Moritz Grünke
Born in 1980, Moritz Grünke studied fine arts and graphics at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (Germany) and did his degree in 2008. From 2008 he was part of the offspace dieschönestadt in Halle until it’s closing in 2012.
In 2007 he and Franziska Brandt found a small press for artzines and artists’ books named Gloria Glitzer. Moritz Grünke collects artists’ publications and attends with Gloria Glitzer at several art book festivals all over the world and founded artzines.net a blog dedicated to self-publishing artists.
From 2012 on he and Franziska Brandt run We make it a passionate design and riso printing studio as well exhibition space based in Berlin. It also hosts the Herbarium Riso, a public library on risograph printed artists’ publications.
Since 2014 he also works as curator and co-organizer of MISS READ: The Berlin Art Book Festival.