Nelly Dansen

Born in the Netherlands, 1998

MA, Artist’s Film and Moving Image, Goldsmiths University, London, UK, 2026

MA, Royal Academy of Art The Hague, NL, 2023

BA, Visual Design, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, NL, 2020

Contemporary Art History and Danish Cinema, University of Copenhagen, DK, 2018

(b.1998) performing under the alias NELLY DANSEN, Nelke Mast researches erotic capital, self-conceptualisation, and the deconstruction of contemporary & artistic identity in the forms of film, installation, image, and performance. Through the embodiment of NELLY DANSEN, Mast explores the boundaries of reality and fiction to captivate and critique the zeitgeist, using her alter ego as the primary tool for queer-feminist expression. Alongside the question “NELLY DANSEN: a GirlTM or a Concept?”, the Freudian Madonna vs. The Whore complex continues to be the red thread in her artistic practice. Lately, after performing “Smile, you’re on Camera”, her work questions surveillance capitalism

The artist has participated in international residencies at the PAF Performing Arts Forum in France, Fundaziun Nairs in Switzerland, and SIGN in Groningen. Her exhibitions and screenings have been hosted at Galerie de Schans, SEXYLAND WORLD, and the Chicago Underground Film Festival, among others.

Works

Good Cock Bad Cock
Good Cock Bad Cock , 2024

Still from film

Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels, 2022

Cover image for film