hello world.
martina morger is a performance artist who also works with multimedia. she reflects on femininity as a device, and claiming space as a political body. Through her work, one discovers an engagement with the limitations of individual freedom in regard to technologies. her main practice is inspired by cyberfeminism and care. her work is primarily concerned with women’s placement within society, but also queerness in regards to cybernetical hybridisation. Exploring female and queer voices – or lack thereof - domesticity, repetitive action and hidden labour she works primarily with performance and enjoys investigating the borders to other media. her embodiment of different personas speaks to fluidity and its possible societal implications.
bio.
martina morger
swiss artist, born in Vaduz (LI), 1989.
2018-2019 Glasgow School of Arts, Master Fine Arts Practice, Mentor: Michelle Hannah, UK
2017-2018 University of Applied Arts Vienna, Transmedia Arts, Mentor: Brigitte Kowanz, AT
2015-2018 Zurich University of Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Mentor: Alexander Tuchacek, CH
2007-2010 University of Zurich, Bachelor of Arts in Media & Communication Science, CH
selected solo* & group shows:
2020
Window Shopping, DWDS, Bregenz, AT*
App'n'cell Now, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, CH
Bloody Morrow, Lavender Sunrise , Nextex, St Gallen, CH*
Another Long Evening, Marktgasse 26, St Gallen, CH
I Might Be Staring At Infinity (or the backs of my own eyelids), Virtual ARTIM, Baku, AZ
Lèche-Vitrines, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR*
March, Live Art Club, London, UK
Artmageddon, In Relation with:, Espace Libre, Biel, CH*
It All Comes Down To, Stiege 13, Vienna, AT
Lights Out, Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, UK
Algorithmen der Liebe, PTTH://, Lucerne, CH
2019
Längste Nacht, Walcheturm, Zurich, CH
SourSOP, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
To Smooth the Furrowed Brow, B32, Maastricht, NL
Hairy Death Spiral, Intermedia Gallery, CCA, Glasgow, UK
Hopelessly Devoted, Garment Factory, Glasgow, UK
Suomi Art Fair, Galleria Lapinlahti, Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
58th Venice Biennale, Liechtenstein symposium: Art in Dataspace, Museo Correr, Venice, IT
ALIGHT, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
2018
Heimspiel, Art Museum Appenzell, CH
Triennale Visarte, Kunstmuseum, Vaduz, LI
Alles hat ein Ende, Performance-Reihe St Gallen, CH
Harts Brot, Museümli, Buchs, CH*
Performance Fotografie, LISTE Art Fair Basel, CH
Aller Retour, Galleria Lapinlahti, Helsinki, FI
2017
Komplizen, Tart Gallery, Zurich, CH
Extra, Extraterritorial Site Specific Research, Athens, GR
To Give A Hand, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH
Seilzug, NoNation Gallery, Chicago, US
Korn im Schacht, Kornhaus, Rorschach, CH
If Element True:, Stein Egerta, Schaan, LI*
2016
Think Of Yourself As A Machine, Gallery Hollabolla, Eschen, LI*
Klaus trophobia, Dynamo, Zurich, CH
Estetika Walk, Johann Jacobs Museum, Zurich, CH
curated projects
2020 Bubbles, Digital Performance Series (Stereoskop IX), Cyberspace
2019 Britney’s Breakdown (Stereoskop VIII), Civic House, Glasgow, UK
Hopelessly Devoted, Group Show, Garment Factory, Glasgow, UK
2018 Tabula Rasa (Stereoskop VII), Tart Gallery, Zurich, CH
Utopia (Stereoskop VI), Spieglerey, Zurich, CH & NoNation Gallery, Chicago, USA
Petite Bourgeoisie (Stereoskop V), Wunderkammer, Zurich, CH
Beuteschema (Stereoskop IV), Pferd, Vienna, AT
2017 Simulation (Stereoskop II), Wunderkammer, Zurich, CH
Sicht (Stereoskop II), Wunderkammer, Zurich, CH
Stereoskop Opening, Wunderkammer, Zurich, CH
selected publications
2020 Another Long Evening, Kunstbulletin, Sept, Zürich, CH
(Pro)Found Listening, JAWS Journal for Art Writing, Vol. 6, Intellect, Bristol, UK
The Local, House Letters: Absence and Presence, Iss. 2, by Bethany Holmes, London, UK
House Letters: Absence and Presence, Bethany Holmes, London, UK
2019 The Market: What is the Value of Art, Venice Agendas, Venice, IT
Performance: Cleaning Her, Decorating Dissidence, London, UK
Chains, Glasgow, UK & Mainz, DE
Art in Dataspace, La Biennale Venezia, Art Museum Liechtenstein, IT/LI
2018 Digital Natives, Zine Edition, self published
THE OPÉRA, Magazine for Classic & Contemporary Nude Photography, Volume V
residencies, awards & nominations
2021 Manor Kunstpreis 2021, St Gallen, CH
2020 Cité Internationale des Arts, visarte Residency, Paris, FR
2019 The Oasis, Strands, Bute, UK
Real Food, Tontine, Glasgow, UK
2018 IBK Förderpreis, Nomination, Malerei, Internationale Bodenseekonferenz, CH/FL/DE/AT