Kirsten Palz  (born 1971 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Lives and works in Berlin) is a Berlin-based conceptual artist and educator, trained in Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts, New York (1994–98), and Computer Science at ITUniversity Copenhagen (1999–2003). Palz interweaves art, technology, language, and ecological critique. Her multidisciplinary practice — collected under the heading “Sculpture as Writing” — blends performance, video, installation, text, generative music, linguistic and structural form, programming, data-mining, and AI-driven media to explore aesthetics, environments, and ecological loss. Her work addresses pressing global issues such as climate change, species extinction, the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, destructive consumption patterns, and the accelerated degradation of Earth's ecosystems. Palz’s practice integrates conceptual methodologies with interdisciplinary approaches, research-driven processes, and new technologies. Her methods include self-written texts, the use of AI, pop-cultural aesthetics, and scientific research methodologies, including research into data from institutional libraries and private companies, to create knowledge-based works. These are collected in Palz’s Chronicle of Extinction archive, which centres on themes of climate change and the destruction of biodiversity. 

Selected recent solo exhibition include: Pavillon Milchhof, Berlin, Germany (2024); Four Boxes, Krabbesholm, (Denmark) (2024); Changing Room, Berlin, Germany (2022, 2020, 2019); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Gemany (2022); Spor Küblü, Berlin, Germany (2020); SCHARAUN, Siemensstadt, Berlin, Germany (2019); Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2018); Botschaft, Berlin, Germany (2017); The National Museum, Berlin, Germany (2016); Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin, Germany (2015); Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany (2015); MOMENTUM, Berlin, Germany (2015); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2014); and many others.

Recent selected group exhibitions include: The National Museum, Berlin, Germany (2025, 2023); Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany (2024, 2019, 2018, 2016); Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University, Michigan, USA (2023); LAGOS, Mexico City, Mexico (2023); Irenic Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA (2022); Stadtraum, Berlin, Germany (2021); MOMENTUM, Berlin, Germany (2021); Zionskirche, Berlin, Germany (2021); Tokyo Wondersite, Tokyo, Japan (2016); Tete, Berlin, Germany (2016); BarBabette, Berlin, Germany (2015); Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015); Month of Performance Art, MOMENTUM, Berlin, Germany (2015); Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany (2014), among many others.