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Nadja Verena Marcin is a Berlin- and New York-based visual artist, filmmaker, and lecturer exploring gender, history, morality, psychology, technology, and human behavior through an intersectional analysis of feminism and emotional architecture in a theatrical and cinematic context. Her work subverts representations of women found in contemporary and historical contexts to highlight ideological systems of power and psychological effects in their creation. Addressing ecological and human rights concerns through an often absurdist, surreal, bold repurposing of relational imagery and source material from literature, history, philosophy, art, and pop culture to create thought-provoking encounters, her work calls attention to norm shifts and reevaluates social constructs and predominant world models.

She has presented solo shows and performances at Onassi Stegi (2023), Kunstverein Ruhr (2021/22), Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (2020), SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen (2019), Minnesota Street Project (2018), CONTEXT Art Miami (2017), SOHO20 Gallery (2016); Esther Donatz Gallery, Munich (2015); GOETHE Center, Santa Cruz (2014), and Dortmunder Kunstverein (2012) and others. Group exhibitions and presentations include; Ars Electronica (2023), TICKTACK, Antwerp (2022), Transpalette, Bourges (2021), Gropius Bau, Berlin (2020), Ecofutures, London (2019), Fridman Gallery, New York  (2018), Microscope Gallery, New York (2017), 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2016), Middle Gate Geel’13 (2013), ZKM- Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (2012), and Garage Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (2010); 

She has participated in group exhibitions and presentations in institutions such as Ars Electronica (2023), TICKTACK, Antwerp (2022), Transpalette, Bourges (2021), Gropius Bau, Berlin (2020), The Art Pavillion, London (2019), Fridman Gallery, New York (2018), Microscope Gallery, New York (2017), 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2016), Middle Gate Geel’13 (2013), ZKM- Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (2012), and Garage Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (2010), and film festivals such as FIFA - Festival pour Film sur l'Art (Montreal) and EMAF - European Media Art Festival (Osnabrück).

Marcin has received awards from Ars Electronica (Linz) and grants from Stiftung Kunstfonds (Bonn), New York State Council on the Arts, Foundation for Contemporary Arts (New York), BKM Bundeskulturministerium (Germany) and is a Fulbright and DAAD scholar and studied at Columbia University. She currently teaches at the University of Potsdam, previously taught at Wellesley College (MA), PI Art Center (NY), and served as visiting critic the Int. Center for Photography (NY) and Brooklyn College (NY). Her work has been reviewed in VICE, HuffPost, Hyperallergic, and Artnet News, and is represented in public collections such as SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Digitalvilla Potsdam, and National Museum Poznan.