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Arden Surdam
1988*, New York, US
Arden Surdam (b. 1988, New York, NY) is an American artist living in Switzerland. Working between photography and sculpture, her studio practice investigates extreme images, ones born out of the interplay between human activities, industrial practices, and environmental systems. Surdam suggests that manmade interferences like invasive species create site-based planetary traumas that generate a new form of photography. These occurrences are not only capable of providing insights into the material production of images but also transform our conception of visuality. Through her work, she explores these new images – ones that are neither flat, replicable nor archival.
Surdam completed her BA in Visual Arts and Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, USA (2010) and her MFA in Photo & Media at the California Institute of the Arts, USA (2015). She is currently an Artistic PhD candidate at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (2023 -) in Zurich, Switzerland.
And special thanks to Burgergemeinde Bern for assistance in funding the residency.
Arden Surdam (b. 1988, New York, NY) is an American artist living in Switzerland. Working between photography and sculpture, her studio practice investigates extreme images, ones born out of the interplay between human activities, industrial practices, and environmental systems. Surdam suggests that manmade interferences like invasive species create site-based planetary traumas that generate a new form of photography. These occurrences are not only capable of providing insights into the material production of images but also transform our conception of visuality. Through her work, she explores these new images – ones that are neither flat, replicable nor archival.
Surdam completed her BA in Visual Arts and Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, USA (2010) and her MFA in Photo & Media at the California Institute of the Arts, USA (2015). She is currently an Artistic PhD candidate at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (2023 -) in Zurich, Switzerland.
And special thanks to Burgergemeinde Bern for assistance in funding the residency.