Judith Sönnicken (*1981, DE) is an artist, quantum transformation coach, and mentor for multidimensional consciousness. Her practice combines objects, installations, meditation, software, and blueprints, often developed in collaboration with plants.
She holds an MA in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts Berlin and has extensive training in zen meditation, UX design, textile design, agile frameworks, geomancy, and various quantum healing modalities. She is the founder of Quantum Athletics, a blueprint for multidimensional consciousness, and curator of the Hyperobject Virtual Lab, which fostered collaborations between life forms across planetary grid points. Her Hyperobject software prototype won a Kunststiftung NRW Award in 2019.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including Museu Geológico de Portugal (Lisbon), Green Art Gallery (Dubai), Spinnerei (Leipzig), Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (Yukon), The Institute of Jamais Vu (London), Cirrus Gallery (Los Angeles), Martin Janda Gallery (Vienna), Crane Arts Center (Philadelphia), NAVEL (Los Angeles), documenta14 (Athens), and The Eighth Climate 11th Gwangju Biennial.
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(*1981 / DE)
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libra rising
3/5 generator
blue magnetic storm
Training
2001-2002
Textile Design / École supérieure de la mode / Berlin DE + Paris FR
2003-2008
Fine Arts / University of the Arts / Berlin DE
2006-2007
Fine Arts / Universidade de Lisboa / Lisbon PT
2010
MA Fine Arts / University of Arts / Berlin DE
2012
Zen Meditation / Center for Korean Seon Buddhism / Berlin DE
2014
Zen Meditation / Shunkoin Temple / Kyoto JP
2016
Usui Reiki Master Initiation / Berlin DE
2018
User experience + Interface design / Springboard / San Francisco US
2019
Feng Shui / Institute for Feng Shui Germany / Freiburg DE
Self-Realization Fellowship / The Mother Center / Los Angeles US
2022 - ongoing
SSEER Earth energy research & healing lab / Los Angeles / US
2025
Agile Practitioner Training / Project Management Institute US
Quantum Athletics
2024
How to collapse time / TNOC / online
2023
Out of Office Retreat / Be Agafay / Agafay Desert MA
2019
Studio Goldschmidt/ Rutherford / New York US
Hyperslow / Los Angeles US
NAVEL / Los Angeles US
2018
La Pouquelaye de Faldouet / Arthouse Jersey UK
Hyperobject Virtual Lab
2022
Hyperobject Virtual Lab II / online
The Nature of Cities / New York US
2021
Hyperobject Virtual Lab / online
2020
Our Networks, Toronto CA
Solo shows
2013
Preshivers / Museu Geológico de Portugal / Lisbon PT
2011
Judith Sönnicken: Drawings / Conartist Gallery / New York US
Group + duo shows
2021
Permanence & Evanescence / Vouzela Municipal Museum / Vouzela PT
2020
Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck: All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset / Galerie Martin Janda / Vienna AT
2019
UN/NATURAL SURROGATES / Online & Public Art Lab / Berlin DE
Unsettling Time / E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center / Nashville US
Vanja Smiljanic: Plant Rant: Mea Culpa on Chlorophyll Sling / Gemeinde Köln / Cologne DE
Radical Immersions / Watermans Art Centre / London UK
Paradise Found / Ruine der Franziskaner Klosterkirche / Berlin DE
Befriending Hyperobjects@The Meeting room / NAVEL / Los Angeles US
2017
Distance ≠ Time / Icebox Projects / Philadelphia US
RESET III and VIRTUAL REALITY / Priska Pasquer / Cologne DE
KIOSK KSOIK / documenta 14 / Athens GR
Sonja Gerdes: Pie of Trouble. Let's Hang. Air for Free. Uncertainty. Absurdity. You look at it but it doesn't exist. Anahata. Vishuda rising. Unpredictability. / Cirrus gallery / Los Angeles US
Berlin Klondyke / UGM Studio / Maribor SI
2016
The Eighth Climate / 11th Gwangju Biennale / KR
MU / w Tomoko Sauvage / Salon de Musique / Paris FR
2015
Leipziger Editionen / Kulturforum Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock DE
Physiopolis / L’île de Platais FR
The 1st Berlin Edition / Salon Dahlmann / Berlin DE
2014
Leipziger Editionen / Wiensowski & Harbord / Berlin DE
9½ Sculpture Biennale / Platz der Freundschaft / Berlin DE
Nicht Da/Da / Moe Contemporary / Vienna AT
Wow Hybrids / Institute of Jamais Vu / London UK
2013
Statue Of Limitation / Green Art Gallery / Dubai UAE
Thermodynamic Twilight / Galeria Monumental / Lisbon PT
It’s Already Tomorrow / Kreuzberg Pavillon / Berlin DE
Tranceatlantic Cubizm / Boutique / Cologne DE
Berlin Klondyke / Werkschau / Spinnerei Leipzig DE
2012
Berlin Klondyke / Neuer Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein / Pfaffenhofen DE
No Ok / Stadtbad Oderberger / Berlin DE
Ballungsraum / Kosmetiksalon Babette / Berlin DE
Stay where the pepper grows / Autocenter Berlin DE
2011
Moraltarantula #5 / Zollamt- Oberhafen / Hamburg DE
Berlin Klondyke / Art Center Los Angeles US
Leise kriselt der S.... / Lisi Hämmerle Gallery / Bregenz AT
Von Robotern die Bilder bauen / Vienna Art Week / AT
Berlin Klondyke / Klondike Institute of Art and Culture / Yukon CA
2010
Wir können auch anders / Bourouina Gallery / Berlin DE
Und dann Und dann Nebul / Ringstube / Mainz DE
2008
Contemporary Puzzle / Mille d’ Air Gallery / Berlin DE
30 Gegen 3000000 / Kulturforum Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock DE
Plinque / Kettenbrückengasse 8 / Vienna AT
Something to answer for / Wiesnowski & Harbord / Berlin DE
Ausgebrannt / Forgotten Bar / Berlin DE
Festivals + screenings
2017
Time Camp 001 / Crane Arts Center / Philadelphia US
2008
Schaurauschen / Ballhaus Ost / Berlin DE
Die Fünfte Ecke - Formen Der Erweiterung / Uferhalle Berlin DE
Curating
2019
Befriending Hyperobjects / NAVEL / Los Angeles US
2013
Thermodynamic Twilight / Galeria Monumental / Lisbon PT
Tranceatlantic Cubizm / Boutique / Cologne DE
Residencies
2022
Casa Tagumerche / La Gomera ES
2019
Binaural Nodar / Human animal expressions in rural context / Lafões PT
NAVEL / Los Angeles US
2018
Arthouse Jersey / Chateau Vermont UK
2016
Flaneur Magazine / Moscow RU
2015
Sitterwerk / St. Gallen CH
2012
The Barber Shop / Lisbon PT
Press + podcasts
2019
Digital America #13 / “Judith Sönnicken, the fearless leader we never knew we needed: a response to Google Gardening” by Hannah Grow / Richmond US
Sound Science podcast #5: The Left-brain vs. the Right-brain / Dublab US
2018
Becoming the other - a self guide / AEther BG + Soft Power Palace DE
2016
The Museum of Delta / Flaneur Magazine #6 / Moscow RU
2015
Vogue France / 360° Collaboration with Jérémy Tarian / Paris FR
2014
Mousse Magazine / Statue of Limitation / Milan IT
Fashion Network USA
2013
TimeOut Dubai / The politics of deception / Dubai UAE
Multispy Contemporary / Jérémy Tarian / Paris FR
2012
Pascal Richter # Club Tropicana / Berlin DE
Publications
2023
3-D Experimental VR and Art Practices - Untangling Another Dimension. Rebecca Hackemann / Intellect books / University of Chicago Press
2014
Tranceatlantic Cubizm / Thermodynamic Twilight PT/DE
Awards
2019
Begrenzt - Entgrenzt. Zeit für eine Zeitenwende? / Kunststiftung NRW / Düsseldorf DE
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