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title: vita
date: 2019-02-28T17:10:00+01:00
author: admin
canonical_url: "https://www.juligudehus.net/en/vita"
section: Einträge
---
# vita

   ## 1968

*(Hamburg)* born. In the same year [Marcel Duchamp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp) and [John Heartfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heartfield) died, [John Steinbeck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck), [Martin Luther King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.) was assassinated, the [Prague Spring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring) was crushed in the ČSSR, student and civil rights movements found their peak in the »[protests of 1968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_of_1968)«, the [Ulmer School of Design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_School_of_Design) was closed down, the [Club of Rome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Rome) was founded, the [Neue Nationalgalerie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Nationalgalerie) in Berlin was opened, the film »[Yellow Submarine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_(film))«, the typeface »[Syntax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_(typeface))«, the beanbag chair »[Sacco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_bag_chair)« and the [computer mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse) came into the world.

## 1968 to 1987

*(Hamburg, Miami, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Herdecke, Schwieberdingen, Bergisch Gladbach)* early education and high school diploma

## 1987 to 1990

*(Cologne)* apprenticeship and employment as a bookseller at the art book publisher [Wienand](https://www.wienand-verlag.de)

## 1990 to 1996

studied visual communication at the [Fachhochschule Düsseldorf](https://www.hs-duesseldorf.de/en), diploma

## since 1992

Co-organisation and participation at the interdisciplinary »[Pfingsttagung](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/interdisziplinare-pfingsttagung)« (Whitsun Conferences) in Bibersbach / Bretzfeld / Gauselfingen / Krumbach / Oberau / Rappach / Reichenow, Germany

## 1994

*(London)* scholarship of the Carl Duisberg Society, work at [Omnific Studios](https://mikedempsey.typepad.com/graphic_journey_blog/2009/06/between-the-covers.html), [Alan Kitching](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kitching_(typographic_artist)), [Phaidon Press](https://uk.phaidon.com) and [Pentagram](https://www.pentagram.com)

## since 1996

independent as an artist, author and collector

## 1996 to 2000

*(Cologne)* collaborative studio together with two communication designers, an illustrator, a product designer, and two art historians

## 1997 to 1998

lectureship at the [Fachhochschule Düsseldorf](https://www.hs-duesseldorf.de/en)

## since 2000

based in Berlin

## 1997 to 2010

continuous work for the art collection of the [German Bundestag](https://www.bundestag.de/en/visittheBundestag/art)

## 2001 to 2010

working on my »[Lesikon der visuellen Kommunikation](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/das-lesikon-der-visuellen-kommunikation)«

## since 2006

[workshops and seminars](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/workshops)

## 2007 to 2008

visiting professor for integrated design and methodology at the [Bauhaus University](https://www.hs-anhalt.de/en/start-page.html) in Dessau on their International Masters Program

## 2011

organisation of the world’s biggest book reading from my »[Lesikon der visuellen Kommunikation](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/das-lesikon-der-visuellen-kommunikation)« at the [Museum der Dinge](https://www.museumderdinge.de/veranstaltungen/lange-buchnacht-die-groesste-autorenlesung-der-welt) Berlin: 112 co-authors, 12 hours non-stop

## 2012

foundation of the [Ehrenpreis für Gestaltung](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/ehrenpreis-f%C3%BCr-gestaltung)

## 2016

visiting professor again at the [Bauhaus University](https://www.hs-anhalt.de/en/start-page.html) in Dessau

## 2017 to 2018

lectureship at the [Universität der Künste](https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/university/) in Berlin

## 2018

solo exhibition [»im wahrsten Sinne des Zeichens« (»in the true sense of the sign«)](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/in-the-true-sense-of-the-sign), Museum für Druckkunst (Museum of the Printing Arts), Leipzig

## 2019 to 2020

solo exhibition [»Am Anfang war das Zeichen!« (»In The Beginning was the … Sign!«)](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/in-the-beginning-was-the-sign), Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich

## 2020

start of a series of films on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQtGgqshYsK95SfqhhhrOCg/videos) as a personally guided tour through my [toilet paper archive](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/design-for-the-arse-exhibition) – one aspect at a time

## 2022

lectureship at the FSG Freie Schule für Gestaltung, topic: »[signs of life](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/signs-of-life-method-workshop)«, Hamburg

## 2023

solo exhibition »[the nature of the things](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/the-nature-of-things-ii)«, Flower Festival Munich / Botanical Garden Nymphenburg, Munich

solo exhibition [»Klopapier – Gestaltung für den Arsch. Einblicke in die wunderbare Sammlung der Juli Gudehus« (»toilet Paper — design for the ass. insights into the wonderful collection of Juli Gudehus«)](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/design-for-the-arse-exhibition), Museum im Adler, Benningen

## 2024

start of the [tuqtuli project](http://tuqtuli.com/)

lectureship at the ecosign Akademie, topic: »[tuqtuli – Icon spell](http://tuqtuli.com/)«, Cologne

solo exhibition and artist in residence at the Dōshisha joshi daigaku art college in Kyoto

## 2025

Launch of the [Ibu project](https://tuqtuli.com/de/das-ibuprojekt) as part of the [tuqtuli project](http://tuqtuli.com/)

## 2026

[tuqtuli](https://tuqtuli.com/tuqtuli_en) semi­nar at the [Hochschule für Gestaltung](https://www.hfg-gmuend.de/en/) (University of Design), Schwä­bisch Gmünd

 

  

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