Herma Auguste Wittstock (born 1977 in Peine, Germany) is a German performance artist. She lives in Berlin. Wittstock has been compared to Marina Abramović in including pain and body exploitation in her work.[1]
Wittstock studied Fine Arts at Braunschweig University of Art from 1999 to 2004 with professors Mara Mattuschka, performance artist Marina Abramović and film maker Birgit Hein. She is a member of Independent Performance Group (IPG).
Among Wittstock's performances is Counting, previously Counting Lesson, which involves counting of hairs on a person's head.[2]