Biografie
Since 2021, Nicole Frei has been a teaching assistant in the MA program Transdisciplinary Studies in the Arts at ZHdK. Among other things, she is co-teaching in labs, seminars or project weeks such as Learning from Succulents (HS25), The hard work of resting (HS25), Chronopolitics (FS25), Werkgespräche (FS25/FS22), Sensing the Sensible (HS24), Weaving digital sustainable future stories (HS24), A way to bear witness to a self (FS24), Vessels–Gefässe (HS23), Sensory Ethnography (HS22) and annually in the Introduction seminar.
She holds a Master of Arts in Fashion Design from the Academy of Art and Design Basel and a BA in Theatre with a focus on scenography from ZHdK. Her work has been recognized with awards and residencies for example from the Aargauer Kuratorium, Pro Helvetia Shanghai or being a finalist at the Swiss Design Awards.
She was also representing mid-level academic staff within the department DKV from 2022-2025.