Ursula Biemann is an artist, writer and video essayist based in Zurich. Her artistic practice is strongly research oriented and involves fieldwork in remote locations where she investigates the political ecologies of forests, oil and water. Her video installations are exhibited at the International Art Biennials of Istanbul, Liverpool, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Gwangiu, Montreal, and in museums worldwide. In 2013 she had a solo exhibition at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k.. Biemann received the 2009 Swiss Grand Award Meret Oppenheim.