Julia Stoschek (born 1975) is a German socialite and art collector.
Early life and education
Julia Stoschek was born in 1975, the daughter of Michael Stoschek, a German billionaire businessman and chairman of Brose Fahrzeugteile.
Stoschek spent her childhood in Coburg. While in high school, she was a member of the national dressage squad. She studied business administration at the University of Bamberg and completed internships focusing on arts and cultural management in New York and Munich.Anja Popovic (20 September 2004), Kunstsammlerin mit Röhrenjeans und Stilettos Die Welt.
Art collection Stoschek first began buying art in 2003.Anny Shaw (24 March 2016), German collector Julia Stoschek to open satellite space in Berlin The Art Newspaper. Her collection features more than 850 works by about 250, mainly European and US artistsGuy Chazan (26 July 2019), Ephemeral art: a private museum in Berlin dedicated to video Financial Times. working from the 1960s onwards and includes video, multi-media environments, internet-based installations and performance. The Julia Stoschek Collection in a former industrial building in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel opened in 2007, and has two floors of exhibition space, over . Within the first ten years from 2007 until 2017, the Julia Stoschek Collection staged 15 exhibitions,Amah-Rose Abrams (13 June 2017), Julia Stoschek Collection celebrates 10 years with generation spanning video show The Art Newspaper.Diane Solway (20 November 2017), The Ambitious Collector Julia Stoschek Is Single-Handedly Building One of the World’s Best Video Art Collections W. including solo shows of Cao Fei (2009), Derek Jarman (2010),Gareth Harris (10 June 2016), Interview: video art collector Julia Stoschek Financial Times. Sturtevant (2014), Wu Tsang (2015) and Cyprien Gaillard (2015).Gareth Harris (10 June 2016), Interview: video art collector Julia Stoschek Financial Times.
In 2016, the Julia Stoschek Collection opened a satellite exhibition space in a former Czech cultural center in Berlin. The space has in the past shown solo shows by artists including Arthur Jafa (2018).Paulina Czienskowski (24 March 2018), Berliner Spaziergang: Julia Stoschek, Berlins rastlose Mäzenin Berliner Morgenpost.
The Julia Stoschek Collection co-sponsored two exhibitions in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: Fabrik (2015) curated by Florian Ebner and Faust (2017) by Anne Imhof.Diane Solway (20 November 2017), The Ambitious Collector Julia Stoschek Is Single-Handedly Building One of the World’s Best Video Art Collections W.
In 2025, the Julia Stoschek Foundation announced plans to stage “What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,” its first major US presentation, held at the historic Variety Arts Theater in downtown Los Angeles and organized by curator Udo Kittelmann in 2026.Daniel Cassady (20 November 2025), Julia Stoschek Foundation to Stage Ambitious Video Art Show in Historic LA Theater ARTnews.
Other activities Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)Board of Trustees of MOCA Announces Five New Members Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, press release of 11 November 2018.Jori Finkel (11 November 2018), New Director Expands MOCA’s Board With Four Global Members New York Times.Alex Greenberger (12 November 2018), In Klaus Biesenbach’s First Move as Director, MOCA Los Angeles Adds Five Board Members ARTnews. Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Member of the Board (since 2015) MoMA PS1, Member of the Board of TrusteesAlex Greenberger (12 November 2018), In Klaus Biesenbach’s First Move as Director, MOCA Los Angeles Adds Five Board Members ARTnews. Tate, Member of the International Council (since 2015)Tate annual reports Tate.
Recognition 2012 – Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award 2018 – Art Cologne Prize
Personal life From 2006 until 2010, Stoschek was in a relationship with artist Andreas Gursky.Tim Ackermann (20 April 2008), Julia Stoschek sieht Kunstwerke als gute Drogen Die Welt.Diane Solway (20 November 2017), The Ambitious Collector Julia Stoschek Is Single-Handedly Building One of the World’s Best Video Art Collections W. From 2011, she dated art dealer Max Mayer.Helga Meister (5 April 2011), Stoschek & Mayer: Das neue Paar der Kunst Westdeutsche Zeitung.Alexandra Wach (16 April 2011), Liebende soll man nicht aufhalten Die Welt. She has a son with Mathias Döpfner, with whom she was in a relationship from 2013 to 2018.Kunst verbindet Der Spiegel, 27 May 2013.Diane Solway (20 November 2017), The Ambitious Collector Julia Stoschek Is Single-Handedly Building One of the World’s Best Video Art Collections W.
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