Nadja Buttendorf

Nadja Buttendorf is a contemporary artist and lecturer who interrogates gender norms and value systems in digital society through interactive works, video projects, and performative jewelry. She studied Fine Arts at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle and trained as a goldsmith. Her practice combines DIY aesthetics with critiques of neoliberal work ethics and patriarchal power structures in technology.

• Education: Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (Fine Arts)

Her research explores intersections of digital culture, posthumanism, and feminist techno-politics. Key projects include:

• Robotron - a tech opera
• 1 € Jewellery series
• #HotPhones cyberfeminist workshops
• Marimba Mix CD

Scientific awards include:

• Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunstfond (2023)
• Prize of the Böttcherstrasse (2022)
• NEUSTART KULTUR stipendium (2021)

Buttendorf has held teaching positions at Merz Akademie and Kunsthochschule Kassel, and has collaborated with institutions like Superrr Lab and panke.gallery. Her work connects technology criticism with bodily autonomy through participatory formats.