Halina Kliem is an activist, photographer, and experimental filmmaker who has worked internationally, creating projects and leading workshops in various countries, including Israel, Argentina, Australia, China, Iceland, Italy, France, Germany, and the US.
Her cross-disciplinary works have graced prominent institutions, including the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Fitzpatrick-Leland House by MAK Center in Los Angeles, Lentos Museum of Modern Art in Linz, Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Siegen, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery in New York, and Pace Gallery in New York.
In 2021, her experimental film Lucid Dreams earned recognition in the European Competition of the festival platform This Is Short. Premiering in the US at the Oscar-qualifying Florida Film Festival, it also showcased at the Bafta-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival and the Academy Award-qualifying Athens International Film and Video Festival in Athens, Ohio.
Halina’s earlier experimental short, The Purple Video, debuted at the Florida Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, and San Francisco International Festival of Short Film.
Known for addressing variations and gaps within language and communication, Halina Kliem brings a unique perspective shaped by her upbringing in the divided city of Berlin. She studied time-based media art and photography at the Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts in Pittsburgh, USA, and holds a Master of Fine Arts and Visual Culture Studies from Berlin University of the Arts, where she was part of Professor Katharina Sieverding’s inclusive, queer, and activist master class—Sieverding herself being a Czech-born German photographer, filmmaker, and former Joseph Beuys’ student.