SHORT VITA

Céline Berger (FR,1973) lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
Trained in physics and material sciences, she worked for various international microelectronic companies as a production and project engineer from 1997 to 2008. She graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne in 2012 and has been a resident at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, in 2012-13. She received the Nam June Paik Newcomer Award in 2012. 
Previous exhibitions include: Temporary Gallery, Cologne, DE, 2018 & 2014; Karlin studio, Prague CZ, 2018; Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, 2016; Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, DE, 2014; Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, NL, 2014; Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL, 2012-2013; Beursschouwburg, Brussels, 2013; Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DE 2013-2011; UCLA New Wight Biennial 2012, LA US; Generali Deutschland Holding AG, Cologne, DE, 2011.

LONG VITA

EDUCATION
2012-13
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, NL
2009-12
Media and fine arts diploma Postgraduate program, Academy of media arts, Cologne, DE
1991-96
Engineer degree, Physics and material sciences, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon, FR Universidad Politécnica, Valencia, ES
RESIDENCIES & AWARDs
2024
Residency, Copy machine museum, Mühlheim an der Ruhr, DE
2021
Residency, INHABIT, Max Planck Institute for empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt, DE
2021
Residency, Dormagen Guffanti Stiftung, Cologne, DE
2020
Residency, Soft Power, Banff, CA
2019
Residency, Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr, Bochum, DE
2019
Residency, cibernetica si economie, Victoria, RO
2018
Residency VISIT, Innogy Stiftung, DE
2018
Serlachius residency, FI
2012
Nam June Paik Award 2012: new comer prize, Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
GRANTS & STIPENDS
2022
Recherche Stipend, Cologne, DE
2022
Neustart Kultur, Stipend, Kunstfond Bonn, DE
2020
Project grant, "Limited, unlimited: time for a turning point?", Foundation for the arts NRW,DE
2018
Project grant, Pauwhof fund, NL
2018
Project grant, Andrea von Braun Stiftung, DE
2015
Project grant, Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
2015
Grant for women media artists, Ministry of Culture, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
2015
Film grant, Foundation for film and Media, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
2014
Project grant, Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
2012
Project grant, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, NL
2012
Arcadis Fellowship, NL
2012
Stipend of the Andrea von Braun Stiftung, DE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Dreaming upon the white stone, Division of Labour / Paradise Works, Manchester, UK
2024
Bitter Harmony (with Slinko), Cologne, DE
2024
Kölner Litfassäule, Cologne, DE
2022
Jeden Morgen, jeden Tag, Dormagen Guffanti Stiftung, Cologne, DE
2022
Contact Zones, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, DE
2021
Büro für kuratorische Fürsorge & kollektives Experiment , Q18, Cologne, DE
2020
Ein ganz schlechter Zeitpunkt, innogy Headquarters, Essen, DE
2019
Kein dritter Mann, Offshore Windpark Nordsee Ost, Innogy, Helgoland, DE
2018
Stellenweise Glatteis, (with Nina Adelajda Olczak), TYSON, Cologne, DE
2018
Tanec v kruhu, Karlin Studios, Festival Fotograf, Prague, CZ
2017
Futures, Division of Labour, London, UK
2017
Low hanging fruit, (with Stefan Hoffmann), Het Plafond, Rotterdam, NL
2015
Fancy Works, Division of Labour, Art Rotterdam, NL
2014
Nam June Paik Award 2014, Haus Lange, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, DE
2013
Best practices, Work hard/Play hard, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, BE
2012
Unfreie Bearbeitungen, OVB-building, Cologne, DE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Die Große, Kunstpalace, Düsseldorf, DE
2024
The Promise of Ruin(s) Chapter 7, The Balcony, Den Haag, NL
2024
It has to become less, B12, Bottrop, DE
2023
Club Eigelstein Vol.2, Cologne, DE
2023
Kunst im Sturm, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, DE
2022
Landscapes of Labour, KAI10, Düsseldorf, DE
2022
Dissolution Practices, a.r.t.e.s. Kunstfenster, Cologne, DE
2021
Variables d'épanouissement, CCCOD, Tours, FR
2020
An Art Fair, c/o Galería Nueva / Madrid, SP
2020
Simultan Festival, Timisoara, RO
2020
Degree show, KIT, Duesseldorf, DE
2019
P is for Portrait, Division of Labour, Worcester, UK
2019
Köln um halb acht, Temporary Gallery, Köln, DE
2019
Cibernetica si economie, Pencil Factory, Cluj, RO
2018
Who cares, Gasworks / Resonance fm, London, UK
2018
The precious clay, Museum of royal Worcester, Worcester, UK
2018
Apparel, Paradise Works, Manchester, UK
2018
The Self and the Promise, Festival Fotograf, Prague, CZ
2017
Eigentijds vervlochten met MIJ, Museum Ijsselstein, NL
2017
Arte-e-parte presenta (prima edizione), Curated by Susanna Schoenberg, Cinema Beltrade, Milano, IT
2016
Art Souterrain & Nuit Blanche, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal, CA
2016
Vom Wert der Kunst als Wert der Arbeit, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, DE
2016
After, Division of Labour, London, UK
2016
Your face has no function to me, Division of Labour, London, UK
2015
Division of Labour, Worcester, UK
2014
Ways of working, according to an office desk, The Office for Curating, Upominki, Rotterdam, NL
2014
Homage to January, Division of Labour, Worcester City Gallery, UK
2014
I would prefer not to, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, NL
2014
Köln um Halb Acht, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, DE
2013
Atlas 2013, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DE
2013
United We Organize, Symposium, Stroom, Den Haag, NL
2013
The 2nd NED JAMES FESTIVAL OF WOMEN'S WERK, Division of Labour, Worcester city gallery, UK
2013
RijksakademieOPEN, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2012
Superpositions, UCLA New Wight Biennial 2012, Los Angeles, US
2012
Densification, KHM Exhibition, Art Cologne, DE
2012
RijksakademieOPEN, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2011
Echo 3, Echoraum, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DE
2011
Public, Private, Corporate, EG-Null Raum für junge Kunst, Generali, Cologne, DE
2011
Transformations, Echoraum, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DE
2010
Heavy Matter, ISEA2010 RUHR, Dortmund, DE
2010
Mind and Matter, Paraflows, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, AT
2010
Eine andere Ebene, RWE tower gallery, Dortmund, DE
SCREENINGS, TALKS
2024
And I measure, Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque, USA
2024
Cutting Edges, Short Circuit films screening, Brighton, UK
2023
And I measure, Bogotá experimental film festival, CineAutopsia, CO
2023
And I measure, International experimental film festival, Athens, GR
2022
Futur 21, shorts on the future of labour, Oberhausen, DE
2022
Cutting Edges, Working Title Film Festival, Vincenza, IT
2022
Symposium Dokument Werden, Artist Talk, Bochum, DE
2021
Cutting Edges, Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque, USA
2021
Cutting Edges, Internationale Kurzfilmtage, German competition, Oberhausen, DE
2020
Ballade, screening and dicussion, Cinema Belgrad, Milano, IT
2019
Since we are here, Screening and discussion, Rijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2019
Discussion panel: collaborations, new strategies by artists, Art Cologne, Koeln, DE
2019
Art House open Lecture, Organized by Meadow Arts and the University of Worcester, The Art House, Worcester, UK
2019
Out of office – Symposium: Zur Zukunft des Büros, Discussion panel, Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen-Kornelinmuenster, DE
2018
Working Life, short film screening, Kino im U, Dortmund, DE
2018
Rare birds in these lands, Screening, FRAC & Studio 43, Dunkerque, FR
2018
Ballade, screening, Temporary Gallery,Cologne, DE
ART FAIRS
2018
London Art Fair, UK
2015
Art Rotterdam, NL
2014
The Manchester Contemporary, UK
2014
Art Bruessels, BE
2013
The Manchester Contemporary, UK
EARLIER CAREER
2007-10
Organisation of the 'dresdner Schmalfilmtage' festival for 8mm and 16mm movies, Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE Movie evenings, Artist space '7.Stock', Dresden, DE
2001-08
Staff & Senior Engineer for Lithography Processes, Green Belt for Lean 6 Sigma, Infineon AG, AMTC, Qimonda AG, Munich, Dresden, DE
1997-01
Scientific and teaching Assistant, Chair for Material science in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University (TUM), Munich, DE