∣ Education ∣
2011 - 2017 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna - Art and Digital Media / Film
2009 - 2010 Film and Visuell Communication - Bilgi University Istanbul
2007 - 2010 - Digital Media and TV/FILM - University of applied sciences Salzburg
∣ Festivals ∣ Screenings ∣ (Selection) ∣
European Media Art Festival (EMAF), 2024, Germany
ICDOCS Iowa City Int. Documentary FF 2024, USA
Fotogalerie Wien - Unscharfe Grenzen, 2024, Austria
Antimatter [Media Art], 2023, Canada
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2023, UK
The Pugnant Film Series, 2023, Greece
This Human World FF, 2023, Austria
Festival Inter. de Cine Independiente de La Plata, 2023, Argentina
Dobra Festival Int'l de Cinema Experimental, 2023, Brazil
Diagonale Graz, 2023, Austria
Bergamo Film Meeting, 2023, Italy
Videoaktion #4 - attaque(e)r le visible 2023, Germany
IMPAKT Festival Utrecht, 2022, Netherlands
Festival Les Instants Vidéo Marseille 2022, France
IHRFF Albania, 2022, Albania
Bienal de Artes Mediales Santiago, 2022, Chile
Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Ifa Galerie 'Umbrales' Program, 2022, Germany
Athens Digital Arts Festival, 2022, Greece
Filmarchiv Metro Kinokulturhaus Wien, 2022, Austria
Youki International Youth Media Festival, 2022, Austria
Das Kino Salzburg in cooperation w/ Salzburger Kunstverein, 2022, Austria
This Human World FF Vienna, 2021, Austria
Atlantidoc - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental del Uruguay, 2021, Uruguay
Pravo Ljudski FF Sarajevo, 2021, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Diagonale Graz, 2021, Austria
Vienna Shorts Filmfestival, 2021, Austria
Short Waves Festival Poznan, 2021, Poland
Simultan Festival Timișoara, 2021, Romania
Augenblick Festival du cinéma Strasbourg, 2021, France
Filmmaker Festival Internazionale di Cinema Milano 2020, Italy
The Moving Image Research Centre - University of East London 2020, UK
Vienna Shorts Filmfestival, 2020, Austria
Body + Camera Festival Mana Contemporary Chicago, 2019, USA
Filmhuis Cavia - Cinéma La Clef Rerun #1 en #2 2020, Netherlands
51zero Festival - International moving image & contemporary art Festival 2019, UK
rotor - association for contemporary art 2019, Austria
Diagonale Graz 2019, Austria
The Moving Image Research Centre - University of East London 2020, UK
Cámara Lúcida Encuentros Cinematográficos, 2019, Ecuador
Iceland Documentary Film Festival, 2019, Iceland
Vienna Shorts Festival 2019, Austria
This Human World Film Festival Vienna, 2019, Austria
Visions du Réel Nyon, 2018, Switzerland
Dokufest Prizren, 2018, Republic of Kosovo
DokumentART Neubrandenburg 2018, Germany
Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia 2018, Chile,
Documentarist Istanbul, 2018, Turkey
Microscope Gallery NY, 2018, USA
21er Haus Museum of Contemporary Art - Blickle Kino, 2017, Austria
Macao Nuovo Centro Per Le Arti Di Milano 2017, Italy
Temporal Disorder - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, 2017, Germany
Diagonale Graz, 2017, Austria
Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM) Castro, 2017, Chile
Video of the Month - das weisse Haus Vienna, 2017, Austria
Cairo Video Festival 2017, Egypt
Experimental Film Festival Process Riga - Essayfilm Section 2017, Latvia
L'Alternativa, Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, 2016, Spain
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016, UK
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo, 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Doku.Arts - Essaydox Berlin, 2016, Germany
Viennacontemporary Cinema Program, 2016, Austria
Kino Palacio Nacional de las Artes - Buenos Aires, 2016, Argentina
Marfici - Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Mar del Plata 2016, Argentina
Diagonale Filmfestival Graz , 2016, Austria
IBAFF Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia, 2016, Spain
Darb 1718 - Contemporary Art and Culture Center Cairo, 2016, Egypt
City Screen Festival - Loop Barcelona - Espai 10, 2016, Spain
Transcinema Festival Internacional de No-ficción , 2015, Peru
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata 2015, Argentina
Docutiff Tirana - Award for Best Feature 2015, Albania
Brasília International Film Festival, 2015, Brazil
Documentarist Istanbul 2015, Turkey
Festival Film Dokumenter 2015, Indonesia
FOL - Cinema Society Istanbul 2015, Turkey
Festival Der Neue Heimatfilm 2015, Austria
Austrian Cultural Forum - New Delhi - 2015, India
CPH:DOX Copehagen - DOX:AWARD Competition, 2014, Denmark
Hambre - Espacio Cine de Experimental - Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires, 2014, Argentina
Naoussa International Film Festival 2014, Greece
Cinemateca Univalle - Cinemateca al Aire Libre - Hambre Screening, 2014, Columbia
Aaran Gallery Tehran, 2014, Iran
Bideodromo Inter. Experimental Film and Video Festival Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, 2014
Backup Filmfestival Weimar, 2014, Germany
Vienna Independent Shorts filmfestival - 2014, Austria
European Short Film Festival, 2014, USA
Festival Images Contre Nature - International festival of experimental video, 2014, France
Centre For Contemporary Art Kronika in Bytom, 2014, Poland
International Video Art Review THE 02, 2014, Poland
Kassel Documentary and Videofestival 2013, Germany
Festival Alternative Film/Video 2013, Serbia
Cine B Film Festival Santiago de Chile 2013, Chile
LIAF London International Animation Festival 2013, UK
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2013, Australia
Images Contre Nature - International festival of experimental video 2013, France
Hubert Sielecki Award Screening at Künstlerhaus Vienna 2013, Austria
MUMOK Screening - Proben aufs Exempel, Vienna, 2013, Austria
Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival 2013, Korea
Flex - The Florida Experimental Film and Video Festival 2013, USA
MIA Screening - The Armory Center for the Arts - 2013, USA
Experiments in Cinema v8.53 Festival 2013, USA
Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camagüey 2013, Cuba.
Cork Film Festival 2012 (Free Radical Section), Irland
Videomedeja International Video Festival Novi Sad 2012, Serbia
Festival International Du Court Métragel Lille, 2012, France
Silhouette Courts métrages Festival 2012, France
Dresden Schmalfilmtage 2012, Germany
Backup Filmfestival Weimar 2012 (Award for best Experimentalfilm) , Germany
Internationales Filmfestival Opuzen 2011 (Human Rights Award), Croatia
This Human World Film Festival 2011, Austria
Youki International Youth Media Festival 2011, Austria
The International Ethnographic Film Festival Mostra Rio de Janeiro 2011, Brazil
International Short Film and Video Festival Novi Sad 2011, Serbia
Doc Night Salzburg 2009, Austria
Filmriss Festival (Audience Award Winner) 2009, Austria
∣ Exhibitions ∣
Deluge Contemporary Art - Let’s Get Lost, Canada, 2023
MATCA Cluj-Napoca - Opposing the Neverchanging, Romania, 2023
Kunst im Traklhaus - Collection Land Salzburg 2020-2022, Austria, 2022/23
Callirrhoë - Commemorating Amnesia, Athens, Greece, 2022
Kunstverein Schattendorf - nonstop, Austria, 2022
Kunst-Litfaßsäulen - Digital City lights- Public Art Project Salzburg, Austria, 2022
Salzburger Kunstverein - Is it Me? Am I the Drama? - Annual Exhibition, Austria, 2022
Ifa Galerie Stuttgart w/ Bienal de Artes Mediales Santiago de Chile - 'Umbrales', 2021, Germany
ZETA Center for Contemporary Art Tirana - 'a history of ideas, 2021, Albania (Solo)
das weisse haus - Travel Apparatus, Austria, 2020
Mana Contemporary - A subsequent fulfilment of a pre-historic wish, USA, 2020
Salzburger Kunstverein - Members Zone #20, Austria, 2020
Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs - Alphabet des anarchistischen Amateurs , Austria, 2020
Salzburger Kunstverein, Petition, Austria, 2019/20
Rotor - Association For Contemporary Art Graz - Alphabet des anarchistischen Amateurs, Austria, 2019/20
Kunstraum St. Virgil - Kardinal König Art Prize, Austria, 2019/20
Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria, 2019
Werkleitz Festival 2019 - Modell & Ruine, Germany, 2019
Belvedere 21 Museum of Contemporary Art Vienna, Über das Neue, Austria, 2019
Salzburger Kunstverein, A Passanger, Austria, 2018
Belvedere 21 Museum of Contemporary Art Vienna, Der Wert der Freiheit, Austria, 2018
Flatland Gallery Houston, The Dangerous Professor, USA, 2018
Low Vienna, Guilty Pleasure, Austria, 2018
das weisse haus vienna, Current signs, Austria, 2018
Lebanese Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lebanon, 2017
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Aula, Birgit Jürgenssen Prize Exhibition, Austria, 2017 (Solo)
Museo de Arte Moderno Chiloé, Chile, 2017
Dok Artist Space - Edinburgh, UK, 2016
Espai 10 - Laboratorio de las Artes Contemporáneas Barcelona, Spain, 2016
Kunstforum Vienna - Tresor, Ö1 Scholarships Show Austria, 2015
Galerie Traklhaus Salzburg, 100, Austria 2015
Indonesia Media Arts Festival - Galerie National Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 2015
Raum für Kunst - KunstQuartier Salzburg, Über das Scheitern, Austria 2013
Hanover Project - curated by Cafe Royal Books - University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK 2013
Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Early bird, Austria 2013
Friday Exit Vienna, So glad we stopped talking, Austria 2013
Salzburger Kunstverein - Annual exhibition Salzburg, Every wall is a door, Austria, 2012
Kunsthalle Wien - Project Space Karlsplatz - Early bird, Vienna, AT 2012
Periscope Salzburg, 50-Euro-Shop, Austria, 2012
Atelier XY - Eyes On, Monat der Fotografie, Badlands, Austria 2012
Salzburger Kunstverein - Cafe Cult #53, broken time, Austria 2012
Free Regional Art Movement, AT 2011
Institut dEtudes Politiques de Grenoble,The Fusion Of Horizon FR 2009
Summeracademy, Saline Hallein, AT 2009
∣ Grants ∣ Scholarship ∣ Awards ∣
Outstanding Artist Award Film Bmkoes, Austria, 2022
Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien für bildende Kunst, Austria, 2021
Artist in Residancy in Tirana - Scholarship by the Federal State Government Salzburg, 2021
KEP Scholarship by the Federal State Government Salzburg, Austria, 2020
Working Scholarship for Film - Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture,Austria, 2019/20
Best Short Documentary - Diagonale Film Festival Austria, 2019
Start Scholarship, Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture, 2019
ArtStart Scholarship - Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria, 2018
Theodor Körner Förderpreis, Austria, 2018
Simon S. Award - Austria, 2018
Birgit Jürgenssen Prize, Austria, 2017
Working Scholarship from the City of Salzburg, Austria, 2017
Ö1-Talentscholarship for Arts, Austria, 2015
CPH:LAB Grant - Copenhagen Int. Documentary Festival, Denmark, 2015
Docutiff Tirana International Film Festival - Award for Best Feature, Albania, 2015
Fohn Scholarship - Emanuel und Sofie Fohn-Stipendienstiftung, Austria, 2015
Studio Scholarship of the Federal State Government Salzburg, Residency in Varanasi, 2015
Project Scholarship - Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria, 2013
Annual Grant for Film - Federal State Government Salzburg, Austria, 2012
Best Experimentalfilm - Backup_award - 14th Backup Filmfestival, Austria, 2012
Project Development Scholarship - Federal Salzburg Cultural Department, Austria, 2011
Human Rights Award - International Film Festival Opuzen, Croatia, 2011
Scholarship Summeracademy - Federal State Government Salzburg, Austria, 2009
Audience Award Winner - 9th Filmriss Festival, Austria, 2009
Scholarship University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Austria, 2009
∣ Lectures ∣ Talks ∣ Curating ∣
Aritist Talk & Screening at the Accademia belle arti G. Carrara Bergamo, 2024, Italy (Upcoming)
Artist Talk & Lecture at Sphere Festival - World Cinema Carneval, 2023, India
Memories blur, transform, dissolve, slowly resurface, Youki Festival, 2022, Austria
Talk at Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie x This Human World, 2021, Austria
Artist Talk - Meine Sicht - Talk on Želimir Žilnik. Shadow Citizens at Kunsthalle Wien, 2021, Austria
Artist Talk - Sich einer Erinnerung bemächtigen ... at Zeta Gallery Tirana (Online) 2020, Albania
Artist Talk at University Vienna - Politics of the documentary 2020, Austria
Artist Talk at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna - Class of Constanze Ruhm 2020, Austria
Shifting frames - at A4 Bratislava curated by Johannes Gierlinger 2019, Slovakia
Artist Talk - ArtStart - at Vienna Art Week, 2019, Austria
Artist Talk - 'Der Wert der Freiheit' Exhibition at Belvedere21, 2018, Austria
Lecture at Schule Friedl Kubelka für unabhängigen Film, Vienna, 2018, Austria
Talk at Temporal Disorder - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, 2017, Germany
Workshop tutor at Capturing Humanity Filmlab Sarajevo 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Talk at International Summeracademy of Fine Arts - Filmclass, 2017, Austria
Workshop at Creative Documentary Film School - Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo, 2017, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Cinema Futures. Analog & digital in the present: Cinema Next Breakfast #2 - Diagonale Graz 2017, Austria
∣ Interviews ∣ Reviews ∣ Selected Publications ∣
Birgit-Jürgenssen Award Publication, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 2023, Austria
Österreich real. Dokumentarfilm 1981-2021, Filmarchiv Austria, Alejandro Bachmann, Michelle Koch, 2022, Austria
Interview for dwhx space project / In conversation with Niyati Dave, 2022, Austria
Ray Magazin - Filmkritik - Die vergangenen Zukünfte, 2022, Austria
Petition edited by Philippe Batka published by Verlag für moderne Kunst, Austria, 2021
Interview at Salzburger Nachrichten - Spezial Filmzeitung, Austria, 2021
Review of 'Die vergangenen Zukünfte' at GAT Architektur Steiermark - Dossier, 2021, Austria
The Anarchistic Amateur’s Art & Alphabet - by Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer, Rotor Graz, Austria, 2021
Magazyn RTV - Minione przyszłości / Kreślenie początków - Galeria Miejska Arsenał Poznan, Poland, 2021
Tagebuch Zeitschrift - 'Bilder der Auseinandersetzung' selected by Camera Austria, 2021, Austria
Camera Austria International - #150/151 - László Moholy-Nagy book review, 2020, Austria
Camera Austria International - #149 - Forum Section, 2020, Austria
Gewalt, Korruption und Dummheit austreiben. by Philippe Batka, Artmagazine, 2020, Austria
Augustin Die erste österreichische Boulevardzeitung Nr 496 - 1/2020, 2020, Austria
K wie Kunst - Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis Salzburg 2019 - Müry Salzmann Verlag, 2019, Austria
ApARTe° 14.36 materiali irregolari di cultura libertaria, ApARTe, 2019, Italy
Über das Neue. Junge Szenen in Wien, Editor: Stella Rollig, Severin Dünser, published by Belverdere21, 2019, Austria
Review 'Über das Neue' at Belvedere 21- Die Kunst der Millennials - by Nicole Scheyerer, 2019
Die unsichtbaren Träume - Conversation with Patrick Holzapfel & Rainer Kienböck - Jugend ohne Film, 2019
The Large Glas Magazin - Voyeurs of the utopian ... - published by MoCA’s Skopje, 2018, Mazedonia
Der Wert der Freiheit - Editor: Stella Rollig, Severin Dünser, published by Belverdere21, 2018, Austria
Feature Bilder existieren immer zweimal - DER STANDARD, 2017
Birgit Jürgenssen Preis - Laudatio von Constanze Ruhm, 2017
Feature - Endlose Weite der Territorien, 2017
Review - L’ emergere del possibile, 2017
Feature - Salzburger Nachrichten, 2016
Review - Ö1 Talentscholarshop for Arts, 2015
Ö1 Talentscholarship for Fine Arts - Catalogue, 2015, Austria
Interview - Austrian Film Commission, 2015
Review - L’ emergere del possibile, 2015
Review - Abstract Showcase - LIAF London, 2015
Jenny - Zeitschrift für Literatur - Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien, 2014, Austria
Stimulus Respond Book - Published by Pavement Books, USA, 2014
Nevertheless Issue #7 - Magazine for Art and Culture, Series Georg, 2014, Austria
Kritika - Outsider - Contemporary Photography Magazine published by Kritika Publication, 2013, Germany
Magazin [17] - Annual Magazin Salzburger Kunstverein, 2013, Austria
Badlands - Exhibition Catalogue published by Atelier XY, 2012, Austria
Der Greif - Issue #6 - Contemporary Photography & Literature, Der Greif Print-Magazine, 2012, Germany
Kritika - Neighborhood - Contemporary Photography Magazine published by Kritika Publication, 2012, Germany
∣ Collection ∣
Collection Wien Museum
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá
Collection Land Salzburg
Collection City of Salzburg
Sammlung Wiener Städtische