Hito Steyerl (b. Munich,1966) is filmmaker and writer, based in Berlin. Steyerl started out as an essay filmmaker and successively moved into the art field. She works as a professor for New Media in the Fine Arts Department of the University of Arts Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions include Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam (2011), Chisenhale Gallery, London (2010), After the crash – Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (2010), Ricochet #3. Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (2010), Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden (2010). Group exhibitions include Remote Control – ICA Arts London (2012). K21 Ständehaus, Dusseldorf, Les Marques; Centre d´Art Contemporain Geneve; Neue Galerie, Kassel; Kunst-Werke Berlin (all 2011); Antiphotojournalism – Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Biennial; 1st Ural Biennial; Gwangju Biennial; Antiphotojournalism, La Virreina, Barcelona; Horizons, BAK, Utrecht (all 2010).