Born 1984, lives and works in Vienna. Michaela Putz studied Art & Science at the University of Applied Art and Communication and Political Science in Vienna. In her works, she is interested in the self-image of humans in times of ongoing virtualization. She examines the reflections on the surfaces of contemporary communication technology, searching for the contrast between the warm and alive human bodies leaving stains of fat and dirt on the sleek and cool surfaces of the screens. In her photographic works, she captures and transforms the smudged traces we leave on those screen through our bodily interaction with these machines. Through the reflections, layers are being added to create images of mystical black mirrors. Her works have been exhibited in various shows, exhibitions include: Künstlerhaus Wien, WUK, Angewandte Innovation Lab (AIL), VBKÖ, Blütengasse 9, BETON7 in Athens (Athens Photo Festival 2018) and Showroom Ruby Marie in Vienna. She received grants from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
Michaela Putz is member of the collective 280A Artspace
Selected works are available at ARCC.art
UPCOMING
September:
Traces of Seemingly Insignificant Gestures at the Ars Electronica Festival 2018 // Error - The Art of Imperfection
6. – 10. September 2018, Linz
Bildrecht - Gallery Space, Post City, Ground Floor
September:
With 280A artist collective Unseen Amsterdam's CO-OP
Presenting an installation created in collaboration within 12 or their artists, 280A proposal for Unseen Amsterdam's CO-OP deals with the significance of the collective in times of progressive individualization, virtualization and ongoing fragmentation, but also with the idea of intensity in arts and culture.
September 21-23 in Amsterdam
EDUCATION
2014 - 2017, Master student Art & Science with Virgil Widrich, University of Applied Arts, Vienna; finished June 2017
2011 - 2013, Printmaking class at the Vienna Art School
2002 - 2007, Communication science and political science, University Vienna, finished June 2007
SOLO
2018, TOUCHING SURFACES, OHO Obewart
2016, Folding Landscapes, NOUS, Vienna
GROUP SHOWS
2018
"Just a little bit... respect" - Exhibition of the 18th EU-Art Network Artist Symposium, Cselley Mühle Oslip, Burgenland
The Infernal Machine, BETON7 (Athens Photo Festival), Athen/Griechenland
Studio visit of Kunsthalle K2
2017
ARCC.art Christmas Shopping - ARCC.art , Kaiserstraße 76, Vienna
SQUARING THE CIRCLE PT.2: ‚LIQUID LANDSCAPES‘ with Christiane Peschek, Cihad Caner, Claudio Reis, Isidora Krstic, Victor Galleguillos, Andreas Werner, Fernando Maselli, 280A Artspace - Showroom Ruby Marie, Vienna- Ruby Marie Hotel Showroom, Vienna
The Essence, Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts – Alte Post, Vienna
Diploma exhibition – Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna
ARCC.art - Kaiserstraße, Vienna
Hands On - TransArts Department, Vienna
2016
Breaking Patterns - impact hub vienna
Non-Lieux - Johnstraße 31, Vienna
[dis]placement, Information through Sound - Citygate, Vienna
Ethereal Synthesis - Gathering of the Church of Genetic Entanglement - grundsteinsieben, Vienna
Junge Kunst - OHO, Oberwart
Open House - University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Raum & Objekt - University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2015
TERRITORY - Blütengasse 9, Vienna
Changing Worlds Conference 2015 - Palais Strozzi, Vienna
TEDxViennaSalon CITYx - MAK, Vienna
IT IS 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT, Aesthetic Insurgency - Blütengasse 9, Vienna
Junge Kunst international - OHO Oberwart, Burgenland
CONSEQUENTIAL CHOICES, Versions of Atlas Making - AIL (Angewandte Innovation Lab), Vienna
2014
Innovationspreistage .14 - WUK, Vienna
The Balls Are Ours - VBKÖ, Vienna
2013
Krieg gegen Kinder - Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Barfuß auf Seide - Korea Kulturhaus, Vienna
GRANTS/AWARDS
2018, Shortlisted for the Athens Photo Festival 2018
2017, Grant of the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts
2015, Project Grant of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
2014, 2nd place of Innovationspreis der IG Kultur Wien for the collective project „Krieg gegen Kinder“
RESIDENCIES
2018, eu-art network Artist Symposium, Oslip, Burgenland
2018, Artist Residency at Joya:AiR in Andalusia, Spain
2018, Artist Residency/Symposium in Cassis, France, with 280A Artspace
2016, Artist Residency at Hangar in Lisbon, Portugal
PUBLICATIONS
2018, Sentimental Defense, 280A, Issue #3
2018, Courage, Courage, Elevate Festival Magazine, 280A
2017 Squaring the Circle Pt. 2: Liquid Landscape, 280A, Issue #2
MEDIA
2018, Interview with SONDER.BIO
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS