Be Welcome
How to introduce an institute of art? This is probably the most difficult task for a place that is many things: an institution, with norms and rules, and a community with idiosyncrasies and moods. It still seems like a luxury today to be able to encompass these two elements, as well as the courses, the teaching, the learning, the discovery of one’s self, one’s practice through the encounter of others, artists, friends, individuals, and practitioners who try things out in ways that are not «innovative» or «experimental», but just investigative, insistent, curious, empathic, humble, and yet stubborn, personal, and full of hope for a work, a process, a performance, a gesture that will help to connect.
The Institute Art Gender Nature is constituted by all the individuals who are part of it, the regular teachers, the staff, the technical team, the many guests who come, and—crucially—the one hundred young artists who study with us. The bachelor and master programs are well differentiated; the schedules and activities are not the same. But the social space of the Institute is one. The studios are shared, students decide at the beginning of the year where they want to be, and the many and great workshops offer as an opportunity to share space and skills independently of the program you are in; the weekly artists talks, the biannual symposiums, and many other informal opportunities that bring us all together.
Our programs
We are very happy to announce that the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW has reduced the semester fee for Non-EU/EFTA-students: It is now CHF 1250.– instead of CHF 5000.– (details see link below).
Bachelor
One of the most important elements of our bachelor’s program is the environment. We are small in scale, and therefore we can put all our effort into our students, into motivating them and creating the quality of experience in studying art, from access to great workshops to conversations with teachers and guests to the many seminars. Care, nearness, and continuous guidance are keys to our method of introducing you to the world of art.
→ Additional information on our bachelor's program
and application on the HGK FHNW website
→ Brochure bachelors’s program (pdf)
Next application deadline 15 February 2023
Master
The master’s program is oriented towards curiosity […], a force that encourages you not only to like what others do, but to commit to forms of making that mark a difference, that offer resistance to conventions. Since the world is turning more and more into a very normative space, where freedom is not a given, art may provide us with eccentric spaces of quality where a different sensing of matter and the relations between forms of life can be preserved.
→ Additional information on our master's program
and application on the HGK FHNW website
→ Brochure master's program (pdf)
Next application deadline 15 March 2023
Team
Head of the Institute Art Gender Nature
Head of Production
Edith Hänggi
Albertine Kopp (sub.)
Lecturers
Phoenix Atala
Christoph Bühler
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Onome Ekeh
Katrin Freisager
Philipp Gasser
Esther Hunziker
Astrit Ismaili
Christian Knörr
Roman Kurzmeyer
Elise Lammer
Quinn Latimer
Claudia Müller
Alexandra Navratil
Ingo Niermann
Filipa Ramos
Mathilde Rosier
Nadja Solari
Lena Maria Thüring
Yvonne Volkart
Jeronimo Voss
Hannah Weinberger
PhD
Research Staff
Felipe Castelblanco
Anna Francke
Marion Ritzmann
Rasa Smite
Research Assistance
Karin Borer
Albertine Kopp
Tabea Rothfuchs
Technical Staff
Gerome Gadient
Chris Handberg
Martina Jung
Tobias Koch
Daniel Kurth
Kathrin Siegrist
Konrad Sigl
Technical Assistance
Administration
Rosanna Monteleone
Leonie Schenk
Lisa Schlosser
Internship
Emma Rodewald
External Mentors
Gäste aktuell
Jumana Emil Abboud
Christine Arncken
Paula Baeza Pailamilla
Annette Barcelo
Brandy Butler
Chiara Camoni
Ursula Damm
Valentina Ehnimb
El Palomar
Sonia Fernández Pan
Marcos Filardi
Gauri Gill
Pujita Guha
Taita Hernando Chindoy
Dunja Herzog
Eva Kuhn
Monica Ursina Jäger
Pauline Julier
Gayatri Kodikal
Franziska Lauber
Mariateresa Lazzaro
Renée Levi
Michael Marder
Manuela Morales Delano
Elia Nurvista
Edit Oderbolz
Paula Baeza Pailamilla
Claire Pentecost
Birgit Schneider
Lucia Pietroiusti
Vivek Sridhar
Katja Tielbörger
Caique Tizzi
Heraldo Vallej
Ana Vaz
Campus
The Institute Art Gender Nature is part of the Campus of the Arts, situated just ten minutes away from Basel’s main station. Articulated around its main building, a silvery tower, the campus is a hub for creativity and artistic practices. In addition to the Academy of Art and Design, the campus is also home to the House of Electronic Arts, as well as other institutions and companies active in the areas of art and design.
Students are provided with a personal studio space that they can freely use and access anytime. Several workshops with professional support are also at your disposal at the Institute:
→ Analog studio
→ Digital studio
→ Painting studio
→ Campus.Workshops
→ Campus facilities