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.
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