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Leon Düllberg, born in 1994 in Kiel, is a photographer and visual artist. His work is focused on portraiture, but depending on the theme, it also responds to the landscape, which he sees as an integral part of people and their environment.

In his latest series Im Watt Leon Düllberg explores the impact of climate change on the landscapes and ecosystems of the Wadden Sea National Park in northern Germany, featuring portraits of scientists who investigate these transformations.

The analogue color photographs move between documentation and lived experience, following a landscape shaped by the shifting rhythms of the tides and reflecting the changing relationship between humans and nature. 

Currently, Leon Düllberg is working on a new series that explores water as a space of reconnection with nature at a time when economic growth and development remain central priorities, contributing to the ongoing destruction of the planet and a growing sense of separation from the natural world. 

Education

10/2024 – todayPhotography Studies and Practice (M.A)
at Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
2024Bachelor of Arts
10/2018 – 04/2024Photography (B.A.)
at Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen

Exhibitions

2026STOPOVER, Sanaa Gebäude, Essen
2025BOOki, Zamek Culture Centre, Poznań
2025Folkwang Rundgang, Quartier Nord, Essen
2025Noorderlicht Photo Biennale, De Proef, Frederiksoord
2025MISS READ Art Book Fair, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2024Folkwang Finale, Sanaa Gebäude, Essen
2024In The Tidal Flats, Galerie 52, Essen
2023Folkwang Rundgang, Quartier Nord, Essen
2023ALLES HÄNGT MIT ALLEM ZUSAMMEN, Superraum, Dortmund
2021ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, Galerie 52, Essen
2020Folkwang Rundgang, Quartier Nord, Essen

Publications

2024„Im Watt“, artist book, 56 pages, 25,4 x 29 cm
2022„Safari Touring“, artist book, 42 pages, 24,4 x 26,8 cm

Press

2026CHAOS Magazin, ISSUE 1
2025DIE ZEIT, „Menschen im Watt“
2024MAP6 Collective, Guest Feature
2024WÜL Magazine
2023Urbanautica Institute