Henrike Naumann was born 1984 in Zwickau (GDR). Growing up in Eastern Germany, Naumann experienced extreme-right ideology as a predominant youth culture in the 90s. Her work reflects on the history of the right-wing terrorism in Germany as well as on today‘s broad acceptance of racist ideas. She looks at the mechanisms of radicalization and how they are linked to personal experience and youth culture. Naumann explores the friction of contrary political opinion through the ambivalence of personal aesthetic taste. In her immersive installations she combines video and sound with scenographic spaces. In recent years she widened her focus to the global connectivity of youth cultures and the reversion of cultural othering. Notable exhibitions include solo shows at the Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach and Galerie Wedding, Berlin, as well as participations at the Busan Biennale (2018), Riga Biennial (2018), Steirischer Herbst, Graz (2018), 4th Ghetto Biennale at Port-Au-Prince (2015), and the 3rd Herbstsalon at Maxim Gorki Theatre Berlin (2017).

Henrike Naumann lives and works in Berlin.

Full Biography

• Henrike Naumann, DDR Noir, 2018

• Henrike Naumann, 14 Words, 2018

• Henrike Naumann, Eurotique, 2018

• Henrike Naumann, 2000, 2018

• Henrike Naumann, Anschluss 90, 2018

• Henrike Naumann, Aufbau West, 2017

• Henrike Naumann, Selected Works, 2012-2017

• Was euch am Leben hält, ist, was bei uns zu Asche zerfällt *  ›  Sep 8 – Nov 10, 2018

• Ostalgie  ›  Apr 26 – Apr 28, 2019

• Art Düsseldorf 2017  ›  Nov 17 – Nov 19, 2017

• ARCO MADRID 2018  ›  Feb 21 – Feb 25, 2018

• ARTISSIMA 2018  ›  Nov 2 – Nov 4, 2018

• Eastern Girls and Western Boys  ›  Mar 30 – Mar 30, 2019