VeroniKa Spierenburg

born 1981, Switzerland

Education
2005-2006Master of Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
2002-2005Bachelor of Fine Arts Photography, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1998-2002Design, Schule für Gestaltung, Basel

Solo Exhibitions
2008Duo Solo, "audience to audience" (collaboration with English artist Sophie Loss), Roger Smith Lab Gallery, New York
2008"for two voices" (collaboration with Sabina Leone) Shed and a Half Gallery, London
2005Duo Solo "Coloured Skin" (Collaboration with Hong Kong artist Pheobe Hui), Window Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions
2008China Connections, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design part of the China now Festival, London
2008Wrapped and Ecased in Liverpool 08, Artist' Book Fair Liverpool
2008Auswahl 08, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
2007The Red Mansion Art Prize, Lethaby Gallery, London
2006graduation show, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
2006Goudslicht, Gouda, the Netherlands
2006Quick and Dirty, Interim Show, Bargehouse, London
2005Steenbergen Stipendium, Fotomuseum Rotterdam
2005graduation show, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2004PACT, Interim Show, Amsterdam
2003W139, Interim Show, Amsterdam

Screenings
2009Alsager Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2009Örebro International Videoart Festival,  Örebro, Sweden
2008700IS, Experimental Film & Video Festival, Egilsstadir, Iceland
2008Let The User Speak Next (Mapping Place and Space), Pure Screen #20, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2006The Summer Collection, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam

Publications/Reviews
2008fake DVD, FotoMuseum Magazine, Antwerpen
2007MA Fine Art Class, Libération Newspaper, France
2007MA Fine Art Class, Portfolio Magazine #45, Edinburgh
2005Konigin Beatrix, Volkskrant Magazine, the Netherlands

Awards/ Nominations/ Grants
2008NAB Sponsorship Prize, Switzerland
2006Winner of The Red Mansion Art Prize, London
2006VSB Fonds, the Netherlands
2005Nominated for the Steenbergen Stipendium, the Netherlands

Residencies
2006Beijing, Red Mansion Foundation, London

Collections
Red Mansion Foundation, London
Cardinal Collection, London

Artist Talks
2008Schule für Gestaltung Basel, Switzerland
2006Hubei Institute of Fine Art, Wuhan, China