Mika Rottenberg
Mika Rottenberg (* 1976 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine installation and video artist .
In 1977 Mika Rottenberg moved with her family to Israel from Argentina . In 1998 she graduated from the Beit Berl College of Arts in Israel. Rottenberg studied up to his Bachelor (2000) at the School of Visual Arts in New York and completed his Master (2004) at Columbia University .
Rottenberg's videos are about women with physical abnormalities. They are very tall, corpulent, muscular, have large noses, extremely long hair or noticeably long fingernails. The videos Mary's Cherries (2004), Tropical Breeze (2004), Dough (2005-06), Cheese (2008) and Squeeze (2010) show various installations with busy women.
Mika Rottenberg has participated in numerous international exhibitions. In 2015 she showed NoNoseKnows at the 56th Biennale di Venezia , in 2017 she took part in the Skulptur.Projekte in Münster . Rottenberg has had numerous solo exhibitions in renowned museums and has been awarded major art prizes. For 2019 she was awarded the Kurt Schwitters Prize .
Web links
- Mika Rottenberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mika Rottenberg at artfacts.net
- Mika Rottenberg on kunstaspekte.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Rosen Gallery Mika Rottenberg Biography , accessed on March 11, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Bomb Magazine, Artists in Conversation Mika Rottenberg by Judith Hudson , accessed on March 11, 2017 (English).
- ↑ New York Times, Randy Kennedy, May 12, 2015 Venice Biennale Features Mika Rottenberg's 'NoNoseKnows' accessed on March 11, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Kurt Schwitters Prize for Argentinian Rottenberg , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on August 9, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rottenberg, Mika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian installation and video artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |