Biography

Eric Mayen Jr.
Born: January 2, 2007, Cologne, Germany

Education

  • 2021–2025 – Stanisław Konarski High School, Oświęcim, Poland

  • 2018–2021 – KEN Primary School in Zaborze (Oświęcim), Poland

  • 2017–2018 – Private Catholic School (KSW), Libiąż, Poland

  • 2016–2017 – Irmgardis Gymnasium, Cologne, Germany

  • 2012–2016 – BilinGo Bilingual Primary School, Cologne – private German-English bilingual institution

Selected Exhibitions and Awards

  • 2025 – Duality, International Youth Meeting Center (MDSM), Oświęcim, Poland

  • 2024/2025 – Continuity, BWA Gallery, Zielona Góra, Poland

  • 2024 – Photography exhibition by participants of the Open Photography Study, Cracow University of Technology, A1 Gallery, Kraków

  • 2024 – Erinnerungsbilder – Images of Memory, MDSM, Oświęcim

  • 2023 – 5th Oświęcim Art Salon, Oświęcim Cultural Center (OCK), catalogue

  • 2023 – Erinnerungsbilder – Images of Memory, MDSM, Oświęcim

  • 2023 – Erinnerungsbilder – Images of Memory, NS Documentation Center, Munich, Germany

  • 2023 – Erinnerungsbilder – Images of Memory, Max Mannheimer Study Center, Dachau, Germany

  • 2022 – Analog photography course (street, large format, camera obscura, cyanotype, solarfast, zines), Pedagogical University of Kraków – certificate of completion

  • 2021 – 4th Oświęcim Art Salon, OCK, catalogue

  • 2019 – 3rd Oświęcim Art Salon, OCK, catalogue

  • 2018 – 3 Interviews, EL-DE Haus, NS Documentation Center, Cologne, Germany

  • 2016 – 3rd Cologne Photomarathon – 3rd Prize (under-18 category), Cologne, Germany

  • 2016 – Photokina – large-format projections, Cologne, Germany

  • 2016 – Look at Me (Schau mich an), Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK), Cologne, Germany

  • 2016 – Best Selfie contest by Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger – award recipient

  • 2016 – EL-DE Haus, NS Documentation Center, Cologne

  • 2015 – 2nd Cologne Photomarathon – 2nd Prize, Cologne, Germany

  • 2015 – Olympus Global Open Photo Contest

  • 2015 – Lew Kopelew Forum, Cologne

  • 2014 – Photoglobus, Photokina, Cologne

Film

Workshops / Participation

  • 2024 – Open Photography Study, Cracow University of Technology – certificate

  • 2022 – Analog photography course, Pedagogical University of Kraków – certificate

  • 2016 – Painting in Space (Malerei im Raum), Open Studio Workshop, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

  • 2014 – Cologne Photographs (Köln fotografiert), Zoosafari, Cologne

  • 2014 – Hans Arp, MAKK, Cologne

  • 2014 – Andy Warhol, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

  • 2014 – Ludwig Goes Pop, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

Press & Media Coverage

Featured in:
Głos Ziemi Oświęcimskiej, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Kölnische Rundschau, Express, Leverkusener Stadtanzeiger, Evangelischer Pressedienst, Köln-Nachrichten, WDR

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