*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
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 COMPACT(HER)STORY, 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)
23 FOUND IN TRANSLATION, screening (15.01.23), curated by Lies Neve, whatartcando, Amsterdam
FOCUS ON: Miriam Bajtala, Breitenseer-Lichtspiele (24.02.23) Wien
22 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
21 VIS Vienna Shorts
Workshop Jozef Wouters, im Rahmen von ´learning a space by heart`, Wiener Festwochen
20 Diagonale, festival of austrian film (canceled)
Kairos, Recall of Earth, MIET, Villa Kapantzi, Thessaloniki, Griechenland, curated by S. Panteliadou
19 „Displacement“, Musrara Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
for the birds, 2 bird boxes for Claudia Märzendorfer, Landesklinikum Hollabrunn (KiöR NÖ)
18 ba‡b+a, 10 Years MUSA- collection of the city of Vienna
spring, Xcèntric Archive, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona
17 Videonale 16, PERFORM, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Philm, Gallery of Art and Design, Linz
16 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
15 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
14 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
13 digging up, Festival der Regionen
Soft screaming. Cinema as an installation room, Top Kino, Vienna
12 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
11 #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
10 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
09 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
08 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
07 Matilde, autogroupshow, Riga, Lettland
Kunstankäufe, Nordico, Museum der Stadt Linz, Linz
need critical spaces affection?, Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz
06 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
05 29. Österr. Grafikwettbewerb, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
where are you, now?, auto, Vienna
Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
04 mandatory, MAK center for art and architecture, Schindlerhaus, Los Angeles
no risk no glory, loop, Raum aktuelles Kunst, Berlin
03 3 projections, Fotogalerie Vienna
02 facing 1, Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels
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
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 COMPACT(HER)STORY, 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)
23 FOUND IN TRANSLATION, screening (15.01.23), curated by Lies Neve, whatartcando, Amsterdam
FOCUS ON: Miriam Bajtala, Breitenseer-Lichtspiele (24.02.23) Wien
22 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
21 VIS Vienna Shorts
Workshop Jozef Wouters, im Rahmen von ´learning a space by heart`, Wiener Festwochen
20 Diagonale, festival of austrian film (canceled)
Kairos, Recall of Earth, MIET, Villa Kapantzi, Thessaloniki, Griechenland, curated by S. Panteliadou
19 „Displacement“, Musrara Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
for the birds, 2 bird boxes for Claudia Märzendorfer, Landesklinikum Hollabrunn (KiöR NÖ)
18 ba‡b+a, 10 Years MUSA- collection of the city of Vienna
spring, Xcèntric Archive, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona
17 Videonale 16, PERFORM, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Philm, Gallery of Art and Design, Linz
16 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
15 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
14 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
13 digging up, Festival der Regionen
Soft screaming. Cinema as an installation room, Top Kino, Vienna
12 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
11 #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
10 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
09 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
08 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
07 Matilde, autogroupshow, Riga, Lettland
Kunstankäufe, Nordico, Museum der Stadt Linz, Linz
need critical spaces affection?, Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz
06 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
05 29. Österr. Grafikwettbewerb, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
where are you, now?, auto, Vienna
Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
04 mandatory, MAK center for art and architecture, Schindlerhaus, Los Angeles
no risk no glory, loop, Raum aktuelles Kunst, Berlin
03 3 projections, Fotogalerie Vienna
02 facing 1, Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels
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