Milena Naef

mail@milenanaef.comlives and works in Amsterdam, NL Milena Naef questions ‘existing’ structures that are inherent to herself.The work tries to create the right manifestation of the assumed duality between body and mind.
She translates characteristics of a subjective experience into material, transforming the mental into physical to find a new relation between the two.
Once tangible, the interaction with the concrete material allows for a space to ‘open’ in which a given context can be changed.
The body itself with its physical presence and its absence becomes a vital aspect of the work.

When do structures inhibit or liberate us and our physical form?
What is the consequence of the fact that our bodies are always ‘filling space’?Upcoming/Ongoing ExhibitionsKunst op de Koffie, Arnhem, 2017'Staging the Inhabitable', Theater 't Fijnhout, Amsterdam, 2017Art4More Festival, Athens, Greece, 2017'The principle of least effort' at Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, 2017Physical Space, SCHUIT, Utrecht, 2017Amsterdam Art Fair with Lumen Travo, 2017PLAYTIME at Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, invited by Kunsthuis SYB, 2017'Mighty Process', Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, 2017Kunst & Design Expo @ KNSM, SBK, Amsterdam, 2016/17'Selected by... Graduation show 2016', Corrosia, Almere, 2016/17Sprouts II, SBK, Amsterdam, 2016'Nieuwe Oogst', Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, 2016 7e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs, Beetsterzwaag, 2016'Nieuwe Oogst', Galerie Bart, Nijmegen, 2016'SELECTED', Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, 2016Graduation Show Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2016'Unannealed', Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, 2016'Two Doormen', DITS, Amsterdam (red light district), 2015'Wonder and Wander', De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 2015'Constant Companion', De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 2014E*Cinema: 'Medical Experimentation', EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, 2013 Residencies'Uproot Rotterdam' Residency, Museumpark, Rotterdam, 2016 Prizes7e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs, 2016GRA Award Autonomous Art, 2016 Mondriaan Fonds Werkbijdrage Jong Talentfrom March 2018 - February 2019Media & CommunicationdesignboomiGNANTCURRENT OBSESSIONCBK R'DAMSTEIN Zeitschrift für NatursteinStone-Ideas.comIntro image by Bibi AltinkWebsite made with Lay Thememade with Lay Theme