Isabell Heimerdinger (Stuttgart, Germany, 1963) lives and works in Berlin. The central theme of her work is the cinema and the condition of its production. In photographic, sculptural as well as cinematic works, she inquires the subtle differences between acted and authentic behavior, between role and identity. While the settings of her films are always real, the various characters keep their secrets well to themselves. In 2020, she received an award for her experimental short film SOON IT WILL BE DARK at the FIDMarseille International Film Festival. Since 2016, Heimerdinger has also been running a ceramics studio in which she explores the tightrope walk between functional ceramics and art.

Her works have been shown in solo shows at the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (2016), MNK Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe (2008), Western Front, Vancouver (2007), Swiss Institute, New York (2003) und FRAC Fonds régional d’art contemporain Pays de la Loire, Nantes (2000). Screenings of her films have taken place at Videoart at Midnight (a project by Olaf Stüber and Ivo Wessel) #59, Isabell Heimerdinger, Kino Babylon (2014), Art Film / Art Basel, Stadtkino Basel CH (2012), Experimental Shorts, Short Experiments, Kino Arsenal, Berlin (2011), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2010), Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Louvre Auditorium & Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2021), Soon It Will Be Dark, Belvedere 21, Wien (2021). In addition, the artist has taken part in numerous group shows, including Daimler Collection, Berlin (2021), Kunsthalle Erfurt (2017), Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2013), MNK Museum für Neue Kunst, Frankfurt (2012), Malmö Konsthall (2005), and at Bergen Kunsthall (2003). The artist is represented by Mehdi Chouakri gallery, Berlin.