Benjamin Hirte

Group XXXVI, 2013
FINE ARTS

www.benjaminhirte.de

Born 1980 in Aschaffenburg, Germany
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (class of Heimo Zobernig), Vienna, Austria

Solo Exhibitions

2014
- Christian Andersen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2013
- Frieze Art Fair London, Galerie Emanuel Layr, London, UK
- "noDs Ts, Benjamin Hirte & Marie Lund," works sited, Los Angeles, USA
- Performance with Signe Ross, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria

2012
- "the classic mob ballet," MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
- "A to K," Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna, Austria
- "Liste 17," presented by Gallery Emanuel Layr, Basel, Switzerland

2011
- "the hello and, one night exhibition," Am Bauernmarkt, Vienna, Austria

2010
- "vom Zweifel und der Prahlerei / on doubt and bragging," Artist lecture series, Ventilazione, Vienna, Austria
- "cucuh," Kunstraum Ve.sch, Vienna, Austria
- "der Faden / the thread, Speak an Spell," with Rita Vitorelli, Vienna Art Week, Coco-Bar, Vienna, Austria
- "despite straight lines," with Ute Mueller, Schloss Hollenburg, Krems, Austria
- "das lange ich," Kornhaeuschen, Cologne, Germany

2009
- Demonstrationsraum, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, with Sara Deraedt
- "head back level, eyes front - pause," Galerie Schnittraum, Cologne, Germany

2008
- Teuscher Fenger, bell street project space, Vienna, Austria

2007
"Luegen," with Christoph Meier, Vienna, Austria

Group Exhibitions

2013
- "Benjamin Hirte, Marie Lund, Rolf Nowotny," Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, USA

- "Post-Body Projections. Dora & Maja, Benjamin Hirte, Signe Ross," 0gms Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2012
- "Die Sammlung #2," 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
- "100 Best Posters #11," MAK, Vienna, Austria
- "A wavy line is drawn across the middle of the original plans," Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

- Groupshow curated by Benjamin Hirte and Liudvikas Buklys, Raum DREI, Cologne, Germany

2011
- "No day without a temperament," curated by Benjamin Hirte, Gallery Layr, Vienna, Austria
- "der lange Loeffel on Fruits," Flowers and Clouds, a magazine edited by Benjamin Hirte and Rita Vitorelli
- "Wallpaperism," Motel Campo, Geneva, Italy
- "Ruhmlose Tage," COCO (Contemporary Concerns) Kunstverein, Vienna, Austria
- Contribution to Hate Magazine, Berlin, Germany

2010
- "Jabberwocky," Frappant, Hamburg, Germany
- "Wuff," Spike Art Magazine and Kunstverein Coco, Kurische Nehrung, Lithuania

2009
- "Trial," Austrian Cultural Forum, Prague, Czechia
- "trick of the light," curated by Marita Fraser, MOP-Gallery, Sidney
- "Michael Phelps," exhibition project with Lone Haugaard Madsen / Niklas Lichti / Till Megerle, Kunstraum Ve.sch, Vienna, Austria

2008
- "Mittwochsbar," Svenja Deininger / Benjamin Hirte / Nick Oberthaler, Vienna, Austria

2007
- "Bye, Bye, Acapulco, Acapulco," Duesseldorf, Germany

JURY

Jennifer Allen
Markus Miessen
Joanna Mytkowska
Heimo Zobernig
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Katrin Hornek

Group XXXVI, 2013
FINE ARTS

www.katrinhornek.com

Born 1983 in Vienna, Austria
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Art, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark

Solo Exhibitions

2012
- "Moving pics against a background," Saprophyt, Vienna, Austria

2011
- Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Dolores, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- RMIT, School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2009
- "Die Weite ist nicht fern," Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria

2008
- "May I introduce myself," Basis, Frankfurt, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2012
- "A sense of place," Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria
- "forest garden, breakfast tea," IG bildende Kunst, Vienna
- "(No) Standing Anytime," curated by zweintopf, Austria
- "Hotel Ananas," Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria

2011
- "Bare House. Ulaanbaatar," Zanabazar Fine Arts Museum, Mongolia
- "Good prospects," Austrian Cultural Forum, special projects program, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2010
- "Sweet Anticipation," Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria
- "hallo honig, ich bin ZU HAUSE," Galerie altes Herrenhaus, Austria
- "The Willows," Crawford Art Gallery Cork, Ireland
- "Is there any Hope for an Optimistic Art? Qui vive?" 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Russia
- "Bare House," Pori Art Museum, Finland

2009
- "Postalternativ," Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria
- "Spotlights," Museum of Modern Art Salzburg, Austria
- "Crossbreeds," Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
- "UnORTnung," Ankerbrot Factory, Vienna, Austria

2008
- "Konfusion," das weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria
- "Kleinstes Gemeinsames Vielfaches," Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
- "Archive in Residence 2," UNA Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
- "Archive in Residence 1," VBK…, Vienna, Austria

2007
- "Gold, Armut war gestern," Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria

2006
- "... und so hat Konzept noch nie Pferd bedeutet," Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
- "views from inside," Betonsalon MuseumsQuartier MQ, Vienna, Austria

2005
- "all night long," Galerie König, Vienna, Austria

Art in Public Space

2013
- "Wild, Wild West," Hotel Charleroi, Belgium

2011
- "Camp NOSW," Klein Pöchlarn, public art Lower Austria, Austria
- "The grass is always greener," KUNSTZELLE, WUK, Vienna, Austria

Film Screenings

2011
"Safe European Home?," Az W, Vienna, Austria

2010
- "Souper-ProjectionN," Dazibao, Montreal, Canada

2007
"Ladyfest," Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
- "Made in Video," Special Mention, Copenhagen, Denmark
- "Microstories Austria," MAK, Vienna, Austria
- "Frauen Film Fest," Linz, Austria

Awards

2012
- artist award, Lower Austria

2009
- stipend within the „Förderpreis," bm:ukk

2008
- one year working grant: Academy of Fine Arts / BMWF
- Pfann-Ohmann-Group-Award

2009-2012
- project grants bm:ukk, MA7, Lower Austria

JURY

Jennifer Allen
Markus Miessen
Joanna Mytkowska
Heimo Zobernig
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Anahita Razmi

Group XXXVI, 2013
FINE ARTS

www.anahitarazmi.de

Born 1981 in Hamburg, Germany
Lives in Stuttgart, Germany

Education

Art, Akademie fuer Bildende Kuenste, Stuttgart, Germany
Art & Media Arts, Pratt Institute, New York, United States
Media Arts, Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2013
- "Swing State," Kunstverein Hannover
- "Automatic Assembly Actions," Carbon12 Dubai

2012
- "Frischzelle_17," Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

2011
"Make – Believe – Remake," Kunstverein Friedrichshafen

2010
-"Ikeallahu Akbar," Interventionsraum, Stuttgart
-"Strange Relations," Kert Galeria, Szolnok
-"Robberies“, Portiersloge, Kunstverein „das weisse haus," Vienna

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013
- "Right Brain Problems," Heidelberger Kunstverein
- "Present Tense Future Perfect," FELDBUSCHWIESNER, Berlin

2012
- Videonale 13 on Tour, Izolyatsia, Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Donetsk, Ukraine
- Zeppelin Universitaet artsprogram, Friedrichshafen
- "Festival Internacional de Cine," Casa del Cuno, Costa Rica
- "Forward / Vorwaerts," Carbon 12 Dubai @ Q Contemporary, Beirut
- "Bucharest Biennale 5: Tactics for the Here and Now," Bucharest, Romania
- "Jahresgaben," Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna
- "Neue Klasse," Wiensowski&Harbord;, Berlin
- "Life is Too Short," Salsali Private Museum, Dubai
- "Best Of Best Of Best of," Asociaci—n Libre, Mexico City
- "Art Dubai Performance Night," Fort Island, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

2011
- "Iran via Video Current," Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA
- "Videonale on Tour," National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
- "Tausendundeine Heimat," Landesvertretung Niedersachsen, Berlin, Germany
- „Roof Piece Tehran," Emdash Award / Frieze Art Fair 2011
- "The State: Social / Antisocial?," Traffic, Dubai
- "A History out of Context," Promenade Gallery, Vlore, Albania
- "Produced@," Edith-Russ-Haus fuer Medienkunst, Oldenburg
- "Division by Zero," Carbon12 Dubai
- "Wie geht's dir, Stuttgart? / Stuttgart, How are you doing?," Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
- Videonale 13, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
- Ausstellungsraum Regenbogen, Utopia Parkway, Stuttgart, Germany
- "Best Of Best Of Best Of," Video Group Screening Show, Berlin, Germany

2010
- "SIN!," Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, USA
- Kunstfilmtag 10, Theatersaal des Kuenstlerverein Malkasten, Duesseldorf, Germany
- "Das Ding," G.A.S.-Station, Berlin, Germany
- "Leinen Los!," Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
- 20. Internationales Videofestival Bochum, Germany
- "Crosstalk Video Arts Festival," Budapest, Hungary
- "Signal & Noise,“ Media Arts Festival, Vancouver, Canada
- "Plattform No-Budget," Shedhalle, Tuebingen, Germany
- "If love is an Ice-Cream," Flat 1, Vienna, Austria

2009
- "It Has Happened," TPTP Project Space, Paris, France
- Temporary Museum of Subjective Histories, Tehran-Berlin, 1979–2009, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin, Germany
- "Autobiographics," Atelier Wilhelmstrasse 16, Stuttgart, Germany
- "Uebermorgenkuenstler," Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
- Maerkisches Stipendium fuer Bildende Kunst/Videokunst, Staedtische Galerie Iserlohn, Germany
- One Minute International Film & Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland
- "Summer Reading“, Invisible Exports, NYC, USA
- "Krautschneider“, Galerie Lisi Haemmerle, Bregenz, Austria
- "A Wall is a Screen“, Frauenfilmfestival, Dortmund/Cologne, Germany
- "Saar Ferngas Foerderpreis Junge Kunst, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- "Broken Tales", Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
- "America's Next Topmodel“, Klasse Christian Jankowski, Berlin, Germany
- Saar Ferngas Foerderpreis Junge Kunst, Galerie Schlassgoart, Luxembourg

2008
- Saar Ferngas Foerderpreis Junge Kunst, Stadtgalerie Saarbruecken, Germany
- GVS Foerderpreis Junge Kuenstler, Stuttgart, Germany
- "Last Rites," Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- Saar Ferngas Foerderpreis Junge Kunst, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany
- "Young at Art," Galerie SEE 301, Kooperation ZHDK, Zuerich, Switzerland
- "White Night Film," 51 Stufen, Flensburg, Germany
- "Iceberg enters Obelisk," Whitechapel Gallery, London, GB
- Schaewelpreis fuer kuenstlerische Fotografie, Ausstellungsraum, AbK Stuttgart, Germany
- "Relocating Absence," Elevator Gallery, London, GB
- „Kunstspiel“, Kunstbezirk, Galerie Gustav-Siegle-Haus, Stuttgart, Germany
- "FEX Medienkunstnacht," Lange Nacht der Museen, Stuttgart, Germany
- „AP246," agent-provocateur.ch
- „Testbild," Gesamtausstellung, AbK Stuttgart, Germany

2007
- „Two Days Only," "Fruit & Flower Deli" Gallery, New York, USA
- „takt 9“ Foerderpreis Junge Kunst, Zuerich, Switzerland
- „Homo Bellicus," Kulturzentrum Christiania, Berlin, Germany
- Theaterfestival „Okkupation“, Zuerich, Switzerland

Awards and Grants

2011
- The Emdash Award 2011, Frieze Foundation

2010
- Working Grant, Edith-Russ-Haus fŸr Medienkunst, Oldenburg
- National Stipend for Emerging Artists, Kunstverein Hannover (Villa Minimo Residency 2012)
- Artist in Residence / Exchange – Reutlingen / Szolnok, Hungary

2009
- Artist in Residence / Scholarship, Stiftung Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen

2008
- 2. Preis Saar, Ferngas Foerderpreis Junge Kunst, Saarbruecken

JURY

Jennifer Allen
Markus Miessen
Joanna Mytkowska
Heimo Zobernig
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Julia Wieger

Group XXXVI, 2013
ARCHITECTURE

Born 1978 in Vienna, Austria
Lives in Vienna, Austria
Education

Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
Architecture and Graphic Design, Universidad Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
Architecture, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

Selected Work Experience

2012
- studiovlay, Vienna, Austria

2010
- studio uek, Vienna, Austria

2009
- SO-IL, New York City, USA

2003 - 2008
- Transparadiso, Vienna, Austria

2001 - 2003
- con:, Vienna, Austria

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

2013
- "collective practices of radical care," VBK…, workshop series with Manuela Zechner and Bue Hanson, Vienna, Austria

2012
- "Die Vielen Archive!," exhibition and event program with Nina Hoechtl, Wienwoche festival, Vienna, Austria

2010
- "2 or 3 things we′ve learned," IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria
- "100 Poster Club," workshop series with Elke Auer and Esther Straganz, VBK…, Vienna, Austria
- "Der Ort als Abstand", Teil 2, WCW Gallery, Hamburg / with Mareike Bernien, Alexander Mayer and Kerstin Schroedinger

2009
- "Le Troisième Lieu/Der Dritte Ort/The Third Place", with "Girls On Horses" (GOH), Grazer Kunstverein, Graz , Austria
- "Nichtstun!," with GOH, arttransponder, Berlin, Germany

2008
- "Artist-Citizen: Contextual Art Practices," with GOH, 49th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
- "Was ist ein Platz?", with GOH, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
- "Post Prolo Club," VBK…, event series with GOH, Vienna, Austria
- "Arbeiten Lernen," with mini gruppe, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria

2007
- "Toposcapes," with GOH, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Austria
- "Sex Work and Society", with GOH, Kontekst Galerija, Belgrade, Serbia

2006
"Utopie:Freiheit," Kunsthalle Exnergasse, with Manoa Free University, Vienna Austria

2005
- "W..WirWissen," with Manoa Free University, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
- Palais Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
2003
- "Schmarotzer", with Sonia Leimer, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Teaching

- "Women«s movements: feminist agency", workshop at Rotor, Graz, Austria
- "Nichtstun … in der Neuen Gesellschaft", NGBK, Berlin, Germany
- "Artistic Interventions as Cultural Politics", workshop organized by eipcp, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
- "European Urbanity and Strategic Projects", EUROPAN 8 - Forum of Results, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
- Teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria

Selected Awards

2008
- Tische Scholarship for young architects

2007
- Emanuel und Sophie Fohn Scholarship

2006
- Runner-up, EUROPAN 8, Austria

2005
- Pfann-Ohmann Award2003
- Pfann-Ohmann Award

2002
- Meisterklassen Award

Selected Publications

2013
- “DIE VIELEN ARCHIVE! DIE VIELEN STIMMEN! DIE VIELEN BEGIERDEN!”, in: Stichwort Newsletter 35/2013, March-June 2013 / with Nina Hoechtl

2012
- “Entlang fragmentarischer Recherchen” (“Through fragmentary investigations”), in: MALMOE #60, September, 2012 / with Nina Hoechtl

2009
- "Die Arbeit, die die Freizeit in der Stadt macht" ("The work leisure takes in the city"), in: derive, No. 34, January 2009,

2008
- "Strike She Said!", in: Nichtstun ...in der Neuen Gesellschaft, Berlin, December 2008

2007
- "Durch die Quartiere des Elends und Verbrechens", in: MALMOE #35, November 2006, http://www.malmoe.org/artikel/alltag/1306 / with Clemens Stachel

2006
- "Mostropolis", in: Ed. Vlay/Rajakovics/Studen, " Uropean Urbanity", Springer, October, 2006

JURY

Jennifer Allen
Markus Miessen
Joanna Mytkowska
Heimo Zobernig
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein