photo Sophie Kirchner 2021
EDUCATION
2014-2019 University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2018-2019 Faculdade das Belas Artes, Lisbon
2019 Sommerakademie Salzburg, Massinissa Selmani „Drawn Forms“, scholarship, Salzburg
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
2024 grant for „AZUKI“ by Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, Öffentlicher Dienst und Sport
2024 grant for „The Stolen Dream“ by Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, Öffentlicher Dienst und Sport
2024 grant for „The Stolen Dream“ by Land Niederösterreich
2023 grant for "the missing spots", Land Niederösterreich
2023 Bildrecht Projektförderung "Neue Kunst auf alten Wänden"
2022 AIR Niederösterreich, Westport, Ireland
2022 Hubert Seliecky Award
2022 grant Bundeskanzleramt Vienna
2022 grant AIR Niederösterreich
2022 grant for „Naturdepression“ by Land Niederösterreich
2022 grant for „Naturdepression“ by Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, Öffentlicher Dienst und Sport
2021 „Austrian Indie Adler“ for „METANOIA“ awarded by Austrian Film Festival, Vienna
2021 grant for „METANOIA“, Stiftung Philanthropie Österreich
2021 grant for „Rasmus‘ neues Abenteuer“ by Land Niederösterreich
2021 "best animated short“ awarded by Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
2021 "best animated short“ awarded by Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
2021 honorable mention „best animated short“ awarded by Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles
2021 „best animated short“ awarded by Short Shot Fest, Moscow
2020 „best music video“ awarded by PBIMA, Florida
2020 „best music video“ awarded by Hollywood International Golden Age Festival
2019 scholarship for Sommerakademie Salzburg, „Drawn Forms“ by Massinissa Selmani
2019 promotion prize by Land Niederösterreich for the diploma project „PUZZLING“
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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2022 AIR Niederösterreich, Westport, Ireland
2020 digital humanity, PLAN8T AIR, China
2017 ANTROPICAL, Luxembourg
FILMFESTIVALS
2024 La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy
2024 64th Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2024, Czech Republic
2024 Vienna Shorts, Vienna
2024 Kikeriki Kinderfilmfestival, Tulln
2024 Independent Days Festival, Karlsruhe
2024 Monstra Filmfestival, Monstrinha Competition, Lisbon
2024 Tricky Women Festival, Austrian Panorama, Vienna
2023 Dumbo Film Festival, Festive Flicks, New York
2023 9:16 Film Fest, Arequipa, Peru
2023 SunChild Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
2023 Chania Film Festival, Chania, Crete
2023 Landjäger Kürzestfilm Festspiele, Gartenbaukino, Vienna 2023 BNP Paribas Green Film Festival, Krakow
2023 Under The Radar Festival, Belvedere21
2022 Best Austrian Animation Festival, Filmcasino
2022 tricky women festival, MQ, Vienna
2022 2DaysAnimationFestival, Filmcasino, Vienna
2022 Under The Radar Festival, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2021 Austrian Filmfestival, Schikaneder Kino, Vienna
2021 YOUKI Festival, Upper Austria
2021 Vienna Shorts, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2021 Malatesta Short Festival, Cesena
2021 Short Shot Fest, Moscow
2021 Beyond The Curve Festival, Paris
2021 PBIMA, Florida
2021 Independent shorts awards, LA
2021 LiftOffSessions, online
2021 Animateka, Ljubljana
2021 Independent Days Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
2021 Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Athen
2021 Oniros Film Awards, New York
2020 Venice Shorts, California
2020 Montreal Independent Film Festival, Montreal
2020 imvawards, online
2020 2DaysAnimationFestival, online
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EXHIBITIONS (selection)
20.1.2024 Come Together, Kunstraum Arcade, Mödling
07.11.2023 -26.5.2024 Frieden, Jewish Museum Vienna, Vienna
03.8.2023 Studio Group Exhibition, Custom House Studios, Westport, Ireland
28.4.2023 Neue Kunst auf alten Wänden, Kasematten Wr.Neustadt
8.3.2023 StoP, SchloR Beisl, Vienna
8.3.2023 MOST WANTED FEMALE* ART 23, Flomyca, Vienna
29.11.2022 HIGHLIGHTS, Bildraum 01, Vienna
spring 2020 PLAN8T AIR, DIGITAL HUMANITY, China
21.6.2019 PUZZLING, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna
24.9.2019 PARALLEL VIENNA, Galerie KunstAbHinterhof, Vienna
16.2.2018 Casa Ardente, Casa Independente, Lisbon
27.6.2017 THE ESSENCE, Alte Post, Vienna
23.10.2017 Melange, Galerie Hochdruck, Vienna
5.8.2016 ANTROPICAL, Luxembourg
30.6.2016 THE ESSENCE, Alte Post, Vienna
1.9.2016 Artists As Independent Publishers, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna
2.4.2015 Kunst und Käse, Galerie die Schöne, Vienna
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THEATRE/ LIVE STAGE DESIGN
23.1. & 24.1. 2024 KARDIA Dschungel Wien, Vienna
15.5.2023 KARDIA BG/BRG Lienz, East Tyrol
21.1. 2022 KARDIA Die Bühne, Lower Austria
14. & 15.1. 2022 KARDIA Westbahntheater, Innsbruck
4.9., 9.9. & 11.9. 2022 KARDIA BRICK15, Vienna
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ILLUSTRATION
2023 The Aquatic Museum, Album Artworks
2020 In Geometry, Album Artworks
2018 Rasmus‘ Reise zum Mond, Verlag Bibliothek Der Provinz, Childrens‘ Book, Text and illustration
2018 Cluttered Clarity, Artworks
2017 BOOXY‘S BOX The Game, Artworks
2017 BUNZI, Christiane Ehlinger, imprimerie centrale, Luxembourg, illustration
2017 live drawings for the agency Heroes and Heroines in cooperation with Neubau eyewear
FILMS
2022 STYRIARTE „Air“, comissioned animated short
2022 „Nature Deficit“, animated independent short
2021 „Metanoia“, animated independent short
2021 „Swallowed“, animated independent short
2021 „the aquatic museum“, comissioned animated video
2020 „no shape“ comissioned animated music video