Julian Hetzel

Julian Hetzel is a performance maker and visual artist who creates politically charged, documentary-style works for theaters and galleries. His work is produced and presented internationally. Born in the Black Forest (DE), Hetzel is now based in Utrecht (NL). He studied visual communication at Bauhaus University in Weimar (DE) and graduated from DasArts Amsterdam in 2013, an artistic research lab for new theater and performance.

His performance The Automated Sniper won the VSCD Mime Prize in 2017. Since 2018, he has collaborated with CAMPO arts center (BE), leading to acclaimed works like All Inclusive (2018) and Mount Average (2021). In 2019, he presented three works at the Venice Theater Biennale.

In 2024, Diarrhea is My Favorite Color and SPAfrica (coproduction with SPRING) were showcased at the Dutch Theater Festival, with both productions receiving major awards and nominations. Since 2021, Studio Julian Hetzel has been structurally supported by the City of Utrecht and the Performing Arts Fund NL.