EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONSre-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Putópicas, Mexico City, MX, Dec 2024 (upcoming)

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
performance
Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, MX, Dec 2024 (upcoming)

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Porn Film Festival, Berlin, DE, Oct 2024

Ĭichti@
sWitches
presentation
Mesh Festival Conference, Basel, CH, Oct 2024

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Casting a Spell in Computational Regimes at SomoS, Berlin, DE, Oct 2024

Ωma
sWitches
performance
Monument Festival, Numedal, NO, Aug 2024

Sueño con Serpientes
pamela varela
performance
Jahresausstellung AdBK, Nuremberg, DE, Jul 2024

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
artist talk
Art Laboratory, Berlin, DE, Jun 2024

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Post Porn Arts Fest, Warsaw, PL, Jun 2024

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
research, film, installation, performance
MU Eindhoven - BAD Award - VU Amsterdam, NL, Jul 2023 - Mar 2024

Ωma
sWitches
performance
La Nature Festival, Vielsalm, BE, Jun 2023

Ωma
sWitches
performance
Synergy Festival, Amsterdam, NL, Jun 2023

Ωma
sWitches
performance
JOY Space, Berlin, DE, Jun 2023

Octopussyntric
pamela varela, Corazón de Robota, Nicol Rivera, Flo Razoux
workshop, performance
Matter of Flux, Art Laboratory, Berlin, DE, Jun 2023

SYNergise with your ặnim@(l)
sWitches
workshop
Queer-Future-Thinking at De Studio, Antwerp, BE, Apr 2023

Ωma
sWitches
performance
STONEORGY by Venus Jasper at MU, Eindhoven, NL, Jun 2022

Ĭichti@
sWitches
installation, performance, cyber-performance
COME ALIVE at Muntgebouw, Utrecht, NL / online, Jun - Jul 2022

fl0wr@liå
sWitches
workshop, installation, performance
every moment a junction at NEST, Den Haag, NL, May - Jul 2022

fl0wr@liå tECknO craft sessions
sWitches
workshop
instrument inventors initiative (iii), Den Haag, NL, May 2022

lunåticå
sWitches
installation, performance, cyber-performance
JAM-POD at SIGN, Groningen, NL / online, Nov - Dec 2021

sīîren@
sWitches
performance
Fluid Festival Showcase at HÖR Berlin, DE / online, Nov 2021

cyberfeminist artivism
sWitches
presentation
Gira Zapatista at OT301, Amsterdam, NL / online, Oct 2021

SYNergise with your ặnim@(l)
sWitches
workshop
XRT immersive tech for arts & culture, Broei, Gent, BE, Sep 2021

transcendence - trance ‘n dance
pamela varela
presentation and article
Politics of the Machines Conference, Berlin, DE, Sep 2021

transcendence - trance ‘n dance
pamela varela
installation, performance
GOGBOT Festival at WARP, Enschede, NL, Sep 2021

ặnim@
sWitches
installation, performance
GOGBOT Festival at WARP, Enschede, NL, Sep 2021

body politics, body poetics
pamela varela
thesis display
The Hague Art Fair, The Hague, NL, Sep 2021

transcendence - trance ‘n dance
pamela varela
installation, performance
Graduation Festival at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, Jul 2021
Online stream by TodaysArt

ặnim@
sWitches
installation, performance
Graduation Festival at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, Jul 2021
Online stream by TodaysArt

transcendence - trance ‘n dance
pamela varela
installation
Last Lab at GreySpace, The Hague, NL, Dec 2020

1n1t1at10n
sWitches
performance
Life After the Warm Up at GreySpace, The Hague, NL, Dec 2019

Spirit Animals
sWitches
series of workshops for high school students
School voor Jong Talent at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, Oct - Nov 2019

Las de Juárez
pamela varela & Victoria Martínez
video performance
Boys Will Be Boys at Frauenzentrum, Berlin, DE, Jul 2019

Fountain for Playground
pamela varela, Melissa Carnemolla, Marco-Augusto Basso
spatial design
Platforms for Homo Ludens at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, Jun 2019

Light Festival
pamela varela, ella hebendanz, Ines DeRu, Daan Jensen, Yegyeong Cha
design proposal
Lucitopia Rural Design Challenge, Jiangxi Province, CN, May 2019

EGO / EC(H)O
pamela varela, maarten keus, vladimir vidanovski, cindy giron, ilya doreanu
mixed-media opera
A Paradise Built in Hell at Korzo Theater, The Hague, NL, Apr 2019

EDUCATION
Master in Performative Practices - Live Art Forms
Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, DE
2023 - 2025 (current)

Bachelor in Interactive / Media / Design
Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, NL
2017 - 2021 (graduated with honors)

Bachelor in Architecture
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, ES
2015 - 2017 (interrupted)

Bachelor in Architectural Engineering
National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, MX
2014 - 2015 (interrupted)

High School Diplomas
I. Escuela Nacional Preparatoria - UNAM, MX
Area I - Physics, Mathematics, Engineering
II. International Baccalaureate (IB)
High Level - Spanish A, English B, Philosophy
Standard Level - Mathematics, Biology, History
2010 - 2013
INTERNSHIPSElectronic Wearables and Performance
Studio Marco Donnarumma and Fronte Vacuo, Berlin, DE
Oct - Dec 2021
COURSESAlgorithmic Bodies - TouchDesigner & the body
School of Machines, Berlin, DE / online
Mar - Apr 2023

Dance Program
motion*s, Berlin, DE
Sep 2022 - Feb 2023 (certified)

Teaching Spanish as a foreign language
ELE Internacional, online
Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 (certified)

Unity for Artists
VJ Academy, Amsterdam, NL
Nov 2018

Spatial Design and Visual Performance
SPEKTRUM, Berlin, DE
Mar 2017

Digital Dance
Gibney Dance, NYC, US
Jan 2017

Interactive Computing for Dance and Performing Arts
Hangar, Barcelona, ES
Feb 2016
RESIDENCIES
re-c(O)unting II
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Putópicas, Mexico City, MX, Dec 2024 (upcoming)
VOLUNTEERING Awareness, Host
Transmediale Festival, Berlin, DE
Feb 2023
Build Up, Host
CTM Festival, Berlin, DE
Jan - Feb 2023
Light & Deco Team, Build Up & Break Down
Waking Life Festival, PT
Aug 2019 & 2022
Artist Service, Bar, Build Up, Host
Rewire Festival, The Hague, NL
Apr 2018, 2019 & 2022
Web and Graphic Design
The Feminist Club, Amsterdam, NL
Jul - Dec 2020
Artist Service, Bar, Build Up, Host
TodaysArt Festival, The Hague, NL
Sep 2017, 2018 & 2019
Host
International Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL
Jan 2018
Guide
48H Open House, Barcelona, ES
Oct 2016
JOBSEvent Technician
The Hague Humanity Hub, The Hague, NL
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021

+ countless bars/restaurants & some freelance editing/translation, media/design, modeling/performance & exhibition/festival construction :)

GRANTS & AWARDSTravel Grant
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
Stimuleringsfonds, NL
2024

Documentation Grant (which paid for this website! :) )
pamela varela
Stroom Den Haag, NL
2024

Scholarship
pamela varela
het Cultuurfonds, NL
2023

Award
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
BioArt & Design (BAD) Award, NL
2023

Production Grant
sWitches
Digital Culture Grant Scheme
Stimuleringsfonds, NL
2022

Honorable Mention
sWitches
Young Blood Award
GOGBOT Festival, Enschede, NL
2021

Honorable Mention
pamela varela
Bachelor Thesis Award
Royal Academy of Art The Hague, NL
2021

Nomination
sWitches
Department Prize Interactive/Media/Design
Royal Academy of Art The Hague, NL
2021

Graduating Art-Student Loan
pamela varela
Fonds Kwadraat, NL
2020
PUBLICATIONS & PODCASTSDay 18, 21 Days Self - Pleasure Calendar Vol. II
sWitches
podcast episode
Skinship Berlin
Dec 2022

transcendence - trance ‘n dance
pamela varela
article in proceedings
Politics of the Machines Conference Berlin
Sep 2021

ManifestX
sWitches
poem in zine
KABK Wxtchcraft Studium Generale
Dec 2021

Witchcraft & Technological Reappropriation
sWitches
podcast episode
Black Brick Podcast
Dec 2021

ặnim@
sWitches
podcast episode
Mushroom Radio
Jul 2021

body politics, body poetics
pamela varela
bachelor thesis
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Jul 2021

body politics, body poetics
pamela varela
online articles
The Feminist Club Amsterdam
Jan 2021-Apr 2022
PRESSKunstcollectief sWitches: ‘We moeten technologie hacken om er zeggenschap over terug te krijgen’
by Kaat van Spaendonck in Red Pers
17.02.24

Meet the BAD Awards winners of 2023
by Redactie in Next Nature
2023

ella hebendanz, pamela varela & Joris Koene - rec(O)unting
by BAD Award & MU Hybrid Art House
2023
Tentoonstelling in Nest: ‘every moment a junction’
by Redactie in Konkreet Nieuws
08.05.22

KABK Graduation Show: The Female Gaze cannot be overlooked
by Dagmar Foest in Jegens & Tevens
12.07.21