Michaela Putz (*1984) holds a Master‘s degree in Art&Science from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In her work, she explores the relationship between memories, technology and digital images. She is interested in how digitality changes the way in which the past is experienced and viewed. In addition to publications and artist talks, her work has been awarded scholarships and prizes, including the Start Scholarship (BMKÖS, 2019), the Annual Prize for Fine Arts (Burgenland, 2018) and the BMKÖS Shanghai Foreign Studio Scholarship (2024). In her artistic work, she combines digital and analog techniques to create photographic works, objects, collages and photomontages.
Michaela Putz lives and works in Vienna.
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Michaela Putz lives and works in Vienna.
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Photo: Laura Sperl
EDUCATION
2014-2017
2008
2002-2007
2008
2002-2007
Master‘s Study Art & Science with Virgil Widrich
University of Applied Arts, finished June 2017
Exchange Semester Media Studies
Fudan University, Shanghai (CHN)
Communication and Policitcal Scienes
University of Vienna, finished June 2007
University of Applied Arts, finished June 2017
Exchange Semester Media Studies
Fudan University, Shanghai (CHN)
Communication and Policitcal Scienes
University of Vienna, finished June 2007
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
Studio grant Shanghai/China by BMKÖS
Burgenland studio grant in Paliano, Italien
Working grant, Land Burgenland
Working grant, Stadt Wien
Working grant, Land Burgenland
START-Stipendium (Foto) by BKA
Kunstankauf des Landes Burgenland
Award for Fine Arts, Burgenland
Unseen Art Trail Award, powered by Tesla, with 280A
Grant, Internationale Sommerakademie für bildende Kunst, Salzburg (AT)
Burgenland studio grant in Paliano, Italien
Working grant, Land Burgenland
Working grant, Stadt Wien
Working grant, Land Burgenland
START-Stipendium (Foto) by BKA
Kunstankauf des Landes Burgenland
Award for Fine Arts, Burgenland
Unseen Art Trail Award, powered by Tesla, with 280A
Grant, Internationale Sommerakademie für bildende Kunst, Salzburg (AT)
EXHIBITIONS
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
Fragmentarium,
Vienna Collector’s Club mit Galerie Rudolf Leeb (AT)
Upcoming: Presentation at OFFEN
Werkstatt für zeitgenössische Wahrnehmung Burgenland (AT)
Upcoming: Sehsaal
Group show (AT)
*Plants, Sand, Sea, Duo mit Laura Sperl
a ilha/xyz Lissabon (PT)
Too much of a good thing
a ilha/xyz Lissabon (PT)
*Between Light & Shadow, Duo mit Hessam Samavatian, curated by Paula Marschalek
LOOM Wien (AT), in Kooperation mit FOTO WIEN
ANGST, Feelings are Facts, curated by von Vitus H. Weh
Kunstverein Eisenstadt (AT)
Memory Matter. The Relationship Between Objects and Our Self
curated by Sophie-Charlotte Opitz, Museum Villa Rot (DE)
DIGITAL I – ARTEFAKTE/, Fotogalerie Wien &OstLicht.Galerie für Fotografie, Vienna (AT)
7 x digital. OHO Oberwart (AT)
Proximity and Distance, Seestadt Tower (AT)
FLORA IRANICA, Yassi Foundation, Teheran (IRN)
FLORA IRANICA, Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan/Iran & Safavi Historical House Isfahran (IRN)
ABIES ALBA (SOLO), Red Carpet Showroom Karlsplatz, Vienna (AT)
INVICTUS.
Alserkal Avenue / Behnoode Foundation, Dubai (UAE)
Hypercene/Hipercen, Duo mit Mato Lagator
Mikrogalerija CPN, Belgrade (SRB)
Mit Simon Lehner and Flavia Mazzanti
Salzamt, Linz (in Kooperation with Bildrecht, Ars Electronica Festival) (AT)
PALINOPSIA (SOLO),
OHO Oberwart (AT)
“(K)EIN MENSCH IST EINE INSEL“
Künstlerhaus Wien (AT)
Zeichen der Zeit
Landesgalerie Burgenland (AT)
Surface Screening
Schottentor, Red Carpet Showroom, Vienna (AT)
SPACE20 temporary
Grüngasse Vienna (AT)
HORTUS CONCLUSUS Skulpturenpark
Schloss25 & museum of Now, Vienna (AT)
light specific
minuszwei, Domgasse Vienna (AT)
„SHUTDOWN? - MIT KUNST AUS DER ISOLATION“
OHO Oberwart (AT)
STAND BY
Galerie Rudolf Leeb, Vienna (AT)
SCREEN ROMANCE. I touch you when you are gone (SOLO)
Red Carpet Showroom Karlsplatz, Vienna (AT)
PALINOPSIA (SOLO)
XYZ Books / a ilha, Lisbon (PRT)
CEREBRO CON HUEVO
OFFSHOREd, New Jörg and Biquini Wax EPS, Mexico City (MEX)
KALEIDOSKOP, NÖ DOK
Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst St. Pölten (AT)
CHURCH OF EGO
U10 Art Space, Belgrade (SRB)
NEVERMORE
VENT GALLERY, Parallel Vienna 2019 (AT)
GUMBALLMACHINE
Kaeshmesh, Vienna (AT)
NANO//REVOLUTIONS
Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevidéo (URY)
Drowning land - breathing water
TAF The Art Foundation, Athens/Greece, Athens Photo Festival (GRC)
EVERLASTING LIGHT
TIM NOLAS, Vienna (AT)
POTENZ; DIE, WEIBLICH: II
OHO Oberwart (AT)
My point of view
Galerie Arcc.art, FOTO WIEN (AT)
VERRAT DER FOTOGRAFIE
Kunstraum Nestroyhof, FOTO WIEN (AT)
THE SECRET SHOW, with 280A
FOTO WIEN Festivalzentrale, Museum Postsparkasse (AT)
VACANT DREAM STATE, with 280A
EIKON Schaufenster, FOTO WIEN (AT)
Kontrapunkte
OHO Oberwart (AT)
Schriftbilder
Projektraum Burgenland, Eisenstadt (AT)
CONNECTION
Oliwski Ratusz Kultury, WL4 Mleczny Piotr, Gdanks (POL)
Traces of Seemingly Insignificant Gestures
Ars Electronica Festival 2018, Bildrecht - Gallery Space, Linz (AT)
The Infernal Machine
BETON7 (Athens Photo Festival), Athen (GRC)
LIQUID LANDSCAPES, with 280A
Showroom Ruby Marie, Vienna (AT)
The Essence
Alte Post, Vienna (AT)
Diploma exhibition
Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna (AT)
ARCC.art, Kaiserstraße, Vienna (AT)
Non-Lieux
Johnstraße 31, Vienna (AT)
[dis]placement, Information through Sound
Citygate, Vienna (AT)
TERRITORY
Blütengasse 9, Vienna (AT)
IT IS 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT, Aesthetic Insurgency
Blütengasse 9, Vienna (AT)
Junge Kunst international
OHO Oberwart, Burgenland (AT)
CONSEQUENTIAL CHOICES, Versions of Atlas Making
AIL (Angewandte Innovation Lab), Vienna (AT)
The Balls Are Ours
VBKÖ, Vienna (AT)
Vienna Collector’s Club mit Galerie Rudolf Leeb (AT)
Upcoming: Presentation at OFFEN
Werkstatt für zeitgenössische Wahrnehmung Burgenland (AT)
Upcoming: Sehsaal
Group show (AT)
*Plants, Sand, Sea, Duo mit Laura Sperl
a ilha/xyz Lissabon (PT)
Too much of a good thing
a ilha/xyz Lissabon (PT)
*Between Light & Shadow, Duo mit Hessam Samavatian, curated by Paula Marschalek
LOOM Wien (AT), in Kooperation mit FOTO WIEN
ANGST, Feelings are Facts, curated by von Vitus H. Weh
Kunstverein Eisenstadt (AT)
Memory Matter. The Relationship Between Objects and Our Self
curated by Sophie-Charlotte Opitz, Museum Villa Rot (DE)
DIGITAL I – ARTEFAKTE/, Fotogalerie Wien &OstLicht.Galerie für Fotografie, Vienna (AT)
7 x digital. OHO Oberwart (AT)
Proximity and Distance, Seestadt Tower (AT)
FLORA IRANICA, Yassi Foundation, Teheran (IRN)
FLORA IRANICA, Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan/Iran & Safavi Historical House Isfahran (IRN)
ABIES ALBA (SOLO), Red Carpet Showroom Karlsplatz, Vienna (AT)
INVICTUS.
Alserkal Avenue / Behnoode Foundation, Dubai (UAE)
Hypercene/Hipercen, Duo mit Mato Lagator
Mikrogalerija CPN, Belgrade (SRB)
Mit Simon Lehner and Flavia Mazzanti
Salzamt, Linz (in Kooperation with Bildrecht, Ars Electronica Festival) (AT)
PALINOPSIA (SOLO),
OHO Oberwart (AT)
“(K)EIN MENSCH IST EINE INSEL“
Künstlerhaus Wien (AT)
Zeichen der Zeit
Landesgalerie Burgenland (AT)
Surface Screening
Schottentor, Red Carpet Showroom, Vienna (AT)
SPACE20 temporary
Grüngasse Vienna (AT)
HORTUS CONCLUSUS Skulpturenpark
Schloss25 & museum of Now, Vienna (AT)
light specific
minuszwei, Domgasse Vienna (AT)
„SHUTDOWN? - MIT KUNST AUS DER ISOLATION“
OHO Oberwart (AT)
STAND BY
Galerie Rudolf Leeb, Vienna (AT)
SCREEN ROMANCE. I touch you when you are gone (SOLO)
Red Carpet Showroom Karlsplatz, Vienna (AT)
PALINOPSIA (SOLO)
XYZ Books / a ilha, Lisbon (PRT)
CEREBRO CON HUEVO
OFFSHOREd, New Jörg and Biquini Wax EPS, Mexico City (MEX)
KALEIDOSKOP, NÖ DOK
Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst St. Pölten (AT)
CHURCH OF EGO
U10 Art Space, Belgrade (SRB)
NEVERMORE
VENT GALLERY, Parallel Vienna 2019 (AT)
GUMBALLMACHINE
Kaeshmesh, Vienna (AT)
NANO//REVOLUTIONS
Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevidéo (URY)
Drowning land - breathing water
TAF The Art Foundation, Athens/Greece, Athens Photo Festival (GRC)
EVERLASTING LIGHT
TIM NOLAS, Vienna (AT)
POTENZ; DIE, WEIBLICH: II
OHO Oberwart (AT)
My point of view
Galerie Arcc.art, FOTO WIEN (AT)
VERRAT DER FOTOGRAFIE
Kunstraum Nestroyhof, FOTO WIEN (AT)
THE SECRET SHOW, with 280A
FOTO WIEN Festivalzentrale, Museum Postsparkasse (AT)
VACANT DREAM STATE, with 280A
EIKON Schaufenster, FOTO WIEN (AT)
Kontrapunkte
OHO Oberwart (AT)
Schriftbilder
Projektraum Burgenland, Eisenstadt (AT)
CONNECTION
Oliwski Ratusz Kultury, WL4 Mleczny Piotr, Gdanks (POL)
Traces of Seemingly Insignificant Gestures
Ars Electronica Festival 2018, Bildrecht - Gallery Space, Linz (AT)
The Infernal Machine
BETON7 (Athens Photo Festival), Athen (GRC)
LIQUID LANDSCAPES, with 280A
Showroom Ruby Marie, Vienna (AT)
The Essence
Alte Post, Vienna (AT)
Diploma exhibition
Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna (AT)
ARCC.art, Kaiserstraße, Vienna (AT)
Non-Lieux
Johnstraße 31, Vienna (AT)
[dis]placement, Information through Sound
Citygate, Vienna (AT)
TERRITORY
Blütengasse 9, Vienna (AT)
IT IS 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT, Aesthetic Insurgency
Blütengasse 9, Vienna (AT)
Junge Kunst international
OHO Oberwart, Burgenland (AT)
CONSEQUENTIAL CHOICES, Versions of Atlas Making
AIL (Angewandte Innovation Lab), Vienna (AT)
The Balls Are Ours
VBKÖ, Vienna (AT)
FESTIVALS & FAIRS
2023
2022
2021
2018
2022
2021
2018
Exchange 2023 - Markt für zeitgenössische Kunst (AT)
Viennacontemporary with VFMK Verlag für moderne Kunst (AT)
sommer.frische.kunst in Bad Gastein with VFMK Verlag für moderne Kunst (AT)
Fair for Art Vienna with Galerie Rudolf Leeb (AT)
PARALLEL EDITIONS with Galerie Rudolf Leeb, Semperdepot, Vienna (AT)
Photobook Exhibition, FOTO WIEN Festival Vienna (AT)
Vienna Art Week Open Studio, Atelierhof Schlingermarkt (AT)
Rresentation des Artist Books PALINOPSIA, Feira Gráfica Lisboa - 4.ª edição (PT)
VARIO, Unseen Amsterdam‘s CO-OP with 280A, Amsterdam (NLD)
Viennacontemporary with VFMK Verlag für moderne Kunst (AT)
sommer.frische.kunst in Bad Gastein with VFMK Verlag für moderne Kunst (AT)
Fair for Art Vienna with Galerie Rudolf Leeb (AT)
PARALLEL EDITIONS with Galerie Rudolf Leeb, Semperdepot, Vienna (AT)
Photobook Exhibition, FOTO WIEN Festival Vienna (AT)
Vienna Art Week Open Studio, Atelierhof Schlingermarkt (AT)
Rresentation des Artist Books PALINOPSIA, Feira Gráfica Lisboa - 4.ª edição (PT)
VARIO, Unseen Amsterdam‘s CO-OP with 280A, Amsterdam (NLD)
TALKS. LECTURES & SYMPOSIUMS
2023, Panel Talk „How we live without depriving ourselves of the basis of life“, OHO Oberwart (AT)
2023, Lecturerer at Wiener Kunstschule (AT)
2023, Artist Talk & Book Presentation with Laura Sperl, Imago Galerie Lisbon (PT)
2023, Artist Robe Presentation, Michaela Putz x VFMK, VFMK (AT)
2023, Artist Talk with Hessam Samavatian & Ruth Horak, Loom, Foto Wien (AT)
2023, ARTIST TALK, Museum Villa Rot (DE)
2021, HIPERCEN/HYPERCENE, Podium Talk about “the digital and the anthropocene” at CPN Art&Science Center, Belgrade (SRB)
2021, Artist Talk with Paula Marschalek about the artist book PALINOPSIA - Kulturankerzentrum Schlingermarkt, Vienna (AT)
2020, Artist Talk with Nina Schedlmayer - magazine presentation "morgen" - Museum Niederösterreich (AT)
2020, Guest Lecture at Wiener Kunstschule (AT)
2020, Podcast on the work Screen Romance with Galerie Rudolf Leeb (AT)
2019, Gloom of Mnemosyne, with Fabian Knierim (Westlicht Museum) - Bildraum01 (AT)
2018, „Just a little bit... respect“, EU-Art Network Artist Symposium, Cselley Mühle Oslip (AT
CURATORIOAL PROJECTS
2022-2023, Head of the exhibition space Bildraum 01 (AT)
2021-2022, Co-Kuratorin und Co-Gründerin of the auf! auf! Residency in Bad Ischl (AT)
2017-2019, Co-Kuratorin und Co-Gründerin of the Kollektivs 280A (INT)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024, Artist Residency Grant for Shanghai/China by BMKÖS
2022, Burgenland-Atelier with grant in Paliano, Italy
2020, XYZ Book Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2019, VACANT DREAM STATE Residency with 280A
2018, eu-art network Artist Symposium, Oslip, Burgenland
2018, Artist Residency/Symposium in Cassis, France, with 280A
2018, Joya: AiR in Andalusia/Spain
2016, Artist Residency at Hangar in Lisbon, Portugal
PUBLICATIONS
2023, Between Light & Shadow, C/20 Vienna (AT)
2022, Das Zeug zum Erinnern. Museum Villa Rot (GER)
2022, BILDER. DIGITAL I Artefakte. Fotogalerie Wien 332/2022 (AT)
2021, PALINOPSIA - Artist Book, published with XYZ Books, Lisbon (PRT) - presented at Feira Gráfica Lisboa - 4.ª edição, CHARTA Festival Rome, Paris Photo, Unseen Amsterdam, FOTO WIEN, Arles and more
2021, (K)EIN MENSCH IST EINE INSEL, Künstlerhaus, Gesellschaft bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler Österreichs (AT)
2020, Gloom Of Mnemosyne in morgen magazine on digitalization (AT)
2019, VACANT DREAM STATE, 280A, Issue #4 (AT)
2018, Sentimental Defense, 280A, Issue #3 (AT)
2018, Courage, Courage, Elevate Festival Magazine, 280A (AT)
2017, Squaring the Circle Pt. 2: Liquid Landscape, 280A, Issue #2 (AT)
MEDIA
2023, Artist Robe Extinction Ballads
2023, Between Light & Shadow, LNR Magazine
2023, Feelings Arte Facts: Angst, artmagazine
2022, NN6T #145
2022, DiePresse Schaufenster
2022, Green Art Incubator, O izložbi Hiperrealnost antropocena
2021, Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine, PALINOPSIA Artist Talk
2021, FALTER, Schwarze Spiegel mit Tapsern
2020, Feature in the magazine "morgen"
2020, Podcast about SCREEN ROMANCE with Galerie Rudolf Leeb
2020, ORF NÖ
2019, Wiener Zeitung
2019, Parnass Magazine
2019, EIKON Magazine, Spring issue (with 280A)
2018, ORF Burgenland
2018, Feature for Tesla Award (with 280A)
COLLECTIONS
Land Burgenland
ING DiBa, Amsterdam
Several works in private collections