Johannes Schweiger, born in 1973, studied at the Academy
of Fine Arts Vienna. Together with Wally Salner he co-operated at the design brand ____fabrics interseason until 2011 and
has been co-responsible for exhibitions at various exhibition venues, including Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig,
3rd Berlin Biennale, Manifesta7, Alto Adige, at the Institute of Visual Arts Milwaukee, Kunstverein München, Kölnischer Kunstverein
and the Grazer Kunstverein.
____fabrics interseason presentetd its collections twice a year
during Paris fashion week between 2002 and collaborated with international press and sales agencies within the EU, USA and
Asian market.
From 2012 on Johannes Schweiger has been engaged with solo projects and showed his work amongst others
at pro choice, Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst MUMOK, Vienna, Museum der Moderne MdM, Salzburg, KM-/Halle für Kunst & Medien,
Graz, at the Austrian Cultural Forum London, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, school, Vienna and at nousmoules, Vienna.
Since
2009 he lectures at the University of Art and Design in Linz, further at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and he is currently
a research assistant/lectureship at the University of Technology in Dortmund.
Together with Susanne Schneider he established
Wiener Times („The reference in contemporary bolstering“) in 2016. He lives and works in Vienna.
Tanja Widmann
is an artist and writer. She lives and works in Vienna.
Artist Lecture Series Vienna is artist run since its founding
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