Sonja Bäumel works across various disciplines including art, design, fashion and biological practice. Sonja studied Fashion Design at the Fashion Institute of Vienna, and holds a Bachelor in Arts from the University of Arts of Linz, as well as a Master from the Design Academy Eindhoven. She is lecturing and giving workshops in various international institutions and universities. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Ars Electronica Center, Linz; Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei; Gwacheon National Science Museum; and ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe. She is co-founder of Dunbar’s Number collective, member of Pavillion35 collective based in Vienna, and of the WNDRLUST collective based in Amsterdam. Sonja currently teaches at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.