CV
Nadja Buttendorf (1984) questions current norms and codes of gender constructions and value creation mechanisms of the human body in our digital society. Her works make it clear that our understanding of technology is also linked to patriarchal power relations. Her interactive works and video projects, on the other hand, draw multi-layered new narratives in which women become visible again as an elementary part of the history of technology. She extracts communicative moments of participation in the Internet both in her performative jewelry objects and in her tutorial workshops. DIY, as a widespread online aesthetic, is used specifically as a strategy of access and rejection of neoliberal work ethics.
Works and workshops by Nadja Buttendorf have been shown at the HKW Berlin, the Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund, Künstlerhaus Bremen, LaGaîtéLyrique Paris, the MU Eindhoven, the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Halle 14 - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, the D21 Leipzig and the panke.gallery Berlin. She has also given lecture performances at Re:publica, the CCC, Creamcake and the nGbK Berlin. Nadja Buttendorf is a trained goldsmith and studied fine arts at the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle (Saale).
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group shows (selected)
- Link in Bio - Kunst nach den sozialen Medien Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, 2019
- Neuzugänge zeitgenössischer Kunst im Kunstfond 2019Vertretung des Freistaates Sachsen beim Bund, Berlin 2019
- Reading Bodies! Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 2019
- COMPUTER GRRRLS MU, Eindhoven 2019
- FACE THE FACE - a Speed Show on the Post-Digital Self Internet Cafe - Midnightshop, Berlin 2019
- WIN / WIN Halle 14, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig 2019
- Tender Buttons Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen 2019
- Future ZWEI - 50 Jahre Robotron Technische Sammlungen, Dresden 2019
- META Marathon Robotics NRW-Forum Düsseldorf 2019
- COMPUTER GRRRLS La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris 2019
- Innere Armut POHLEN, Berlin 2019
- Projected.Capital Roehrs & Boetsch, Zurich, Switzerland 2018
- COMPUTER GRRRLS Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV), Dortmund 2018
- Berlin Zentrum der Netzkunst - damals und heute panke.gallery, Berlin 2018
- W&W - Miete, Strom, Instagram Walch&Winkler, Berlin 2018
- gallery.delivery Your favourite artists, delivered. Berlin 2018
- Requiem for a failed state Zweite Station der Ausstellung, AEG, Halle 15, Nürnberg 2018
- different eyes - a drone art exhibition MONOPOL:i, Siegen 2018
- Seoul Mediacity Biennial Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2018
- REQUIEM FOR A FAILED STATE Halle 14, Leipzig 2018
- Total Sellout Neurotitan, Berlin 2018
- INTERNET FAME Panke.Gallery, Berlin 2018
- Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2017, Hongkong
- digital arts lab by retune hub.berlin 2017
- Stardust, Neuer Kunstverein Wuppertal 2017
- Human Product by International Topsellers, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna 2017
- AUF LOS!, KV Leipzig, Leipzig 2017
- Time and again, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg 2016
- TOTAL SELLOUT 2016, Neurotitan, Berlin
- NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York 2016
- T€MPORAR¥ PARADI$€, Studio Rainbow Unicorn, Berlin 2016
- Körper 2.0, Wilhelm-Fabry Museum, Hilden 2016
- KillYourPhone & CryptoNails, Machine Project, Los Angeles 2016
- Speedshow LA: Manifesto, iPC Bang Internet Cafe, Los Angeles 2016
- Wo alles anfängt, Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle(Saale) 2015
- Science & Fiction,The World's First Cyborg Fair, NRW-Forum, Düesseldorf 2015
- Graduiert ≈ Präsentiert, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle(Saale)
- Wo Alles anfängt, Bayrischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, München
- Heimat in der Fremde, Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle/Saale
- BLIND DATE, Alabama,Sir, Leipzig
- Arbeitsgruppe Oblomow, IRRland, München
- light, NeuWestBerlin 2014
- A SIGN ON THE ROAD SAID: TAKE US TO MADRE!, Helper Galerie, Brooklyn, New York 2013
- Säge, Stein, Papier, Volkspark, Halle
- Istanbul ApartmanI, Volkspark, Halle 2011
- Istanbul ApartmanI, Mimar Sinan Universitesi, Istanbul 2011
- Kunststudenten stellen aus, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn 2011
solo/duo shows
- DIRECT CONTACT with Sonja Gerdes, D21 Kunstraum Leipzig, 2018
- Something is seen but, you dont know what. we make it, Berlin 2015
- Rosy Skin Jewellery For Posthuman Postbuddies, Kunstraum Polymär, Halle 2014
stipendias
- Arbeitsstipendium der Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen im Bereich Bildende Kunst 2020
- Recherchestipendium Bildende Kunst von der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa 2018
- Digitale Performance by FAVORITEN Festival 2018
- Graduate stipend of the state of Saxony-Anhalt's graduate support 2013/14
- Working stipendia, Istanbul 2011
exercises/ performance/ workshops/
- never not striking nails Lothringer12_Florida - Kunstraum der Stadt München, 2020
- Captcha! Maschinen lernen handeln von Menschen, die nicht verstehen, was sie wissen. Schwarzmarkt für nützliches Wissen und Nicht-Wissen Nr.22, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden 2019
- DDR User Workshop, Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, 2019
- Reading Bodies! Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 2019
- META Marathon Robotics NRW-Forum Düsseldorf 2019
- ♥ [ASMR] ♥ - blast from the past Hartware Medienkunstverein, Dortmund 2019
- feat. Feminism LARP So&So, Leipzig
- #HotPhones neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst Berlin, 2018
- Workshop, panke.gallery, Berlin, 2018
- Salon für Ästhetische Experimente #13, Haus der Kuluren der Welt, Berlin, 2018
- Performing Arts Festival Berlin, panke.gallery, Berlin, 2018
- #HotPhones dgtl fmnsm, Festspielhaus Hellerau, 2018
- Relax with no Apps - Massage Party during DIRECT CONTACT, D21 Kunstraum Leipzig 2018
- Nadja's magnetic Nail Art Studio during DIRECT CONTACT, D21 Kunstraum Leipzig 2018
- Marimba forever by Selector Nuttendorf Dresden Contemporary Art RUNDGANG SPEZIAL @ C.ROCKEFELLER Center for the contemporary Arts, Dresden 2018
- Das Mass der Dinge digital arts lab by retune, hub.berlin 2017
- *MARIMBA MIX* Release Party, 21.09.'17, New MIX by Selector NUTTENDORF!!!! Humboldthafen, Berlin
- Superhuman Nails, TINCON, Berlin, 2017
- Nadja's magnetic Nail Art Studio Heart of code, Berlin
- Nadjas Future Nail Art Studio, Futurium @CeBIT, Hannover, 2017
- Nadjas Magnetic Nail Art Studio, Transcybirien#3, Paris 2017
- Geheim-Camera Workshop mit Aram Bartholl, 33. Chaos Communication Congress, Hamburg 2016
- Science Hack Day Berlin with Darsha Hewitt, Fablab Berlin, 2016
- FATbit - how to cheat your fitness tracker, Sommer der Dilettanten @ lAB - Artist Unlimited, Bielefeld 2016
- Nadja's magnetic Nail Art Studio Akopalübse, Artist Unlimited, Bielefeld 2016
- Implant/ Explant Party Cyborgs e.V., Lacuna Lab, Berlin 2016
- Nadja's magnetic Nail Art Studio, 32. Chaos Communication Congress, Hamburg 2015
- The Bodyshop/ Bodyservice mit Stefan Greiner, WISP Festival for Arts, Technology and Communication, Leipzig
talks/ lectures/ discourse
- Artist Talk Lothringer13_Florida, München 2020
- As Soon As Possible - Transferring the immediacy of the digital to culture Panel with Sebastian Schmieg, Aram Bartholl, Yvonne Zindel, re:publica Q Immersion, James Simon-Gallerie, Berlin 2019
- Artist Talk Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, 2019
- Robotron Discourse with Dietmar Grünert & Kirsten Huwig, Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, 2019
- COMPUTER GRRRLS MU Eindhoven, 2019
- Chaos Communication Camp 2019 Ziegeleipark Mildenberg, 2019
- Das politische Nagelstudio Kiezladen Mahalle, Berlin 2019
- (Dis)abled Technobodies Grüner Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin 2019
- Artist Talk 5.12.2018, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
- "Going deeper - visual art, technology and queer desire" Künstlerinnengespräch mit Nadja Buttendorf, Emma Haugh und Fiona McGovern, nGbK, 3. Nov, Berlin
- Science Future Slam Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Futurium, Berlin
- Acces to Bodies (Artist Talk) Performing Arts Festival, panke.gallery, Berlin
- <Interrupted = "Cyfem and Queer">, Acces to Bodies, aquarium, Berlin
- Acces to Bodies (Artist Talk) re:publica 18, Station Berlin 2018
- #77 Doing the NoNoNo - Jewellery Festival by Current Obsession, The Lovelace - A Hotel Happening, München 2018
- Access to Bodies - Ein Leitfaden für post-humane Computer- und Körperanwendungen 34. Chaos Comunication Congress, Leipzig 2017
- Artist Talk, Merz Akademie Stuttgart 2017
- Artist Talk, Papiercafe, Kunsthochschule Kassel 2017
- Speculative Cosmetics - a guide to posthuman beauty trends, Futurium @Cebit 2017, Hannover
- leaving skin function (Artist Talk), polymär.halle, Halle 2014
- Von der Tier- und Maschinenwerdung des Menschen mit Stefan Greiner, retune Conference 2014, Berlin
- Cyborgs, sechste Sinne und selbstaufgerüstete Untote. Wer entscheidet was ein Körper kann? mit Stefan Greiner, re:publica 2014, Berlin
- Postbody/Postjewellery, Royal College of Art, London 2013
screening
- FREE-TV Premiere on Arte ARTE Kurzschluss, 2019
- Robotron - a tech opera Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, 2019
- Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada, 2019
- Re:publica Station Berlin 2019
- 8. Videokunstnacht Die Brücke Kleinmachnow Kunstverein e.V. Berlin, 2019
teaching
- Gastdozentin Merz Akademie Prof. Olia Lialina, 2017, Stuttgart
- Workshop & Lecture Kunsthochschule Kassel, Klasse Neue Medien Prof. Aram Bartholl, 2017, Kassel
catalog (selected)
- #KUB20XX Kulturelle Bildung im Digitalen Zeitalter, Mutik gGmbH, Berlin/ Essen 2019
- Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018Published by Yu Byung Hong, Publisher Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA)
- FAVORITEN FESTIVAL 2018 S.140-141 Catalog, published by Fanti Baum und Olivia Ebert, 2018
- Skulpturen Projekte Münster 2017 S.144, Catalog, Editors: Kaspar König, Britta Peters, Marianne Wagner, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, published by Spector Books, 2017
- Körper 2.0 - Über die technische Erweiterbarkeit des Menschen published by Wilhelm-Fabry-Museum, Hilden, 2016
- Wo alles anfängt / Where It All Begins Lehrende, Absolventen und Studierende der Schmuckklasse Prof. Daniel Kruger, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle 2015
- Halle - Istanbul Verlag der Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle 2014
- Die Schmuckklasse/ The Jewellery Class Editor Prof. Daniel Kruger, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
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