Maria Danzis

Interdisciplinary artist, she works as a video artist and conceptual photographer. She graduated from the Academy of Art in Kassel at the Faculty of Visual Communication under the direction of Prof Björn Melhus and Prof. Bernhard Prinz, where in 2005 she received the highest award by the Kassel Academy of Art for the film "Lucy." As part of the postgraduate program at the Berlin University of the Arts, she studied the perception of video installations in the exhibition space by the viewer. Since 2010 — Associate Professor at the Berlin School of Painting and Design. In her art, she explores the impact of mass media culture on everyday life, feelings and interpersonal relationships. In her work, she often uses herself as a research object — many of her works are autobiographical.

Awards and Nominations

• Nomination at the 12th Cyfest, 2018
• Shortlist Columbus Art Foundation. Leipzig, 2010 ("+6/2010")
• Nomination at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival. Kassel, 2009 ("Ideal")
• Ten best works of the Academy of Arts Kassel. Kassel, 2007 ("In the Hands of Their Fathers")
• Nomination at the Art Kino Biennale. Cologne, 2006 ("Lucy")
• Nomination at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival. Kassel, 2006 ("Lucy")
• The first prize of the Academy of Arts Kassel in the nomination "Best work in the field of photography and video art" in the section of short films. Kassel, 2005 ("Lucy")