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  • VITA

    lives and works in vienna, austria

    born in klagenfurt, carinthia

     

    2000 – current

    independent visual artist

     

    2010 – 2019

    video collaborator to pipilotti rist, zuerich

     

    2004 – 2006

    worked at videocompany.ch, switzerland

     

    1996 - 2000

    studied at the academy of fine arts vienna,

    ms michelangelo pistoletto, sculpture class

    graduated june 2000

     

    1994 - 1996

    extended stay abroad in new zealand

     

    1993 - 1994

    washington state university,

    ba in hotel & restaurant administration

     

    1991 - 1993

    international institute of tourism & management, krems

    diploma

     

    1981 - 1989

    brg viktring, university entrance level

  • COLLECTIONS

    land kärnten / county of carinthia

    helena ramsbacher private collection, vienna

    private collection rist, zurich

    land kärnten / county of carinthia

    bmukk / collection of austrian government

    land niederösterreich / county of lower austria

    museum of modern art carinthia

  • GRANTS

    2012

    grant of bmukk

     

    2010

    studio in kartause ittingen, switzerland

     

    2009

    yearly grant from county of carinthia

     

    2005

    studio at kartause ittingen, switzerland

  • SHOWS (selection)

    2022

    planned in october – solo show at bv-gallery carinthia

     

     

    2021

    bv-art ex 21

    alpen-adria-galerie, theaterplatz 3, 9020 klagenfurt

    3 fine art prints in wooden frame

     

    carmarthen bay film festival

    video-poem “details”

    poetic, day 3 - screening 1, 19 may 2021

     

    reelpoetry festival houston tx

    video-poem “details” with isabel walter (poem)

    screening official selections part2

     

    art magazine die bruecke

    featured my video-still “i will meet you on the other side".

    issue no. 22, feb 2021

     

     

    2020

    corona art - go digital

    due to lockdowns my works can be seen on instagram

     

    art magazine die bruecke

    featured my art work “my respect sigmund but fuck the penis envy! yours lili"

    issue no. 21, dec 2020

     

    bv art ex 20

    alpen-adria-galerie, theaterplatz 3, 9020 klagenfurt, carinthia

    titel: "wanderlust dk" -  3 framed photo prints

     

     

    2019

    lecture at unviversity of applied arts, institute of photography & time-based media maria ziegelböck, about video-art-installation and installing such for art shows

     

    anual exhibition bv-carinthia

    alpen-adria-gallery, theaterplatz 3, klagenfurt

    "sun projections 04-07"

     

    participation in exhibition risk everything at manifest destiny art gallery,

    carrer de la ciutat de granada 42, 08005 barcelona, spain

    with "lili the film"

     

    participation in poetry film festival vienna 2019 with the video "details" presenting a poem by isabel walter. category competition ii - austrian program

     

    precarium.at venezia  with panopticum - the austrian maze by brendan kronheim

    artspace morokutti, via garibaldi fondamenta san gioachin 490a, venezia

    participating video "mine!"

     

     

    2018

    who... is lili?

    a column by  david hebenstreit alias sir tralala about my artwork "lili" in “die brücke”, editon april / may 2018

     

    annual show bv-carinthia

    alpen-adria-galerie, theaterplatz 3, 9020 klagenfurt

    titel: "sonnenprojektion 01 - 03"

     

    2017

    gallery labor cologne, germany, nova germania - panopticum by brendan kronheim

    presentation of video mine!

     

    artist in residence at zitrone, presentation video-poems volume1

     

    musikforum viktring, kellertheater stift viktring

    videos: lili the film / facelifting / about spiders and other things

     

     

    2016

    feminist filmprogram at f*raum, mattengasse 27, 8005 zurich

    video presentation endometriose

     

     

    2015

    presentation of new lili- my respect sigmund, but fuck the penis envy

    at studio sikoronja, vienna

     

    collage vital of femlink, video i will meet you on the other side

    galleria huuto, helsinki, finnland

    mamia bretesche gallery, paris

     

    group show kunst-stücke at dock, klybeckstrasse 29, 4005 basel

    the lili kiss

     

     

    2014

    queerograd festival graz

    screening by artfem.tv, participated with video endometriose

     

    solo show lili intensive

    ausstellungsraum.at

     

    exhibition weibsbilder –ženske,
    gallery šikoronja, rosegg, carinthia

     

    exhibition in between frames judith lava/ micaluxe / monsterfrau
    videoart.sculptures.drawings.performance.electronical music

    kunstraum 16th - projectspace of gallery kro art

     

     

    2013

    exhibition heuriges 013 wien – berlin

    recent art works by 100 artists from vienna and berlin

    ausstellungsraum.at, vienna and kunsthalle m3 mengerzeile berlin

     

    heider - lava

    with caroline heider at the cultural center czernowitz, ukraine

    titel lili goes east

     

    "i will meet you on the other side "

    part of video collage "vital" by femlink

    at centre for contemporary art, poland, warsaw ujazdowski castle - kino-lab

     

     

    2012

    grant by the bmukk to work on the development of lili in zurich

     

    "i will meet you on the other side"

    part of video collage "vital" by femlink

    my video was shown at -

    20. nov 2012 montaigne theatre, lebanon, istikshaf

    9. - 16. may 2012 and 6. - 13.6. 2012 - mexico, mexico city, casa talavera

     

    endometriose, über spinnen und andere dinge und verbotene fürchte online bei artfem.tv

     

     

    2011

    kinodvor cinema, ljubljana, slovenia, presentation of "lili the film" at animateka, 8thinternational animation film festival, for the "eastern and central european panorama program"

     

    "heroic sovereign" by staatsaffaire / lena wicke-aengenheyster at wuk vienna, participation in lara croft burka fashion show

     

    künstlerhaus vienna, group exhibition "den blick öffnen", curated by ina loitzl & tanja prušnik; installation "home, sweet home"

    kro art gallery, getreidemarkt, vienna

     

    group exhibition "den blick öffnen – open your mind", cooperation/parallel exhibition at künstlerhaus vienna.

     

     

    2010

    design of carinthian tourism award 2010, klagenfurt

    sculpture, with michael roland koecher

     

    galerie vor ort, vienna

    video screening with ina loitzl

     

     

    2009

    "plug-in" projekt, gilbert aulinger architektur

    video: "hot-plug" with michael roland koecher, karmeliterplatz, vienna

     

    k3 international short film festival, villach

    video: "face lifting"

     

    grundstein "the beggar's opera" group exhibition by masc

    foundation, installation with kontiki, grundsteingasse vienna

     

    "den blick öffnen", curated by ina loitzl & tanja prušnik

    europahaus, klagenfurt

    video: "be careful!"

     

     

    2008

    month of photography, gallery area53, vienna

    group exhibition "land – island – dreamland"

    photo series & video "endometriose"

     

    kunstraum rauchsalon, joanelli, vienna

    "heuriges 08"

     

    biennale liverpool, england

    with god's entertainment, took part in performance, "love club", also in july 2008 at brut, vienna & sep 2009 in wuk, vienna

     

    diamant, independent space for sculpture, gumpendorferstr. vienna with karin sulimma, "how to do things with objects"

     

    eckdaten, curated by richi klammer

    theatercafe klagenfurt

    "lili, queen of carinthia / koroška kraljica / königin von kärnten"

     

    area53, vienna

    solo exhibition, "lili, philosophie & verbotene früchte"

    video installations & objects

     

     

    2007

    landesmuseum st. pölten

    lange nacht der museen, installation: "das netz"

     

    gallery area 53, vienna

    group exhibition: "künstler auf landpartie 2", niederösterreich

     

    ragnarhof, vienna

    group exhibition: "der zerissene vorhang"

    video: "die kleine philosophie der langeweile"

     

     

    2006

    museum modern art carinthia

    blickwechsel nø 3, from the collection

    video: "über spinnen und andere dinge"

     

    schloss harbach, klagenfurt

    for the project solysombra "bewegung wird gestalt"

    group exhibition: "das harbachprojekt"

    video installation: "verbotene früchte" (forbidden fruits)

     

     

    2005

    area 53, vienna

    group exhibtion: "weibliche positionen zur skulptur"

    documentary dvd & model of spider web

     

    künstlerhaus klagenfurt / kunstverein kärnten

    group exhibition: "coming out, real.thing"

    curated by ulli sturm and renata sikoronja

    video installation & object: "über spinnen und andere dinge"

    ( "about spiders and other things")

     

     

    2004

    museum modern art carinthia, burgkapelle

    video installation: "himmel auf erden" ("heaven on earth")

    for the exhibition "blickwechsel"

     

     

    2002 – 2006

    "kuratel", experimental film with the art group t.a.s.c. vienna:

    2006 mak nite, 7.3.2006, "globiaward06"

    2005 "update" – künstlerhaus vienna

    2004 "ja, die jury", depot vienna

    "artjudementshow" – "exit04", vienna

    "vdo projects" – k.i.m., bangkok, thailand

    2003 "zugluft", kunst zürich, switzerland

    2002 "suspense", kunsthalle 8, kunstbuero vienna

    preview, institute für zeitgeschichte, vienna

     

     

    2002

    differenti sensazioni 15, stalker teatro, biella, italy

    performance: "irrlicht" ("ghost light")

     

    bv-kärnten exhibition in heft, carinthiavideo installation: "walking on different grounds"

     

    sesto senso, bologna, italy

    group exhibition: "yourself"

    title: "j.l.", photocopy, self-portrait

     

     

    2001

    participation in journal_01 from www.collabor.at

    title: "sweet dream", video

    internet, exhibition at kunstbuero, schadekg., vienna

     

    cadavre exquis at wienstation bogen

    collaboration with songül boyraz, video

     

     

    2000

    künstlerhauspassage

    performance: "weihnachtsschmaus" ("x-mas dinner")

     

    festival internazionale delle arti, differenti sensazioni 13,

    stalker teatro, cittadellarte pistoletto foundation, biella

    title: "levels of existence", multimedia performanceoct 2000

     

    kulturkarawane - exhibition "im bilde?"

    university of klagenfurt

    title: "mein/e/r/s", ("mine"), video

     

    diploma exhibition, academy of fine arts vienna

    room installation, projection, & stone

    title: "ground level 0l0"

     

     

    1999

    fourth international video summit, videomedeja in novisad,

    curator: biljana tomic

    title: "wasser" ("water") & "walking on different grounds", video

     

    generali foundation vitrine, cafè im habig hof, vienna

    video installation: "walking on different grounds"

     

    cittadellarte, pistoletto foundation, biella, italien

    artist in residence

    group exhibition: "progetto arte – incontri"

    title: "clothing an object", objects & fabric,

     

    performance "la città dentro", stalker teatro