Heike Ollertz, born 10.11.1967 in Duisburg, lives and works in Hamburg and Berlin.

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Education and further training

- 2002 Appointment as master student, UdK Berlin,Faculty of Design, Experimental Media Design
- 1995-2001 Studies in Visual Communication at the Berlin University of the Arts
- 1991-93 Training as a photographer at the Berufsfachschule für Design, FB Photodesign, Lette-Verein Berlin
- 1985-87 Technical College Entrance Qualification, Technical College, FB Design

Professional career

- 2011 Workshop for photography in Arkhangelsk / Russia on behalf of the Robert Bosch Foundation
- since 2008 Freelance photographer in Hamburg in the field of editorial, travel reportage, portraits
- since 2007 Klubfoto, platform for contemporary photographyExhibition organisation, supervision of the magazine
- 2003 to 2008 Head of Department, FB Photodesign, Lette-Verein Berlin
- 1998-2008 Lecturer in photography for project development, design + media theory, photo design, semester and studio management

Editorial publications

ADAC Reisemagazin, Brigitte, Chrismon, Cosmopolitan, Die Zeit, DB Mobil, Domus, Geo, Geo Saison, Geo Special, Lufthansa Magazin, mare, National Geographic Deutschland, Stern, Werte

Publications

- 2011 Iceland, illustrated book, mare Buchverlag (ed. Nikolaus Gelpke, Hamburg)
- 2010 Cap San Diego, illustrated book, Junius Verlag, Hamburg
- 2006 Kodak - International Photo Calendar Award
- 2005 Clubrooms - Free Spaces, Musical lifestyles in the youth cultures of Berlin, S. Vogt, Photographers: H. Ollertz, Bärenreiter Publishing House
- 2004 Ireland. Journeys to a fabulous coast illustrated book published by mare Buchverlag (ed. Nikolaus Gelpke, Hamburg)

Exhibitions, premieres

- June 2010 Club Photo - On the Road, Cap San Diego, Überseebrücke Hamburg, Group exhibition
- August 2009 The family holds back Overbeckgesellschaft, Kunstverein Lübeck
- October 2008 Club Photo - Private
- Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, group exhibition
- April 2008 Elbstücke - Landscapes
- Altona Museum for Art and Cultural History in the context of the Triennale of Photography
- November 2006 Club Photo - Famous, European Month of Photography, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, group exhibition
- March 2006 Ireland's Fabulous Coasts, Hilaneh von Kories Gallery, Hamburg, solo exhibition
- April 2004 Club Photo - Respect, Triennale of Photography, Hamburg, group exhibition
- Nov. 2002 Between Palace Use - Documentation, Feasibility study of the research project, >Urban Catalyst< TU Berlin, Presentation of an interim use concept for WMF-Club Staatsratsgebäude, Schlossplatz, Berlin
- Oct. 2002 Urban Drift Nightspace, Forum for Transformative Urbanism. videos: Palace of the Republic 2002, Café Moskau 2002
- April 2002 GDR-Special Buildings, Berlin-Centre, Solo exhibition with photographs, interviews, video documentaries, Designtransfer Gallery, Berlin
- May 2001 The Making Of WMF - A Club on the Move - Exhibition in the context of the German Culture Days Künstlerhaus Klaipeda, Lithuania
- June 2000 Cyberdome 1 - Nature Expo 2000, Global House, Hanover Region, multimedia show, Rotor WMF, Premiere of the Videoloop, German Pavilion
- Feb. 2000 Paralellmontage II, Four Texts - Zero Images, Slide installation with texts by Eckhard Rohde, Kunstamt Schöneberg
- May 1999 Sea bridges, mare collection, Triennial of Photography, Kunsthaus Hamburg

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Representation

Galerie Commeter / Persiehl & Heine, Hamburg