Exhibitions

still (a little life) brings together photography, painting, and sculpture that reflect on moments of stillness, suspended time, and the fragile intensity of life between light, memory, and technological transformation.

In her exhibition discrepancies with W.W. (in company) at the University Gallery of the Angewandte in the Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Leonor Antunes combines her own artistic works with objects and textiles by designers of the Wiener Werkstätte and the former k.k. Kunstgewerbeschule (Imperial and Royal School of Arts and Crafts), drawn from the Collection and Archive of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
 
Curated by Julienne Lorz

Die Ausstellung zeigt Werke von Absolvent*innen und Lehrenden der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, sowie anderen Künstler*innen. Kuratiert von Judith P. Fischer, Lehrende der Abteilung Aktzeichnen.

In Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, Anne Carson transposes the Greek mythological figure Geryon into a contemporary coming-of-age story. Once a red, winged monster slain by Heracles’ arrow, Geryon is reimagined as a queer teenager navigating questions of identity and desire. In comparing Geryon’s turbulent inner life to volcanic activity, Carson traces the tension between repression and eruption:

Geryon sat on his bed in the hotel room pondering about the cracks and fissures
of his inner life. It may happen
that the exit of the volcanic vent is blocked by a plug of rock, forcing
molten matter sideways along
lateral fissures called fire lips by volcanologists. [1]

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS.

In collaboration with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Weltmuseum Wien is reinterpreting the ethnological museum as not merely a repository for silent artefacts, but as a laboratory for future, globally sustainable lifestyles. By learning from diverse knowledge systems, museum collections can become tools for sustainable design strategies.

The Art of Activism exhibition, which is co-operated by Barbara Holub (Art and Communication Practices), as well as the corresponding publication explore a specific segment of protest and engaged art in the Czech Lands, especially after 2009 (the global economic crisis) in the context of international movements such as Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, Me Too, Women Life Freedom, Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion, etc. 

In addition to reflecting on Czech individual and collective artistic activities, significant space is devoted to foreign initiatives, especially those that form the immediate political and inspirational context of the local art scene. Through a range of documentary and other artistic media, the project maps examples of “performative democracy” in the form of activist, political and environmentally oriented projects, as well as contemporary artistic practice in the field of social intervention and participatory strategies that contribute to deepening social resilience by supporting civic initiatives.

Eröffnung der neuen Ausstellung 15 Aufenthalte von und mit Heribert Friedl, Lehrender der Abteilung für ortsbezogene Kunst an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.

Arts-based research installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS. Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VII, Nov 2025 – Feb 2026.

Transcendence: Beyond Bodies, Between Realities is part of the WRONG Biennale 2025/26, and marks the opening of the Transmedia Arts Department’s new online exhibition platform, dedicated to experimental digital practices and showcasing works by selected students.

With works by: Cristian Anutoiu, Lea Gander, Jona Lingitz & Neptunia Monna Anarchus, Maximilian Prag, Lea-Maraike Sambale, freakygreenfish
Exhibition Design: Cristian Anutoiu 

Curated by Martina Menegon

SOIL & WATER is a large-scale artistic research project and exhibition. The project was developed jointly by Associate Professor Basak Senova from the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Professor Johan Thom from the University of Pretoria in collaboration with the NIROX Foundation.

SOIL & WATER is a large-scale artistic research project and exhibition that unfolds within the ancient ancestral land of the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa. Developed collaboratively by Prof. Johan Thom of the University of Pretoria, Assoc. Prof. Dr Basak Senova of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, in collaboration with the NIROX Foundation. The project brings together international artists whose practices engage with the fragile and interdependent relationship between soil and water, the two fundamental substances that sustain all life on Earth. 
 
SOIL & WATER is conceived as a modular platform; it opens with the extensive exhibition in November 2025, unfolds through April 2026, featuring exhibitions, residencies, dialogues, performances, concerts, community engagement, and a forthcoming publication. 
 
The participating artists, working from South Africa, Austria, India, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Germany, Sweden, Ethiopia, and beyond, anchor the project in lived realities while extending it into shared imaginaries. 

Was heißt es, sich im Hier und Jetzt zu befinden? In einer Gesellschaft, die Mobilität und globale Vernetzung propagiert, zugleich aber den Zuzug von Menschen problematisiert?