Nadja Verena Marcin

Born in Würzburg, Germany
Living and working in New York, Berlin and Nordrhine-Westfalia

2010

MFA, Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, USA

2008

Independent Studies with John Bock, Berlin, Germany

2007

Diploma with honors, Visual Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Münster, Germany

Solo Exhibitions = S and Solo Performances = P

2013

Award for Art and Language, Kulturstiftung Sparkasse UnnaKamen, Unna, Germany (S)

2012

Action Manual Vol. I, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany, curated by Sandra Dichtl (S)
Action Manual Vol. II, Orangerie at Schloss Rheda and Werkstatt Bleichhäuschen, Rheda Wiedenbrück, Germany, curated by Melanie Körkemeier (S)
Reise nach Ägypten, Collaboration of Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Dortmunder Kunstverein and Werkstatt Bleichhäuschen, Rheda, Germany, curated by Sandra Dichtl, Melanie Körkemeier and Georg Elben (P)
Staging the world - performing the floor, Momentum, Berlin, Germany (P)

2011

The-Solo-Project, Jens Fehring Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (S)
Lost in translation, Jens Fehring Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany (S)

2009

Confessions of a Donkey, Kunstverein Dorsten, Germany, curated by Greta Gesenberg (S)

2008

Loss of hearing, g727 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Francisco Marcial (S)

2007

As in sciencefiction, Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Münster, Germany (S)

2006

Lend me your Doberman, Gallery Kapinos, Berlin, curated by Greta Gesenberg (S)
Miss Ion Troja X, Cuba Cultur e.v., Münster, Germany, curated by Andreas Weber (S)

2005

To preview, Gallery Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany (S)
Suess/Sauer angemacht, Buero fuer Alleskoennerei, Germany, curated by Oliver Lang (S)

2005

Zissin- eine Katze die Mensch werden will, SOX 36, Berlin, Germany (P)

Selected Group Exhibitions = G, Screenings = Sc and Performances = P

2013

Volta 9, 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, Basel (G)
Coupe de Ville, WARP, Sint Niklaas, curated by Stef Bellingen (G)
Dream Extension - Photographs from Germany, Gallery On, Seoul (G)
Out of Blink, Sarah Crown, New York (G)
Eastern Standard: Indirect lines to the Hudson River School, Catskills, USA, curated by Kate Menconeri (G)
Peekskill Project V, Hudson Valley Contemporary Art Center, Peekskill, USA (G)
Peekskill Project V, Hudson Valley Contemporary Art Center/ Industrial Space, Peekskill, USA (P)
Happiness Now! - Body consumed: identification and appropriation in contemporary artists' videos, Guest Projects, London, curated by Giulia Casalini and Diana Georgiou (Sc)
ONE, WirvonSSIIEE Project Space, Berlin (G)
Artist Talk, DIAP, City College (Sc)
//KIDS// @ 9th Int. Short Film Festival Detmold (Sc)

2012

80wse presents, 80wse Gallery/ NYU Steinhardt, New York, USA, curated by Michael Cohen (G)
TINA B. - The Prague Festival of Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic (G)
Premiere of //KIDS//, ZKM- Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, curated by Peter Weibel (Sc)
2. Ruhr Biennale, Deutsche Bank Duisburg, Germany, curated by Herbert Schero (G)
2. Ruhr Biennale, Altes Medizinisches Institut, Dortmund, Germany, curated by Herbert Schero (G)
Sarah Crown presents, Sarah Crown LES Pop-Up Gallery, New York (G)
Spring Show, 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York (G)
Art Wynwood, 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, Miami (G)
Transformer, Art Center, Prattsville, USA, curated by Nancy Barton (G)
Facade Video Festival, Center for Contemporary Art, Plovdiv (Sc)
Staging the world - performing the floor, Momentum, Berlin, Germany, curated by Veit Rieber (Sc)
Itinerant, Festival for Contemporary Performance Art, New York, curated by Hector Canonge (P)
AIVA Festival, Angelholm, Sweden, curated by Anders Weberg (Sc)
//KIDS// @ Bideodromo, Bilbao Arte, Spain (Sc)
//KIDS// @ 29. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel, Germany (Sc)

2011

German Photography Now - Emotion, Drama and Narration in the stylistic variety, Jinsun Gallery, Seoul, Korea, curated by Sun Jung Kim (G)
ART EDITION, Jinsun Gallery, Jongnogu, Seoul, Korea (G)
Artist/ Curator Panel, Christie's Education, New York, USA (Sc)
Simultan Festival, Casa Artelor, Timisoara, Romania (Sc)
Queering Sex, Human Resources, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso and Kathryn Garcia (G)
The days of this society are numbered, Abrons Art Center, New York, USA, curated by Miguel Amado (G)
Live and let die, Nuture Art, Brooklyn, USA, curated by Guillermo Creus (G)
The presence of _, Loop Video Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain, curated by Johnny Amore (G)
Meet! 2011 Artproject, Kulturetage im Sofaloft, Hannover, Germany(G)
Performance Platform Lublin, Galeria Labirynth, Lublin, Poland (Sc)
EPAF European Performance Art Festival, Warsaw, Poland (Sc)
Female Cut- 'made in U.S.A.', FestArt VideoArt Festival, Circolo degli Artisti, Rome, Italy, curated by Manuela Contino (Sc)
Busan International Video Festival, Media Center, Busan, South Korea, curated by Seong Youn Kim (Sc)
Lost in translation- Artist Talk, Deutsche Boerse Residency, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Germany (Sc)
Hotel- Artist Talk, PIMA- Performance and Interactive Media Arts, Brooklyn College, New York, USA (Sc)

2010

'Qui Vive?' 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia, curated by Karina Karaeva (G)
Short-term deviation, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA, curated by Jie Liang Lin and Jesse Hlebo (G)
Open Studios, International Studies and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, USA (G)
As you like it II, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, USA, curated by Marilyn Rosenberg (G)
USA/MFA@Bezalel, Bezalel Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel (G)
Exquisite Corpse, Second Floor, Brooklyn, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso and Kathryn Garcia (G)
B-Sides, Kara Walker's Project Space, New York, New York, USA, curated by Emma Balasc (G)
Taken as Given, Works from the Balcony- Project Space, Budapest, Hungary, curated by Ama Saru (G)
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, Fischer Landau Center, New York, USA, curated by Anthony Huberman (G)
SCREENING/SALON/CABARET/DISCO, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso (Sc)
Uncontrollable Flesh, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso (Sc)
Collective Show, Participant Inc., New York, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso and Kunstverein NY (Sc)
Performing Participation #1, Screening Lecture Performance, Public School, New York, USA, curated by Taeyoon Choi (Sc)
Saloon, International Studies and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Sc)
Schräggradaus - 10 Jahre Filmklasse im Cineplex, Münster, Germany, curated by Andreas Köpnick (Sc)

2009

Monitoring, Fridericianum, 26th Dokfest Kassel, Germany (G)
Kaunas Biennale TEXTILE 09, Kaunas, Lithuania, curated by Virginija Vitkiene (G)
MONA Collection, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany, curated by Tomek Wendland and Harro Faust (G)
Can’t rape the willing, Second Floor, New York, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso (G)
I am my own private dancer, Gallery Jens Fehring, Frankfurt, Germany, curated by David Buob (G)
If I Was the Cousin of My Mother's Sister's Son, Gallery Bar, New York, USA, curated by Lukas Baden and Janet Oh (G)
PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG, Urban Art Projects, New York, USA, curated by Matthew Teti (Sc)
Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest, Hungary (Sc)
INDISCIPLINES, Villa Arson, Nice, France (Sc)
Brooklyn is burning, Santos Party House, New York, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso (Sc)
Brooklyn is burning, Imprenta, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Sarvia Jasso (Sc)

2008

Mediations Biennale, National Museum, Poznan, Poland, curated by Tomek Wendland, Aurelia Mandziuk and Georg Elben (G)
Video Performance- Models of Self-Reflection, AZKM, Münster, Germany, curated by Georg Elben (G)
Aquartieramento, Domaquaree, Berlin, Germany, curated by Susanne Husse (G)
Chicago Artfair, Uschi Kolb Gallery, Chicago, USA, curated by Uschi Kolb (G)
European Attitude, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China, curated by Tomek Wendland and Harro Faust (G)
EJECT, Ex teresa arte actual, Mexico City, Mexico, curated by Pancho Lopez (Sc)
18th International Videofestival, Bochum, Germany (Sc)
Int. Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece (Sc)
Fifa, Festival de Film sur L’Art, Montreal, Canada (Sc)
Int. Festival of Cinema and Technology, Orlando, USA (Sc)
Videotheque Ephemere, 23rd New Media and Video Art Festival, Clermont Ferrant, France (Sc)
Screendance, Basel, Switzerland (Sc)
Festival der Nationen, Ebensee, Austria Sc)

2007

Videonale 11, Art Museum, Bonn, Germany, curated by Georg Elben (G)
Volta Show '03, Art Agents Gallery, Basel, Switzerland, curated by Julia Sökeland and Nasim Weiler (G)
Asian European Mediations, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany, curated by Georg Elben and Harro Faust (G)
Asian European Mediations, Museum of Modern Art, Poznan, Poland, curated by Georg Elben and Tomek Wendland (G)
Shelf Life, Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Courtney Shermer (G)
Grand Art Exhibition, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (G)
Blue Night, Art festival, Nürnberg, Germany (G)
Liebe. Freiheit. Alles., Artist House Essen, Germany, curated by Daniele Buetti (G)
New Beijing International Film Festival, Bejjing, China (Sc)
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (Sc)
Int. Festival of Cinema and Technology, Los Angeles, USA (Sc)
Weltentheater, Schlachthof, Karlsruhe, Germany, curated by Oliver Langewitz (Sc)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (Sc)
Busho'07, Budapest Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary (Sc)

2006

Through the looking glass, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (G)
Vorfahrt, Gallery Wolfgang Seitz, Stuttgart, Germany (G)
Stufo, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (G)
Jumpnights, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, curated by Georg Elben (Sc)
Euroshorts, Danzig, Poland (Sc)
Student’s Forum, University of San Diego, USA (Sc)
Fish'06, Film Festival, Rostock, Germany (Sc)
Werkstatt für junge Filmer, Frankfurt, Deutschland (Sc)

2005

Videonale 10, Art Museum, Bonn , Germany, curated by Georg Elben (G)
City Art, Bonn, Germany, curated by Georg Elben (G)
Media Art Friesland, Academy of Pop Culture, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (Sc)
Stuttgart’s Filmwinter, Filmfestival, Stuttgart, Germany (Sc)
Cinema of Tomorrow- Filmtage Augsburg, Filmfestival, Augsburg, Germany (Sc)
International Videofestival, Bochum, Germany (Sc)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (Sc
Vienna Shorts, film festival, Vienna, Germany (Sc)
Media Art, VideoSalons, Gallery Sign, Groningen, Netherlands (Sc)

2004

Co_op_ Film, Video, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany, curated by Andreas Köpnick (G)
Art in Contact I- Bauhaus goes SO36, Gallery Glück 21, Berlin, Germany, curated by Elfi Fröhlich (G)
Art in Contact II- Bauhaus goes SO36, Berliner Kunstprojekt, Germany, curated by Elfi Fröhlich (G)
Deutscher Jugendvideopreis, Bundesfestival Video, Film und Multimedia, Dresden, Germany (Sc)
15th International Videofestival, Film Festival, Bochum, Germany (Sc)

Scholarships /Prizes

2013

Production Grant, NRW Film- und Medienstiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany
SOMA residency, SOMA, Mexico DF, Mexico
Award for ‘Art and Language’, Kulturstiftung Sparkasse UnnaKamen, Unna, Germany

2012

Prattsville Artist residency, Art Center, Prattsville, USA
Grant for 'King Kong Theory', Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, USA
Nominated for Prize for Young Artists, Ministry of Culture NRW, Nordrhine-Westfalia, Germany

2011

DAAD Scholarship for Int. Research - New York, DAAD, Bonn, Germany
Stipend for Artistic Research Abroad, Ministry of Culture NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
Deutsche Börse Residency Program, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

2010

International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Residency, New York, New York, USA
Stipend for Artistic Research Abroad/ ISCP, Ministry of Culture NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
Project Fund, Art Student Council, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, USA
Artist Business Career Development Grant, Artworks International, New Mexico, USA

2009

Womens Voices, 1st Price, Musique a la Mode, New York, USA

2008

MFA Stipend, Collection Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Merit Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, USA
Visual Arts Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, USA

2007

Fulbright scholarship, Fulbright commission Berlin, Germany

2006

DAAD Freemover scholarship, DAAD, Bonn, Germany
HESGE- School of Art and Design, residency, Geneva, Switzerland

2005

Nomination for Nordrhein- Westfalen Price for Young Artists, Münster, Germany

2004

Young Media Award, Jugendvideopreis, Dresden, Germany Karownale, Prize of the Jury, Filmfestival, Berlin, Germany

2003

DFJW scholarship, French- German youth organization, Berlin–Paris, Germany-France
Villa Arson, residency, Nice, France

Filmography

2012

KIDS, 13.34 min, HDV, New York, USA

2011

Grand Slam, 3.06 min, HD, New York, USA

2010

Hotel, 12 min, HDV, New York, USA

2009

Confessions of a Donkey, 13 min, HDV, New York, USA
Elephant, 4 min, HDV, Haltern, Germany

2008

Loss of hearing, 13 min, HDV, Los Angeles, USA
The great wall, 5 min, HDV, Beijing, China

2007

Everything is nothing, 9 min, HDV, Berlin, Germany
As in Science Fiction, 9 min, HDV, Berlin, Germany

2006

Jogginggoingmuseaction, 15 min, DV Cam, Geneva, Switzerland
MissIon TrojaX, 8 min, mini DV, Wendover, USA

2005

Königskinder, 20 min, DV Cam, Abensberg, Germany
Alta Ego, 4 min, DV Cam, Münster, Germany
Zorro, 1’20 min, DV Cam, Münster, Germany
Hallo Hallo, 4 min, DV Cam, Münster, Slowakia
Sissi, 0’20 min, DV Cam, Münster, Germany
Cat and bear, 4 min, DV Cam, Münster, Germany

Performances

2012

King Kong Theory, live performance, Momentum, Berlin, Germany
King Kong Theory, live performance, Tina B. Festival, Prague, Czech Republic

2011

Love's Surrogates III, live performance, Jens Fehring Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
US OPEN Grand Slam, video-performance, New York, USA

2010

Love's Surrogates II, live performance, Elizabeth Foundation, New York, USA
Nadja by Breton, live performance, Fischer Landau Center, New York, USA
Ten commandments, video-performance, New York, USA

2010

Nadja by Breton, live performance, Fischer Landau Center, New York, USA
Ten commandments, video-performance, New York, USA

2009

Madre, New York, USA
Are you lonesome tonight, live performance, Kaunas, Lithuania Are you lonesome tonight, video-performance, Kaunas, Lithuania

2008

Singing in the rain, video-performance, Central Library, Los Angeles, USA
Fall and Rise of a Fish, video-performance, Kindl Brewery, Berlin, Germany

2007

From Hollywood to Buchenwald, live performance, Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Germanias Next Toppussy, live performance, Auguststrasse, Berlin, Germany
Love's Surrogates, live performance, Academy of Fine Arts, Münster, Germany

2006

Holidays in kakao, live performance, Cuba Culture e.v., Münster, Germany
Saladheads and the wish to be free, live performance, Mauerpark, Berlin, Germany
From the satisfaction and the flood, live performance, Gallery Wolfgang Seitz, Stuttgart, Germany
Homeland- where are thou, live performance, Central Station, Munich, Germany
Ha ha, laugh louder, Baby, live performance, Academy of Fine Arts, Münster, Germany

Photography

2012

The Last Mohican, C-print, USA
Animals, C-print, USA

2011

KingKong, C-print, USA

2010

Haiti, C-print, USA

2009

No Country 1-8, C-print, USA

2008

Terrain, C-print, USA
Sci-Fi Exterior, C-print, Israel

2007

Smoke, C-print, Germany
City, C-print, Great Britain

2006

Exposure 1-4, light boxes, Germany
Homeland 1-4, C-print, Germany

2005

Spaghetta, C-print, Germany
Cat, C-print, Germany
Service, C-print, Germany
Eve I- III, C-print, Germany

Catalogs

2012

Month of Performance Art Second Edition, MPA-Berlin, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
2.Ruhrbiennale, Aorta Kunst & Kulturverein, Duisburg, Germany (catalog)

2011

German Photography Now - Emotion, Drama and Narration in the stylistic variety, Jinsun Gallery, Korea, Seoul (catalog)
Live and let die, Nuture Art, Brooklyn, USA (booklet)
The-Solo-Project, Jens Fehring Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (catalog)
The presence of _, Loop Video Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain (booklet)

2010

SCREENING/SALON/CABARET/DISCO, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA (booklet)
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, Fisher Landau Center for Art , New York, USA (booklet)
US MFA@Bezalel, Bezalel Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel (catalog)
'Qui Vive?' 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moskow Museum of Modern Art, Moskow, Russia (catalog)

2009

Confessions of a Donkey, Dorstener Kunstverein, Germany (monography)
Video Performance- Models of Self-Reflection, AZKM, Münster, Germany (catalog)

2008

Mediations Biennale, Nationalmuseum, Poznan, Poland (catalog)

2007

Shelf Life, Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (booklet)
Videonale 11, Art Museum Bonn, Germany (catalog)
Asian European Mediations, Art Museum Poznan, Poland (catalog)
FIFA, Festival pour film sur l’art, Montreal, Canada (booklet)
Liebe. Freiheit. Alles, Academy of Fine Art, Münster, Germany (booklet)
New Beijing International, Film Festival, Beijing, China (booklet)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (booklet)
Grand Art Exhibition, House of the Art, Munich, Germany (catalog)

2006

Through the looking glass, House of the Art, Munich, Germany
Blue Night, Art festival, Nürnberg, Germany (booklet)
Vorfahrt, Gallery Wolfgang Seitz, Stuttgart, Germany (catalog)
Stufo, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (booklet)

2005

Videonale 10, Art Museum Bonn, Germany(catalog)