Meike Nixdorf, born 1976, is a Berlin based artist and lecturer. She holds a B.Sc. in Psychology from Freie Universitaet Berlin and was educated in photography and video at the School of the International Center of Photography during her three-year stay in New York, 2005-2008. Her work has been exhibited in the USA, UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and Guatemala and is part of permanent collections like the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (MAM) and the Southeast Museum of Photography. Meike has received various awards and grants, amongst others she has been a Critical Mass and Fotovisura Grant finalist. Her work has been featured in publications like The New Yorker and WIRED. Meike´s work reflects on the visual and spatial perception of our environment, time perception and more specifically the perception of transformations, as well as the ways we relate to nature.


AWARDS AND GRANTS

SOLAS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2015 Shortlist
Source Magazine, UK & Gallery of Photography, Ireland

OPEN CALL 2012 Finalist
GuatePhoto Festival, Guatemala

CRITICAL MASS 2012 Finalist
Photolucida, Portland, USA

FotoVisura Grant 2011 Finalist
FotoVisura, USA

AOP Photographers Award 2009
Association of Photographers, London, UK

Nominated for The 10 Best Young Photographers In America American Photo, USA, 2006

AOP Photographers Award 2005
Association of Photographers, London, UK


SOLO & TWO-MAN EXHIBITIONS

2010
Zwischentoene – Poetisches in der Fotografie | Nuances – The poetic side of photography
Exhibition room of the Photo Festival Darmstadt, House of Literature, Darmstadt, Germany

2007
In the Meantime
Galerie Abtart, Stuttgart, Germany


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2020
Keeper of the Hearth
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, USA

2019
THE FENCE 2018
Calgary (CAN) & Bosten, Denver, Houston (USA)

2018
Nature so-called
Bryn Mawr College, USA
THE FENCE 2018
New York, Santa Fe, Atlanta, Durham, Sarasota (USA)

2015
THE FENCE at Photoville
Photoville, New York
In cooperation with Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Houston Center of Photography
Brooklyn, Atlanta & Houston, USA
Women of Rock
Print House Gallery, London, UK
Curated by Chris Hatherill from super/collider

2014
The Ephemeral
Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, USA
New Directions
Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, USA

2013
Der Blick zurück nach vorn
Galerie Abtart, Stuttgart, Germany
30×30 Exhibition
Fotovisura Pavillion
GuatePhoto Audiovisual Projection
Begira Photofestival, Durango, Spain
Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition – Color and Light
Curated by W.M. Hunt
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, USA
Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition – Color and Light
Curated by W.M. Hunt
Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, USA

2012
Open Call
GuatePhoto Festival 2012, Guatemala
Terra Cognita
Noorderlicht Photofestival 2012
Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, The Netherlands
FotoVisura | Women in Photography
Photoville 2012, New York, USA

2011
Photographs – The Joaquim Paiva Collection
Curated by Luiz Camillo Osorio
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Moment of Recognition
Curated by Amy Arbus
Rita K. Hillman Gallery, International Center of Photography
New York, USA

2010
Jetzt – Die erzaehlte Zeit | Now – Time, Told
Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie | Photo Festival Darmstadt
Museum Kuenstlerkolonie, Darmstadt, Germany


COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, USA

Bryn Mawr College Collection, USA

Institutional Collection, Switzerland

Private Collection, Germany



PRINT PUBLICATIONS

KEEPER OF THE HEARTH – Picturing Roland Barthes´ Unseen Photograph, 2020, Schilt Publishing
DE VOLKSKRANT, September 2, 2015, The Netherlands
THE EPHEMERAL, 2014, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, USA
TERRA COGNITA, 2012, Noorderlicht Photofestival Catalogue, The Netherlands
GENTE DI FOTOGRAFIA, No.53, 2012, Italy
RUSSIAN ESQUIRE, June 2012, Russia
JETZT - DIE ERZAEHLTE ZEIT, 2010, Catalogue, Photofestival Darmstadt, Germany
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARDS BOOK, 2009, The Association of Photographers, UK
FOTOSOMMER STUTTGART, 2007, Catalogue Photofestival Stuttgart, Germany
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARDS BOOK, 2005, The Association of Photographers, London, UK