Mia Nägeli

musician/writer · vienna/basel · xoxo ❤︎

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Mia Nägeli works as a writer, musician and artist on pop, queer feminism, illness and trauma. She is a columnist for the Swiss magazine «Saiten» and part of the duo CAPSLOCK SUPERSTAR and the collective Dieter Meiers Rinderfarm. As an artist, she works with autotheory and de- and recontextualises the internet, pop and her own experience in text, film, installation and performance. As a musician, she has played around 150 concerts in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Czechia and released music on a multitude of labels. Her texts have appeared in various newspapers and magazines and she publishes her own artist books and zines. Mia Nägeli also works with installations and performances. She lives in Vienna and works in Vienna and Basel and is currently writing her debut novel.

(Most of my work is in German. A longer biography is available in German.)

Portrait of Mia Nägeli

Photo: Mia Nägeli, 2026. Portrait in print resolution.

Contact

Enquiries, love letters & commissions: mianaegeli00@gmail.com

Book CAPSLOCK SUPERSTAR: capslocksuperstar@capslocksuperstar.com

Instagram: @mia.7zip

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Works in English

  • A Spinnhaus of my Own (blog): Autotheoretical essay on rape, self-writing and Medusa. English translation of my text «I don't need a room of my own […]», originally published in Edition Gossip #2: Spinnen in April 2025.
  • oh, the places i've cried (zine): a sad girl's guide to Vienna – a collection of all the places I've cried during my first year in Vienna.
  • ur gender / is so cool / can i lick it? (fine arts): single-channel video loop playing on gender as something tangible, physical and fun through hardstyle, techno and pop culture references.