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MARC LEE

BORN 1969 in KNUTWIL, SWITZERLAND

LIVES AND WORKS IN ZURICH

This document was updated on 11 February 2022 and is for reference only.

EDUCATION

2003
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK),“New Media” Department, Zurich

1999
Basel University of Art and Design (FHNW), “Installation” Department, Basel

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Tate AI, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK
Switzerland Used to Be My Home Too, ToBE Art Gallery, Bern — CH
Marrakesh Unfiltered, Arab Media Lab, Marrakesh — MA [forthcoming]

2021
HeK Net Works – Marc Lee: Bobi Wine vs Museveni, House of Electronic Arts, Basel — CH [online]
HMKV Video of the Month – Marc Lee: Corona TV Bot, Hartware Medien KunstVerein, Dortmund — DE 

2020
Stay at Home: Marc Lee, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK [online]
India Unfiltered, SPACE10, New Delhi — IN
MORE AND LESS, Sphères, Zurich — CH

2019
10.000 Moving Cities, COMO Screen SKT Tower 65 Eulji-ro Jung-gu, Seoul — KR
Me Myself & I, Happy Screen Art Center Nabi SK building, Seoul — KR
Moving Cities, Roehrs & Boetsch, Zurich — CH
Friends – AI & User-Generated content, PRE liverpool – Phoenix Creative Park, Hangzhou — CN
Non-Places, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK

2018
10.000 Moving Cities – Same but Different – AR, Stadtbibliothek, Stuttgart — DE
Echolocation, Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Festival Tshimologong Braamfontein, Johannesburg — ZA
Same but Different, Synthesis Gallery, Berlin — DE

2017
Non-Places, Galerie b, Stuttgart — DE

2016
The Show Must Go On, Situations, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur — CH
PHOTOFAIRS, International Art Fair, Shanghai — CN
Echtzeit-Vermessung, Noseland, Zofingen — CH
TV Bot 3.0, Dock18, Zurich — CH
Video-Tour, ZHAW University Library, Winterthur — CH

2015
Realtime Stories, Aktionshalle Rote Fabrik, Zurich — CH

2014
Pic-me, Link Point, Brescia — IT
The value of the present moment, Rhine River, Eglisau — CH

2013
Connecting_Unfolding, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR
From Chongqing to 重庆, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing — CN

2012
3 Arbeiten: Anflug – Schlagzeilen – Orte, Galerie b, Stuttgart — DE
Ocean Waves – South Pole – Birdˈs Nest – GPS Image walk, POT, Kassel — DE

2009
4 Question & Pairs, Ada Ranga Mandira, Bangalore — IN
Pyramid, public space beside Banaswadi Railway Station, Bangalore —IN
Intrude; Art & Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Shanghai — CN
Dinner Show, Dock18, Zurich — CH
Newsroom – Newsbots, Dock18, Zurich — CH

2008
Intrude; Art & Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Shanghai — CN
Newsroom – Newsbots, Dock18, Zurich — CH

2007
Breaking The News, Dock18, Zurich — CH

2006
Sofatrips, Dock18 Room for New Media Cultures, Zurich — CH

2004
News iˈm Lovin it, Foyer of the Swiss TV (SRF), Zurich — CH

2003
Loogie.net, [plug_in] Forum for New Media, Basel — CH

2001
Kulturwochen Sursee 01, Stadtcafe, Sursee — CH


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022
Ecological Integration at Beijing Media Art Biennale (BMAB), CAFA Art Museum, Beijing — CN [forthcoming]
Earthbound – In Dialogue with Nature, European Capitals of Culture, Möllerei Esch-Belval — LU [forthcoming]
Still Here, Staromestská Galéria Zichy, Bratislava — SK [forthcoming]
1.5° CELSIUS, MSU Science Gallery, Michigan — US [forthcoming]
Electron Festival, Le Commun, Geneva — CN
Infrastructures, Loss of diversity, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst E-Werk, Freiburg — DE
Swiss Media Awards —
PAX Art Awards, House of Electronic Arts (HeK), Basel — CH
Hacking Identity — Dancing Diversity, European Capitals of Culture, Möllerei Esch — LU
IN-SONORA 12, International and Interactive Art Festival, Madrid — SP
AMT Inaugural Exhibition Digital Resonance, AMT Center, Gwangju — KR
Saigon Urban Arts Festival, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City — VN
Swiss Weeks, Sustainable Singapore Gallery, Marina Barage — SG
Super Fusion chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art and Tianfu Gallery, Chengdu — CN

2021
Are we all here? Exploring Embodied Virtuality Today, ONCurating Project Space, Zurich — CH
my home is my castle, Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau — CH
24th Dresden International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Motorenhalle, Dresden — DE
Advance and Retreat of Globalization, Macao International Art Biennale, Art Macao Main Exhibition, Macau SAR — CN
SEND ME AN IMAGE, CO Berlin Foundation, Berlin — DE
Update and NTAA: Selected Works, TICK TACK, Antwerp — NL
Stormy Weather, Centre culturel suisse, Paris — FR
HeK Net Works – Marc Lee: Bobi Wine vs Museveni, House of Electronic Arts, Münchenstein — CH [online]
HMKV Video of the Month – Marc Lee: Corona TV Bot, Hartware Medien KunstVerein, Dortmund — DE

2020
Stay at Home – Marc Lee, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK
Black Swan: Unpredictable Future, Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul — KR
Da Z Digital Culture Festival, Kunstraum Walcheturm and Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich — CH
MORE AND LESS Zurich liest, Karl der Grosse, Zurich — CH
Stormy Weather, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna — AT
Unter Beobachtung – Kunst des Rückzugs, Kunsthalle Villa Merkel, Esslingen — DE
Captured in between Dys-Utopia, Kunstverein, Friedrichshafen — DE
MORE AND LESS, Stadtmuseum, Aarau — CH
Netz Werke, re:publica Campus Neukölln, Berlin — DE
Media Anatomy, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR
Window of the World, Reithalle, St. Moritz — CH
3×3: Looking Back Stepping Forward, Qinhuai Yi Art Space, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing — CN
A Ripple in the Data Flow, Virtual Exhibition, New York — US [online]
Games.Fights.Encounters, ONCURATING Project Space, Zurich — CH
Pixels Fest Digital Utopia, Yeltsin Center Gallery, Yekaterinburg — RU
India Unfiltered, Palladium, Chennai — IN
Kolkata Literary Festival, ParkStreet, Kolkata — IN
Art collection in the sculpture garden, Schafhof – European Center for Art Upper Bavaria, Freising — DE

2019
NEWSBODY – BONE Performance Art Festival, Schlachthaus Theater, Bern — CH
Arbeitswelt Ausstellung, DASA, Dortmund — DE
Piksel19 Festival, BEK – the Bergen Centre for Electronic Art, Bergen — NO
CYFEST-12: ID, The International Media Art Festival, St. Petersburg — RU
The Short Film Festival of Switzerland, Theater, Winterthur — CH
23rd International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad — RS
Ars Electronica Animation Festival, POSTCITY Art Thinking House, Linz — AT
The Kind Stranger, UNArt Center, Shanghai — CN
Research TECHNOLOGY/URBANITY, Freisinger Schafhof, Freising — DE
Toronto New Wave festival (TNW), Daniels Spectrum, Toronto — CA
Research Technology Urbanity, Schafhof – European Center for Art Upper Bavaria, Freising — DE
xCoAx 2019, 7th International Conference on Computation – Communication – Aesthetics and X, Milan — IT
FILE SAO PAULO 2019, Electronic Language international Festival SESI Gallery, São Paulo — BR
International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) juried exhibition, Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju — KR
Belfast Photo Festival, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast — UK
Why Electing, Polit-Forum, Bern — CH
WSIS Forum 2019, ITU Hauptsitz, Geneva — CH
Art Souterrain – Contemporary Art Festival, World Trade Centre, Montreal — CA
F(r)iction, Kona Gallery, New Delhi — IN
Lodhi Art Festival, Lodhi Art District, New Delhi — IN
datatrap, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel — CH
Festival for expanded media, 32. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE

2018
GLOBAL CONTROL & CENSORSHIP, MODEM Modern and Contemporary Arts Centre, Debrecen — HU
Buzzocrazy! PIKSEL18, SKUR14, Bergen — NO
Annual exhibition Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen XL, Museum of Art, Lucerne — CH
8th TADAEX | Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran — IR
wildwuchs in shelter, Turbine, Giswil — CH
Artificial Paradise? Immersion in Space and Time, Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz — AT
Punkt & Halbi, Schlössli Wohlen, Wohlen — CH
GLOBAL CONTROL, Center for New Media Culture, Riga — LV
A Whale That Grew up in a Bathtub, Sechseinhalb, Zurich — CH
Algorithmic Lifestyle, Roehrs & Boetsch, Zurich — CH
GLOBAL CONTROL & CENSORSHIP, Czech National Library of Technology, Prague — CZ
GROSS – Airport Lounge, Museum der Kulturen, Basel — CH
Cairotronica 18, Palace Of Arts – Opera House Complex, Cairo — EG
Designing Knowledge, ACM SIGGRAPH, Art Show Archives DAC [online]
Re/public – public spaces in the digital age, Polit-Forum, Bern — CH
FACELESS, Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin — DE
Die politische Dimension der Kunst, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil — DE
GLOBAL CONTROL & CENSORSHIP, Energy Museum, Vilnius — LV
GLOBAL CONTROL & CENSORSHIP, Galeria Arsenał, Bialystok — PL
The Wrong New Digital Art Biennale, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center, Santa Cruz — US

2017
Aesthetic of Changes, MAK – 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna — AT
Plums Festival – audiovisual experiments festival, Digital Entrepreneur Space, Moscow — RU
Doomsday – End Without End, Natural History Museum, Bern — CH
Open Codes – Living in Digital Worlds, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE
RIXC Art Science Festival, Center for New Media Culture, Riga — LV
GLOBAL CONTROL & CENSORSHIP, Nová Synagóga / Kunsthalle, Zilina — SK
DEMO DAY, Kunstraum LLC, New York — US
21th International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad — RS
Farewell Photography – No Image Is an Island, Port25 – Raum für Gegenwartskunst Mannheim and Bookstore Thalia at Paradeplatz, Mannheim — DE
TOPOPHILIA, Farmhouse Nørager, Nees — DK
FILE SAO PAULO 2017, Electronic Language international Festival SESI Gallery, São Paulo — BR
Kinemathek, dokKa – dokumentarfestival, Karlsruhe — DE
GLOBAL CONTROL & CENSORSHIP, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn — EE
BBK – Kunst Quartier, Push | 30. European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück — DE
Extraordinary Travel, Festival ZERO1, La Rochelle — FR
Papierkörbin, Sechseinhalb, Zurich — CH
The Unframed World, HeK, Basel — CH
Festival for expanded media, 300. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE

2016
New GamePlay, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin — KR
Biennial Update_6/ NTAA, Zebrastraat, Ghent — BE
Cinnamon Colomboscope, Former General Post Office, Colombo — SL
Salle del Castillo, Festival IMAGES, Vevey — CH
GROSS, Museum der Kulturen, Basel — CH
Fluss der Bilder – Bilderfluss, Federal Media Centre, Bern — CH
Nguni Arts and Craft Center, Masiphumelele, Sun Valley, Cape Town —ZA
GLOBALE: GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP, ZKM, Karlsruhe —DE

2015
18th Japan Media Arts Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo — JP
Festival for expanded media, 28. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE
Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), 3rd Ural Industrial Biennial, Yekaterinburg — RU
Digital | Analog: Indifferenz, Riesa Efau Motorenhalle, Dresden — DE
Public Space_s, 11th Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens — GR
dokKa Festival Karlsruhe, Kinemathek, Karlsruhe — DE
Poetics and Politics of Data, HeK, Basel — CH
GLOBALE: Infosphäre, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE
Phaenomenale 2015, Science Center phaeno, Wolfsburg — DE
Tan Kan Kee Art Center, Jimei X Arles: East West Encounters International Photo Festival, Xiamen — CN

2014
Get It Louder, Sanlitun Village, Beijing — CN
C(h)roma Show, gallery SKE, Bangalore — IN
Swiss Art Awards, Federal Office for Culture of Switzerland, Basel — CH
Moving uyuni, salar de Uyuni, Central Altiplano — BO
Festival for expanded media, 27. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE
Robot night, Clubraum, Rote Fabrik, Zurich — CH
WSIS Forum 2019, ITU Hauptsitz, Geneva — CH
Art Souterrain – Contemporary Art Festival, World Trade Centre, Montreal — CA
F(r)iction, Kona Gallery, New Delhi — IN
Lodhi Art Festival, Lodhi Art District, New Delhi — IN
datatrap, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel — CH
Festival for expanded media, 32. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE

2013
Generation i.2, Edith Ruß House for Media Art, Oldenburg — DE
FLASHBACKS, Stadtgalerie, Bern — CH
Public Domain Show, Aarau, Bern, Geneva and Zurich — CH
Inter[in]venção / Inter[in]vention, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora — PT
Digital Art Works. The Challenges of Conservation, House of Electronic Arts, Basel — CH
Inter[in]vention, Sammlung ZKM, Évora — PT

2012
Le CArTe pour Center dˈArts et de Technologies, Lausanne — CH
Cod.Act, Espace Multimédia Gantner, Bourogne — FR
Digital Art Works, The Challenges of Conservation, CEAAC, Strasbourg — FR
Digital Art Works, The Challenges of Conservation, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE
2011 Together in Electric Dreams, House of Electronic Arts, Basel — CH
Poolloop ˈ11, Kunstraum Starkart, Zurich — CH
Gateways. Art and Networked Culture, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn — EE
Media donkeys, mobile formate, Martuel — CH
ULTRA SOZIAL, Dock18, Zurich — CH
Festival for expanded media, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE
Reflective Interventions 2011, Gallery Art Claims Impulse, Berlin — DE
Public Domain Jam, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich — CH
2010 GLOBALNE OCIEPLENIE / THE MEDIAGATE, Gallery NT, Lodz — PL
Fine Art Auction, Dock18, Zurich — CH
Tweakfest 10 – TRADE, Old Stock Exchange, Zurich — CH
IMAGINING MEDIA, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE
Beam me up, [plug_in], Basel — CH
Test_Lab – Tools for Propaganda, V2, Rotterdam — NL

2011
Together in Electric Dreams, HeK, Basel — CH
Poolloop ˈ11, Kunstraum Starkart, Zurich — CH
Gateways. Art and Networked Culture, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn — EE
media donkeys, mobile formate, Martuel — CH
ULTRA SOZIAL, Dock18, Zurich — CH
Festival for expanded media, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE
Reflective Interventions 2011, Gallery Art Claims Impulse, Berlin — DE
Public Domain Jam, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich — CH

2010
GLOBALNE OCIEPLENIE / THE MEDIAGATE, Gallery NT, Lodz — PL
Fine Art Auction, Dock18, Zurich — CH
tweakfest 10 – TRADE, Old Stock Exchange, Zurich — CH
IMAGINING MEDIA, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE
Beam me up, [plug_in], Basel — CH
Test_Lab – Tools for Propaganda, V2, Rotterdam — NL

2009
YOU_ser 2.0, Celebration of the Consumer, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE
Uncharted, Santralistanbul, Istanbul — TR
FINDET NICHT STATT, Rote Fabrik, Zurich — CH
2008 Youniverse, III International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville — ES
5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul — KR
12th International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad — RS
Data meanings, Rencontres Internationales, Paris-Villette, Paris — FR
Swiss Art Awards, Federal Office for Culture of Switzerland, Basel — CH
Expo Transmedios, Tijuana — MX
Broadcast Yourself, with 56k-bastard.tv, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle; Cornerhouse, Manchester — UK
MAPPING 08ˈ Festival, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva — CH
Digital Playground – Hack the City!, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR
YOU_ser. The Century of the Consumer, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE

2008
Youniverse, III International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville — ES
5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul — KR
12th International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad — RS
Data Meanings, Rencontres Internationales, Paris-Villette, Paris — FR
Swiss Art Awards, Federal Office for Culture of Switzerland, Basel — CH
Expo Transmedios, Tijuana — MX
Broadcast Yourself, with 56k-bastard.tv, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, Cornerhouse, Manchester — UK
MAPPING 08ˈ Festival, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva — CH
Digital Playground – Hack the City!, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR
YOU_ser. The Century of the Consumer, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE

2007
Sie nennen es Realität, HMKV Phoenix Halle, Dortmund — DE
Shift Electronic Arts Festival, Shift, Basel — CH
Im Westen nur Neues, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich — CH
Radio-Bot News, Live on Radio LoRa 97.5 MHz for 10 days daily at 12am and 11pm, onair — CH
Tweakfest, Zurich — CH
Algorithmic Revolution, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE

2006
404 Objects Not Found, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR
Sichtbarkeiten, Edith Ruß House for Media Art, Oldenburg — DE
CaC & CeC, Carnival of e-Creativity, India International Center, New Delhi — IN
Viper 06 Art Festival, Kunsthalle, Basel — CH
Enseigner/Produire, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE
Algorithmic Revolution, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE

2005
Radio-Bot News, Live on Radio LoRa 97.5 MHz for 14 days daily at 12am, onair — CH
Mapping new Territories, with 56k-bastard.tv, Neue Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen — CH
ImageForum, with 56k-bastard.tv, Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukuoka — JP

2004
Tainment, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin — DE
Switch Award 2004, Museum for Communication, Bern — CH
Garage 2004 Festival, Stralsund — DE
Viper 04 Art Festival, Theater, Basel — CH
Wozownia Art Gallery, Presented from the Transmediale Festival, Torun — PL
Virtually Swiss, Presented from [plug_in] for Jiff Mind, Jeonju — KR
Fly Utopia!, Transmediale.04 Festival, Berlin — DE
Loogie.net TV, OKB TV Chanel Berlin broadcast 6 days and each day 2 hours Live, onair — DE
Algorithmic Revolution, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE

2003
Art Bit Collection, ICC, Tokyo — JP
Ars Electronica, CODE Campus, Linz — AT
Young Swiss Interactive, Metaworx, Basel, Geneva and Zurich — CH
Viper 03 Art Festival, Theater Basel, Basel — CH
Dialog Festival 03, Alte Kaserne, Winterthur — CH
Thinkquest, Migros, Zurich — CH
Galerie Binz 39, Diploma Exhibition ZHdK ˈHeimapparatˈ, Zurich — CH
Bienal de Video y Nuevos Medios, Museo de Arte Contemporàneo, Santiago de Chile — CL

2002
Open_Source_Art_Hack, Zenith Media Lounge, New Museum, New York — US
digital-is-not-analog 2002, San Bartolomeoˈs Church, Campobasso — IT
Transmediale.02 Festival ˈGo Public!ˈ, Berlin — DE
Read_Me Festival 1.2, Macros-Center, Moscow — RU
Kontrollfelder, Hartware Medienkunstverein (HMKV), Dortmund — DE
Flag Art Festival, World Cup Stadium , Seoul — KR
Art Bit Collection, ICC, Tokyo — JP

2001
Viper 01 Art Festival, Theater Basel, Basel — CH
Clone-it, [plug_in] Forum for new Media, Basel — CH
Made in Korea, Ilmin Museum, Seoul — KR

SELECTED BOOKS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS CATALOGUES

2021
SEND ME AN IMAGE. Ed. by Felix Hoffmann and Kathrin Schönegg, C/O Berlin — DE (exh. cat.)
Captured in-between Dys-Utopia. Texts by Ulrike Bergermann, John Brennan and Heiderose Langer, Kunstverein, Friedrichshafen — DE (exh. cat.)

2020
Stormy Weather. Texts by by Katharina Brandl, Claire Hoffmann, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg — DE (exh. cat.)
A Ripple in the {Data} Flow. Texts by Xinchen Du, MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York — US (exh. cat.)

2019
Lux Aeterna. Ed. and published by Art Centre Nabi, Seoul — KR (exh. cat.)
The Quotidian: Same but Different, Multi-Screen Installation in Public Space. Ed. and published by Art Centre Nabi, Seoul — KR (exh. cat.)
Approaching Nonplace from Marc Lee. Ed. UNArt Center First Exhibition, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Cultural Foundation, London — UK [artist book]
xCoAx 2019: Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X. Texts by Mario Verdicchio, Miguel Carvalhais, Luísa Ribas and André Rangel, Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, Porto — PT
File Sao Paulo 2019: 20 Years of FILE 20 Years of Art and Technology. Ed. Paula Perissinotto & Ricardo Barreto, Sao Paulo — BR
Research Technology Urbanity. Text by Eike Berg. Schafhof – European Center for Art Upper Bavaria, Freising — DE (exh. cat.)
Cultures of Participation: Arts, Digital Media and Cultural Institutions. Ed. by Birgit Eiksson, Carsten Stage and Bjarki Valtysson. Taylor & Francis Group, London — UK
Virtualities and Realities. New Experiences, Art and Ecologies in Immersive Environments. Ed. by Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits. Renewable Futures, issue 2 / acoustic space, vol 17, Riga — LV
Wake me up. Ed. by Giovanna Their and Marcus Kohlbach. 32. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for expanded media, Stuttgart — DE (exh. cat.)

2018
Internet of other people’s things. Ed. by Linda Kronman and Andreas Zingerle. Kairus Art + Research, Graz — AT
Faceless – Re-inventing Privacy Through Subversive Media Strategies. Eds. by Bogomir Doringer and Brigitte Felderer, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vienna — AT
Medienkunst in der Schweiz/ Media Arts in Switzerland. Ed. by Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel — CH

2017
Farewell Photography. Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester — UK [book]
Bubbling Universes – FILE-SÃO-PAULO-2017. Sao Paulo — BR [book]
DIE UNGERAHMTE WELT / THE UNFRAMED WORLD. Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel — CH [book]
Publication New Gameplay. Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin— KR [book]
300. Stuttgarter Filmwinter. Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart — DE (exh. cat.)

2016
TESTING GROUNDS. Cinnamon Colomboscope, Colombo —LK (exh. cat.)
Update 6. New Technological Art Award, International Exhibition [book]
Marc Lee 信息,吾栖之肤 — CN
Festival Images. Images Vevey, Vevey — CH [book]
New media art in history. Text by Jack Lew 历史上有哪些“新”媒体艺术 — CN [book]

2015
Infosphere. ZKM, Karlsruhe— DE (exh. cat.)
Global Control and Censorship. ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE (exh. cat.)
Poetics and Politics of Data. HeK, Basel — CH (exh. cat.)
18th Japan Media Arts Festival, Award-winning Works. Tokyo — JP (exh. cat.)

2014
Inauguration. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR [book]
Farewell New Media Art. China Academy of Art, Hangzhou — CN (exh. cat.)

2013
Journal Generation i.2 – Ästhetik des Digitalen im 21. Jahrhundert. Ed. by Claudia Gennetti, Edith-Russ-Haus-für-Medienkunst, Oldenburg — DE [book]
Inter|in|venção / Inter|in|ventione — PT (exh. cat.)
Digital Art Conservation, Preservation of Digital Art: Theory and Practice. Ed. Bernhard Serexhe, SpringerWien, New York — US [3 Books]

2012
Meisterwerke der Kunst – Medienkunst. ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE [book]

2011
Gateways. Art and Networked Culture. Text by Sabine Himmelsbach, Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart — DE (exh. cat.)

2010
Was tun. Figuren des Protests: Taktiken des Widerstands. Texts by Hildegard Fraueneder and Gianni Stiletto, Müry Salzmann, Salzburg — AT [book]
Owning Online Art – Selling and Collecting Netbased Artworks. Text by M. Schwander and R. Storz, FHNW, Basel — CH (exh. cat.)

2009
YOU_ser: The Century of the Consumer. Text by Peter Weibel, ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE (exh. cat.)

2008
Youniverse – Bienal de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla. BIACS3, Seville — ES (exh. cat.)
Mediale Kunst Zürich: 13 Positionen aus dem Studienbereich Neue Medien. Scheidegger and Spiess, Zurich — CH [book]
Digital Playground 2008, Hack the City! Total Museum Press, Seoul — KR [book]

2006
404 Object Not Found_Seoul. Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR (exh. cat.)

2005
Mapping New Territories. Schweizer Medienkunst International, Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel — CH [book]

2004
Digitale Transformationen. whoiswho.de [book]
read_me: Software Art and Cultures. Text by Olga Goriunova and Alexei Shulgin, Aarhus University Press, Aarhus — DK [book]
Approaches to Interactivity: MetaWorx : Young Swiss Interactive. Ed. by Association MetaWorx, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel — CH [book]
tainment: Spielformen der Bewusstseinsindustrie. Texts by Harald Fricke, Knut Hickethier, Marlene Streeruwitz, Renée Zucker, Hildtrud Ebert, RealismusStudio, NGBK, Berlin — DE [book]
Die algorithmische Revolution. ZKM, Karlsruhe — DE (exh. cat.)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (ARTICLES & REVIEWS)

2021
Kleinman, Alexis. “A Case for keeping It Random.” The New York Times (January 2021) [ill.] [online]

2020
Volkart, Yvonne. “You Press the Button, We do the Rest.” KUNSTFORUM International (May 2020): 140-147 [ill.] [print] [article in German]

2019
Worral, Sean. “Marc Lee at Annka Kultys Gallery, very much an exhibition in an art gallery, a compelling show, a show that’s hard to leave.” Organ Thing (6 May 2019) [online]
Huber, Alexander. “X-beliebig.” Freisinger Schafhof, Süddeutsche Zeitung (12 July 2019) [ill.] [online] [article in German]

SELECTED ARTIST TALKS

2020
“MORE AND LESS,” Stadtmuseum, Aarau — CH [Performance and Reading with Markus Kirchhofer]
“Discussion: on artistic practices, Games.Fights.Encounters,” OnCurating Project Space, Zurich — CH
“Lecture: Art from user-generated content. Social networks as a creative method,” Pixels Fest, Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg — RU
“Workshop: How to create installations using user generated content,” Pixels Fest, Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg — RU
“Lecture: India Unfiltered,” SPACE10, New Delhi — IN

2019
Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), Geneva — CH [Jury Member: International Immersive Works Competition]
“Performance: Me Myself & I,” UNArt Center, Shanghai — CN
“Performance: Friends – AI & User-Generated content,” PRE livepool – Phoenix Creative Park, Hangzhou — CN
“Performance: Marc Lee,” OIL Club, Shenzhen — CN [A/V Live]
“Künstlergespräch: Art from User-Generated Content,” NEEDS Lab, Shenzhen — CN
“Straight-line hiking performance,” Vogelklang Soundcamp #2, Fuchsfalle Black Forest — DE
“Harnessing VR/AR’s Potential for Sustainable Spaces,” WSIS Forum 2019, Geneva — CH
Festival for expanded media, 32. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart — DE [Jury Member: Award Media in Space and Network Culture]
Nalanda Labs, Wardha — IN [Five-day workshop]

2018
Social Media Art, ZHdK Toni Areal, Zurich — CH [Two-day workshop and artist talk]
Aushub, Literaturhaus Lenzburg and Museum Rietberg Zurich — CH [Reading with Markus Kirchhofer]
“Lecture, Art with emerging technologies – a critical examination,” Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe — DE
“Artist talk, Master Class,” Tshimologong Precinct, Johannesburg — ZA
“Lecture, Art & Technology – social networks; interactivity and virtualized spaces,” 16Neto, Maputo — MZ
“Artist talk, Cairotronica 18,” Palace Of Arts – Opera House Complex, Cairo — EG
“Lecture: Smart Politics or the digital market place for political disputation,” The political dimension of art, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil — DE
“Lecture, DIGITALE WELT – Analoge Erfahrung, Kompatibilitätsprüfung Digitale Medien und die Kunst,” Universität Bern, Bern — DE
“Lecture, Marc Lee – Social media and design in virtual spaces,” SWB-Ortsgruppe Aargau, Kino Odeon, Brugg — CH
“Lecture, Marc Lee – Social media and design in virtual spaces,” SWB-Ortsgruppe Aargau, Kino Odeon, Brugg — CH

2017
“Artist talk, Virtual Reality as artistic medium,” Plumsfest, Digital Entrepreneur Space, Moscow — RU
“Meet the Artist – Social Media Art, Virtual trip through social networks,” Kino Xenix, Zurich — CH
Workshop, Game Design, ZHdK, Zurich — CH

2016
Art talks, Social Media Art, Art Department, FHNW Basel, Basel — CH
“Workshop ‘Making Your Own Net Art’,” Cinnamon Colomboscope, Colombo — LK
Cinnamon Colomboscope, Colombo — LK [Public Conversation with Sebastian Schmieg]
“Workshop Artistic practices and social media,” Desmond Tutu Center, Cape Town — ZA

2015
“Lecture, Virtual trip through social networks,” Strelka, Moscow — RU
“Kybernetik Seminar,” Department of Art & Media, ZHdK, Zurich — CH

2014
“Symposium ‘Farewell New media Art’,” China Academy of Art (CAA), Hangzhou — CN
“Workshop ‘Art and social media’,” Galerie b, Stuttgart — DE

2013
“Workshop and Curator/Artist talk,” National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul — KR
“Workshop and Presentation,” Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing — CN

2012
“Four site-specific works,” POT, top e.V, Kassel — DE
“Abfall + Kunst,” Department of Cultural Analysis, ZHdK, Zurich — CH

2011
“Media Hacking, Workshop for Students,” SIVA Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai — CN
Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai — CN
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai — CN
“Collecting: Discussion of collecting and preserving digital art,” HeK, Basel — CH
24. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart — DE

2010
“Media Hacking, Workshop for Artists,” Cultural Center, Ahmed Shawky Museum, Cairo — EG
“Teaching net art and hacking for 6 months at the Department Media Arte,” ZHdK, Zurich — CH
“Test_Lab – Tools for Propaganda, V2_,” Rotterdam — NL

2009
“The Freedom of Art in the Digital Era,” ZKM Lecture Hall, Karlsruhe — DE
Srishti School of Art, Bangalore — IN
“Carnival of e-Creativity,” Sat Tal, Uttarakhand — IN

2008
“Pacte Multimédia,” Geneva — CH
“Querblicke, N|W FH,” Department Media Art, Aarau — CH
“Basics Festival,” FH Salzburg, Department MultiMediaArt, Salzburg — AT

2007
“Tweakfest,” Zurich — CH
“Tag der offenen Tür,” University of Art Zurich, Department Media Art, Zurich — CH

2006
Art Center Nabi and in the Alternative Space Loop, Seoul — KR
“Last Late Multi Media Show,” Dock18, Zurich — CH
Multimedia camp (MMK), Labin — HR
“Go west – Festival of Fine Arts,” Toni-Areal, Zurich — CH
“CaC & CeC, Carnival of e-Creativity,” India International Center, New Delhi — IN
Edith Ruß House for Media Art, Oldenburg — DE
“Viper 06 Art Festival,” Basel — CH

2005
Kunstraum Walchenturm, Zurich — CH
“pitzquit,” HGK Zürich, Zurich — CH
“[plug_in] Forum for New Media,” Basel — CH

2004
“Viper 04 Art Festival,” Basel — CH

2003
“Loogie.net, [plug_in] Forum for new Media,” Basel — CH
“Viper 03 Art Festival,” Basel — CH

2002
“Transmediale.02 Festival ‘Go Public!’,” Berlin — DE

AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2020
Pro Helvetia Research Residency, New Delhi and Kolkata — IN

2018
Shortlist of the Net-Based Art Award, Magazine Kunstbulletin and HeK, Basel — CH

2017
Bogdanka Poznanovic Award for the best video installation, live piece, software, on 21st Videomedeja Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad — RS
Shortlist of the Net-Based Art Award, Magazine Kunstbulletin and HeK, Basel — CH

2015
Social Media Art Award, Phaenomenale, Wolfsburg — DE

2014
Japan Media Arts Festival, Art Division, Jury Selection, Tokyo — JP

2010
ZKM Stipend, Karlsruhe — DE

2009
Pro Helvetia Residency, Bangalore — IN

2008
SuMa Award, Berlin — DE
Netart Award, Hamburg — DE
Recommendation by the Jury Review Committee, Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo — JP
Recommendation by the Jury, Pacte Multimédia , Geneva — CH

2006
Viper International Award, Category ‘Transposition’, Basel — CH

2004
Switch Award 2004 Nomination, Bern — CH

2003
tpc CreaTVty award of new media, TPC, Zurich — CH
Förderpreis, Award of University of Art and Design, HGK, Zurich — CH
Honorary Mention, Media Art Festival Ars Electronica Prices, Linz — AT

2002
Transmediale Public Vote Award [categories ‘Interaction’ and ‘Software’], Berlin — DE
Transmediale Honorary Mention [category ‘Interaction’], Berlin — DE
Honorary Mention, Read_Me Festival, Moscow — RU
Viper Swiss Award for ‘Newcomers’, Basel — CH

2001
Europrix Student’s Award, Europrix

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Swiss Confederation Federal Art Collection, Bern — CH
HeK, Basel — CH
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur — CH
ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe — DE

Annka Kultys Gallery
Annka Kultys