born in Feilershammer
lives and works in Hamburg, Celle and Dundee, Scotland
1987–1994
Studies of painting and fine arts at Akademie der Bildenden Künste München and at Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
1995–1996
Multimedia Product Manager (Philips Media Germany)
since 1996
professional artist and free-lance author
since 1999
lecturer at Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Universität Oldenburg and at Bauhaus Universität Weimar
Seit / since 2006
PhD Researcher at Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008
Stipend of the Foundation of Lower Saxony for Media Art, with residency at Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg
2001
Scholarship with residency at Duncan of Jordanstone University, Dundee
Grant DIE HÖGE, with residency at Internationalen Künstlerinnenhof DIE HÖGE, Högenhausen/Bassum
1997, 1998 and 1999
Grants Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, of the cities of Berlin and Hamburg
1996/1997
Scholarship DAA D with residency in New York City
EXHIBITIONS
SINCE 2000 (SELECTION)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Unlimited Edition, Mejan Labs, Stockholm
Originale und andere Fälschungen, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (cat.)
2007
MuseumShop, Märkisches Museum Witten (cat.)
2006
This is not by me, Magnet Gallery, Manila
2004
Legal Perspective, [plug.in] Forum für Neue Medien, Bale
2001
Networked Reality, Galleri 21, Malmö
2000
Liquid Hacking Laboratory, Kunstverein Nuremberg (cat.)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk
2008
re.act.feminism. performancekunst der 1960er und 70er jahre heute, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Anna Kournikova Deleted by Memeright Trusted System, Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund (cat.)
Kunstmaschinen Maschinenkunst, Museum Tinguely, Bale (cat.)
2007
KunstmaschinenMaschinenkunst, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (cat.)
Copieren und Verfälschen, Künstlerhaus FRISE, Hamburg
2006
Cyberfem. Feminisms on the Electronic Landscape, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castelló
International Meeting on Feminisms and Activisms, Francesca Bonnemaison Centre, Barcelona
Arbeit*, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork (cat.)
2005
Connessioni leggendarie, National Library Braidense, Milano (cat.)
cut-copy-paste, Cultural Center »La Vénerie«, Brussels
Storyrooms – Networks, Narratives and Installations, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester (cat.)
Rhizome, ArtBase 101, New Museum, New York City
Changing Territories, Knabstrup Kulturfabrik, Copenhagen (cat.)
Arbeit*, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (cat.)
2004
City of Women, Festival, Ljubljana
Subduktive Massnahmen, ZBO-SdM052004, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn and Barbarastollen (cat.)
Public Library, Wizards of OS Conference, Congresszentrum am Alexanderplatz, Berlin
vir_users + mis_users, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
2003
Habitar en (Punto)net, Espai F, Matar, Barcelona
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Volksfürsorge Versicherungen, Le Royal Meridien, Hamburg (cat.)
Generator, Minories Art Gallery, Colchester, Essex
2002
Generator, Spacex Gallery, Exeter and Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
2001
Cross Female – Metaphores of the Female in the Art of the 90’s, Kunst- und Kunstgewerbeverein Pforzheim, Pforzheim (cat.)
Künstlerbilder, Galerie Mesaoo Wrede, Hamburg
Cynet Art, Projekttheater, Dresden (cat.)
Observatori, Media Art Festival, Valencia (cat.)
Cyberfem Spirit, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (cat.)
2000
Tenacity – Cultural Practices in the Age of Global Information- and Biotechnologies, Swiss Institute, New York City and Shedhalle, Zurich
UFO Strategies, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (cat.)
Real Work, 4. Werkleitz Biennale, Werkleitz (cat.)
Cross Female – Metaphern des Weiblichen in der Kunst der 90er Jahre, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (cat.)
terr@media – Game Patching and Hacking Sublime, Fournos, Center for the Art, Athens
LA Freewaves – Festival of Experimental Media Arts, Los Angeles
PERFORMANCES
2008
TroubleShooting, Shooting Performance, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, Berlin
2006
Le chien ne va plus, Phoenix Einkaufszentrum, Hamburg-Harburg
2005
Tweakfest, Hochschule der Künste (HGKZ), Zurich
2004
Automatically generated Authorship, radio play, ORF-Kunstradio, Vienna
2002
Guided tour through hackerland, Chaos Communication Congress, Berlin
1997
Female Extension, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg
1996
New Media – Old Roles, Computermesse CeBIT, Hannover together with Hanover (project of the group »-Innen plus«)
Remote Viewing, Ars Electronica, Linz
1994
information art, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg
1993
New Woman, Postkartenaktion
PROJECTS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS
2008
Who is afraid of Artistic Research? one-day symposium about the epistemology and context of practice-based research, Visual Research Centre, Dundee University, Dundee (together with Lindsay Brown)
Sharing Strategies, Arteleku, San Sebastián
since 2007
ArtContent24.de, image agency for the repoduction of art, http://www.art-content24.de
since 2006
THE THING Hamburg, platform for art and critique, http://thing-hamburg.de
2005–2006
TammTamm – Künstler informieren Politiker (KiP), http://www.tamm-tamm.info
since 2004
[echo], mailing list for art, critique and cultural policies in Hamburg
2003
fem snd, Party & Workshop, together with Laurence Rassel and Maya C. Sternel, Melkweg Amsterdam, in collaboration with next5minutes, Amsterdam
Sounds Tactical, Workshop, together with Laurence Rassel, in collaboration with transmediale and Podewil Berlin
2001
very Cyberfeminist International, Conference, Lichtmess-Kino, Hamburg
1999
next Cyberfeminist International, Conference, De Unie and Goethe Institut, Rotterdam
1997
first Cyberfeminist International, Conference, Hybrid Workspace, documenta X, Kassel
1997–2001
Old Boys Network, First Cyberfeminist Alliance, http://www.obn.org
1993
Narzissmus in den Medien am Beispiel Fernsehen, Performance, Produzentengalerie Kunstitut, Stuttgart, (project of the group »-Innen«)
1993–1996
women artist group »-Innen«
1992
Penisneidspiele, Contribution for documenta IX, (Art television with van-Gogh TV), Kassel, (project of the group »Women and Technology«)
1992–1993
women artist group »Women and Technology«
VIDEOS
2007
The Maximal Unique and its Transformation into the Similar
2006
Spring in Paris, revisiting feminist art #2
Le chien ne va plus, revisiting feminist art #1
I DON’T KNOW, conversation between Cornelia Sollfrank and Andy Warhol, 1968/2006
2005
Public Library, Inke Arns and Florian Cramer (Documentary)
2004
copyright © 2004 cornelia sollfrank
Legal Perspective
2000 Have script, will destroy
LECTURES
since 1997
numerous lectures at universities and art academies, in art and cultural centres and at media and art festivals
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SINCE 2000 (SELECTION)
Complete list at: http://artwarez.org
MONOGRAPHS
Cornelia Sollfrank (Eds.), net.art generator, including texts by Annette Schindler, Florian Cramer, Ute Vorkoeper, Sarah Cook, Verena Kuni, Nürnberg, 2004
Cornelia Sollfrank (Eds.), very Cyberfeminist International, Berlin, 2001
Cornelia Sollfrank (Eds.), first Cyberfeminist International, Hamburg, 1998
ABOUT CORNELIA SOLLFRANK
Maider Zilbeti, Interview with Cornelia Sollfrank, in: ZEHAR, #63, 2008, Arteleku, San Sebastián, pp. 4–11
Alessandro Ludovico, »Copyright Guerilla«, in: neural, #27, 2008, pp. 39–43
Wencke Artschwager »Cornelia_Sollfrank« in: Daniel Becker u.a. (Eds.), Shortguide: Net.art, Universität Hamburg, 2007, pp. 52–61 und http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Sollfrank
Anne Schreiber, »Where is Cornelia Sollfrank«, in: art.net Magazine, Questionnaire, January 11, 2007
Tone Hansen, »Peter Tamm loves the Navy«, Interview with Cornelia Sollfrank, in: id., What does Public mean?, Oslo, 2006, pp. 110–115
Mark Tribe, »Female Extension«, in: id. and Reena Jana, New Media Art, Köln, 2006, pp. 88–89
Verena Kuni, »Netzwerke«, in: Barbara Lange (Eds.), Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Deutschland. Vom Expressionismus bis heute, Bd. 8, München, 2006, p. 188
Verena Kuni (in collaboration with Barbara Schrödl and Wiebke von Hinden), »Mediendiskurse«, in: Barbara Lange (Eds.), Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Deutschland. Vom Expressionismus bis heute, München, 2006, pp. 336–337
Thomas Kaestle, »This is not by me«, in: id. (Eds.), Wer ist die Kunst?, Bielefeld, 2006, pp. 22–23
Thomas Kaestle, »Wem gehört die Kunst? Geistiges Eigentum und keine Ende«, conversation with Cornelia Sollfrank, in: id. (Eds.), Wann ist die Kunst, Bielefeld, 2005, pp. 126–131
Cornelia Sollfrank and Ute Vorkoeper, »I’ll be my mirror«, in: Theresa Georgen u.a. (Eds.), Bühnen des Selbst, Kiel, 2005, pp. 331–344
Jacob Lillemose, »net.art generator«, in: VÆRK 04-05, Changing Territories, Knabstrup Kulturfabrik, Regstrup, 2005, pp. 40–42
Florian Cramer, »Hacking the Art Operating System«, Interview with Cornelia Sollfrank, in: Simon Yuill u.a. (Eds.), Cross-Wired: Communication – Interface – Locality (Transcript), Manchester, 2005, pp. 57–67
Rachel Greene, »Female Extension«, in: id. (Eds.), Internet Art, New York / London, 2004, pp. 83–84
Florian Cramer, »Das Betriebssystem Kunst hacken«, Interview with Cornelia Sollfrank, in: visarte (Eds.), Schweizer Kunst, Bd. 1/02, Zürich, 2002, pp. 19–23
Tilman Baumgärtel, »Hacker sind Künstler – und manche Künstler eben auch Hacker«, Interview with Cornelia Sollfrank, in: id., [net.art] – Neue Materialien zur Netzkunst, Nürnberg, 2001, pp. 158–163 and in: net.art, Petergailis, Riga, 2001, pp. 122–129
Old Boys Network, »obn@zkm«, in: Peter Weibel, Timothy Druckrey (Eds.), net_condition, Cambridge/Mass., 2000, pp. 300–301
Inke Arns, »net.art generator«, in: Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V. (Eds.), [real work], Werkleitz Biennale 4, Werkleitz, 2000, pp. 142–143
Inke Arns, »net.art generator«, in: Goethe-Institut (Eds.), Update 2.0, München, 2000, pp. 98–101
BY CORNELIA SOLLFRANK
Cornelia Sollfrank, »Sandheden om cyberfeminismen«
(»The Truth about Cyberfeminism«), in: Jacob Lillemose and Nikolaj Recke (Eds.), vi elsker din computer (we love your computer), The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 2008, pp. 296–310
Cornelia Sollfrank, »MuseumShop«, in: Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh (Eds.), Knotenpunkte – Sieben KünstlerInnen an sieben Ausstellungsorten in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Köln, 2007, pp. 198–223
Cornelia Sollfrank, »Forward to the Past – The Concept of the »Cultural Lighthouse in Hamburgs Hafencity««, in: Tone Hansen (Eds.), What does Public mean?, Oslo, 2006, pp. 102–109
Cornelia Sollfrank, »copyright © 2004 cornelia sollfrank«, in: Claus Pias (Eds.), Zukünfte des Computers, Zürich / Berlin, 2004, pp. 171–187
Cornelia Sollfrank, »Improved Tele-Vision«, in: Berliner Festspiele Maerz Musik Festival (Eds.), Material Re Material, Berlin, 2003, pp. 24–36
Cornelia Sollfrank, »Not every hacker is a woman«, in: Claudia Reiche, Andrea Sick (Eds.), technics of cyber<>feminism, <mode=message>, Bremen, 2001, pp. 155–165
Cornelia Sollfrank, »Liquid Hacking Laboratory«, in: Matthias Klos u.a. (Eds.), log.buch, Nürnberg, 2000, pp. 178–202
Cornelia Sollfrank »Have script will destroy«, Interview with Clara G. Sopht, in: Barbara Höffer u.a. (Eds.), cross female – Metaphern des Weiblichen in der Kunst der 90er Jahre, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2000, pp. 92–93 and in: Helene von Oldenburg, UFO-Strategien, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, 2000, pp. 127–133