Claudia Janke Photographer

About
Claudia Janke is a multimedia photographer and artist based in London, deeply invested in the exploration of solidarity, community and social justice. For the last 20 years she has been commissioned to report on human- and women’s rights issues around the world for a wide range of national and international aid agencies including the Red Cross, Save The Children and Refugee Action as well as editorial clients such as The Guardian, Der Spiegel and Terra Mater. In recent years Janke has moved towards a more participatory and artistic approach, which has allowed her to create work and collaborations reaching a more diverse group of people, including those often excluded from cultural activities. Drawing from her experience working in the humanitarian and editorial sector Janke tells stories and creates outdoor art installations working with communities and other artists exploring ways to amplify our shared humanity through participatory art in public spaces. In 2018 Claudia created Wavelength - the ever-evolving public artwork and film connecting people through waving. 

Awards
Home 2057 shortfilm award 2023, category winner Optimism: “a kitchen, a song and a red dress”
Portrait Of Britain 2018
Portrait Of Britain 2017
Picture Of The Year International (POY73)
British Life Photography Award - Portraiture Winner

Exhibitions
June 2023, Packington Works, solo exhibition, Canalside, Packington and Union Square, London
October 2022, Wavelength Tour Of Solidarity - Denmark
June 2022 Wavelength - Kaunas22, European Capital of Culture, Kaunas, Lithuania
November 2021, String Phone Sculpture, Packington Gallery, London, UK
September 2021 Wavelength - STAMP Festival - Hamburg, Germany
October 2020 Yard Connections - Silainiai Project residency - Kaunas, Lithuania
August 2020, String Phone Scultpture, installation Packington Estate, London UK
March 2020, Wavelength Europe - Liberty Festival - Leicester, UK
December 2020 Wavelength Europe - projections Margate and Hastings, UK
April 2019, Wavelength, Packington Gallery, London, UK
February 2019 , 209 Women, group show, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK 
December 2018, 209 Women, group show, Parliament, London
December 2018, Beyond The Act of Hating, Microsoft Centre, Brussels
September 2018, BJP Portrait Of Britain, national group show, UK
September 2018, Wavelength, multi-screen outdoor installation, London
September 2017, BJP Portrait Of Britain, national group show, UK
April 2015, I am visible, outdoor multimedia installation to get young people voting, London,
April 2015, I am visible, outdoor multimedia installation to get young people voting, Sunderland
April 2015, I am visible, outdoor multimedia installation to get young people voting, Bradford
September 2014, Packing Up Packington, solo photography and sound installation, empty housing block, Packington Square, London
March 2012, She Bop A Lula, group exhibition, The Strand Gallery, London
September 2011, Dear Clare - garment workers in India, outdoor exhibition, City Road Basin, London, 
March 2011, Dear Clare -Violence against women in Uganda, outdoor exhibition, Gillett Square, London
March 2011, Dear Clare - Violence against women in Uganda, outdoor exhibition, City Road Basin, London
November 2008, The Homeless Gallery, group exhibition, Shoreditch Townhall, London
June2007, Refuge, group exhibition, Nova Gallery, London
March 2005, Facing Forward, solo exhibition, Deputy Prime Ministers Office, London
January 2005, Facing Forward, solo exhibition, House of Commons, London
December 2004, Facing Forward, solo exhibition, Spitz Gallery, London

Books
Packington Works - the beauty and complexities of 20 years of making art with my neighbours
Facing Forward - 35 portraits of homeless youth in their temporary accommodation in London, commissioned by Centrepoint.