Cornelia Sollfrank

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Cornelia Sollfrank

Born	1960
Nationality	German
Field	Internet Art, Cyberfeminist, Hacker
Training	Academy of Fine Arts Munich, University for screen end of arts in Hamburg

Cornelia Sollfrank (born 1960, in Feilershammer, Germany) is an artist who pioneered into the digital realm and Cyberfeminism in the 1990s.

[edit] Life and work

In 1997 she participated in a net art competition titled Extension organized by the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hemburg Art Museum in Germany. Her Work titled "Female Extension" was linked to Cyberfeminism and was aimed to prove that male artists where favored in this genre.

Cornelia Sollfrank founded the organization Old Boys Network (OBN) along with artist groups 'frauen-und-technik' (Woman and Technique) and '-Innen' (Inside). OBN published 'First Cyberfeminist International’ in 1998 followed by ‘next Cyberfeminist International’ in 1999. "Women Hackers" was an essay written to raise awareness about hackers and to the fact that there where no Female hackers at that time.

In 2004 Cornelia Sollfrank's monograph titled "net.art generator" was published by Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg Sollfrank, Cornelia (2004). net.art generator. Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg.. ISBN 3936711305.