Dr. Julia Schneider aka Doc J Snyder

Dr. Julia Schneider aka Doc J Snyder explores the in-between — between AI and society, economy and everyday life, science and art, analysis and imagination — through artistic research and comic essays, exhibitions, talks, and workshops. 

With a background in labor & innovation economics and AI consultancy, she turned to comics in 2018 as a way to make complex topics accessible. Her first major work, We Need to Talk, AI, marked the beginning of a growing body of comic essays that range from short interventions to book-length publications. Her work has been featured across European media, museums, and festivals — including ZDF, ARTE, FAZ, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, with exhibitions at venues such as the Futurium, Deutsches Museum Bonn, Deutsches Technikmuseum, Zeppelinmuseum and ZKM. She is a regular presenter at major science and culture spots, from the re:publica festival to the German Science Year (Wissenschaftsjahr), and her projects often emerge through collaboration with artists, researchers, and institutions. In 2024, she co-curated AI, What’s Up?, an ongoing travelling exhibition on artificial intelligence at European science centers.