Thea Moeller
Thea Moeller is a sculptor living and working in Vienna. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2014, after earlier studies in Nuremberg. She has received several residencies and fellowships, including the Lenikus Studio Grant (Vienna, 2014), the MAK Schindler Scholarship (Los Angeles, 2015/16), and the OOE Artist and Scientist in Residence Program at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Rome (2022).
Her work has been shown in solo and duo exhibitions at venues such as Wonnerth Dejaco and Stiege 13 in Vienna, Martinetz in Cologne, Deborah Schamoni in Munich, and Venice 6114 in Los Angeles. She has also participated in group exhibitions at the Basel Social Club, Salzburger Kunstverein, Center for Contemporary Art Tbilisi, OK Linz, and others.
Moeller occasionally teaches and curates. From 2012–19, she co-directed the artist-run space Ve.Sch, and initiated annual group exhibitions in unique locations, including in Vienna and Los Angeles. Additional projects emerged during her teaching at the University of Art and Design Linz (2017–2023).
Her practice, both sculptural and curatorial, often begins with loosely assembled materials. Drawing on references from everyday architecture, suburban spaces, and industrial design, her work explores disorder as a method—where the first attempt might just be the final one.
EDUCATION
2014
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Vienna, Austria
JURY
Elke Delugan-Meissl
Christian Höller
Marko Lulic
Kimberli Meyer
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Phillip Van den Bossche
FINAL PROJECT
