In her photography and video work, Katarina Matiasek questions the relationship between image and reality, she investigates the structural connections between media and perception-based images and the cognitive operations that lead to the construction of our world. This approach also informs her free curatorial projects that typically engage the audience in a densely-layered decoding process.
EDUCATION
1994 Visual Arts MFA, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Visual Anthropology MSC, University of Vienna
1999 Artist-in-Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2003 Artist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute, Chicago
2005 Sound Spaces - Atmospheres Residency, Domus Academy, Venice
SOLO/ DUO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Mock Rock/ Vienna Art Week, Stable Gallery at Palais Brambilla, Vienna
2011 Subsequent Formation/ with Andreas Heller, curated by David Komary, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
2006 On Exit Frame Go Loop/ with Stefan Lux, curated by David Komary, dreizehnzwei, Vienna
The Sound Of Your Eyes/ with Ursula Mayer, curated by Ursula Maria Probst, K/haus Passage, Vienna
2004 Camouflage Studies/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Subvisuals/ with Ken Fandell, curated by David Komary, dreizehnzwei, Vienna
2003 Spotlight/ curated by Margit Zuckriegl, Rupertinum, Salzburg
Cover Version/ curated by Ursula Maria Probst, fluc, Vienna
2001 On Site/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
2000 Memorama/ curated by Maria Vassileva, ATA Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia
1999 Double Bar/ Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1998 Voice Over/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
1996 Memory/ curated by Christa Steinle, Neue Galerie Studio, Graz
1995 Gaze Maze/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ SCREENINGS
2015 Soundscapes - obras sonoras y audiovisuales/ curated by Laura Plana Gracia, Galerías de la Fonoteca
Nacional, Mexico
I'll be your Mirror/ curated by Franz Gebetsberger, Norbert Pfaffenbichler and Andrés Ramírez Gaviria,
Sigmund, Vienna
2013 Land in Sight - Landscapes from the Collection/ curated by Katja Mittendorfer and Veit Ziegelmaier,
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
2011 Inspired By/ curated by Ute Katschthaler, Topkino and sixpackfilm, Vienna
2010 Talk Talk - The Interview as Artistic Practice/ curated by Marc Ries, Reinhard Braun and Hilde
Fraueneder, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
2009 Cartographies of Non-Place/ curated by Laura Plana Gracia, Espai d'Arts Roca Umbert, Barcelona
Talk Talk - The Interview as Artistic Practice/ curated by Marc Ries, Reinhard Braun and Hilde
Fraueneder, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz
Talk Talk - The Interview as Artistic Practice/ curated by Marc Ries, Reinhard Braun and Hilde
Fraueneder, HGB Galerie, Leipzig
Victoria Film Festival/ Dab Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Vicious Circle/ curated by Michaela Grill, Schloss Wolkersdorf and sixpackfilm, Vienna
2008 Arte Bregaglia/ curated by Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath and Patrizia Guggenheim, Val Bregaglia
Ansichtssache/ curated by Jutta Strohmaier, Kunstraum NOE, Vienna
Transmediale/ curated by Nataša Petrešin Bachelez, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Framing Location/ curated by Thomas Tode, Kinemathek Metropolis, Hamburg
Diagonale/ curated by Birgit Flos, Festival des oesterreichischen Film, Graz
Vicious Circle/ curated by Michaela Grill, Topkino and sixpackfilm, Vienna
2007 Sommerspiel/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Video Landscape/ curated by Holger Jagersberger and Siegfried Fruhauf, Maerz Galerie, Linz
Kombinat der Sinne/ curated by Marc Ries, Université du Luxembourg
Linoleum Festival/ Museum of Modern Art, Moskau
Literature Special/ 14th Short Film Week, Regensburg
Im Vergleich/ curated by Norbert Pfaffenbichler and Dariusz Kowalski, Medienwerkstatt, Vienna
2006 The Independent Film Show/ curated by Raffaella Morra, Palazzo dello Spagnuolo, Naples
Spektrum Farbe - Kunst der Moderne/ curated by Alexandra Schantl, Landesmuseum, St. Poelten
Sublime Embrace - Experiencing Consciousness in Contemporary Art/ curated by Shirley Madill,
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
Postmedia Condition/ curated by Elisabeth Fiedler, Christa Steinle and Peter Weibel, Centro Cultural
Conde Duque, Madrid
Geep/ Atopia Projects and Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton
6th Benefiz-Kunstauktion/ SOS Mitmensch, Palais Dorotheum, Vienna
Zeitraeume – Raumzeiten/ Vorarlberger Architektur Institut, Dornbirn
Film ist Kunst/ curated by Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Forum Mozartplatz, Vienna
Special Sonambiente - KlangKunst SoundArt/ curated by Bady Minck, Babylon Kino, Berlin
Febiofest/ The 13th Prague International Film Festival, Prague
2005 Simultan - Zwei Sammlungen Oesterreichischer Fotografie/ curated by Urs Stahel, Museum der Moderne,
Salzburg
Postmediale Kondition/ curated by Elisabeth Fiedler, Christa Steinle and Peter Weibel, Neue Galerie,
Graz
Sonarmatica/ Sonar Festival Exhibition, Barcelona
13th Video Art Award/ Filmbuero and Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Aktuelle Fotografie aus Niederoesterreich/ curated by Alexandra Schantl, Parliament Portico, Vienna
5th Benefiz-Kunstauktion/ SOS Mitmensch, Palais Dorotheum, Vienna
2004 Moving Landscapes - Landscape and Cinema/ curated by Barbara Pichler and Andrea Pollach, Synema
and Austrian Film Museum, Vienna
Geep/ Atopia Projects and Cell77, Edinburgh
Sound Studio/ Priestor Gallery, Bratislava
Phonorama - A Cultural History of the Voice as a Medium/ curated by Brigitte Felderer, ZKM - Center for
Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Born to Be A Star/ curated by Ursula Maria Probst, K/haus, Vienna
...and in between/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Gegen-Positionen - Kuenstlerinnen in Oesterreich 1960-2000/ curated by Silvie Aigner-Steiner and
Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Woerlen, Passau
Zwischenoriginal/ Praxis Kunst, Vienna
Souvenirs From/ curated by Alexandra Schantl, IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna
Begegnung auf hoechster Ebene/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
2003 Under Cover - Sound Art in Social Spaces/ curated by Morten Søndergaard and Mette Marcus, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
Extended Play - Art Remixing Music/ curated by Gregory Burke and Simon Rees, Govett- Brewster
Gallery, New Plymouth
Treatment/ curated by Lawrence English, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Frauenbild/ curated by Alexandra Schantl and Gerda Lampalzer, Landesmuseum, St. Poelten
Rosen, Mimosen, Herbstzeitlosen - Kuenstlerinnen, Positionen, 1945 bis Heute/ curated by Christa
Hauer, Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Silvie Aigner-Steiner and Elisabeth Voggeneder, Kunsthalle,
Krems
Interdigitate/ Moving Image Center, Auckland
2002 Gain/ curated by Kelly Taxter, apexart, New York
Manifesta 4 - Research Room/ Frankfurt am Main
ZeichenSprache/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Kunst Gegengewalt/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
H2O/ curated by Alexandra Schantl, inaugural exhibition of the Landesmuseum, St. Poelten
2001 Dot.Nu Festival/ Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Changing of Places/ curated by Maria Vassileva, Municipal Art Gallery, Sofia
Video - Talk - Tea/ Parish Church St. Andrae, Graz
Life goes on/ IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna
2000 Sehnsucht nach Utopie - Film und Fotografie im Dialog/ Kunstadapter, Wiesbaden
Im Lauf der Dinge/ curated by Nasim Weiler and Julia Soekeland, Manege, St. Petersburg
Sonic Boom - The Art of Sound/ curated by David Toop, Hayward Gallery, London
Eigensinn und Eigensicht/ Museum auf Abruf, Vienna
Auge:Experiment/ Kaerntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt
Happy 00/ XX Kunstkabel, Graz
1999 RevuEs/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Klangzeichen/ curated by Mia Zabelka, Klangturm, St. Poelten
Junge Kunst aus der Sammlung Morgenbesser/ Kunsthaus, Horn
Das Ding mit dem Foto - Fotografie und Objektkunst/ Museum auf Abruf, Vienna
Vec s fotkou/ Oskar Kokoschka Gallery, Prague
Closure/ Trabant, Vienna
1998 Ghost Story - Nachbilder des Kinos/ curated by Alexander Horwath and Bernd Rebhandl, K/haus, Vienna
Freeze Frame/ curated by Grita Insam, Galerie Douyon, Miami
Freeze Frame/ curated by Grita Insam, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa
Nexus - Kuenstlerische Interventionen im Stadtraum/ curated by Monika Leisch-Kiesl and Johanna
Schwanberg, Europaeischer Kulturmonat, Linz
Feedback/ curated by Mia Zabelka, Klangturm, St. Poelten
1997 Gramercy Hotel/ Miami
Freeze Frame/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Time is a Man, Space is a Woman/ curated by Chiara Bertola and Christa Steinle, Viafarini, Milan
Intim/ curated by Nasim Weiler, Treff Schlosshotel, Bad Arolsen
Lieu de mémoire/ curated by Marlis Nussbaumer, Château d’Aubonne, Geneva
1996 Kunstraeume Wien/ Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Videos/ Trabant, Vienna
Der blinde Fleck/ Oesterreichische Gallerie, Augarten Contemporary, Vienna
V6/ Brasilica, Vienna
Balance Akte/ curated by Cornelia Offergeld and Daniela Gregori, Kunsthalle, Krems
1995 Experimente/ curated by Willi Kopf, Kuenstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
Transparenz - Kuenstlerinnen in Oesterreich/ Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch
PUBLIC WORK
2013 Parish Church, Traun/ invited public art contest, 1. prize
2009 Mykai, Vienna/ moment-home architects, public art commission
2007 Hospital Church, Psychiatric Clinic, Linz/ invited public art contest, 2. prize
2006 Blind Cube, Kubus Export, Vienna/ public art project (postponed due to vandalism)
Landmark, Leiser Berge/ invited public art contest
2003 Vocational College, Merano/ international open public art contest, 1. prize
2002 Children's Hospital, Graz/ invited public art contest, 1. prize
Vocational College, Poechlarn/ invited public art contest, 1. prize
2001 Parish Church, Mauthausen/ invited public art contest, 1. prize
1998 Memorial, Allentsteig/ invited public art contest
AWARDS/ GRANTS
2010 Recognition Award Fine Arts, State of Lower Austria
2006 13th Video Art Award, Filmbuero Bremen, 1. prize
2005 Sound Spaces - Atmospheres Residency, Domus Academy, Venice
2003 Artist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute, Chicago
2001 Neptun Art Award, Austrian Federal Ministry for the Environment, 1. prize
2000 Experimental film grant, Austrian Federal Cancellery
1999 Artist-in-Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1998 Experimental film grant, Austrian Federal Ministry for the Arts
1995 Casablanca Art Award, Austrian Tobacco Industries, 1. prize
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Cleveland Sight Center
Eisenstadt, Burgenlaendische Landesgalerie
Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum
Graz, Sammlung des Instituts fuer Gestaltung, Technische Universitaet
Goeppingen, Staedtische Galerie
Roskilde, Museet for Samtidskunst
Salzburg, Rupertinum - Museum der Moderne
St. Poelten, Niederoesterreichisches Landesmuseum
Vienna, Kunstsammlung der Austria Tabak
Vienna, Kunstsammlung des Bundes
Vienna, Kunstsammlung der Hochschule fuer Angewandte Kunst
Vienna, Kunstsammlung der Stadt Wien
Vienna, Kunstsammlung der Wiener Staedtischen Versicherung
Vienna, museum in progress
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012-present Curator/ Historic Photography Collection.
Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna
2012-2013 Curatorial collaboration/ Becoming (Hu)man - The Evolution of Man.
Permanent exhibition, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
2009-2011 Co-curator/ On Your Marks - Sports and Society.
Special exhibition, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
2010 Curatorial collaboration/ The Moderns - Revolutions in Art and Science 1890-1935.
Special exhibition, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
2007-2008 Curator media/ Herz:Rasen - The Soccer Exhibition.
Special exhibition, K/haus, Vienna
2005 Curator/ Sonic Zoom - A Video Screening.
Screening and artists' roundtable, Kunstraum dreizehnzwei, Vienna
2005-2007 Project curator/ Rudolf Poech - A Scientific Media Pioneer.
Scientific Research Project, Austrian Research Fund
2003-2005 Curator anthropology/ The Everyday - Instructions for Use.
Permanent exhibition, Technisches Museum, Vienna
1998-1999 Curator/ Wanted: Neanderthal Man - 150 Years of Evidence.
Special exhibition, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna and Natural History Museum, Zagreb
1998 Curatorial concept/ New Ethiopian National Museum.
Museum's relaunch, Ethiopian National Museum, Addis Abeba (postponed due to war)