Cornelia Sollfrank

“A smart artist makes the machine do the work”

Cornelia Sollfrank (PhD) is an artist, researcher and writer living in Berlin (Germany). She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and Fine Arts at the University of the Arts in Hamburg (1987-1994). Since 1998, she has taught at various international universities and art colleges, conducts autonomous and institutional research, and publishes on topics at the intersection of art, technology and (gender) politics. In 2011 Sollfrank completed her practice-led research at the University of Dundee (UK) and published her PhD thesis “Performing the Paradoxes of Intellectual Property.” In addition to her work in the artistic and academic field, Sollfrank gathered experience in the private sector by working as product manager for Philips Media (1995/1996). As a pioneer of Internet art, Sollfrank is well known for her net.art generator and Female Extension projects, as well as her involvement in cyberfeminism.