Nadja-Verena Marcin
Nadja Verena Marcin explores psychology and human behavior via an intersectional analysis of feminism and emotional architecture. Her works have been shown worldwide at Fridman Gallery (NY), ICA Philadelphia (PA), Garage Museum (Moscow), and ZKM Museum (Karlsruhe). Marcin won grants from New York State Council for the Arts, Franklin Furnace (NY), Film- and Media Foundation (Düsseldorf). She holds a Fulbright and an MFA from Columbia University has lectured at Wellesley College (MA), Int. Center for Photography (NY), and been reviewed in HuffPost, Hyperallergic, and Artnet News.
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Artworks
#SOPHYGRAY
Installation & Performance, mixed media (audio bot app, tablet, tablet stand, video projections on pedestals, mini-libraries, 29 books), 25-50 sqm, 2021-2024
#SOPHYGRAY is a feminist audio bot app that answers questions in surprising, philosophical, and humorous ways informed by intersectional feminist perspectives. Presented as an immersive installation and performance in the exhibition context - and an app for mobile devices, she/he/it questions assumptions about virtual assistants (Alexa, Siri) and their typically feminine-sounding submissive voices, which often reinforce stereotypes, gender roles, and power hierarchies and reflect the culture that developed them, as well as the impact in everyday life: the distorted representation of women in the media and the objectification that comes with the use of gendered technologies.
Conceived during the EMAP residency at Onassis Stegi in Athens 2022-2023, the app is now available for mobile devices in the iOS App Store and as demo online at sophygray.com. It finds presentation inside an immersive installation – independently or along with a performance event. It is oftentimes accompanied by a workshop with local participants as feminist bot developers who contribute to the bot’s constantly growing library. Its prototype app was premiered in 2021, the performance in 2022, the app in 2023.
Read more here: ars.electronica.art/citizenscience/en/sophygray
2. OPHELIA
OPHELIA is a performance and video installation that reinterprets Shakespeare’s Ophelia as the embodiment of human subjectivity in the context of climate change and gender inequality. During the performance, Marcin gives a lecture on the character Ophelia, the destruction of the biosphere and the history of female hysteria, making connections between the destruction of nature and the oppression of women. Wearing a breathing mask, she climbs into an aquarium in a white dress on a steel frame, floats underwater and recites the poem The Werld (1939) by the Russian writer Daniil Kharms. The distorted words and the air bubbles are transmitted into the room via hydrophones and surrounding speakers.
Performance Video at Minnesota Street Project:
In the exhibition, the steel frame, now carrying a box with video monitors, presents the same image of the artist gracefully floating in blue waters – accompanied by the audible recitation of the poem, with each word spoken distinctly. These two reinterpretations transport Ophelia into the 21st century, integrating elements from Millais’ iconic painting (1852-3) as background scenery, while the river transforms into the architecture of the water tank. The poetic narrative delves into themes of subjective human perception and the sense of being confined within existence. The isolated and figure of Ophelia, whose livelihood depends on artificial respiration, muses on the preciousness of life and nature, our dependence on technology and the vulnerability of the individual in the face of a powerful response from nature.
Installation & Performance, mixed media (video-sculpture, video on 4 monitors, wallpaper, red carpet), 25-50 sqm, 2017-2020
Courtesy Nadja-Verena Marcin
Courtesy Nadja-Verena Marcin
WORLD TOUR 2017 - 2020
CONTEXT Art Miami in Miami | Fridman Gallery in New York | Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco | Moltkerei Werkstatt e.V. in Cologne | Nube Gallery in Santa Cruz (Bolivia) | SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen in Sindelfingen | The Art Pavilion in Mile End Park, London | Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken in Saarbrücken | Berliner Festspiele at Gropius Bau in Berlin.
CV
NADJA VERENA MARCIN
Born in Würzburg, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and New York, USA
Research-based interdisciplinary visual artist, performance artist, filmmaker and lecturer creating immersive installations, interactive apps, performances, photography and moving images.
EDUCATION
2010 MFA Visual Arts / New Genre, Columbia University, New York, USA
2009 Independent Studies, Prof. John Bock, Berlin, Germany
2007 BFA Fine Arts / New Media, Kunstakademie Münster, Münster, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(Selection | P = included a Performance, C = included a Catalog)
2024 #SOPHYGRAY, alpha nova & galerie futura as part of Vorspiel of transmediale & ctm festival, Berlin, Germany (P)
2023 #SOPHYGRAY, Onassis Stegi, Athens, Greece (P)
2021 – 2022 #SOPHYGRAY, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany (P/C)
2019 – 2020 OPHELIA, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany (P)
2019 OPHELIA, SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany (P/C)
The Great Dictator, ZQM, Berlin, Germany
2018 OPHELIA, Moltkerei e.V. Werkstatt as part of DC Open, Cologne, Germany (P)
OPHELIA, Nube Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, curated by Rodrigo Rada
OPHELIA, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, USA, curated by Amy Kisch (P) 2017 OPHELIA, CONTEXT Art Miami, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York, USA (C) 2016 Cinema Pirata - How to Undress in Front of Your Husband, SOHO20 Gallery,
Brooklyn, USA
2015 01111010 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110110
01101001 01110100 01111001, Esther Donatz Gallery as part of Kino der Kunst, Munich, Germany, curated by Jürgen Dehm
2014 Zero Gravity, Kunstverein Unna, Unna, Germany
2013 Zero Gravity, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York, USA
Award for ‘Art and Language’, Kunststiftung Sparkasse UnnaKamen, Unna, Germany
2012 Action Manual Vol I, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany, curated by Sandra Dichtl
Action Manual Vol II, Orangerie Schloss Rheda/ Werkstatt Bleichhäuschen, Rheda- Wiedenbrück, Germany, curated Melanie Körkemeier
2011 Solo Exhibition, The-Solo-Project presented by Jens Fehring Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (C)
Lost in translation, Jens Fehring Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany (P)
2009 Confessions of a Donkey, Kunstverein Dorsten, Germany, curated by Greta Gesenberg (C)
2008 Loss of hearing, G727 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2006 Lend me your Doberman, Kapinos Gallery, Berlin, Germany, curated by Greta Gesenberg
SOLO PERFORMANCES
(Selection)
2018 OPHELIA at New Ear Festival, Fridman Gallery, New York, USA
2014 La Mujer, Goethe Center, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2012 Reise nach Ägypten, a collaboration between Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Werkstatt Bleichhäuschen, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany
King Kong Theory, MOMENTUM | Berlin as part of Month of Performance Art, Berlin, Germany
SOLO SCREENINGS
(Selection)
2018 Der Stinknormale Mann, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany, curated by Sophia and Franziska
Hoffmann
2017 YES: Nadja Verena Marcin/ Rachelle Beaudoin, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, USA (2
persons)
2012 Premiere of //KIDS//, ZKM - Museum for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, curated by
Peter Weibel
BIENNALES
(Selection | P = included a Performance, C = included a Catalog)
2024 Fort Biennale, Festung Franzensfeste, Fortezza, Italy (upcoming)
Every Women Biennial, La MaMa Galleria, New York, USA
2023 WRO-Biennale 2023: Fungible Content, WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland (P)
2021 Every Women Biennial, London, Great Britain, curated by Christine Finley
2019 Every Woman Biennial, La MaMa | La Galeria, New York, USA
24th Biennial of Humor and Satire, House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria (C)
2018 V BIENAL CONTEXTOS, Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz and Centro Pedagógico y Cultural
Simón I. Patiño, Cochabamba, Bolivia, curated by Rodrigo Rada (C)
Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston Biennial, chashama at XOCO 325, New York
2016 Deep Inside – 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Trekhgornaya Manufactory,
Moscow, Russia, curated by Nadim Samman (C)
2014 Last Bruciennale, 837 Washington Street, New York, USA, curated by BHQFU and Julian
Schnabel
2010 Qui Vive? – 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Garage Museum of
Contemporary Art, Russia, curated by Karina Karaeva (C)
2009 Kauno Biennal TEXTILE’09, Kaunas Picture Gallery of M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum,
Kaunas, Lithuania, curated by Virginija Vitkienė (P/C)
2008 Mediations Biennale, National Museum Poznań, Poznań, Poland, curated by Tomasz Wendland
(C)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(Selection | P = included a Performance, C = included a Catalog)
2024 Retrato de un hombre y una mujer, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
In Touch, IMPAKT Center for Media Culture, Utrecht, Netherlands
You Know What You Know, Space 776 & KUNSTRAUM, New York, USA
PAR(I)TY WITH US, aquabitArt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2023 Who Owns the Truth? - Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (C)
Zero Tolerance, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany
Platform Glitch Asthetics, Digitalvilla of Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany, curated by Verena Voigt (C)
2022 The Ulterior Narrative Cinema, CINEMA TICK TACK, Antwerp, Belgium, curated by Alex McQuilkin
eco-Logix, Kunstraum flat 1, Vienna, Austria
2021 Tāctus - 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), Bath House of Winds, Museum of Modern Greek Culture, Athens, Greece
Even when the rocks reach out to kiss you, Transpalette - Contemporary Art Center, Antre Peaux, Bourges, France, curated by Julie Crenn (C)
UN/CUBE, online group show, Zurich, Switzerland, curated by Katalin Tesch
2020 Down to Earth as part of Avtonomi Akadimia, Berliner Festspiele at Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Femme Fatale, FAIR presented by Kunstraum LLC, New Art Dealers Alliance, New York Even when the rocks reach out to kiss you, Transpalette - Contemporary Art Center, Bourges, France, curated by Julie Crenn (C)
ISCP: Benefit Auction 2020 via Artsy, International Studies and Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2019 Come On In, The Water’s Fine, Artnews at W Hotel, Miami, USA, curated by Maureen Sullivan
Performance Is Alive, Satellite Art Show, New York, USA, curated by Quinn Dukes
Staring at the Sun, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, United Kingdom, curated by Giulia Casalini and Diana Georgiou
Re: INSITU, The Boiler, Brooklyn, USA
2018 Art in Odd Places, Westbest Gallery, New York, USA, curated by Katya Grokhovsky (P) Object Action: The "F" Word in a Post-Truth Era, state, San Francisco, USA, curated by Amy Kisch, Heather Zises and State
Test Bed, Parsons - New School, Aronson Gallery, New York, USA, curated by Pillow Culture
2017 Meaning and Difference, a collaborative project by Darren Bader, The Power Station, Dallas, USA (C)
Todos los ojos en Bolivia, Museo National de Arte, La Paz, Palacio Portales, Cochabamba, Manzana Uno and Centro Cultural Simón I. Patiño, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, curated by Rodrigo Rada
Space Odyssey – beyond Material Confinements, Radiator Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, Great Britain
2016 Così fan tutte, ossia la scuola degli amanti (Thus Do They All, or The School for
Lovers), Biblioteca Civica del Comune di Verona (Veneto Videoart Archive Headquarters), Verona, Italy, curated by Giulia Casalini
Video Shop, NADA New York presented by Kunstraum LLC, New York, USA
4to Festival de Performance Cimientos, Centro Cultural Simón I. Patiño, Cochabamba, Bolivia, curated by Rodrigo Rada und Alejandra Dorado (P/C)
2015 Le Fruit defend, Galerie du Beffroi, Namur, Belgium
Call of the Wild: Pioneers, Rebels and Heroines, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, USA
GlobalDraw Project, Oude Stadsgalerij in Heerlen, Netherlands, curated by Zinze Siegerink
2014 FEARFULAWESOME - Ecstasy, death and rebirth of a male painter, TEMP Art Space, New York, USA, curated by S.A.N.E.
DEW21 Kunstpreis, Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany
2013 Middle Gate Geel‘13, Kunstenhuis Yellow Art, Geel, Belgium, curated by Jan Hoet (P/C)
Coup de Ville 2013, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, curated by Stef Van Bellingen (C)
Dream Extension - Photographs from Germany, Gallery On, Seoul
Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, USA
2012 80WSE presents…, 80WSE Gallery - NYU Steinhardt, New York, curated by Michael Cohen
Spring Show, 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, USA
TINA B. - The Prague Festival of Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic (C)
2011 German Photography Now - Emotion, Drama and Narration, Jinsun Gallery, Seoul, Korea, curated by Sun-Jung Kim (C)
Queering Sex, Human Resources, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso
The days of this society are numbered, Abrons Arts Center, New York, USA, curated by Miguel Amado
WE ARE: Live and Let Die, Nuture Art, Brooklyn, USA, curated by Guillermo Creus (C)
2010 Short-term deviation, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, curated by Jie Liang Lin in collaboration with Showpaper (P)
As you like it II, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, USA
2009 Monitoring, Fridericianum, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofestival, Kassel, Germany (C)
MONA Collection, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany, curated by Thomasz Wendlandt I am my own private dancer, Gallery Jens Fehring, Frankfurt, Germany, curated by David Buob
Women’s Voices / Women’s Visions, St. Mark’s Church, New York, USA, curated by Dawn Chan
2008 Video Performance - Models of Self-Reflection, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany, curated by Georg Elben (C)
European Attitude, Shanghai Himalayas Museum (formerly Zendai MoMA), Shanghai, China, curated by Thomasz Wendland
2007 Videonale 11, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, curated by Georg Elben (C)
Shelf Life, Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Courtney Shermer (P/C)
Asian European Mediations, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover/ Museum of Modern Art, Poznan, Poland (C)
Grosse Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (C)
2006 Through the looking glass, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (P/C)
Vorfahrt, Gallery Wolfgang Seitz, Stuttgart, Germany (P/C)
Stufo, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (C)
2005 Videonale 10, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, curated by Georg Elben
Stadt Kunst, Bonn, Germany, curated by Georg Elben (C)
FESTIVALS | SCREENINGS
(Selection)
2021 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), Tāctus, Athens (online)
ADAF in collab. with Primarolia Festival, Aigio at Kipos Chartopoiias, Athens
2020 NICHT MUSEUM ZEITGEMÄßER KUNST, DEI FUNK WuK, das PARASIT - Dresdner mobile
EuropaInstitut für Neue Kunst, Neue Kulturarbeit, Kultur & Wissenschaft & Wirtschaft, Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
2019 Come On In, The Water’s Fine, Artnews at W Hotel, Miami, USA, curated by Maureen Sullivan
Performance Is Alive, Satellite Art Show, New York, USA, curated by Quinn Dukes
Staring at the Sun, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, United Kingdom, curated by Giulia Casalini and Diana Georgiou
Re: INSITU, The Boiler, Brooklyn, USA
2018 Dream Machines, Parsons - New School, Kellen Auditorium, curated by Pillow Culture, New York, USA
2017 The Border Pavilion at The Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy, curated by Raul Zamudio Mythic Age, acinema, Milwaukee, USA, curated by Janelle VanderKelen and Takahiro Suzuki
2015 Woman. Equal and Different, Festarte Videoart Festival, Space On Art, Rome, Italy
2014 Dirty Minds - Reading below the frame, Rooster Gallery, New York, curated by Susanne Boswell
2013 Aesthetica Film Festival, York, Great Britain
2012 AIVA Festival, Angelholm, Sweden, curated by Andres Weberg
29. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel, Germany
2011 Busan International Video Festival, Media Center, Busan, South Korea, curated by Seong Youn Kim
Female Cut- made in U.S.A, US Embassy/ FestArt VideoArt Festival, Circolo degli Artisti, Rome, Italy, curated by Manuela Contino
2010 Collective Show, Participant Inc., New York, USA
Uncontrollable Flesh, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso
SCREENING/SALON/CABARET/DISCO, ICA Philadelphia, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso
2009 INDISCIPLINES, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Brooklyn is burning, IMPRENTA, Los Angeles/ Santos Partyhouse, New York, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso and Andres Bedoya
2008 EJECT- Performance Festival, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
International Video Art Festival, Athens, Greek
FIFA - Festival pour film sur l’art, Montreal, Canada
2007 New Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing, China
European Media Art Festival, Film Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
2006 Jumpnights, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, curated by Georg Elben
Fish‘06, Film Festival, Rostock, Germany
2005 Media Art Friesland, Film Festival, Academy of Pop Culture, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Vienna Shorts, Film Festival, Vienna, Germany
2004 15th International Videofestival, Film Festival, Bochum, Germany
Deutscher Jugendvideopreis, Bundesfestival Video, Film und Multimedia, Dresden, Germany
GRANTS | AWARDS
2023 European Union Prize for Citizen Science Honorary Mention, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria NEUSTART Plus Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2022 EMAP/EMARE Residency, Onassis Stegi, Athens, Greece
Individual Artist’s Grant in Electronic Media & Film for #SOPHYGRAY, New York Council for the Arts, New York, USA
NEUSTART Kulturstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2021 NEUSTART Modul C – Innovative Kunstprojekte, BBK– Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Berlin, Germany
NEUSTART KULTUR – Stipendienprogramm 2021, Stiftung Kulturwerk, VG Bild-Kunst, Berlin, Germany
NEUSTART Modul A – Digitalgutschein, BBK– Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Berlin, Germany
Room to Bloom programme, supported by Creative Europe programme of the European Union, Athens, Germany
Künstlerstipendium, NRW-Soforthilfe 2021, Stipendienprogramm des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 Künstlerstipendium, NRW-Soforthilfe 2020, Stipendienprogramm des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nominated for Prize of Contemporary Talents, Foundation Francois Schneider, France
2019 Individual Artist’s Grant in Electronic Media & Film for Pocahontas Returns, New York Council for the Arts, New York, USA
2018 Exhibition Grant for OPHELIA, Kulturamt Köln, Cologne, Germany Project Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, USA
2016 Franklin Furnace Grant, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York, USA Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, USA Art Fair Goers Award, Artspace, NADA Art Fair, New York, USA
2014 Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2013 Production Grant, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
Award for ‘Art and Language’, Kunststiftung Sparkasse UnnaKamen, Unna, Germany Stipend for Artistic Research Abroad, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 Grant for King Kong Theory, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, USA
2011 DAAD Scholarship for Artistic Research Abroad, DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany
Stipend for Artistic Research Abroad, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 Stipend for Artistic Research Abroad, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Artist Business Career Development Grant, ARTWORKinternational, Inc., Santa Fe, USA
2009 1. Price Women’s Voices, juried by Katherine Brinson (Guggenheim), St. Mark’s Church, New York, USA
MFA Tuition Stipend, Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Merit Scholarship, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, USA
SoA Fellowship, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, USA
2007 Fulbright Award, Fulbright Commission, Berlin, Germany
2006 DAAD Freemover Award, DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany
2004 Young Media Award for Losing Virginity, Deutscher Jugendfilmpreis, Dresden, Germany
RESIDENCIES
2022 EMAP/EMARE residency, Onassis Stegi, Athens, Greece
2018 The Growlery – Artist Residency, San Francisco, USA
2017 Seminar: Denniston Hill, Denniston Hill Residency, Glen Wild, USA
Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, USA
2014 Residency Program, KIOSKO Galeria, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2012 Prattsville Artist Residency, Prattsville, USA
International Artist Village, WARP at C-Mine, Genk, Belgium
2011 Deutsche Börse Residency Program, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
ART FAIRS
FAIR NADA, CONTEXT Art Miami, NADA New York, VOLTA Basel, NEXT Art Fair Chicago
COLLECTIONS
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Schaufler Foundation, Sindelfingen, Germany MONA Inner Spaces Collection, National Museum in Poznań, Poznan, Poland Kunststiftung Sparkasse UnnaKamen, Unna, Germany
Collection Manfred Moors, Essen, Germany
Private collections in Annecy, Athens, Berlin, Brooklyn, Chapel Hill, Dorsten, Dothan, Essen, Frankfurt, Greensboro, Köln, Lyon, Marl, New Jersey, Munich, New York, Paris, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, San Francisco, Würzburg
COMMISSIONS
2024 #SOPHYGRAY, live performance/ installation, EMAP & alpha nova & galeria futura, Berlin,
2023 Germany
#SOPHYGRAY, live performance/ installation, WRO Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland
2022 #SOPHYGRAY, print edition, Gesellschaft für zeitgenössische Konzepte e.V., Potsdam,
Germany
#SOPHYGRAY, mobile app, EMAP & Onassis Stegi, Athens, Greece
2021 #SOPHYGRAY, live performance/ installation, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany,
2019 OPHELIA, live performance/ installation, Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Germany
OPHELIA, live performance/ installation, SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
2018 OPHELIA, video installation at Nube Gallery, Centro Simón I. Patiño, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
OPHELIA, live performance/ installation, Minnesota Street Project, Goethe Institute, San
Francisco, USA
2017 New Cube, live performance as part of Seminar: Open House, Denniston Hill, Glen Wild, USA,
2015 La Mujer II, live performance, Centro Simón I. Patiño, Cochabamba, Bolivia
2014 La Mujer, live performance, GOETHE Center, Santa Cruz, Bolvia
2013 Zero Gravity, video/performance, Coup de Ville, WARP, Sint Niklaas, Belgium,
2013 Nadja By Breton II, live performance, Middle Gate Geel’13, Geel, Belgium
2012 Reise nach Ägypten, video/ performance, Dortmunder Kunstverein/ Skulpturenmuseum
2012 Glaskasten Marl/ Werkstatt Bleichhäuschen, Germany
King Kong Theory 1977, live performance, Tina B.Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Love’s Surrogates II, live performance, Elizabeth Foundation, New York, USA
2009 Marriage with a Donkey, video-performance, Kunstverein Dorsten, Germany
BIBLIOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS
Nadja Verena Marcin – #SOPHYGRAY, by Peter Friese, Ariana Dongus and Anthony Huffman.
Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, 2023
Nadja Verena Marcin – Ophelia, by Uwe Rüth, Kimberly Rhodes, Susan Silas, Liam Gillick, and Kathy Battista. Sandstein, Dresden, 2019
Nadja Marcin – Confessions of a Donkey, by Greta Gesenberg. Dorstener Kunstverein, Dorsten, 2009
GROUP CATALOGS
(Selection)
State of Interim – Wartenau Art Education, by Julian Asbäck, Matthis Frickhoeffer, Dalia Moniat, Sarah Steffens. Paraeducational papers, Kunstpädagogik/ Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg, 2023, p.3.3.
The Ulterior Narrative Cinema. TICK TACK, Antwerp, 2022, p. 52 – 54.
Even the rocks reach out to kiss you, by Julie Crenn. Antre Peaux, Bourges, 2021.
New York New Wave: The Legacy of Feminist Art in Emerging Practice, by Kathy Battista. I. B. Tauris, New York, 2019, p. 77 – 79.
24. Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art – Dimensions of Publicness, by Nevena Ekimova.
Museum House of Humor and Satire, Sofia, 2019, p.178 –179.
Future Now – 100 Contemporary Artists From The Aesthetica Art Prize. Aesthetica Magazine Ltd, York, 2017, p.180 –181.
5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, by Nadim Samman. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2016, p. 34, 191.
Universal Principles of Art: 100 Key Concepts for Understanding, Analyzing, and Practicing Art, by John A. Parks. Rockport Publishers, Beverly, 2015, p.126 –127.
Emergency Index: an annual documentation of performance practice – Vol 4., edited by Yelena Gluzman, Sophia Cleary, Zoe Guttenplan. Ugly Duckling Press, Brooklyn, 2016, p.110 –111.
VECTOR 3, by Peter Gregorio. VECTOR, New York, 8 Feb 2014, p.146 –152.
Middle Gate Geel 13, by Detlef Petry, Leni Van Goidsenhoven, Arnout De Cleene, Patrick
Allegaert, Bart Marius, Philippe Vandenberg, edited by Jan Hoet. Agora/ Tempus, Brussels, 2013, p.184, 228.
Coup de Ville – Attracted by another level, by Lieven Jonckheere, Johan Heirman, Catherine Lampo, Olivia Rutazibwa, Stef Van Bellingen, Jos Van Immerseel, Christine Veugen, edited Sophie Renier. Borgerhoff & Lamberigts. Coup de Ville, Gent, 2013, p.140 –145.
2. Ruhrbiennale, by Herbert Schero. Aorta Kunst & Kulturverein, Duisburg, 2012, p. 70 –73.
Tina b. – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, edited by Lada Brunova and Nelly Dederova. Galerie Vernon, Prague, 2012, p.138 –139.
German Photography Now – Emotion, Drama and Narration in the stylistic variety, by Sun-Jung Kim.
Jinsun Gallery, Seoul, 2011, p. 5 –7.
WE ARE:…, by Guillermo Creus, edited by Marco Antonini. Nuture Art, Brooklyn, 2011, p.15, 17. The-Solo-Project – Solo Shows by 50 Selected Galleries. The-Solo-Project, Basel, 2011, p. 78 –81. Qui Vive? 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2010.
Videoperformance – Modelle der Selbstbetrachtung, by Georg Elben and Gail B. Kirkpatrick, edited by Georg Elben, Mathias Gößling and Gail B. Kirkpatrick. Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, 2010, p. 97 –99, 123 –124.
USA/MFA@Bezalel – Bezalel hosts USA MFA Graduates of 2010. Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, 2010, p.10 –15.
Kauno Bienalé TEXTILE 09, by Virginija Vitkienė. Kauno Dailiniku Paramos Fondas, Kaunas, 2009, p.
48 – 49.
Mediations Biennale – Poznań 2008, by Tomasz Wendland. Centrum Kultury “Zamek“, Poznan, 2008,
p. 388, 457.
Shelf Life, by Courtney Shermer. Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, 2007, p. 3.
Asia – Europe Mediations – Contemporary Asian and European Art, by Slawomir Sobczak, Tomasz Wendland. Stowarzyszenie Kontekst Sztuki, Poznań, 2007, p.150 –151.
Große Kunstausstellung Haus der Kunst. Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2007, p. 46, 143.
Videonale 11, by Georg Elben (Videonale e.V.), edited by Tina Renn, Marion Scharmann. Walter König Verlag. Walter König Verlag, Köln, 2007, p. 7, 62 – 63.
Vorfahrt, by Wolfgang Seitz (Kunstprojekt Vorfahrt). ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2006, p.
4, 69, 137.
Große Kunstausstellung 2006 – through the looking glass. Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2006, p. 95, 159.
Videonale 10, by Georg Elben (Videonale e.V.), edited by Tina Renn, Marion Scharmann. Walter König Verlag, Köln, 2005, p. 62 – 63.
INTERVIEWS
(Selection)
Chris Styles, IMPETUS Interview - SOPHYGRAY, the feminist chatbot, Impetus for Citizen Science, Navarra, 2024
Ilyn Wong, Intersectional Fembots: An Interview with Nadja Verena Marcin, Berlin: Berlin Art Link, 2024
Eliane Eisenring, Von Audiobots, Servicemitarbeiterinnen und Teufelskreisen, Wien: Binary Dreams/Trivadis, 2022
Frank Talks, Nadja Verena Marcin – Visual Artist and Director of Kunstraum LLC, New York: Art Frankly, 2021
Scott Indrisek, How to Do a Virtual Studio Visit with an Artist, Artsy, New York, 2020.
Sebastian Dingler, Zwei Frauen, zwei Welten, eine Ausstellung, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Germany, 2019.
Andreas Langen, Ophelia-Performance – Nadja Verena Marcin feiert die rebellische Frau in Sindelfingen, SWR Radio, Stuttgart, 8 Feb 2019.
Jana Gührer, Kunst im Aquarium? – Die Performance Ophelia im Schauwerk Sindelfingen, in: Kunscht!,
SWR Television, Stuttgart, 2 Feb 2019.
Nora Höglinger, Wie ein Schwarm Bienen um den Wassertank – Über das Abtauchen, Umweltschutz und das Wesen der Performancekunst, ARTinWORDS, Vienna, 17 Oct 2018.
Mascha Schlubach, Mit OPHELIA im Glassarkophag unserer Zeit – Performancekunst zwischen (selbst)zerstörerischer Subjektivität und fragiler Natur, barton mag, Berlin, 3 Sep 2018.
Women Cinemakers – Special Edition, Cinemakers Women, Berlin, Mar 2018.
Priscilla Son, Conversations | Nadja Verena Marcin’s OPHELIA World Tour, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, 24 May 2018.
ARTICLES
(Selection)
Ariana Dongus, Can we create an intersectional AI?, New York: Hyperallergic, 2024 Lena Schneider, Kunst gewordene Verweigerung – Glitch Art am Griebnitzsee, Potsdam:
Tagesspiegel, 2023
Martina Schürmann, Essener Kunstverein: Künstliche Intelligenz lädt zum Dialog, WAZ, Essen, 2021
Künstlich und feministisch, Essen: Coolibri, 2021(A)
Michael Klein, “Spannendes Kunst-Projekt: Künstliche Intelligenz und Feminismus“, Dorstener Zeitung, Dorsten, 2021
Alexander Fichtner, “Vernissage ein voller Erfolg – Nadja Verena Marcin ist in Dorsten aufgewachsen“,
Dorsten Online, Dorsten, 2021
Sebastian Dingler, Zwei Frauen, zwei Welten, eine Ausstellung, Saarbrücker Zeitung, Germany, 27 Sep 2019.
Melena Ryzik, An Art Show for Hundreds of Women. And That@s Just the Artists., New York Times, New York, 16 May 2019.
Sarah Cascone, The Every Woman Biennial Is a Supportive, Salon-Style Celebration of the ‘Divine Feminine’, artnet News, New York, 24 May 2019
Künstlerischer Tauchgang der Ophelia – Performance im Schauwerk in Sindelfingen, by Kat,
Stuttgarter Zeitung/ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart, 10 Feb 2019.
Thomas Volkmann, Taucherbrille und Kaktus- schwert – Nadja Verena Marcin beschäftigt sich mit Frauenbildern / Live-Performance im Schauwerk, Sindelfinger Zeitung/ Böblinger Zeitung, Sindelfingen, 9 Feb 2019
Charles Desmarais, Ophelia returns after 400 years with new message, San Francisco Chronicle/ SF Gate/ Murack.com/ USA, Breaking News, San Francisco, 27 Mar 2018
Anna Volpicelli, Nadja Verena Marcin’s Ophelia goes on a World Tour, Cultured Magazine, New York, 11 Mar 2018.
Sarah Cascone, Everything You need to Know about all 23 Artfairs at Art Basel Miami Beach, artnet News, New York, 5 Dec 2017.
Monica Uszerowicz, Your Concise Guide to Art Basel Miami 2017, Hyperallergic, New York, 4 Dec 2017.
Priscilla Frank, Feminist Artist’s How To Undress in Front Of Your Husband Skewers Retro Mansplaining, Huffington Post, New York, 24 Mar 2017.
Jillian Steinhauer, The Greatest Biennial of All, Hyperallergic, New York, 24 Mar 2017.
Rachel Bishop, Sarah Francis, Incredibly sexist 1930s reconstructions instruct women how to ‘UNDRESS PROPERLY’ for their husbands, Mirror/ Birmingham Mail/ World News Live/ Microsoft, London/ Birmingham, 4 Apr 2017.
Andrew Nunes, A Sexist 1960s Film Remake Rewrites Cinema, VICE Creator’s Project, New York, 23 Sep 2016
Arielle Bier, Young and the Restless, Artforum, New York, 12 Jul 2016.
Hettie Judah, The 5th Moscow Biennale for Young Art Signals Millennials’ Deepest Anxieties, artnet News, New York, 7 Jul 2016.
Andrew Nunes, Finally, the Art World Gets a Bootleg Video Store, The Creator’s Project, New York, 16 May 2016.
Brian Boucher, 11 Booths I could hardly tear myself away from at NADA New York, artnet News, New York, 6 May 2016.
Das Münchner Wochenende – Wenn die Musen durchmachen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, 8 May 2015.
Surreale Schwerelosigkeit: Nadja Verena Marcin, In München – Das Stadtmagazin, Munich, Apr 2015. Claude Lorent, Le fruit trop savoureux du jardin d’Eden, La Libre Culture, Namur, 18 Mar 2015.
Le Fruit defendu, Capital, Namur, Mar 2015.
Schwerelos über den grossen Teich, Hellweger Anzeiger, Unna, Oct 2014.
Michael Miller, Ladies’ Night: On the BHQF’s Record-Breaking Last Brucennial, Gallerist NY, New York, 20 Mar 2014.
Sarah Corona, FEARFULAWESOME – Ecstasy, death and rebirth of a male painter, Wallstreet International Magazine, New York, Jan 2014.
Laurence Rickels, Before the Middle Gate, Texte zur Kunst, Heft 92, Berlin, Dec 2013, p. 243. Sarah Corona, L’arte senza Gravita, Wallstreet International Magazine, New York, Dec 2013.
Ashli Molina, Artist Nadja Verena Marcin Travels to Florida to Recite Nietzsche in Zero Gravity, Miami New Times, Miami, 30 Jul 2013.
Ralph Wilms, Filmstiftung NRW fördert Nadja Marcin’s Videokunst, WAZ, Dorsten, 18 May 2013. Katy Diamond Hamer, 80WSE presents: Annual Group Show, Eyes-Towards-The-Dove, New York, 2
Dec 2012.
Tilman Abegg, Die Gefahrensucherin, Ruhrnachrichten, Dortmund, Nov 2012.
Marion Gay, Aktionskünstlerin Nadja Verena Marcin in Dortmund, WA.de, Hamm, Nov 2012.
Gail Victoria Braddock, The Days of This Society Are Numbered, The Brooklyn Rail, New York, 16 Apr 2011.
Ruth Reader, WE ARE: Cash, Guns, and Feminism, Bushwick BK, Brooklyn, 4 Aug 2011.
Lost in translation, Art Agenda/ EFLUX, New York, Jan 2011.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Kimberly Rhodes, Like a Hurricane’: John Everett Millais’ Ophelia (1852), Nadja Verena Marcin’s OPHELIA (2017/19), and the Hysteria of Nature, CCA conference, New York, 2019 (academic paper)
Lotte Allen, Stand-In: Self & Subjectivity as Performing Artist, Participatory Research & Social Inquiry.
The New School, New York, 15 May 2014, p. 3, 12 –19, 22 (academic paper).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 - 2024 Diploma Mentor
Visual Arts Diploma by Leon Meschede
Burg Giebichenstein, Kunsthochschule Halle, Halle, Germany
2023 - 2024 Lecturer
Practical Seminar The Body as a Field of Experimentation: Exploring, Technology, Power and Body Politics
Digitalvilla - Department of Information Systems, Processes and Systems, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
2018 - 2019 Visiting Artist
Lecturer, Critic & Instructor
Art Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, USA
2018 Adjunct Professor in Video and Film Department
Course Advanced Editing Course for Premiere CC 2015
P.I. Art Center, New York, USA
2015 - 2018 Adjunct Professor in Video and Film Department
Course Video and Performance Art in Snippets
P.I. Art Center, New York, USA
2015 - 2018 Adjunct Professor in Video and Film Department
Course Experimental Film Production/Post-Production
P.I. Art Center, New York, USA
2009 - 2010 Teaching Assistant in Visual Arts Department
Course Video I by Prof. Shelly Silver
School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, USA
2008 - 2010 Media Lab Assistant in Visual Arts Department
School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, USA
WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES
2024 Workshop #SOPHYGRAY’S Feminist Write-A-Thon
alpha nova & galerie futura as part of Vorspiel at transmediale & ctm festival, Berlin, Germany
2023 Workshop Digital Writing Workshop: Legacy Russell's Manifesto GLITCH FEMINISM in conversation with #SOPHYGRAY
Digitalvilla, University of Potsdam, Germany
2022 Workshop #SOPHYGRAY - A Feminist Audio Bot
KUNSTRAUM LLC, New York, USA
2022 Workshop #SOPHYGRAY - A Feminist Audio Bot
Ntizeza as part of EMAP Artist Residency, Athens, Greece
2022 Workshop #SOPHYGRAY - A Feminist Audio Bot
Ntizeza during EMAP Artist Residency, Athens, Greece
2022 Master Class Master Class: Nadja Verena Marcin
Festival Internacional Denis Stoklos de Solo Performance, Irati - Paraná, Brazil
2022 Master Class Master Class: Nadja Verena Marcin
Cabíria Festival & Prêmio de Roteiro, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 Workshop OPHELIA PIY (Perform It Yourself)
Centro Cultural Simón I. Patiño, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2018 Master Class Master Class: Nadja Verena Marcin - How to Make a Performance
Faculty of Arts, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
VISITING ARTIST & CRITIC
2022 - 2024 Visiting Critic Portfolio Reviews
International Center for Photography, New York, USA
2018 - 2024 Visiting Critic Portfolio Reviews
Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA
2021 Visiting Critic Studio Visits
GlogauAir Residency, Berlin, Germany
2019 Visiting Artist Artist Lecture & Studio Visits
Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA
2019 Visiting Artist Artist Lecture & Studio Visits
Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA
2019 Visiting Artist Artist Lecture & Studio Visits
MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice, CCNY Art Department, City College, New York, USA
2011 Visiting Artist Artist Lecture & Studio Visits
MFA Performance and Interactive Media Arts, Brooklyn College, New York, USA
ARTIST LECTURES | TALKS | PANELS
2024
2024 School of the Visual Arts, The Algorithmic State: Adversarial Aesthetics, panel discussion with Rosemary Lee, Nadja Verena Marcin, and Joanna Zylinska, MA for Curatorial Studies, New York, 2024
alpha nova & galerie futura for Vorspiel at transmediale & ctm festival, Artist Talk, Berlin,
2024
2023 Platform Glitch Aesthetics 3.0. at Digitalvilla, Artist Talk #SOPHYGRAY - Character analysis
of a feminist audio bot, moderated by Verena Voigt M.A., GFZK e.V. Potsdam, Germany
2023 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and Centre for Urban Studies, Panel Discussion on
Cruising: Urban Studies, Art Practices, and Queerness, MARQ, Escuela de Arquitectura, Chile
& University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 Room to Bloom at Warzsawa Biennale, Artist Lecture II, Warsaw, Poland
2021 Room to Bloom, Artist Lecture, Athens, Greece
2019 Elsewhere Residency, Visiting Artist Lecture, Greensboro, USA
2019 Queen Mary University of London, Artist Lecture at Queer Feminist Ecocriticism in Live Art
and Visual Cultures International Conference, London, United Kingdom
2019 CAA Annual Conference, Lecture Like a Hurricane’: John Everett Millais’ Ophelia (1852),
Nadja Verena Marcin’s OPHELIA (2017/19), and the Hysteria of Nature presented by Prof.
Kimberly Rhodes and Nadja Verena Marcin as part of Climate Change and British Art, Hilton,
New York, USA
2019 CAA Annual Conference, Lecture Re-storying the Female Body presented by Susan Silas and
Nadja Verena Marcin as part of Contested Site: The Female Body in Contemporary Art, CAA
Conference, Hilton, New York, USA
2018 Minnesota Street Project, Panel Discussion OPHELIA: Rebel Meme to Systems of Power &
Oppression with Dena Beard, Dorka Keehn and Nadja Verena Marcin, moderated by Amy
Kisch, San Francisco, USA
2018 Motorenhalle, Videoabend Nadja Verena Marcin- Embodiment as part of Der Stinknormale
Mann, moderated by Sophia and Franziska Hoffmann, Dresden, Germany
2016 Pratt Institute, Franklin Furnace Archive, Artist Lecture, Franklin Furnace Grant Ceremony,
New York, USA
2015 Galerie Esther Donatz, Artist Talk moderated by Jürgen Dehm, Munich, Germany
2014 GOETHE Center, Artist Roundtable Perspektiva Feminina, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
2013 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, Artist Talk moderated by Susanne Boswell, New York, USA
2012 Dortmunder Kunstverein, Artist Talk in conversation with MFA students from Kunstkritik &
Kuratorisches Wissen of Ruhr University Bochum, Dortmund, Germany
2011 Christie’s Education, Artist/ Curator Panel with Nadja Verena Marcin, Oliver Herring and
Sarvia Jasso, New York, USA
2011 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Artist Lecture, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 International Studies and Curatorial Program (ISCP), Salon, New York, USA
2009 Kaunas Biennial, Hotel Reval Neris, Artist Talk, Kaunas, Lithuania
JURY PARTICIPATION
2019 – 2024 Kunstraum LLC, Jury for Open Call for Curator-In-Residence, Brooklyn, USA 2021 – 2024 Kunstraum LLC, Jury for Open Call for Spring Exhibition, Brooklyn, USA
2020 – 2022 New York Council for the Arts, Individual Artist’s Grant in Electronic Media & Film, New York, USA
2016 – 2021 Kunstraum LLC, Jury for Open Call for Exhibition Proposals, Brooklyn, USA 2017 Transmission Festival, Prize of the Jury, Karlsruhe/ Berlin, Germany
2017 SOHO20 Gallery, Jury for the Annual Open Call for Solo Shows, Brooklyn, USA 2009 Columbia University, Jury for Admissions Committee for MFA Program, New York,
USA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 kunstraum flat1, eco-Logics, Vienna, Austria
2020 FAIR | NADA presented by Kunstraum LLC, Femme Fatale, New York, USA
2017 Radiator Gallery, Space Odyssey – beyond Material Confinements, Brooklyn, USA
2016 Untitled Art Fair presented by Kunstraum LLC, Floodline, New York, USA
2016 NADA New York presented by Kunstraum LLC, Video Shop, New York, USA
2015 Kunstraum LLC, 7 Women 7 Sins, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2014 TEMP Art Space, F E A R F U L A W E S O M E - Ecstasy, death and rebirth of a male painter,
New York, USA
2011 Jens Fehring Gallery, Lost in translation, Frankfurt, Germany (Scr)
2009 Kaunas Biennial, Vytautas Magnus University Art Gallery 101, Videoperformance - Models of
Self-Reflection, Kaunas, Lithuania (Scr)
GALLERY & AGENT AFFILIATION
Art Claims ImpulseAKArt, San Francisco, USA
Blink.de // Sökeland media art, Hamburg, Germany
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ArtTable
BBK Berlin e.V.
Fulbright Alumni Association DAAD Alumni Association
Columbia University Alumni Association
