About
Nemo Nonnenmacher (b. 1988, Duisburg, Germany) is a visual artist based in Athens, working mainly between the UK, Germany and Greece.
He holds an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art in London, as well as a BA in Photography from the University of Applied Sciences, Dortmund. His works are exhibited internationally.
He has been an Artist in Residence at various institutions including CYENS (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2022), Outset Contemporary Art Fund (London, UK, 2018), Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop/Summer Hall (Edinburgh, UK, 2019), and Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop (London, UK, 2018).
He has been a scholarship recipient of the German National Academic Foundation and received work stipends from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, as well as the Ministry of Arts and Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia.
In his practice, he combines photography, material objects, and virtual reality to explore the relationship between body and digital space. Through different collaborations, he realizes projects that critically examine technology in today’s society, while preserving a free space for artistic experimentation and exchange.
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Brave New Humanities, WIP Arts & Technology Festival, Nicosia, CY
2022 καίω (burn), CYENS Thinker Maker Space, Nicosia, CY
2021 The Unfolding Terrace, The Brunswick Centre, London, UK
2021 XENIA: hello stranger, be my guest, A&O Kunsthalle, Leipzig/Dresden, DE
2020 Authentic Spaces, THISISFAKE, Alte Nudelfabrik, Zeitz, DE
2019 Onslaught Undone, Meno Parkas, Kaunas, LIT
2019 The Same Tendency, Summerhall, Edinburgh, SCT
2018 Onslaught Undone, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London, UK
2018 Acts of the Plough, Artlicks Weekend, London, UK
2018 Southern Navigators, Arebyte Studios, London, UK
2018 Invasive Behaviour, Cole Projects, London, UK
2018 Radical Residency, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London, UK
2018 91-93 Baker Street, Outset Contemporary Art Fund, London, UK
2017 Show RCA, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2017 Prototypen, Opelvillen Art and Culture Foundation, Rüsselsheim, DE
2016 Lo Stato delle Cose, Fondazione Fotografia, Modena, IT
2016 Der Greif – A Process 2.0, Krakow Photomonth, Krakow, PL
2015 Emerging Artists, Center for Arts+Creativity, Dortmund, DE
2014 A Process, Neue Galerie Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, DE
Awards
2023 Residency at Villa Reinherz, Murnau am Staffelsee, DE
2022 Residency at CYENS Thinker Maker Space, Nicosia, CY
2022 Neustart Kultur Stipend, Stiftung Kunstfonds, DE
2020 Residency with THISISFAKE, Alte Nudelfabrik, Zeitz, DE
2020/2021 MKW Stipend, Ministry of Culture NRW, DE
2018 Residency at ESW Sculpture Workshop/Summer Hall, Edinburgh, SCT
2018 Radical Residency I, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London, UK
2017&2020 CSR Art Programme, Travers Smith LLP, UK
2017 Studiomakers Prize, Tiffany & Co. x Outset, UK (shortlisted)
2017 Residency at Outset Contemporary Art Fund, London, UK
2016 European Photography Award (Finalist)
2016 Fabrica, Bennetton Group, IT (Invited)
2012-17 Full Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, DE
2012 Feldstärke 12, PACT Zollverein, Essen, DE
Collaborations
Holly Drewett
Ben McDonnell
Joshua Philips
Dominic Till
Fabian Lehmann
Yannick Harter
Stefanos Papadas
Natalia Jordanova
Christian Luebbert
Stacie McCormick
Daniel Chagnon
Anke von der Heide
Katrina Weissenborn
Raiko Sanchez
CYENS Centre of Excellence
CYENS Thinker Maker Space
Opelvillen Art and Culture Foundation
Unit 1 Gallery Workshop
Nicoletta Fiorucci Art Foundation
Antonie-Zauner-Stiftung
Menos Parkas Galerija
Art Seen Contemporary
Anise Gallery
THISISFAKE
Summer Hall Edinburgh
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Makerspace Murnau
Arebyte
Cole Projects
Outset Contemporary Art Fund
Fondazione Fotografia
Dortmund Center for Arts+Creativity
Der Greif
Stiftung Kunstfonds
Travers Smith LLP
Pact Zollverein
Folium Publishing
Outpost Gallery
kubaparis
FLOORR Magazine
Art Reveal
A & O Kunsthalle
XRevent
Artlicks
Emerging Artists Dortmund
Publications
2023 Interview on NIIO
2022 Interview Travers Smith CSR Art programme
2020 Interview FLOOR Magazine
2024 neu gedacht, Catalog, Antonie-Zauner-Stiftung
2021 CSR Art Programme, Catalog, Travers Smith LLP, UK
2019 The Scaffold, Folium Publishing, Hardback, UK
2019 SOLO, Issue #1, UK
2019 ‘Onslaught Undone’, Art Reveal Magazine
2018 Onslaught Undone, Catalog, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, UK
2017 CSR Art Programme, Catalog, Travers Smith LLP, UK
2017 ‘Prototypen’, kubaparis, Online
2015 Emerging Artists Dortmund, Catalog, Hardback, DE
2014 A process, DERGREIF, Hardback, DE
2013 Der Greif 7, DERGREIF, Magazine, DE