Jenna Sutela
Jenna Sutela (*1983 in Turku, FI) uses biological and computational systems to create audio-visual works, sculptures, images and performance art. Working with artificial neuronal networks or bacteria and with the help of her own systems and algorithms, the artist uncovers patterns and meanings that are hidden in disorder. With her collaborative approach she points to decentralised organisation, she questions social hierarchy, broaches the issue of communication between species and the connection of awareness and the material world. Her procedural works are based on latest scientific research and reflect its social-political impact. Sutela’s work promotes the idea of a symbiotic network and the renunciation of an anthropocentric world. Her oeuvre illustrates that man does not exist in a void, but in symbiotic ecosystems with bacteria, mould, computers and many other elements, some of which remain incomprehensible.
Sutela’s works have been presented in solo exhibitions at Kunsthall Trondheim (2020) and at the Serpentine Gallery in London (2019). Additionally her work has been shown at Haus der Kunst in München (2022) at the Liverpool Biennial (2021), the Shanghai Biennale (2021) and at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (2022), at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai (2021), at the ZKM in Karlsruhe (2020), at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm (2019) and at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (2018). In 2019 and 2021 Sutela was a visiting artist at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) in Massachusetts.
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award | bremen, de
jenna sutela is nominated for the pauli-prize of the kunsthalle bremen 6 March 2024The Pauli Prize, endowed with 30,000 euros, will be awarded for the 49th time in 2024. Since its founding in 1954 by the HAG AG,...continue reading -
exhibition | bergen, no
extensive thematic exhibition with jenna sutela exploring the role of art in the history of ecological resistance movements in the nordic countries 15 February 2024In spring 2024, Bergen Kunsthall presents the comprehensive thematic exhibition Earth Works, which explores the role of art in the history of ecological resistance movements...continue reading -
biennale | geneva, ch
jenna sutela is part of the "biennale de l'image en mouvement" in geneva 15 February 2024Jenna Sutela is part of the Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement at the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Geneva. For this new edition, curators Nora N....continue reading -
exhibition | munich, de
max goelitz x kunstraum9 present the exhibition dilated time: luminous perspectives 14 October 2023The privately run KunsTraum9 and max goelitz jointly present the group exhibition Dilated Time: Luminous Perspectives by bringing together the works of six international artists:...continue reading -
exhibition | berlin, de
audiovisual installation vermi cell by jenna sutela at fragile berlin 26 September 2023Jenna Sutela (*1983 in Turku, FI) uses biological and computational systems to create audio-visual works, sculptures, images and performance art. In her exhibition Vermi Cell...continue reading -
exhibition | stuttgart, de
jenna sutela is part of the exhibition SHIFT about artistic perspectives on artificial intelligence 3 February 2023The exhibition project SHIFT. AI and a future community developed by the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and the museum Marta Herford explores artistic perspectives on artificial intelligence...continue reading
