ORNELLA FIERES
Born 1984 in Frankfurt, Germany Lives and works in Berlin,Germany
EDUCATION
2019 – present, Offenbach University of Art and Design, Postgraduate Studies in Media Science 2006 – 2012, Offenbach University of Art and Design, Diploma in Visual Communication with the majors Conceptual Photography in the class of Prof. Martin Liebscher andTheory of Perception in the class of Prof. Dr. Zitko, Germany
2005, Macquarie University Sydney, Australian Media and Australian Art, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
a group of people walking down a snow covered street, signs and symbols, New York, New York Ich halte es für eine Tragödie, daß wir uns nicht gefunden haben!, SEXAUER, Berlin, Germany An Algorithm for Snowfall (online exhibition), signs and symbols, New York, New York
2018
The Structure and Function of hidden Things, signs and symbols, New York, New York
The Recurring Frequency of a Fading Moment, SEXAUER, Berlin, Germany
2017
The Structure and Function of Hidden Things, New Lab, New York
As if we are passing through tunnels, Studio Picknick, Berlin, Germany
2016
Looks like you tried to go somewhere that does not exist, SEXAUER, Berlin, Germany
2014
Not Found, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Bunch of Kunst in Quarantine // Paradox Paradise (online exhibition), curated by Mara-Johanna Kölmel and Tina Sauerlaender, KARA AGORA
COME TOGETHER, Sexauer Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Tape Modern #27, Berlin, Germany
2019
Touching From a Distance II: Transmediations in the Digital Age, Goethe-Institut Toronto, Canada
artists & allies ii, signs and symbols, New York, New York
Ostrale Biennale, Dresden, Germany
2018
The Missing Room, LAGE EGAL, Berlin, Germany
Recipes for Madeleines, SITE Galleries, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
“Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists” Part II, organized by SALOON Berlin and Performing Encounters, ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
Touching From a Distance: Transmediations in the Digital by Manja Ebert, Tina Sauerländer and Peggy Schoenegge, Berlin Art Week 2018, Literaturhaus, Berlin, Germany
Code Art Fair– Sexauer Gallery, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Call & Response, NutureArt Gallery, New York, New York
2017
Lecture Performance and screening “STARDUST-The Imaginary Universe” by Bjørn Melhus, Kepler 452b, BerlinWeinosten, Hilbert Raum, Berlin, Germany
SMALL – an exploration of miniature, SEXAUER, Berlin, Germany
Mermaids and Unicorns, online-exhibition
2016
Ron McNair, United Artist Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Liaison, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
2nd Pecha Kucha Art Night, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany Cat Heroicus Sublimis, online exhibition
2015
Saloon, SEXAUER, Berlin, Germany
Acquisition of Signal, Satellit, Berlin, Germany
Digital // Analog: Indifferenz, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany
2014
Mon amie, l’image, vkunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Visual Noise, Lage Egal, Berlin, Germany
2013
Heimgesucht, Art Van Demon, Berlin All Hands Manöver, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany
2012
Spieglein, Spieglein …, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany Remote Control, Satellit Berlin, Germany
Kunsträume II, Frankfurt, Germany Giphantie, Satellit Berlin, Germany
Der Apparat als Werk, HfG Offenbach On-Off-On, Stammhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany
2011
Aufbruch/Umbruch, Museum für Kunst & Kulturgeschichte, Marburg, Germany
2010
Lost in Motion, Frankfurter Kunstblock, Frankfurt, Germany
White Cube vs. QEK Aero, Photokina, Köln, Germany
2009
Klingspor Musuem, Offenbach, Germany
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2017
Residency at New Lab/Simons Foundation, New York, New York
2014
Grant 1822-Forum Frankfurt, Germany
2013
:output 16 – the world’s best student work in 2013
ARTIST TALKS
2019
(Dis)abled Technobodies, Volksbühne, Berlin HfG Offenbach, DE
2018
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US
Why have there been no great women artists?, ACUD Macht neu, Berlin, DE
2017
New Lab, NYC, US
2016
Pecha Kucha Art Night, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, DE
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS
2020
“From Charlottenburg to Weißensee: Art tips for the run-up to Christmas”, Birgit Rieger, Der Tagesspiegel, December 1, 2020
”Und wieder kann ich mir kein Bild von Ihnen machen”, Maximilian Wahlich, art-in-berlin, December 8, 2020
“Couch Gallery Crawl,“ Thomas Benfield, Vulture, April 16
2018
“Abwesenheitsnotiz: Ornella Fieres, New Yorks Sommer hinterlässt Spuren,” Monopol Magazin für Kunst und Leben, July 11
“Art Out: Ornella Fireres: The Structure and Function of Hidden Things” Musee Magazine, June 19 Kotz, Genevieve,
“NYC Gallery Scene- Highlights Through June 17,” Hamptons Art Hub, June 11 Colas, A.E.,
“Art Break: Ariel DeAndrea’s Photorealism at Louis K. Meisel and ‘Charting the Divine Plan’ at the American Museum of Folk Art,” ZEALnyc, June 11
“Ornella Fieres,” Wall Streeet International Art, June 6
2017
Art Value 18
2016
PANTA Magazine – Issue 8
Spex Nr. 366 – Flashback 2015 (Jan./Feb. 2016)
2015
art – Das Kunstmagazin Edition 2/2015
Sauerländer, Tina, “Looks like you tried to go somewhere that doe not exist”, (Ex. Cat.). Sexauer, Berlin
2014
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Freitag, 31. März 2014 – Nr. 76) vkunst – Mon amie, l’image, Katalog
Ries, Marc, “Not Found – An exploration of space”, (Ex. Cat.).
2013
:output 16 – the world’s best student work in the 2013
Kopenhagen, Martin, “Form – The making of Design”, Form Magazine, September Issue
2012
Preview, Berlin Art Fair, Katalog 2012
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Freitag, 6. Juli 2012 – Nr. 155/27 R1)
2009
Goût – Ausstellungskatalog, Offenbach
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Sammlung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany
