Upcoming
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Current
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Past
Conference Presentations
- Kiona Hagen Niehaus and Rebecca Fiebrink. “Making Up 3D Bodies: Artistic and Serendipitous Modeling of Digital Human Figures”. SIGGRAPH 2021. Q&A Session: Contemporary Computational Art, Methods and Techniques of Creative Practices, 11 August 2021.
- Kiona Hagen Niehaus, “Digital Tools, Experiential Walls: Normative Limitations in 3D Human Figure Creation Tools”. The Queer Art of Feeling: Sensation, Emotion and the Body in Queer Cultures. Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, 2–3 May 2019.
- Kiona Hagen Niehaus, “Gendered Limitations in 3D Human Character Creation Tools”. Beyond the Console: Gender and Narrative Games. London South Bank University, 9 February 2019.
- Kiona Hagen Niehaus and Rebecca Fiebrink, “Creative Diversity: Expanding Software for 3D Human Avatar Design”. DiGRA International 2017. Melbourne, Australia, 2–6 July 2017.
Exhibitions
- I’ve Seen the Future Baby, It’s Sexy (as Part of Coven Berlin)
- Kula Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia. 29 June – 6 August 2023.
- Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 9 August – 1 September 2022.
- How (Not) to Fit In – Metaphern der Adoleszenz (as part of Coven Berlin), Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany. 8 May – 17 July 2022.
- EXTRA+TERRESTRIAL (tour) GMK, Zagreb, Croatia. 10 – 27 September 2019.
- PROBAND-WERDEN
- LaJuan Gallery, Madrid, Spain. 25 – 27 September 2019.
- PRO FAMILIA, Berlin, Germany. 29 June 2019.
- Monday Gelato Event Series, Karlsruhe, Germany. 22 June 2019.
- EXTRA+TERRESTRIAL Schwules* Museum, Berlin, Germany. 23 November 2018 – 14 February 2019.
- THE SPRAWLS GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany. 24 – 25 March 2017.
- Cybernetic Resistance A collaboration with curator Brenda Mado Guesnet. The Showroom, London, UK. 11-12 November 2016.
- Metasis MA/MFA Computational Arts Group Exhibition (MFA completion). St James Hatcham Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK. 8 – 11 September 2016.
- LABOR OR LABOR GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany. 14 – 16 July 2016.
- EXCEPT/ON MA/MFA Computational Arts Group Exhibition (1st year). St James Hatcham Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK. 10-14 September 2015.
- I’d Rather Be a Goddess Than a Cyborg Berlin con mucho arte, Berlin, Germany. 8-22 May 2015.
- Midsummer CelebrationBoys Club Gallery, Berlin, Germany. 20-28 June 2014.
- Feminist Conqueerors: A Playground Kleiner Salon, Berlin, Germany. 21-29 March 2014.
- What is/What Matters 2013 Pratt Photography BFA Thesis Group Exhibition. PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY, USA. 10-25 April 2013.
- From the Permanent CollectionBFA Thesis Solo Exhibition. Pratt Institute Photography Department C-6 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA. 18-22 March 2013.
- Brooklyn Meets Manhattan Pratt Institute Photography Department. SCPS Gallery, New York, NY, USA. 10 September- 19 October 2012.
- ICA/IAA 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition Interlochen Center for the Arts. Dow Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Interlochen, MI, USA. 20 May-30 June 2012.
- Professor/Successor Pratt Institute Photography Department. C-1 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA. 28 February – 4 March 2011.
- 2109: Imagine the Future Eugene Lang The New School for Liberal Arts. 3rd Floor Gallery, New York, NY, USA. March 2010.
- Thesis I Interlochen Arts Academy. Dow Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Interlochen, MI, USA. 25 April-2 May 2009.
Invited Talks
- Artist Talk, Nonknowledge, Laughter and The Moving Image series, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, 26 January 2021.
- “Perspectives that Matter: Queer Users and Digital Creativity” Queer STEM Day, hosted by lgbtQ+@cam, University of Cambridge. 5 July 2019.
- “Digital 3D Human Figure Design for Creative Applications” Possible Bodies workshop hosted by Jara Rocha and Femke Snetling, University of Sussex. 9 March 2018.
- “Limitations and Possibilities in 3D Human Avatar Design Software” Lovelace: Women and Non-binary in Tech series, Goldsmiths, University of London. 2 February 2018.
- Artist Talk, #UNIT Festival 2016 LGBTI Tech and Science Conference. 16 April 2016.
Publications
- Kiona Hagen Niehaus and Rebecca Fiebrink. 2021. Making Up 3D Bodies: Artistic and Serendipitous Modeling of Digital Human Bodies. Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques 4, 2, Article 23 (July 2021), 9 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3468779
- Niehaus, Kiona Hagen. 2021. Making Up the 3D Body: Designing for Artistic and Serendipitous Interaction in Modelling Digital Human Figures. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London.
- Niehaus, Kiona Hagen and Guesnet, Brenda. 2018. Articulating and Defending Our Vulnerabilities: Interrogations of the Feminist Archive. Feminist Review, No. 120, Currents (November 2018), pp. 135-142 (8 pages).
- Niehaus, Kiona Hagen and Fiebrink, Rebecca. 2017. Creative Diversity: Expanding Software for 3D Human Avatar Design(Extended Abstract). Digital Games Research Association Conference. Melbourne, Australia 3-6 July 2017.
Screenings
- Sexuality and Porn as Queer Feminist Strategy, curated by COVEN Berlin. Rupert Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. 21 August 2019.
- BEGEHREN, curated by COVEN Berlin. neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany. 2 August 2019.
- Femmosphere, curated by Coral Short and Lo Pecado. Schwules* Museum, Berlin, Germany. 3 June 2017.







