yon natalie mik

Yon Natalie Mik (Berlin/Seoul) is an artist and dancer whose practice investigates social systems and movement data cultures through live performance, video performance, sculpture and poetry. Her practice is grounded in feminist research, non-extractive fieldwork, and movement-based speculative fiction. She often zooms in on a single gesture, posture, or movement, treating these as an embodied lens and archive of political data and cultural information. She is especially interested in issues of intimate labor, ghost work, ancestral healing, epistemic violence, women in migration networks, and the entanglements of race and disability. She enjoys working across diverse environments, including public spaces, schools, and art institutions. Currently, she is teaching Contemporary Dance at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul.

Yon Natalie Mik co-founded The Invisible Archive (TIA) in 2019, a multi-authored archive and independent publication project that explores the intersection of art and activism through the lens of performativity and embodiment. TIA is self-organized and produced collaboratively with other artists, researchers, and activists. Her Ph.D. project titled Choreography of the Ghost - Dancing Resistance and Transcultural Archives was awarded summa cum laude, and was developed as part of the research training group Normativity, Critique, Change at the Free University of Berlin and funded by the German Research Foundation.

Mik has performed and exhibited at international venues including the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (2025), forever gallery, Seoul (2024); Momuro Salon, Seoul (2024); Miss Read Talks, Berlin (2024); Pirelli Hangar Bicocca (2022); Project Space Festival, Berlin (2022); Arts at Blue Roof, Los Angeles (2022); Ifa Gallerie, Berlin (2021); Slavs and Tartar/Pickle Bar, Berlin (2021); Torrance Art Museum (2021); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2019); Performing Arts Festival Berlin (2019).

She was awarded fellowships and residencies by the Bâtard Festival (2026), Taipei Performing Arts Center (2024), esea contemporary (2024), Akademie Schloss Solitude (2023-24), and the German Research Foundation (2021-25). She held guest professorships and delivered lectures at various institutions including the Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem (2024); State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (2023); Korea National University of Arts, Seoul (2023/2025/2026), Oktoberdans International Dance Festival, Bergen (2022); Gesellschaft für Theaterwissenschaften (GTW) Kongress, Berlin (2022); and Freie Universität Berlin (2021).