*born in Bratislava, Slovakia / lives, sleeps and works in Vienna /
art history at the University, Vienna / course for electronic media (ELAK), Vienna
1998 - 2002: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
since 2007: teachings and workshops (video, videoinstallation and performance), guest lectures:
Technical University Vienna, Department Art and Design (2007-11);
University of Art and Design Linz; Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2011 – 2018: University Assistent at the Kunstuniversität Linz, Department Experimental Art
2021 – 22 University Lecturer, Institut für Kunst und Bildung, Kunstuniversität Linz
grants / awards
21 Gabriele-Heidecker-Award 2021
13- 20 artist studio of the austrian federal chancellery, Visual Art Depatrment, Studio: Westbahnstrasse
15 artist in residence, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (1 month)
12 outstanding artis award for visual art
09 AIR Program - Paris (sponsored by Bmukk), Cité Internationale des Arts
08 State Scholarship for Fine Art
05 29. austrian grafic competition Innsbruck, Prize of the federal capital Vienna
04 AIR Program – Rome (3 months) (sponsored by Austrian bka)
04 MAK Schindler AIR Program - Los Angeles (6 months)(sponsored by Austrian bka)
02 AIR Program Krumlov, Czech Republic (3 months) (sponsored by Austrian bka)
solo exhibitions
25 Im Feld, Kunstraum pro arte, Hallein, together with Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair
Working Class Daughter, Neue Gallery, Innsbruck, Künstler*innenvereinigung Tirol
Nach den Türen, Size Matters. Space for Art&Film, together with Lisa Truttmann
24 18 rooms, Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz
23 In the bodies, BILDRAUM 01, Wien
22 Agent for other spaces, Kunstfestival Grundstein / Schaufenster Denis, Wien 06-09/22
21 Exhibition of the Gabriele Heigecker Award, afo Oberösterreich, Linz
Common Grounds, Project for public space, from Eden&Lernout, FIRST SCENERY, Wien
20 densestory, Kunstraum Weikendorf, in the context of: Art in Public Space, Lower Austria
19 Scenes for possible resistances, Galerie allerArt Bludenz, curated by Andrea Fink, Remise Bludenz
Ghosteries, with Susi Jirkuff, Galerie Maerz, KünstlerInnenvereinigung, Linz
17 the only song I remember in slovak, Size Matters, Vienna
in person: Miriam Bajtala, Living Collection sixpackfilm, Metrokinokulturhaus, Vienna
16 bodies of my work, Performance, Künstlerhaus Wien
13 in my name, Secession, Vienna
11 terms of decision, with Blue Curry, Austrian Cultural Forum, London
two monologues for a choir, performance, Projekspace k48, Vienna
10 home stories, Galeria Krokus, Bratislava, Slovakia
nothing but ghosts, with Gregor Graf, Forum Stadtpark, Graz
09 satellite me, das weisse Haus, Vienna
asymmetrical focus, with Annja Krautgasser, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
07 camouflage, swingr, Vienna
06 me and other lamps, Künstlerhaus, Passagengalerie, Vienna
wild solutions, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
05 can´t see nothing, with Flora Watzal, dreizehn zwei, Vienna
02 AS IF, MAK Gegenwartskunstdepot, Gefechtsturm Arenbergpark, Vienna
group exhibitions + screenings (selection)
2025
° 42. Kasseler Dokfest, Monitoring, 2025
° 19th Ethnocineca, International Documentary Film Festival Vienna
° Crossing Europe, Local Artists, OÖ Premiere Becoming Outline
° Vienna Premiere of Becoming Outline, Metro Kinokulturhaus
° Diagonale, Österreichpremiere von Becoming Outline, Graz
2024
° Weaving Time: Gender, Labor, and Disrupted Chronologies, im Rahmen der Vienna Art Week,
Galerie Peter Gaugy, curated by Deniz Güvensoy, Wien
° 28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, section First Lights, World premiere of becoming outline
° Miromente Nr.77, Zeitschrift für Gut und Böse (Literaturzeitschrift), Bildbeitrag, 2024
2023
° FOUND IN TRANSLATION, screening (15.01.23), curated by Lies Neve, whatartcando, Amsterdam
° FOCUS ON: Miriam Bajtala, Breitenseer-Lichtspiele (24.02.23) Wien
2022
° OIKOS: ‘THE HOUSE’, Wienwoche, Brunnenpassage, curated by Deniz Güvensoy, Wien
° YOUtopia, back to Athens 9, International art meeting 22, Athen, Griechenland
° NO.HOT_L, Chicago, kuratiert von Amina Handke, Chicago
° contemporary videoart, Thai-European Friendship 2022, Bangkok art and cultural centre,
Thailand, kuratiert von Komson Nookiew
° Dorotheum Wien, Kunst hilft-(…), Mitglieder der Secession Wien
2021
° VIS Vienna Shorts
° Workshop Jozef Wouters, im Rahmen von ´learning a space by heart`, Wiener Festwochen
2020
° Diagonale, festival of austrian film (canceled)
° Kairos, Recall of Earth, MIET, Villa Kapantzi, Thessaloniki, Griechenland, curated by S. Panteliadou
2019
° „Displacement“, Musrara Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
° for the birds, 2 bird boxes for Claudia Märzendorfer, Landesklinikum Hollabrunn (KiöR NÖ)
2018
° ba‡b+a, 10 Years MUSA- collection of the city of Vienna
° spring, Xcèntric Archive, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona
2017
° Videonale 16, PERFORM, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
° Philm, Gallery of Art and Design, Linz
2016
° Trans-Positionen-Festival von Werkleitz, Germany
° 62. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
° art makes us strange, Brno 2016, B16 Film Festival,
° it is time, Duisburger Filmwochen No.40, Germany
° Portfolio, Video-Forum Berlin der n.b.k, Museo Tamayo, Mexiko
° Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film, Graz
2015
° As-If Principle, Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz
° Another reality, visions of media art, Medienwerkstatt Vienna
° POZOR! Cold border, art collection of upper austria, Linz
° Edinburgh - International Film Festival, Edinburgh
2014
° a soap opera show machine house, Villa Renata, Basel
° The big illusion, Studio Steinbrener-Dempf, Vienna
° Biografie II, WIR, Fotogalerie Wien
° Experimental Video, BACC Bangkok, Thailand
° Operation Goldhaube, Tradition and contemporary art, Salzburg Museum, Monatsschlössl, Salzburg
2013
° digging up, Festival der Regionen
° Soft screaming. Cinema as an installation room, Top Kino, Vienna
2012
° Montag ist erst übermorgen, Ankäufe des Kupferstichkabinetts, xhibit, Kupferstichkabinett, Vienna
° Retrospective Video Art 2012, National Art Gallery Bangkok, Thailand
° after the project is ... , Abteilung für alles andere, Berlin
° in the cubature of the Cabinet, art in Fluc; with Misha Stroj
° home sweet home, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz
2011
° #6 The don´t you dare issue, Beitrag in Parabol Art Magazin
° pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Slowenien
° the borders of drawing, das weisse Haus, Vienna
° Generali Foundation, Animism, Filmcasino Vienna
° home edition, Banská Bystrica, SK, curated by Gabriela Kisová
2010
° drawing, Tiroler Künstlerschaft, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck
° 13 projections in public space, a project of KÖR-Steiermark
° Untitled, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, curated by Birgit Rinagl und Franz Thalmair
° in:system, Schloss Ulmerfeld, Amstetten, curated by Bernhard Hosa und Anna Spohn
° Life is probably round, Galerie Maerz, Linz, curated by Beate Rathmayr/ Claudia Dworschak
2009
° Experimental Video Art 6 Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand, curated by Sabine Marte
° the center of attention, vienna art week 2009, Wien, curated by Ursula Maria Probst
° Miriam Bajtala, Herwig Kempinger, Loredana & Günther Selichar, Fotohof, Salzburg
° Performance I, Fotogalerie Vienna
° unORTnung V, Ankerbrotfabrik, Vienna, curated by Veronika Barnas und Georg Schöllhammer
° without a name, 100 years of Technical Museum, Vienna
2008
° AUSTRIA conTEMPORARY, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg
° On us. About patterns and propertie, Antipodium, Palais Thurn&Taxis, Bregenz
° as bring collective, Künstlerhaus, Passagengalerie, Vienna
° travellight, curated by Jonathan Quinn, Museumsquartier, Vienna
2007
° Matilde, autogroupshow, Riga, Lettland
° Kunstankäufe, Nordico, Museum der Stadt Linz, Linz
° need critical spaces affection?, Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz
2006
° meine exzellenz / der gehörige rest, House of Research, Vienna
° in company, 422 Galerie, Gmunden
° earth, heaven, hell, Ursula Blickle Videolounge, Kunsthalle Vienna
° listen to the dreams of others, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
° Alpha.. Romeo.. Tango, Hangar 7, Salzburg
2005
° 29. Österr. Grafikwettbewerb, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
° where are you, now?, auto, Vienna
° Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
2004
° mandatory, MAK center for art and architecture, Schindlerhaus, Los Angeles
° no risk no glory, loop, Raum aktuelles Kunst, Berlin
DVD-compilations
- "as she likes it", female Performance Art from Austria, INDEX/DVD Edition 023, Medienwerkstatt Wien
und sixpackfilm, 2006
- "art_clips/ .ch.at.de", 90 Shortvideos from Switzerland, Germany, Austria Hg.G.J. Lischka und ZKM,
Zentrum für Kunstund Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, ZKM digital arts edition, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006
- Video Edition Austria - release 02, Medienwerkstatt Vienna, 2009
art history at the University, Vienna / course for electronic media (ELAK), Vienna
1998 - 2002: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
since 2007: teachings and workshops (video, videoinstallation and performance), guest lectures:
Technical University Vienna, Department Art and Design (2007-11);
University of Art and Design Linz; Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2011 – 2018: University Assistent at the Kunstuniversität Linz, Department Experimental Art
2021 – 22 University Lecturer, Institut für Kunst und Bildung, Kunstuniversität Linz
grants / awards
21 Gabriele-Heidecker-Award 2021
13- 20 artist studio of the austrian federal chancellery, Visual Art Depatrment, Studio: Westbahnstrasse
15 artist in residence, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (1 month)
12 outstanding artis award for visual art
09 AIR Program - Paris (sponsored by Bmukk), Cité Internationale des Arts
08 State Scholarship for Fine Art
05 29. austrian grafic competition Innsbruck, Prize of the federal capital Vienna
04 AIR Program – Rome (3 months) (sponsored by Austrian bka)
04 MAK Schindler AIR Program - Los Angeles (6 months)(sponsored by Austrian bka)
02 AIR Program Krumlov, Czech Republic (3 months) (sponsored by Austrian bka)
solo exhibitions
25 Im Feld, Kunstraum pro arte, Hallein, together with Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair
Working Class Daughter, Neue Gallery, Innsbruck, Künstler*innenvereinigung Tirol
Nach den Türen, Size Matters. Space for Art&Film, together with Lisa Truttmann
24 18 rooms, Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz
23 In the bodies, BILDRAUM 01, Wien
22 Agent for other spaces, Kunstfestival Grundstein / Schaufenster Denis, Wien 06-09/22
21 Exhibition of the Gabriele Heigecker Award, afo Oberösterreich, Linz
Common Grounds, Project for public space, from Eden&Lernout, FIRST SCENERY, Wien
20 densestory, Kunstraum Weikendorf, in the context of: Art in Public Space, Lower Austria
19 Scenes for possible resistances, Galerie allerArt Bludenz, curated by Andrea Fink, Remise Bludenz
Ghosteries, with Susi Jirkuff, Galerie Maerz, KünstlerInnenvereinigung, Linz
17 the only song I remember in slovak, Size Matters, Vienna
in person: Miriam Bajtala, Living Collection sixpackfilm, Metrokinokulturhaus, Vienna
16 bodies of my work, Performance, Künstlerhaus Wien
13 in my name, Secession, Vienna
11 terms of decision, with Blue Curry, Austrian Cultural Forum, London
two monologues for a choir, performance, Projekspace k48, Vienna
10 home stories, Galeria Krokus, Bratislava, Slovakia
nothing but ghosts, with Gregor Graf, Forum Stadtpark, Graz
09 satellite me, das weisse Haus, Vienna
asymmetrical focus, with Annja Krautgasser, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
07 camouflage, swingr, Vienna
06 me and other lamps, Künstlerhaus, Passagengalerie, Vienna
wild solutions, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
05 can´t see nothing, with Flora Watzal, dreizehn zwei, Vienna
02 AS IF, MAK Gegenwartskunstdepot, Gefechtsturm Arenbergpark, Vienna
group exhibitions + screenings (selection)
2025
° 42. Kasseler Dokfest, Monitoring, 2025
° 19th Ethnocineca, International Documentary Film Festival Vienna
° Crossing Europe, Local Artists, OÖ Premiere Becoming Outline
° Vienna Premiere of Becoming Outline, Metro Kinokulturhaus
° Diagonale, Österreichpremiere von Becoming Outline, Graz
2024
° Weaving Time: Gender, Labor, and Disrupted Chronologies, im Rahmen der Vienna Art Week,
Galerie Peter Gaugy, curated by Deniz Güvensoy, Wien
° 28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, section First Lights, World premiere of becoming outline
° Miromente Nr.77, Zeitschrift für Gut und Böse (Literaturzeitschrift), Bildbeitrag, 2024
2023
° FOUND IN TRANSLATION, screening (15.01.23), curated by Lies Neve, whatartcando, Amsterdam
° FOCUS ON: Miriam Bajtala, Breitenseer-Lichtspiele (24.02.23) Wien
2022
° OIKOS: ‘THE HOUSE’, Wienwoche, Brunnenpassage, curated by Deniz Güvensoy, Wien
° YOUtopia, back to Athens 9, International art meeting 22, Athen, Griechenland
° NO.HOT_L, Chicago, kuratiert von Amina Handke, Chicago
° contemporary videoart, Thai-European Friendship 2022, Bangkok art and cultural centre,
Thailand, kuratiert von Komson Nookiew
° Dorotheum Wien, Kunst hilft-(…), Mitglieder der Secession Wien
2021
° VIS Vienna Shorts
° Workshop Jozef Wouters, im Rahmen von ´learning a space by heart`, Wiener Festwochen
2020
° Diagonale, festival of austrian film (canceled)
° Kairos, Recall of Earth, MIET, Villa Kapantzi, Thessaloniki, Griechenland, curated by S. Panteliadou
2019
° „Displacement“, Musrara Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
° for the birds, 2 bird boxes for Claudia Märzendorfer, Landesklinikum Hollabrunn (KiöR NÖ)
2018
° ba‡b+a, 10 Years MUSA- collection of the city of Vienna
° spring, Xcèntric Archive, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona
2017
° Videonale 16, PERFORM, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
° Philm, Gallery of Art and Design, Linz
2016
° Trans-Positionen-Festival von Werkleitz, Germany
° 62. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
° art makes us strange, Brno 2016, B16 Film Festival,
° it is time, Duisburger Filmwochen No.40, Germany
° Portfolio, Video-Forum Berlin der n.b.k, Museo Tamayo, Mexiko
° Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film, Graz
2015
° As-If Principle, Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz
° Another reality, visions of media art, Medienwerkstatt Vienna
° POZOR! Cold border, art collection of upper austria, Linz
° Edinburgh - International Film Festival, Edinburgh
2014
° a soap opera show machine house, Villa Renata, Basel
° The big illusion, Studio Steinbrener-Dempf, Vienna
° Biografie II, WIR, Fotogalerie Wien
° Experimental Video, BACC Bangkok, Thailand
° Operation Goldhaube, Tradition and contemporary art, Salzburg Museum, Monatsschlössl, Salzburg
2013
° digging up, Festival der Regionen
° Soft screaming. Cinema as an installation room, Top Kino, Vienna
2012
° Montag ist erst übermorgen, Ankäufe des Kupferstichkabinetts, xhibit, Kupferstichkabinett, Vienna
° Retrospective Video Art 2012, National Art Gallery Bangkok, Thailand
° after the project is ... , Abteilung für alles andere, Berlin
° in the cubature of the Cabinet, art in Fluc; with Misha Stroj
° home sweet home, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz
2011
° #6 The don´t you dare issue, Beitrag in Parabol Art Magazin
° pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Slowenien
° the borders of drawing, das weisse Haus, Vienna
° Generali Foundation, Animism, Filmcasino Vienna
° home edition, Banská Bystrica, SK, curated by Gabriela Kisová
2010
° drawing, Tiroler Künstlerschaft, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck
° 13 projections in public space, a project of KÖR-Steiermark
° Untitled, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, curated by Birgit Rinagl und Franz Thalmair
° in:system, Schloss Ulmerfeld, Amstetten, curated by Bernhard Hosa und Anna Spohn
° Life is probably round, Galerie Maerz, Linz, curated by Beate Rathmayr/ Claudia Dworschak
2009
° Experimental Video Art 6 Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand, curated by Sabine Marte
° the center of attention, vienna art week 2009, Wien, curated by Ursula Maria Probst
° Miriam Bajtala, Herwig Kempinger, Loredana & Günther Selichar, Fotohof, Salzburg
° Performance I, Fotogalerie Vienna
° unORTnung V, Ankerbrotfabrik, Vienna, curated by Veronika Barnas und Georg Schöllhammer
° without a name, 100 years of Technical Museum, Vienna
2008
° AUSTRIA conTEMPORARY, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg
° On us. About patterns and propertie, Antipodium, Palais Thurn&Taxis, Bregenz
° as bring collective, Künstlerhaus, Passagengalerie, Vienna
° travellight, curated by Jonathan Quinn, Museumsquartier, Vienna
2007
° Matilde, autogroupshow, Riga, Lettland
° Kunstankäufe, Nordico, Museum der Stadt Linz, Linz
° need critical spaces affection?, Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz
2006
° meine exzellenz / der gehörige rest, House of Research, Vienna
° in company, 422 Galerie, Gmunden
° earth, heaven, hell, Ursula Blickle Videolounge, Kunsthalle Vienna
° listen to the dreams of others, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
° Alpha.. Romeo.. Tango, Hangar 7, Salzburg
2005
° 29. Österr. Grafikwettbewerb, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
° where are you, now?, auto, Vienna
° Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
2004
° mandatory, MAK center for art and architecture, Schindlerhaus, Los Angeles
° no risk no glory, loop, Raum aktuelles Kunst, Berlin
DVD-compilations
- "as she likes it", female Performance Art from Austria, INDEX/DVD Edition 023, Medienwerkstatt Wien
und sixpackfilm, 2006
- "art_clips/ .ch.at.de", 90 Shortvideos from Switzerland, Germany, Austria Hg.G.J. Lischka und ZKM,
Zentrum für Kunstund Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, ZKM digital arts edition, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006
- Video Edition Austria - release 02, Medienwerkstatt Vienna, 2009