Hito Steyerl

German contemporary artist (born 1966)

1966 – ·

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Born: 1966, Munich
Citizenship: Germany
Educated at: Japan Institute of the Moving Image, University of Television and Film Munich
Movement: conceptual art
Field of work: video art, installation artwork, cinematography, film, visual arts, new media art, art theory
Employer: Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Awards: Yanghyun Prize, Erich Fromm Prize
copyright representative: reproduction right represented by CISAC-member, Hito Steyerl, reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
described by source: UbuWeb, mediakunst.net
family name: Steyerl
given name: Hito
has works in the collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Victoria, Van Abbemuseum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Hessel Museum of Art, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: German, English
name in native language: Hito Steyerl
participant in: documenta 12
represented by: Light Cone
sex or gender: female

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Hito Steyerl was born on 1 January 1966 in Munich. They are a German filmmaker, moving image artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. She has been a professor of Current Digital Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 2024. Until 2024, she was a professor of New Media Art at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she co-founded the Research Center for Proxy Politics, together with Vera Tollmann and Boaz Levin.

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