Manuela Braunmüller (b.1993) is a German lens-based artist. In her work she examines the western human self-image by reflecting on our relationship with animals and nature. She studied photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich and the University of South Wales in Cardiff. She graduated with the work Cow‘s Milk (2018), a photographic documentary on modern dairy production in Germany. In 2020 she joined the masterclass program led by Ute Mahler and Ingo Taubhorn at the Ostkreuz School for Photography in Berlin, developing the work One Chicken  (2021), a typological portrait of a single chicken displayed in 144 individual images of its skeleton‘s bones. Currently, she is studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in the class of sculpture of Prof. Gerry Bibby. Her most recent work 200 Million Years (2025) represents a multimedia portrait of the butterfly, reflecting on the theme of biodiversity loss. In her ongoing project The Weather is (2023 - ), she examines the effects of the climate crisis on weather patterns and how it alters our everyday experience of weather. She lives and works in Munich.

Education
2025 - Diploma Fine Arts, Class of Prof. Gerry Bibby, Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
2024 - 2025 Masterclass Documentary Photography Laura El Tantawy & Elisa Medde, PhMuseum
2020 - 2021 Masterclass Ute Mahler & Ingo Taubhorn, Ostkreuzschool for Photography, Berlin, Germany
2015 - 2106 Ersamus University of South Wales, Cardiff, Wales
2013 - 2018 Bachelor Photography, University for Applied Sciences Munich, Germany


Grants & Nominations
2022 - Bayern Innovativ Förderung
2021 - VG Bildkunst Stipendium
2020 - FUTURES Talent
2020 - follow up Stipendium Deichtorhallen Hamburg
2019 - Nominierung „Kuhmilch“ Hansel-Mieth-Preis digital

Exhibitions
- Upcoming -
2026 - Welcome, GEDOK, Munich, Germany
2026 - Jahresausstellung, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
2026 - Freiheit, Academy for Political Education, Tutzing, Germany
2026 - Biodiversity, Buttefly House, Groningen, Netherlands

- Solo -
2025 - 200 Million Years, Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany
2025 - 200 Million Years, Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany
2025 - 200 Million Years, Akademie Galerie, Munich, Germany
2024 - One Chicken, U-Bahn Galerie Bezirksausschuss Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany
2024 - Gefieder, Café Lozzi, Munich, Germany
2018 - Kuhmilch, Bibliothek Hochschule München, Munich, Germany


- Group -
2025 - BLUES SKIES Future Reflections, EineWeltHaus, Munich, Germany
2024 - BLUES SKIES Future Reflections, Nodepressionroom, Munich, Germany
2024 - Tetrap-Act-on-Foodwaste; Munich, Germany
2022 - Food is Identity - Yeast Photo Festival, Matino, Italy
2022 - About Food? Horizonte Zingst, Zingst, Germany
2021 - Hi How Are You - Ostkreuz Masterclass Ute Mahler Ingo Taubhorn, Berlin, Germany
2021 - The Makable Mind - Noorderlicht Festival - Groningen, Netherlands
2020 - What are the emerging artists talking about in Europe today?, Futures Digital Festival
2019 - Halb Voll Halb Leer, Farbenladen, Munich, Germany
2018 - Neu Neu Neu, Praterinsel, Munich, Germany

Publications / Interviews
emerge Magazin
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin
Und Magazin
Rainbow Refugees Magazine
fluter
Greenpeace Magazin
die Motive
20er Züricher Straßenzeitung
Horizonte Zingst