Nadja Karpinskaya is an artist based in Bern, Switzerland. She works in the fields of sound and visual art, performance, installation, and textiles. From 2021 to 2024, she studied in the MA Contemporary Arts Practice program at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB). Her practice explores personal and collective spaces through the body, sound, light, materiality, and conceptual approaches. She realizes projects in Switzerland, Russia, and internationally.
Education
Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts Practice (Fine Arts)
Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB), Bern, Switzerland
2021 – 2024
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)
State Academy of Slavic Culture (GASK), Moscow, Russia
1996 – 2003
Exhibitions and participations
2025 – La Primavera, outdoor performance in Neggio, Lugano, Switzerland
2024 – Trёp-Club, installation, video, CCI FABRIKA, Moscow, Russia / Group show curated by Anna Zhovtys and Galina Andreeva
2024 – Aura of a place, photographical installation, Dachstock Krone, Biel, Switzerland / CAP Diploma Show Scattered, but there
2023 – Tension, performance, together with Maria Motyleva, Muri bei Bern, Switzerland
2023 – Digging, performance & land art, together with Cyril Dériaz, Job Griffijn, Kasia Oleskiewicz, Emmet Ward, Kunstraum Zehendermätteli, Bern, Switzerland / Group show Stirring up the soil curated by Rolf Zumstein, Foundation JETZT KUNST in cooperation with HKB
2023 – Back in the Moment, Kunstraum Dreiviertel, Bern, Switzerland / Curated by Anna Fatyanova
2023 – Arrival, Kunstraum Bern Bümpliz, Bern, Switzerland / Group show curated by Sebastian Winkler, ART-Nachlassstiftung
2023 – Grenzen mit Perspektive, outdoor intervention, Bellelay, Switzerland
2023 – EXIT, photographical installation, Marktgasse, Bern, Switzerland / Bauwand Neues Keiserhaus, temporary art in public space series curated by Georgina Casparis, for the Swiss National Bank in cooperation with HKB
2023 – Evening Prayer, sound installation, ToBE Art Gallery, Bern, Switzerland / Curated by Aigul Ibrayeva
2022 – Solo exhibition in Werk.hof Egelsee, Bern, Switzerland
2022 – White Tent, sound architecture installation, University Library, Weimar, Germany / International conference I am not sitting in a room – urban, political and social resonances, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
2022 – Hörst du, Geliebte, textile art, sound performance, drawings, ToBE Art Gallery, Bern, Switzerland / Duo exhibition together with Maria Motyleva, curated by Aigul Ibrayeva
2021 – Group exhibition, textile art, video art, installation, Moscow, Russia
2021 – Group exhibition, textile art, installation, Vladimir, Russia