About

Nadine Ethner, an artist and photographer based in Berlin, was born in Germany and studied at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle, Germany and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy. After finishing her M.A. in Germany she spent seven years in Rome, where she held lectures and workshops about photography and collaborated with international artists on various interactive projects. Travel in Europe, India, Japan, North Africa and Turkey during the same period exerted a strong, lasting influence on her visual language. This diversity of experience resulted in numerous group and solo shows in various galleries, institutions and foundations. In 2007 she moved to Berlin, where she and other international artists and photographers co-founded the exhibition space exp12/exposure twelve in 2010. In 2016 she founded VTph Visual Thoughts – an online magazine and platform from which she presents international artistic positions in photography and discusses the following essential question: What do they do to us, these photographs that describe, narrate and interpret time and our world with such great complexity?

In 2021 she founded VTph editions – an online gallery and online shop with a fine selection of contemporary fine art photography. VTph editions presents the artwork of upcoming and renowned artists for a new generation of collectors, art lovers and the interested audience.

Cooperations/Exhibitions/Events (Selection)

2024

PENINSULA
PRESENTS
MAREMOTO

This group exhibition takes its cue from the symbolic power of the tidal wave to set in motion a poetic exploration of imagery.

Connection is at the heart of this seismic event. Members of Peninsula invite an artist to contribute an image, who in turn invites another artist to do the same, feeding a network of creative exchange. The result of this union of perspectives and styles will spill onto the gallery walls for one night only. It will be a place of imagination and reflection, letting a collective visual presence emerge.

Through and in the shifting energy of its name, MAREMOTO responds to the global zeitgeist that is challenging the very fabric of modern life. The aim is to bring together different voices and visions to reflect on the present moment in a kaleidoscopic way.

L36
May 25, 2024, 5 pm
Berlin-Moabit

Artists:

Rebecca Agnes ~ Nina Nowak ~ Ya-Wen Fu.
Yvonne Andreini ~ Jorge Lopes.
Diana Legel ~ Dana Engfer.
Maruska Mazza ~ Beate Spitzmüller ~ Sibylla Weisweiler.
Stefania Migliorati ~ Frederik Foert ~ Herbert De Colle.
Christian Niccoli ~ Margret Eicher ~ Andreas Hachulla ~ Clemens Gritl.
Alessia Pastore ~ Giovanni Casu ~ Chihiro Otsuka.
Matteo Peterlini ~ Giuseppe Desiato.
Emilio Rapanà ~ Gilda Convertino ~ Stefano Alaimo.
Fabio Torrico ~ Paolo Bandinu ~ Gianni Tanda.
Alexandra Wolframm ~ Nadine Ethner ~ Sarah Straßmann.

2023

Art & Nature II, Nature in contemporary art, Marsano Berlin
October 5, 2023 – January 13, 2024

Vernissage October 4 at 6pm

with works by: Mustafah Abdulaziz, Julian Atanassov, Norbert Bisky, Betty Böhm, Mirja Busch, Lia Darjes, Steffen Diemer, Nadine Ethner, Hannah Feldmeier, Moritz Frei, Kathrin Ganser, Rebecca Gasson, Alexander Gehring, Maria Giménez, Göran Gnaudschun, Stefan Heyne, Sabrina Hölzer, Tobias Kappel, Laura Kärki, Helena Kauppila, Niina Lehtonen Braun, Florencia Martina, Beatriz Morales, Eleonora Nanu, Loredana Nemes, Rebecca Raue, Erik Schmidt, Anja Teske, Theresa Wißmann, Alexandra Wolframm und Filip Zorzor

The exhibition is held in cooperation with Rosenbaum Art Advisory

2021

"Domino 3" / Salve Berlin, Group Show. Artists: Johanna Abraham – Yvonne Andreini – Sebastian Bartel – Olivia Berckemeyer – Eva Berendes – Achim Bertenburg – Ilaria Biotti – J.R. Blank – Tina Born – Kateryna Borysova – Maxim Brandt – Mirja Busch – Nadja Buttendorf – Jérôme Chazeix – Caroline Corleone – DAG – Mara Diener – Stephan Dill – Ursula Döbereiner – Monika Dorniak – Martin Eder – Carola Ernst – Mónica Espinosa – Nadine Ethner – Johannes Fuchs – Kathrin Ganser – Nicholas Gauci – Axel Geis – Gidi Gilam – Claudio Gobbi – Yolandé Gouws – Guðný Guðmundsdóttir – Christian Haake – Thomas Heidtmann – Lothar Hempel – Gregor Hildebrandt – Johanna Hochholzer – Birgit Hölmer – Okka Esther Hungerbühler – IRWIN – Friederike Jäger – Christof John – Yala Juchmann – Stefan Kaminski – Nina Maria Küchler – Emilia Kubacki – Alicja Kwade – Michael Kunze – Robert Lanz – Diana Legel – Anna Leonhardt – Charlotte Lichter – Nikolaus List – Felix Loycke – Wolfgang Lugmair – Oliver Mark – Bernhard Martin – Jonathan Meese – Susi Mehl – Isa Melsheimer – Jugoslav Mitevski – Daniel Mohr – Lilli Moors – Mateo Cohen Monroy – Klaus Mosettig – Lea Mugnaini – Kazuki Nakahara – Rainer Neumeier – Christian Niccoli – Lea Pagenkemper – Kuisoon Park – Antje Pehle – Carolina del Pilar – Christian Pilz – Lars Plessentin – Hannu Prinz – Andrea van Reimersdahl – Matthias Reinmuth – Benedikt Richert – Achim Riethmann – Christian Schellenberger -Erik Schmidt – Sonya Schönberger – Isabell Schulte – Anton Schwarzbach – Marcel Schwittlick – Johanna Silbermann – Wanda Stolle – Zuzanna Skiba – Sabine Springer – Sibylle Springer – Alexander Wagner – Paul Wesenberg – Hansa Wißkirchen – Norbert Witzgall – Nouchka Wolf – Alexandra Wolframm – Raúl de Zárate – Filip Zorzor – Sahar Zukerman / http://salve-berlin.de/blog/

2020

KWVD Korea Women Visual Designers´ Association, International Online Edition, South Korea

2019

"Keep Your Eyes Peeled V", group show, atelier freier fotografen - aff Gallery, Berlin / Artists among others: Jessica Backhaus, Eva Bertram, Emma Bäcklund, Nuphar Blechner, K. T. Blumberg, Frankie Casillo, Michael Danner, Victoria Louise Doyle, Anna Eckold, Anne Erhard, Nadine Ethner, Göran Gnaudschun, Janine Graubaum, Anna Rosa Krau, Anton Roland Laub, Inga Alice Lauenroth, Felix Lampe, Maidje Meergans, Nikolai Marcinowski, Ina Niehoff, Ethna O’Regan, Thomas Sandberg, Valentin Seuss, Stef Rieder, Sarah Straßmann, Sabine Schründer, Nils Stelte, Maria Sturm, Mirjana Vrbaski, Matthias Walendy, Cameron Williamson, Andrea Wilmsen, Franca Wohlt, Wolfgang Zurborn / www.aff-galerie.de

2018

Guest blogger on Hatje Cantz fotoblog www.hatjecantz.de

2016

Founding of "VTph – Visual Thoughts about contemporary fine art photography" – free Online Magazine for contemporary fine art photography www.vt-ph.com

2015

5 JAHRE / 5 YEARS exp12/ exposure twelve, Gallery and project room for contemporary photography, Berlin, group show

Cooperation with Pavlov's Dog, Gallery for contemporary photography, Berlin

2013

Art Auction at Kunst & Literaturforum Amalienpark Berlin, group show, extract from “The Baltic Sea Project (Part I)”, works among others Walter Herzog, Norbert Schwontkowski

"The Baltic Sea Project (Part I)", extracts from the series The Baltic Sea Project (Part I) at Moxie Studios Dublin, Ireland

"The Baltic Sea Project (Part I)", solo show, photography& generative art (Music: Arystan Petzold/ Sound: Michele Salvaneschi) at lasituazione Rome

2012

"Blickwechsel – Neue Sicht auf Gewohntes", group show, Motorenhalle Dresden, Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden

"Vendredi Treize", group show, exp12/ exposure twelve Berlin

2010

"SEÑALES ROJAS 2010" l' arte contro la proliferazione della barbarie, groupshow, projected by IILA [Istituto Italo-Latino Americano] and curated by Patricia Rivadeneira in collaboration with Fondazione VOLUME! and Casa Internazionale delle Donne, Rome

"festival romapoesia 2010 poEtiche / Corpo poEtico", group show in collaboration with Casa Internazionale delle Donne and Lavatoio Contumaciale Rome

4th European Month of Photography Berlin, group show at exp12/ exposure twelve, Berlin

"An Inner Song – 12 Portraits", solo show at exp12/ exposure twelve, Berlin [Choir: Samia Guemei; Essay: Guido Siebert]

"Twelve Exposures", group show at exp12/ exposure twelve, Berlin

2009

Co-Founder of exp12/ exposure twelve, Gallery and project room for contemporary photography in Berlin

"Dislocazioni" – The changing face of the mediterranean: Migrant Woman’s Creativity & Constraints, group show at La Magnolia, curated by Maria Palazzesi, Casa Internazionale delle Donne, Rome in collaboration with The Loyola University Chicago

2008

"Transeuropaexpress 2008" – Europa Femminile Plurale, group show, curated by Casa delle Letterature, Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali, Fondazione Antonio Ratti di Como, Rappresentanza in Italia della Commissione Europea, Casa Internazionale delle Donne, Rome

Donne. Mosaici da Fare/ Forme d'arte contemporanea, group show, Scuderie Estensi in Tivoli

2007

"Land – Waking the Inside", solo show at La Magnolia, Casa Internazionale delle Donne Rome

2006

"Acqua Femmina", group show at Brancaleone Rome in the context of FestArte Rome

"Tree Island", solo show at Gallery eidos-arte, Bassano Romano

"Dialoghi – senza parole", group show, Porta Blu Gallery, Rome

2005

"Fuori", group show at Marguttarcade, Rome

"Spacenight", solo show, photography and sound with lasituazione [Sound design: Michele Salvaneschi], Rome

"Urban Calligraphy", solo show at La Porta Blu Gallery, Rome [Sound design: Michele Salvaneschi]

2004

"Riparte", Art Fair Rome, Gallery 9 Via della Vetrina Contemporanea/ Elisabetta Giovagnoni, Rome

2003

"Confini, barriere o panna montata", group show and festival, works among others Matteo Garrone, Max Gazzè... at Castello di San Giorgio, Maccarese/Fiumicino

2001

"Installazione", solo show at Gallery Dino Del Vecchio – Arte Contemporanea, Monopoli // "Notte di S. Giovanni", Outdoor Installation, Ostuni

"Wiederkehr – Il ritorno", group show, Y.I.A. Young International Artists at RialtoSantambrogio, Rome [Music: Philipp von Strauch]

2000

Diplom / M.A. at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle in Halle

1997

"Quasi Moda Show" Performance and Show at Ludwig Forum – House for contemporary art, Aachen

Prizes & Bursaries

2013 "PhotoIreland Portfolio Prize 2013", Shortlisted, Dublin, Ireland [Jury, among others: Krzysztof Candrowicz, Joerg M. Colberg, Katja Stuke]

2000 Award recognition by Olympus, Germany [Jury, among others: F.C. Gundlach]

1998–99 Erasmus scholarship at the Accademy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy

Curatorial Projects

2009–2012 different exhibitions at exp12/ exposure twelve, Gallery and project room for contemporary photography in Berlin

2000–2006 different exhibitions at La Porta Blu Gallery, Rome

Talks and Lectures

2013 Gespräche über Fotografie, Kunst- und Literaturforum Amalienpark, Berlin

2010 An Inner Song . 12 Portraits, Artist Talk at exp12/ exposure twelve, Gallery and project room for contemporary photography, Berlin

2009 Do it yourself Bauhaus by Christine Hill, in the context of Modell Bauhaus at Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

2008 Man Ray—unconcerned but not indifferent, Kulturprojekte FührungsNetz, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

2000–2006 Photographic Workshops at La Porta Blu, Associazione Culturale Onlus Arte Contemporanea, Rome

Collaborations

Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung und Versöhnung Berlin & Marc Schroeder // Julia Rosenbaum STUDIO VISITS // Hatje Cantz // Pavlov’s Dog Berlin // exp12 . exposure twelve Berlin // Kulturprojekte Berlin // La Porta Blu Associazione Culturale ONLUS Rome // Applied Auxetics Dortmund // TU Dortmund Prof. Dr. (Ph.D.) Hans Obrecht, Dipl.-Ing. Ulf Reinicke, Dipl.-Ing. Marcel Walkowiak // TU Chemnitz Dr. nat. Tobias Rüffer & Dalton Transactions—Royal Society of Chemistry // Dr. Burghard Claus – Homage to Annemarie Tröger // AUF – Anne Rolfs & Mathias Brendel // Baldo Diodato // Samia Guemei // Christine Hill // Meng Huang // Inge Krupp // Irene Kung // Michele Lostia // Tiziana Musi // José Saramago & Fabrizio Pagella // Arystan Petzold // Michele Salvaneschi // Philipp von Strauch // Renzo Zecchini amongst others

Publications/Press/Recommendations (Selection)

Hatje Cantz | Fotoblog 3/2018 . mare | Die Zeitschrift der Meere 8/2013 "The Baltic Sea Project (Part I)" [GER] . Brennpunkt 1/2012 "Vendredi Treize" [GER] . Monopol Magazin 1/2012 "Vendredi Treize" [GER] . Prenzlauer Berg Nachrichten "Schöne Kaputtheit" 1/2012 [GER] . As Artes Entre As Letras 12/2011 [PT] . Señales Rojas 2010, Fondazione Volume! Rome, Catalogue [IT] . 4th European Month of Photography Berlin 2010, Catalogue [GER] . Brennpunkt 3/2010 "retake" [GER] . Brennpunkt 2/2010 "An Inner Song" [GER] . Monopol Magazin 8/2010 "An Inner Song" [GER] . Daltons Transactions - The international journal for chemistry 2008 [UK] . Corriere Laziale 3/2006 "Tree Island" [IT] . Living Today 2006, "Acqua Femmina" [IT]

Traveling throughout Europe and Japan [Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo] // India [Jaipur, Mumbai, New Delhi] // Turkey [Istanbul] // Tunisia & Morocco

Works in Private Collections: in Germany, Italy, Mexico and Switzerland

Nadine Ethner is member of SALOON Berlin & SALOON Network.