Nina Breeder
Nina Breeder (born in 1982 in Genova, Italy), is an Italian contemporary artist based in New York City. She grew up in Northern Italy and lived there until 1991. Later she was relocated to Polperro, UK, for one year where she first met her adoptive brother Massimilian Breeder, who is present in several of her works and future films/video-art collaborations. She studied at Colombo Lyceum for Classic Literature and consequently at the Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. Background. Back in 1999 N. Breeder began working on experimental films and performances in Florence. She later moved  to Brooklyn, where she began collaborating with the artist Massimilian Breeder on film and performance art, beginning the film production of "Devil come to Hell and stay where You belong"* and a series of "land installations" and performances. Her work is based on the confrontation with lost traditions and pagan rituals, often involving the use of hair, wool, feces and organic materials.* Selected exhibitions. 2013 "Relaxation Tapes" – Sound Works Series Vol.1 "Reconstruction of a Body" – Sound Works Series Vol.1 "20 Minutes MRI" – Sound Installation "Analog Winds" – Winds Sound Design for the film Reservoir by Massimilian Breeder '2012 "La Cagna" – Film  – Currently in Production "I am Indigenous to this Place" – Photo Series, Public Installation NYC 2011 "Selected Sound Works" – Tokyo, JP "Working Bodies" – Photographs "Human Frames"- Kunst im Tunnel, KIT 2010 "Winter Films" – ongoing film project shot in the Northern Hemisphere. "Identity" – photographic book ""Happy End"" – Ausstellung Exhibition, Kunsthalle Göppingen 2009 "Devil come to Hell and stay where You Belong": Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey "Devil come to Hell and stay where you belong": Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and Metz, France* Freeshout and Pecci Museum, Prato, Italy* Anthology Film Archives, New York City* "Horse Pistes" – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France  2008 "Love is a Burning thing": Darom Art Center, Tel Aviv Artoteca, Milan, Italy Copenhagen International Film Festival, Official Selection Goteburg International Film Festival, Official Selection 2007 "The Lunch", Installation and Performance in collaboration with Nina Breeder at Art Space Blanque Monteaux, Paris "Unnatural Selections" at Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn "Nuit Blanche" – Théâtre des Blancs-Manteaux, Paris, France 2006 Pierogi Gallery at ArtBasel, Miami 2005 Ex-Macelli Freeshout, Prato Italy "PAM", Chelsea Art Museum, New York City