­­­Nelja Stump is a photographer, visual artist, designer and visionary guide, born in Kazakhstan. She lives and works as an artist in Berlin and Greece, in the Peloponnese. Initially trained as a nurse, she later pursued stage and costume design under the mentorship of Andrej Woron and worked as an art director/designer on various feature films and commercials. Concurrently, she studied fine art with Katarina Sieverding at the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK Berlin) and earned her Master's degree in fine arts in 2000. She also directs, produces, and edits various music videos and short films.

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In 2003, she curated and managed her own gallery, Tristesse Deluxe Berlin, which focused on photography, video and performance art. This initiative led to exhibitions abroad, including at BIM Buenos Aires and the Vienna Art Foundation.

In 2012, she launched a new project: she designed "Food for Love" and "Wildekueche Berlin," a raw "farm-to-table" restaurant/catering concept in Berlin. The project emphasizes a plant-based and holistic view of our diet and lifestyle, with a particular focus on biophotonics and light, researching the significance of light in our cells and the sun as the central order.

To further develop this pilot project, she embarked on a mission to create new spaces where people can learn to live joyfully and see their creativity as the foundation of a holistic lifestyle. Because there has never been a greater need for new beginnings than now.

THE ART TO BE . WORKSHOPS

 Nelja Stump works as a visual artist, curator, and concept designer/visionary