Eszter Salamon is a choreographer, filmmaker, artist and performer. She works and lives in Berlin. Salamon uses choreography as an activating and organising agency between various media such as image, sound, music, text, voice, bodily movement and actions. Since 2001, she has created performances, performative installations, and films that have been presented in performing arts venues and museums internationally, including Centre Pompidou Paris, MoMA New York City, Museo Reina Sofía Madrid, MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani Barcelona, Serralves Foundation Porto, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Kunstinstituut Melly Rotterdam, Museo Centro Gaiás in Santiago de Compostela, Fondation Cartier Paris, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Villa Empain – Boghossian Foundation Brussels, ING Art Center Brussels, and KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Berlin, Tanz im August Berlin, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel Hamburg, Ruhrtriennale, Festival d’Automne Paris, Avignon Festival, Wiener Festwochen Vienna, KunstenfestivaldesArts Brussels, Holland Festival Amsterdam. Her exhibition Eszter Salamon 1949 (2014) was presented at Jeu de Paume Paris as part of Satellite, curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez. Her performative installation Study for the Valeska Gert Pavilion (2022) was shown at the 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art. Her film Sommerspiele (2023) premiered at Akademie der Künste Berlin and was presented during Hors Pistes 2024 at Centre Pompidou. Her solo performance Dance for Nothing (revisited) (2024) was presented at Grazer Kunstverein, mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, MCBA Lausanne, and during the 15th Baltic Triennale at CAC Vilnius.
