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Nadja Abt (b. Vladimirovich) is an artist, writer and editor, based in Berlin and Vienna. Abt studied Literature and Art History at Freie Universität Berlin as well as Fine Arts at Universität der Künste Berlin and the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires. From 2015 till 2018 she lived and worked in São Paulo, Brazil, from 2018 till 2020 she was the editor for Texte zur Kunst in Berlin.
Her practice combines autofictional writing with visual works. The dramaturgical starting point of her exhibitions are queer-feminist, fictional texts with references from the world of film and literature, which are combined in installations with collages, performances and painting. She is part of the artist collective Michelle Volta.
Her texts have been published in frieze, Texte zur Kunst, PROVENCE, Starship Magazine, among others. She regularly writes catalogue contributions for fellow artists and teaches at art academies such as the University of Applied Arts Vienna, FHNW Basel and University Hildesheim. Recent exhibitions and performances include Coalmine Winterthur (solo show, 2024); Kunstverein Dortmund (solo show, 2023);  Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2023); n.b.k., Berlin (2023); Freeport, Porto (solo show, 2021); Galeria Diferença, Lisbon (solo show, 2021); Galerie Kirchgasse, Steckborn (2021); HUA International, Beijing (2021); Bärenzwinger, Berlin (2021); KW-Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2021); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2019);  Casa Triângulo, São Paulo (2018) and Pivô, São Paulo (2017).