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
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.
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/Interviews
Article in "Art and Color 365" (Winter/Spring 2024):
https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/2743334
I talked to Gabriela Handal in her podcast "A Conversation About Art" about art and beauty in general. You can watch and listen to our conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRQQKiS7xY
In January 2024, I was a guest on the AART podcast hosted by award-winning podcaster Chris Stafford. We talked about my art and my personal career. You can listen to the episode on any podcast app.
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
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!
UPDATE: Das "Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme" ist fertig! Jedenfalls das PDF des dazugehörigen Buches, in dem ein ganzes Kapitel mit Initialen von mir gestaltet ist. Regelmäßige Updates zu dem Projekt gibt es hier: 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!
UPDATE: The "Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme" is finished! At least the PDF of the accompanying book, in which a whole chapter is designed with my initials. Regular updates on the project can be found here: www.kickstarter.com
Mehr Bilder und Zeichnungen sowie Einblicke in den Fortschritt meiner aktuellen Arbeit findet ihr 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.