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Mara-Johanna Kölmel (born 1989) is a German curator and art historian. Kölmel has been the Head of the Art Department at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, since January 2024. Her curatorial practice focuses on the intersections of art, technology, and society, addressing pressing contemporary issues through a plurality of perspectives.

Early life and education

Kölmel completed her Master’s degree in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art and earned her PhD from Leuphana University of Lüneburg with the dissertation "Sculpture in the Augmented Sphere." .

This research, supported by the Henry Moore Foundation, explores the transformation of sculpture through digital technologies, investigating how speculative, feminist, and decolonial sculptural concepts acquire new meaning in the digital realm, with a book on the topic to be published by DeGruyter in 2025.

References

1. "Art at the Zeppelin Museum with New Director". Schwäbische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. "ZKM Collection & Archives". ZKM.de (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. "The Courtauld Institute of Art, Post-Doc". Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. "Leuphana University of Lüneburg, research index". leuphana.de (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. "Sculpture in the Augmented Sphere - dissertation details". leuphana.de (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2025.
6. "Sculpture in the Augmented Sphere: Reflections at the Intersection of Corporeality, Plasticity and Monumentality - publication details". Retrieved 14 January 2025.

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