Born in Paris, Susanna Hertrich resides and creates in Berlin. She is an internationally exhibiting artist whose work exists at the intersection of art and techno-science. Her multidisciplinary practice examines our relationship with technology in a world where artificial-technological and natural-biological ecosystems are increasingly intertwined. Central to her work is the exploration of emerging technologies through objects, images, and films that blend imagination, speculation, and reality. Her pieces often delve into sensory augmentation, the invisible realms of signals and waves within our electromagnetic infrastructures, and the magical and supernatural aspects of technology, incorporating mythologies, techno-animistic perspectives, and non-human viewpoints.
Her projects have been shown and screened in institutions, including the Triennale Milano, HEK, Basel, HKW, Berlin, Boston Center for the Arts, FACT, Liverpool, Marta Herford, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Z33, Hasselt, Bureau Europa, Maastricht, Vienna Biennial/MAK, Vitra Design Museum, V&A Dundee, CAFA art museum, Beijing, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Hyundai Motor Space, Busan, and EMAF, Osnabrück.
Susanna was awarded the Über Lebenskunst grant by Kulturstiftung des Bundes (2010) and artist-in-residence grants at Tokyo Wonder Site (2008), as well as Tsinghua Media Art & Science Laboratory in Beijing (2008) and Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto (2015) at the invitation of the Goethe institute, and TOKAS Tokyo Art and Space (2019) at the invitation of Atelier Mondial. Her work is featured in numerous international publications.
She has collaborated with international research labs, including the People and Practices Group at Intel Corporation (2007), the Pervasive Interaction Lab at Open University (2009), the Meta Perception research group at the University of Tokyo (2009), the Design Research Lab at the UdK in Berlin (2010-11), and the Critical Media Lab at the Academy of Art and Design FHNW in Basel (2014-19).
In 2021/22, she published the book »Following the Elephant-nosed Fish. Reimagining our Sensorium« with Shintaro Miyazaki.
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Susanna is frequently invited to art and design schools for talks and workshops. Her past teaching positions include being Associate Professor at the Academy of Art and Design in Bergen, Norway (2002-06), Visiting Associate Professor at Chiba University (2014-15), course leader MA Integrated Design at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (2013), head of studio/course leader MA Experimental Design at Academy of Art and Design Basel FHNW (2020-23) as well as visiting lecturer at University of the Arts Berlin, Taipeh National University of Arts, Domus Academy in Milan and others.
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Reviews:
SZUM | „Superorganizm” wystawa w ramach XIII Festiwalu Przemiany w Centrum Nauki Kopernik w Warszawie
Süddeutsche Zeitung | Alle auf den Mars
Triennale Magazine | L’arte vista da un neuroscienziato. Intervista a Giorgio Vallortigara
Liceo Magazine | Susanna Hertrich: más allá del arte
Boston Globe | A dread to think… examines anxiety
Hyperallergic | Prosthetic Devices for the Modern Psyche
Berlin Art Link | Studio visit with Susanna Hertrich
Vice | Here’s a Wearable Prosthetic That Detects Air Pollution
Labiotech | BioArt in Berlin: Making Dystopia Beautiful with Prostheses and the Transhuman Life
XSEAD | Prostheses for Instincts – Susanna Hertrich
Art21 Magazine | A willing participant at EMPAC’s “Uncertain Spectator”
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Full CV upon request