Martin Nadal, a media artist based in Berlin. With a degree in Computer Engineering and additional training at Kunst Uni, Linz, Austria, Nadal immerses his audience in deep explorations of how technological frameworks such as blockchain and neural networks are shaping our era and our perception of it.
Throughout his career, he has made his mark at prestigious international institutions, from the Nam June Paik Center in Korea to the ZKM in Germany. However, beyond his striking work, what sets Nadal apart is his ability to translate technological complexities into visual narratives that question and reflect on our relationship with technology. His pieces, such as "FANGØ" and "Bittercoin" (made with César Escudero), are palpable examples of this confluence between art, innovation and social criticism.
2023
Residency Artist in residence at Google Arts & Culture Lab
Nomination START’S 2023 Price
Exhibition Ars Electronica STARTS Exhibtion, Linz (AT)
Exhibition “Our Terms our conditions” IMPAKT, Utrech (NL)
Exhibition Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023 + Artist Talk, Frankfurt (DE)
Residency Mur.at, Graz (AT)
2022
Exhibition Time After Time: The Polychronicity in Blockchain, Hyundai Motorstudio Beijin (CN)
Exhibition Call to Digital Self-Defense, St Polten (AT)
2021
Grant NEUSTART für bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler:Digitale Vermittlungs-Formate, (DE)
Exhibition UnitLondon NFTism: No Fear in Trying, a historic NFT group, London (UK)
Exhibition Ars Electronica, EMAP/EMARE Garden, Linz (AT)
Talk LOOPS OF WISDOM, Ars electronica, Linz (AT)
Exhibition Tracked and Traced", Science Gallery Detroit, Detroit (US)
Exhibition Open Codes. Networked Commons, ZKM“. At Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul (Korea).
Exhibition The Art of Interface at Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021 (MO)
Exhibition Werkleitz, “Move to" Halle (DE)
Exhibition MEIAC (Extremadura and Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art) Algoritmia ART IN THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" (ES)
Residency EAE “Art and economy” ZKM(DE) + In4Art(NL)
Workshop +CODE Festival", Buenos Aires(AR)
Exhibition Cryptography museum, Moscow (RU)
2020
Residency "EMAP/EMARE", Onassis Stegi, Athens (GR)
Exhibition "Barents Spektakel: Spy DIY", Kirkenes (NO)
Exhibition ADAF17th Athens Digital Art Festival, #SINGULARITY NOW, Athens (GR).
Exhibition "Creatures in a Series of Tubes", Onassis Stegi (GR)
Talk "Saving the world", Online
2019.
Exhibition Piksel19, Bergen (NO)
Exhibition Electro Museum, Learning Machines, Moscow (RU)
Exhibition Drugo More, Critical Triggers, Rijeka (HR)
Exhibition Chronus Art Center (CAC) and ZKM, Open Codes, Shanghai (CN)
Workshop Gaîté Lyrique. Bitcoin of Things Workshop, Paris (FR)
Exhibition Galeria Tabacka, Blockchain in art, Košice(SK)
Exhibition Bureau Europa, The Architecture of Trust” (NL)
Keynote MoneyLAB#6. Institute of Network Cultures, Infrastructures of Money, Critical Mining, Bitcoin and Blockchain in contemporary art, (DE).
Exhibition Mobile Week, Disseny Hub Barcelona, (Spain)
Exhibition Aksioma, Critical Triggers, (Slovenia).