EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, RESIDENCIES
Sensorias
pamela varela
installation
Centro Cultural Clavijero, Morelia, MX, 11.26 - 02.27

Venus Affect
pamela varela & Marlot Meyer
  performance
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, 09.26

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, 09.26

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Lensvelt Gallery, Amsterdam, NL, 07.26

Circular
pamela varela, Daniela Huerta, Concepción Huerta
performance
Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, MX, 04.26

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
   Milan Design Week, BASE, Milan, IT, 07.26

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Hack the Promise Festival, Basel, CH, 10.25

Mutterland
pamela varela
installation and performance
Jahresausstellung AdBK, Nuremberg, DE, 07.25

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Jahresausstellung AdBK, Nuremberg, DE, 07.25

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Filmuis Cavia, Amsterdam, NL, 05.25

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Porn Film Festival, Athens, GR, 05.25

antichrist, a spring rite
pamela varela
happening
Casa Viva, Mexico City, MX, 04.25

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Cas-co, Leuven, BE, 03.25

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
   Porn Film Festival, Amsterdam, NL, 02.25

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
performance
Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, MX, 12.24

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Putópicas, Mexico City, MX, 12.24

re-c(O)unting II
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
residency
Putópicas, Mexico City, MX, 12.24

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Porn Film Festival, Berlin, DE, 10.24

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
SomoS, Berlin, DE, 10.24

Ωma
sWitches
performance
Monument Festival, Numedal, NO, 08.24

Sueño con Serpientes
pamela varela
performance
Jahresausstellung AdBK, Nuremberg, DE, 07.24

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Jahresausstellung AdBK, Nuremberg, DE, 07.24

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film
Post Porn Arts Fest, Warsaw, PL, 05.24

re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
research, film, installation, performance
BAD Award 2023, MU Eindhoven, NL, 12.23 - 03.24

ombra
pamela varela, Daniela Huerta
performance
Arkaoda, Berlin, DE, 09.23

Ωma
sWitches
performance
La Nature Festival, Vielsalm, BE, 06.23

Ωma
sWitches
performance
Synergy Festival, Amsterdam, NL, 06.23

Ωma
sWitches
performance
JOY Space, Berlin, DE, 06.23

Obscure Music
pamela varela, Daniela Huerta, Victoria Martínez
performance
Loophole, Berlin, DE, 11.22

Ωma
sWitches
performance
MU, Eindhoven, NL, 06.22

Ĭichti@
sWitches
installation, performance, cyber-performance
Muntgebouw, Utrecht, NL, 06-07.22

fl0wr@liå
sWitches
workshop, installation, performance
NEST, Den Haag, NL, 05-07.22

lunåticå
sWitches
installation, performance, cyber-performance
SIGN, Groningen, NL, 11-12.21

sīîren@
sWitches
performance
HÖR Berlin, DE, 11.21

transcendence - trance ‘n dance in ặnim@
pamela varela with sWitches
installation, performance
GOGBOT Festival at WARP, Enschede, NL, 09.21

body politics, body poetics
pamela varela
thesis display
The Hague Art Fair, The Hague, NL, 09.21

transcendence - trance ‘n dance in ặnim@
pamela varela with sWitches
installation, performance
Graduation Festival at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, 07.21
Online stream by TodaysArt

transcendence - trance ‘n dance
pamela varela
installation process
GreySpace, The Hague, NL, 12.20

1n1t1at10n
sWitches
performance
GreySpace, The Hague, NL, 12.19

Las de Juárez
pamela varela & Victoria Martínez
video performance
Boys Will Be Boys at Frauenzentrum, Berlin, DE, 07.19

Light Festival
pamela varela, ella hebendanz, Ines DeRu, Daan Jensen, Yegyeong Cha
design proposal
Lucitopia Rural Design Challenge, Jiangxi Province, CN, 05.19

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, 04.19

EDUCATIONMaster in Performative Practices - Live Art Forms
Academy of Fine Arts (AdBK), Nuremberg, DE
2023 - 2025 (graduated with honors)

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 (ETSAB - UPC), Barcelona, ES
2015 - 2017 (interrupted)

INTERNSHIPS & JOBSIndependent Artist / Creative Professional in Art and Technology
pamela varela (freelance)
09.21 - Present

Production Assistant and Technical Support for Media Art and Live Performance
Marco Donnarumma and Fronte Vacuo, Berlin, DE (intership)
09-12.21

Audiovisual Technician and Event Production Assistant
The Hague Humanity Hub, The Hague, NL (job)
09.20 - 09.21

Event Production Assistant
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL (job)
09.17 - 06.21

TEACHING & PRESENTATIONSThe Body Electric - one-week theoretical and practical workshop on body biosensors, wireless technologies, and media theory
pamela varela & Marlot Meyer
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, 09.26

expression vs. oppression: bodily acts of rebellion for performance art through electronic sensors - two-session theoretical and practical workshop on media art creation
pamela varela
La Colmena Tlaxcala, online, MX, 05-06.26

Ĭichti@ - presentation in conference
sWitches
Mesh Festival Conference, Basel, CH, 10.24

sWitches: embodying technofeminism, reclaiming science & transmitting magick - presentation to students
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, 11.23

re-c(O)unting I - artist talk
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
Art Laboratory, Berlin, DE, 06.24

Octopussyntric - presentation in conference and workshop
pamela varela, Corazón de Robota, Nicol Rivera, Flo Razoux
Matter of Flux Conference, Berlin, DE, 06.23

SYNergise with your ặnim@(l) - one-session hands-on workshop on DAWs and electronics for sound art
sWitches
De Studio, Antwerp, BE, 04.23

fl0wr@liå tECknO craft sessions - two-session hands-on workshop on DAWs and electronics for sound art
sWitches
instrument inventors initiative (iii), Den Haag, NL, 05.22

cyberfeminist artivism - presentation
sWitches
OT301, Amsterdam, NL, 10.21

SYNergise with your ặnim@(l) - one-session hands-on workshop on DAWs and electronics for sound art
sWitches
XRT immersive tech for arts & culture, Broei, Gent, BE, 09.21

transcendence - trance ‘n dance - presentation in conference and article in the proceedings
pamela varela
Politics of the Machines Conference, Berlin, DE, 09.21

Spirit Animals - series of creative workshops on animation for children
sWitches
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL, 10-11.19

COURSESAlgorithmic Bodies - TouchDesigner & the body
School of Machines, Berlin, DE / online
03-04.23

Dance Program
motion*s, Berlin, DE
09.22 - 02.23 (certified)

Unity for Artists
VJ Academy, Amsterdam, NL
11.18

Spatial Design and Visual Performance
SPEKTRUM, Berlin, DE
03.17

Digital Dance
Gibney Dance, NYC, US
01.17

Interactive Computing for Dance and Performing Arts
Hangar, Barcelona, ES
02.16

VOLUNTEERINGAwareness, Host
Transmediale Festival, Berlin, DE
02.23

Build Up, Host
CTM Festival, Berlin, DE
01-02.23

Light & Deco Team, Build Up & Break Down
Waking Life Festival, PT
08.18 & 08.22

Artist Service, Bar, Build Up, Host
Rewire Festival, The Hague, NL
04.18, 04.19 & 04.22

Web and Graphic Design
The Feminist Club, Amsterdam, NL
07-12.20

Artist Service, Bar, Build Up, Host
TodaysArt Festival, The Hague, NL
09.17, 09.18 & 09.19

Host
International Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL
01.18

Guide
48H Open House, Barcelona, ES
10.16

GRANTS & AWARDSVoucher Development
pamela varela
Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2026-2027

Development Grant for Sensorias
pamela varela
Jóvenes Creadores - Sistema Creación, MX
2025-2026

Film Prize for re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
Sonderpreises FILM & VIDEO 2025 - AdBK, DE
2025

Starting Grant for Venus Affect
pamela varela & Marlot Meyer
Digital Culture - Stimuleringsfonds, NL
2025-2026

Starting Grant for re-c(O)unting II
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
Digital Culture - Stimuleringsfonds, NL
2024-2026

Travel Grant for re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
Stimuleringsfonds, NL
2024

Nomination for Sueño con Serpientes
pamela varela
DAAD Prize - AdBK, DE
2024

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

Artist Study Scholarship for Master’s Degree
pamela varela
het Cultuurfonds, NL
2023-2024

Award for re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
BioArt & Design (BAD) Award, NL
2023-2024

Production Grant for Ĭichti@
sWitches
Digital Culture - Stimuleringsfonds, NL
2022

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

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

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

PUBLICATIONS & PODCASTS
re-c(O)unting I
pamela varela & ella hebendanz
film snippet
Body Sound Machine at Cifra by Marco Donnarumma
May 2025

Day 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
PRESSEx Teresa Arte Actual Comparte re-c(O)unting, conferencia-performance en torno al colonialismo y patriarcado
by Redacción INBAL
04.12.24

Kunstcollectief 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
15.12.23

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