Jens Hauser

Germany

Jens Hauser is an art curator and media scholar focused on the interactions between art and technology. He is one of the brilliant minds setting the intellectual horizons for the next few years in this exciting field. His studies on "biomediality", a theory developed during his doctorate at the Ruhr University of Bochum, have become a reference to frame these collaborations of art and science.

Born in Germany and based in Copenhagen and Paris, he has a postdoctoral research position in the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies and the Medical Museum of the University of Copenhagen. He is also a Distinguished Affiliate Faculty Member of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University and an Affiliate Faculty Member of the Department of Imaging Sciences at Krems Danube University. His ability to put together complex and abstract concepts in exquisite and eloquent language makes his work even more valuable.

He has organized exhibitions such as L'Art Biotech (Nantes, 2003), Still, Living (Perth, 2007), sk-interfaces (Liverpool, 2008 / Luxembourg, 2009), Biennial of Articles (Stavanger, 2008), Transbiotics 2010), Traces fingerprints … (Berlin, 2011 / Munich / 2012) Synth-ethic (Vienna, 2011), Assemble | Standard | Minimal (Berlin, 2015), SO3 (Belfort, 2015) and Wetware (Los Angeles, 2016). He has also been a member of the jury for prestigious international art awards such as Ars Electronica, Transitio or Vida.