Nin Brudermann is an Austrian-American artist, living in New York where she came as a participant in the International Studio Artist Program at MoMA PS1, NY in 1996. Her mixed-media works are narrative investigations, where an ambiguity exists between the real and the super-real. With her it is important to open the realm of possibilities, in the detective genre of the Whodunit. She has worked in a variety of media, including direction of standalone film and video works.

Nin Brudermann has exhibited her work at MoMA PS1, Brooklyn Museum, Venice Biennale, Arhus Kunsthal (DK), Futura (CZ), Kunstraum Dornbirn (A), Kunsthalle Krems and Kunsthalle Wien (A), Haus der Kunst Munich, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp (CH), National Centre for Contemporary Arts (RU). Her artist monograph ‘nb’, published by Verlag für moderne Kunst is distributed in the US by Artbook/D.A.P..

Her film work has been presented at New York Short Film Festival, Brooklyn International Film Festival New York, Independent Film- and Videofestival New York, ’Not enough TV’ Moving Art Studio Brussels, OVNI 99 Muestra de Video Independiente Barcelona, ‘Armaggedon Now!’ Kino Loge Winterthur, ’Circles of Confusion’ Independent Film Network Berlin

born 1970 in Vienna, Austria
M.A., University Vienna and Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Prof. Peter Sloterdijk)
B.F.A., Schule Friedl Kubelka, Vienna


solo shows 

2014     'nb', Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt 
2012    ‘Austria/Autriche’, Kunstraum Dornbirn 
2010    ‘Twelve O’Clock in London’, Kunsthalle Krems 
          ‘Late Night Show’ ME Contemporary 
2009    'Twelve O'Clock In London', Victoria Hall, Geneva
2006    ‘Animal Stories’, Pianissimo, Milano
2005     ‘NASD Projekt Fledermaus’, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York 
2004    ‘NASD Projekt Fledermaus’, Bernsteiner Dependance, Vienna 
2003     ‘Waiting for War’ and preview to ‘Twelve O’Clock in London’, 
          Art Chicago Projects
2000     ‘Fourth of July’, Kunsthalle 8/Kunstbüro, Vienna 
1998     ‘You never know what’s next’, Galerie Urs Meile, Project Space, Luzern 
1997    ‘Luka und die Tanten’, Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Vienna 
          ‘Nature Abhors a Naked Singularity’, Clocktower Gallery, NY 
            (with Christoph Draeger and Patrick Jolley) 
1996     ‘In Search of Lost Time’, CULT Gallery, Vienna 

 

          group shows/screenings (selection)

2024     ‘Artists’ Tarot and the Archive’, Archives of Ontario, Toronto
2022     ‘summertime hues’, LemonSky Project & Editions, Upstate Art Weekend 2022
2021     'Interregnum', The Stable Gallery, NY
          ‘Weltoffenes Dresden’, riesa efau, Kultur Forum Dresden, DEI FUNK WuK, PARASIT - Dresdner mobiles
          Europa Institut für Neue Kunst, Neue Kulturarbeit, Kultur & Wissenschaft & Wirtschaft, Dresden
2020     ‘Clash of Giants’, RockHorror Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro
           'In Excess’, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NY
2019     'Waltz', DeChiara Projects, NY
          ‘Sanctuary’, Kingston City Hall with the Department of Art & Cultural Affairs NY
          ‘Words: Text in Art’, Collective Gallery, NY
          ‘Giants Quadrille’, Vegas Movie Awards
          ‘Giants Quadrille’, One-Reeler
          ‘Giants Quadrille’, Global Shorts LA
          ‘Giants Quadrille’, Dumbo Film Festival 
2018     'R_E_Volution', Motorenhalle Dresden (D)
          'Giants Quadrille', New York Short Film Festival
          'Red Thread; Good Grief', Collective Gallery NY
         ‘Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century’, Artist House Tel Aviv         
2017    ‘Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century’, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad 
           ‘Haus Warming’, De Chiara Projects NY
2016     'Dialogue with Imaginary Viewers’, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp (CH)
           'Art in Motion', Animation Nights New York, Anderson Contemporary NY
           'Verlag fuer moderne Kunst', 33 Orchard Gallery NY
2015     'Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century', freiraum Quartier21 INTERNATIONAL, Museumsquartier Vienna 
           ‘Only 2.5hrs from GWB’, Hamden Inn, Orphic Gallery NY 
           'Ah! Sun-flower (three antecendents): Jack Smith, Francis Picabia; “The Bar at the End of the Night”, David Lewis Gallery NY 
2014     Salotto.Vienna Trieste - MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts 
            'Tarock N.B.' Young Masters Art Prize 2014 - The Lloyds Club London 
            'Extraausgabee -!' - Palais Porcia, Vienna 
           'War Stories' - William Holman Gallery NY 
2013     'Tarock N.B.', with Dieter Meier and Anthony Haden-Guest, Whitebox, New York, for Performa13 Biennial 
           CONTENT Art 2013, Vienna 
2012     ‘Image Counter Image' Haus der Kunst Munich (D)
         ‘Yeah We friends and shit' Josee Bienvenue Gallery NY
         'Twelve O’Clock in London: Austria/Autriche’ Regionale 12 (A)                    
2011    'Dear Thick and Thin' ME Contemporary (DK)
2010    'Künstler in der KunstGesellschaft', Motorenhalle Dresden
          Curated by: Dr. Andrea Domesle, Frank Eckhardt, Dr. Michal Kolecek
2009    'Elevator to the Gallows', Galerie im Regierungsviertel/Forgotten Bar Project Berlin at 
          X-Initiative, NY (in collaboration with Arfus Greenwood) Curated by: Tjorg Douglas Beer
2008    ‘Go NYC’, Kunsthalle Krems (A)    
           Curated by: Dieter Buchhart
           ‘Shifting Values’, Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw 
           Curated by: Andrea Domesle
          ‘Some Thing Else’, Peter Blum Gallery, New York    
           Curated by: Simone Subal
          ‘Project One’, ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and CCA Center of Contemporary
            Art, Glasgow, Curated by: Lyn Hagan, Vivienne Gaskin, Francis McKee
           ‘In the private Eye’, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York 
            Curated by: Yaelle Amir
2006    ‘Zerstörte Welten und die Utopie der Rekonstruktion’, Kunstraum Dornbirn 
          (A) and Århus Kunstbygning (DK)
           Curated by: Anna Karina Hofbauer und Dieter Buchhart
          ‘Brooklyn International Filmfestival’, Brooklyn Museum, NY
            Curated by: Dave Ratzlow
          ‘Switching Worlds - Desires and Identities’, Austrian Cultural Forum NY
            Curated by: Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
           ‘Konstrukt Natur’, play: special edition volume 7, Vienna
             Curated by: Dieter Buchhart
2005     ‘New Found Land’, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, NY
            Curated by: Yaelle S. Amir    
            ‘BROOKLinVIDEO’, Futura Center for Contemporary Art, Prague
           Curated by:  Alberto Di Stefano, Eugenio Percossi     
            ‘Space and the Arts’, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland 
          Organized by: S. Foundation, Leonardo/Olats, Maison d’Ailleurs, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)-Commission VI    
2004     ‘Instructions for Actions’ Kunsthalle Wien Projectspace, permanent installation, Vienna 
          Curated by:  Gerald Matt
          ‘Permanent Produktiv’ Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna 
          Curated by:  Gabriele Mackert, Jeanette Pacher
2003    ‘Space Arts’,  Maison de la Photographie, Paris 
          as part of Makrolab/Acoustic Space Lab contribution by Ewen Chardronnet
           ‘Re-loaded’, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
          Artists: Saint Clair Chemin, Bill Henson, Maria Porgos, Hiro Yokose, et al. 
          ‘The Book of the Thousand and One Balloon – Station VII’ at Makrolab, 
           Individual Systems, 50th Venice International Biennale of Art, Venice
          Curated by: Igor Zavel/Marko Peljhan    
          ‘Baby Rhino’ with Smart Project Space at Liste 03, Basel
          ‘No, Trespassing’, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
          Curated by: Rebecca Uchill and Mark Sarosi
          ‘Attack!’ Kunsthalle Museumsquartier, Vienna 
          Curated by: Gabriele Mackert, Thomas Mießgang
2002    ’Cool Times’ Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
2001     ’Garden built for you’ Smart Project Space, Amsterdam 
          ’Lite’ Roeblinghall, New York
2000    ’Circles of Confusion’ Independent Film Network, Berlin 
1999    ‘Armaggedon Now!’ Kino Loge, Winterthur 
          ’2-4-6-H’ (with Norman Ohler) Softmoderne, Berlin
            OVNI 99, Muestra de Video Independiente, Barcelona
1998    Independent Film- and Videofestival, New York 
1997    ’Kommerzbau’ Bernhard Schindler Gallery, Bern
          'Deep Entertainment', Double Pleasure, NY 
          ’Not enough TV’ Moving Art Studio, Brussels 
          ’World Fair Young Photography’, Ljubliana 
          ’Studio Artist Show’  MoMA PS1, New York 
1993     ’Schaulust’ Hummel Gallery, Vienna 1993


grants/awards

2021    Individual Artist Film & Media Grant, New York State Council on the Arts, 
           fiscal sponsorship of the New York Foundation for the Arts
2020    Federal Ministry for Arts Austria, Innovative Film Grant
2019    Vegas Movie Awards, Best Original Score 
           Vegas Movie Awards, Best Music Video
           Global Shorts LA, Award of Excellence
2016     Outstanding Artist Awards Interdisciplinary, Austrian Federal Chancellery for Arts and Culture
2010     Prix Ars Rothkrebschen  (nominated)
2009     BMUKK Fellowship for the Arts 
2008    Individual Artist Film & Media Grant, New York State Council on the Arts, 
          fiscal sponsorship of the New York Foundation for the Arts
2006     Arts & Humanities Grant, The Greenwall Foundation, New York
2003     Fellowship for the Arts, Australian Antarctic Division
96/97   MoMA PS1, Studio Artist Program, New York

 

bibliography/press (selected)

'Clash of Giants’, Verlag für Moderne Kunst 2024, 9978-3-99153-160-9, Jason Fine, Jimena Canales, Adam Kleinman
'Clash of Giants', Office Magazine NY, November 2020, Adam Kleinman
'Pictures from a Pandemic', WhiteHot Magazine, June 2020, Anthony Haden-Guest
'Das Patent', A Public Space No.28, Dec2019, (illustrated)
'Klimabilder', Matthes und Seitz Berlin, July2018, (illustrated), Birgit Schneider
Icon Design Magazine Italy, November2017, 'Style Rock' (illustrated), Antonio Wolfer 
FM4 Radio, 17March2016, ‘Austrians of New York’ (illustrated), Eva Deutsch
‘The Photofilmic: Entangled Images in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture’, Linda Schaedler, Lieven Gevaert Series 2016, ISBN-10: 9462700427 
Rolling Stone Magazine, 21Sep2015, ‘#twelveoclockinlondon’ (illustrated)
Arte Fuse, 11June2014, ‘War Stories at William Holman Gallery’ (illustrated), Daniel Gauss
New York Observer, 14May2014, ‘Anthony Haden Guest’s War Stories’, Jennifer Ashley Wright
‘Nin Brudermann: nb’ (illustrated), artist monograph, Verlag fuer Moderne Kunst Nuernberg 978-86984-117-5, distributed in the US: Artbook, in the UK: Cornerhouse
Spear’s, 15Aug2013, ‘Nin Brudermann, the artist who’s part secret agent, part historian’ (illustrated), Anthony Haden-Guest
‘Media Power and The Transformation of War’ (illustrated), Palgrave Macmillan 2012, Chiara de Franco
‘Nin Brudermann: Twelve O’Clock in London: Austria/Autriche’, 2012, Verlag fuer Moderne Kunst Nuernberg ISBN 9783869843636
kunst:art, Nr.26, JulAug2012 (illustrated), ‘Der Blick auf die Welt aus luftigen Hoehen, Nin Brudermann im Kunstraum Dornbirn’, Daphne Maria Gerzabek
artmagazine, 08Aug2012, ‘Himmelwaerts’ (illustrated), Wolfgang Oelz
Kultur, 26Jul2012, ‘Der Wetterballon als Mittler zwischen Kunst, Natur, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft’ (illustrated), Karlheinz Pichler
Vorarlberger Nachrichten, 28Jun2012 (illustrated), ‘Vom Phänomen der Wetterballone’
Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, 23Jun2012, ‘Natur und Kunst: Landkarte der Ballone’ (illustrated), Inge El-Himoud-Sperlich 
Vorarlberger Nachrichten, Kultur, 22Jun2012, ’Was die Welt zusammenhaelt’ (illustrated), Christa Dietrich
Vorarlberger Nachrichten, 22Jun2012, ‘Kunstraum-Eroeffnung mit Wetterballonstart’ (illustrated)
vol, 18Jun2012 and 15Aug2012, ‘Twelve O’Clock in London: Austria/Autriche’ (illustrated), Edith Rhomberg
‘Bild gegen Bild (Image counter Image)’, Exhibition Catalogue, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König 2012
Kaleidoscope Press, 15Jun2012, ‘Image Counter Image’, Anja Isabel Schneider
Deutschlandradio Kultur, 10Jun2012, ‘Krieg der Bilder’, Susanne Lettenbauer
The Art Newspaper, No.224, May 2011, Anthony Haden-Guest for the New York Diary
ORF, 20Nov2010, ‘Man muss ueber das Wetter reden’ (illustrated) , Simon Hadler
Der Standard, Kultur, 26Nov2010, ‘Luftballons auf einem riesigen Jahrmarkt’ (illustrated), Andrea Heinz

NY Dansk Kunst, Kopenhagen Art Institute 2011, 'Late Night Show'
Kunsten, 22Apr2010 ‘Kaerlighed uden naerhed’, (illustrated) by Matthias Hvass Borello
Kopenhagen, 17Apr2010 ‘Interview: Nin Brudermann’, (illustrated) by Laura Li
The New Yorker, 28Jul2008, ‘Some Thing Else’ Review 
New York Magazine, 10June2008, ‘Some Thing Else’, Critics’ Pick (illustrated) by Jerry Saltz
Rhizome, 20Feb2008, ‘In The Private Eye’ at ISE Cultural Foundation’, review by Caitlin Jones 
Tema Celeste Contemporary Art, Nr. 116 July/August 2006,  ‘Nin Brudermann - Animal stories’, Francesca Pagliuca 
Exibart on paper, Nr. 31 March 2006, ‘Nin Brudermann - Animal stories, Milano, Galleria Pianissimo’, Barbara Meneghel (illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue Kunstraum Dornbirn (A) and Århus Kunstbygning (DK) ‘Zerstörte Welten und die Utopie der Rekonstruktion’, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg 2006, p.30-33 (illustrated), Dieter Buchhart, Anna Karina Hofbauer, Hans Dünser
The Village Voice, April 5th 2006, Best in Show ‘Switching Worlds - Desires and Identities’,  R.C. Baker
Exhibition Catalogue Austrian Cultural Forum New York ‘Switching Worlds - Desires and Identities’,  March 2006 (illustrated)
Touristen, Nr. 02 January 2006, pg. 52-61 ‘Der Planet sieht nicht nach Erde aus’ (illustrated), Nin Brudermann
Eikon Internationale Zeitschrift für Photographie und Medienkunst, Nr. 52 December 2005, p.8-15 ‘Nin Brudermann. Adventurous Entanglements’, Simone Subal
The Prague Post, 7.7.2005, ‘Fast Tracks’, Lizzy Le Quesne
Czech Business Weekly, 13.6.2005, ‘Straight Out Of Brooklyn’, Vincent Farnsworth
Around Photography, June 2005, p.38-39, ‘Nin Brudermann. L’Indiscreto Fascino Della Docufiction’, Marco Antonini
Thing.Net, June 2005,  ‘Nin Brudermann Investigates (with Arfus Greenwood)’, Interview with Nin Brudermann, Arfus Greenwood 
Brooklyn Rail, March 2005, ‘Nin Brudermann. N.A.S.D. Projekt Fledermaus. Priska C. Juschka Fine Art’, Thomas Micchelli
Blockmagazine, March 2005, p.20, ‘Priska C. Juschka Fine Art. Nin Brudermann: N.A.S.D. Projekt Fledermaus’, Meghan Mahar
Kunstforum, Nr. 174, Jan. 2005, p. 341-342, ‘Nin Brudermann. NASD Projekt Fledermaus. Bernsteiner Dependance, 26.11.2004 - 25.1.2005’, Dieter Buchhart
UND, Nr2 2004, ‘Permanent Produktiv: Oekonomie und Obsession’
Die Presse Feuilleton, 30-06-2004, ‘Diese Ausbeutung hat System’, Almuth Spiegler
‘Handlungsanweisungen - Instructions for Actions’, Kunsthalle Wien, Katalog, Gerald Matt (Ed.) Steidl Verlag Goettingen 2004 (illustrated)
Art Press, 01-2004, ‘Space Art’, Annick Bureaud
The Mercury, 10SEP2003, ‘Rise and rise of inflated ambition’, Annick Barbeliuk
WMO Bulletin Vol.52 No.4, 10-2003, ‘Balloon in No Man’s Land’
Kurier, 25-08-2003, ‘Der Krieg als mediale Schlacht abseits der realen Fronten’
Beaux Arts, 07-2003, ‘Attack’, Laurence Cabidoche 
Tagesanzeiger, 05-06-2033, ‘Krieg der Bilder, Bilder vom Krieg’, Rainer Metzger
Financial Times Deutschland, 02-06-2003 ‘Bei bester Gesundheit’, Elke von Berkholz
Art Magazine, 27-05-2003, ‘Licht ins Herz der Finsternis’
Die Presse Feuilleton, 23-05-2003, ‘Waffen, Wunden, Videos’, Thomas Kramar
K2, 12-05-2003, ‘Am Puls der Zeit’, Michaela Knapp
Die Presse, Schaufenster, 23-05-2003, ‘Von Bildern und Kriegen’, Johanna Hofleitner
‘Attack’, Kunsthalle Wien 2003, Steidl Verlag, Goettingen 2003
Journal Reunion, 01-09-2002, ‘Nin Brudermann une artiste dans la solitude des stations meteo’
OVNI Archives, Barcelona 2000
’Garden built for you’, Catalogue, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam 2001
’Almanac’ Smart Television, Amsterdam 1999
’Videothek’ Depot, Vienna 1998
thing.net, 1998
aci.org Austrian Cultural Institute NY, 1997
‘Nin Brudermann’, Katalog Niederoesterreichisches Landesmuseum, Grafisches Kabinett, Wien 1997