenpracht-auf-pergament-im-interview-mit-dr-julia-bangert/1
14.05.2020: Article on Print.de https://www.print.de/news-de/dr-julia-bangert-malt-seite-aus-der-gutenbergbibel/
20.12.2019: Article in the Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/nachrichten-mainz/schopfungsgeschichte-handgeschopft-in-schillernden-farben_20919348
09.10.2018: Article on Print.de https://www.print.de/news-de/drucken-wie-gutenberg/
31.08.2018: Article on Frankfurt live http://www.frankfurt-live.com/live-malen-in-g-oumlttingen-105922.html
03.2018: Article in the Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/nachrichten-mainz/gutenberg-in-leipzig_18593950
Publications
Published in March 2019: my dissertation on the book trade system and knowledge space in the early modern period.
Also published in March 2019: The historical children's thriller "Johannes Gutenberg und die verschwundenen Lettern" by Gitta Edelmann and Regine Kölpin. Illustrations and typesetting (under the artist name Juno Sommer) as well as scientific editing are by me.
https://www.gutenberg-shop.de/neu-im-shop/edelmann-koelpin-kinderbuch.html
Aktuelles / News
Wolltet ihr schon immer mal eure eigene mittelalterliche Initiale gestalten? Dann macht mit bei meinem Online-Workshop bei "The Gentle Penman". In drei Sitzungen mischen wir unser eigenes Gesso, fertigen eine Vorzeichnung an, Vergolden und malen unsere Initiale. Alle Infos dazu findet ihr hier: www.thegentlepenman.com
Have you ever wanted to create your own medieval initial? Then join my online workshop at "The Gentle Penman". In three sessions we will mix our own gesso, make a preliminary drawing, gild and paint our initial. You can find all the info here: www.thegentlepenman.com
Für die Ausstellung "This Sacred Art" in der Pitts Theology Library an der Emory University in Atlanta habe ich diese Initiale auf einem Nachdruck der Titelseite von Eusebius' "De evangelica praeparatione" (1470) gestaltet. Den Prozess des Vergoldens und Malens der Initiale habe ich gefilmt und die Videos werden ebenfalls vor Ort gezeigt. Die Ausstellung kann auch virtuell besucht werden: digital.pitts.emory.edu.
For the exhibition "This Sacred Art" at the Pitts Theology Library at Emory University in Atlanta, I designed this initial on a reprint of the title page of Eusebius' "De evangelica praeparatione" (1470). I filmed the process of gilding and painting the initial, and the videos will also be shown on site. The exhibition can also be visited virtually: digital.pitts.emory.edu.
Aktuelles Projekt: Exalted Funeral hat mich "entführt und in ihrem wunderbar eingerichteten Künstlerverlies gefesselt", um an ihrem Kickstarter-Projekt zu einem "äußerst offiziell lizenzierten Monty Python Tabletop-Rollenspiel" mitzuarbeiten. Ich freue mich sehr darüber! Hier könnt ihr das Projekt mitverfolgen: www.kickstarter.com
Current project: Exalted Funeral has "kidnapped me and fitted me with shackles in their wonderfully appointed artist's dungeon" to collaborate on their Kickstarter project for an "extremely officially licensed Monty Python tabletop role-playing game". I'm very excited about this! You can follow along with the project here: www.kickstarter.com
In der Folge "Wie man einen weihnachtlichen Druck macht" der Serie "SWR Handwerkskunst" könnt ihr sehen, wie ein weihnachtliches Blatt erst durch Christoph Sünder aus dem Druckladen des Mainzer Gutenberg-Museum gesetzt und gedruckt und anschließend von mir illuminiert wird.
In the episode "How to make a Christmas print" of the series "SWR Handwerkskunst" you can see how a sheet ist first set and printed by Christoph Sünder from the print shop of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz and then illuminated by me:
Mehr Bilder und Zeichnungen sowie Einblicke in den Fortschritt meiner aktuellen Arbeit findest du auf meinem Instagram-Profil bookillumination.
You can find more pictures and drawings as well as insights into the progress of my current work on my instagram profile bookillumination.