Short Biography

Photo: (c) Ness Rubey

1970 born in Ried i. Innkreis, Austria

2005 – 2006 University of Arts, Linz, Prof. Dietmar  Brehm|
2011 Summeracademy Traunkirchen
Xenia Hausner I 2012 Arts Acadamy Bad
Reichenhall Anton Petz I 2017 Etching Course Eva
Möseneder I 2023 Degree in Philosophy/ Science of Arts University Linz

Studio in Linz / Rudolfstraße 46

web: https://www.birgitschweiger.com Tel: +43 676 7073884
mail: info@birgitschweiger.com Instagram
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Gallery Representation:

Galerie Seidler, Linz, AT / Galerie Dumas Linz, AT /   Galerie UXVAL Gochez, Barcelona, Spanien

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
  • 2018 Museum Nordico, Linz
  • 2014, 2017, 2022, Kunstsammlung Land OÖ
  • 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 Museum Angerlehner, Thalheim/Wels http://museum-angerlehner.at
Awards:
  • 2018, Alfred Schmeller Anerkennungspreis, Printing Graphic
  • 2016, Artist of the Day Upper Austrian Newspaper
  • 2016, First price Call for Design of an Artist Ship on the Attersee
  • 2016, Second Price Call for Art and Wind Energy in Vienna
  • 2015 Generali Ladies Cup Linz Art Contest
  • 2014 Call for Artists for renewable Energy in Berlin, Price and Exhibition
  • 2014 Finalist The Artist´s Magazine, Annual Art Competition
References:

PUBLICATIONS: 

Birgit Schweiger, 2025, THE GRASS IS GREENER, ISBN 978-3-200-10607-9 | Birgit Schweiger, 2024, ZITRONENFRISCHE, ISBN 978-3-200-09652-3
Birgit Schweiger Works 2012 – 2015, ISBN978-3-200-03985-8 I
Energiewendekunst – EnergyTransitionArt, ISBN 978-3-9817703-0-8 I Der Bestechende Zufall – Spiel oder Absicht,Kooperation Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ, Kunstverein sowie Vereinigung Kunstschaffender OÖ zum Leben und Werk von Anton Lutz, ISBN 978-3-200-050-11-2 I Birgit Schweiger. spinnen, Katalog publiziert von der Kulturinitative Gmünd/Kärnten I 10 Jahre zeitgenössische Kunst, MUSEUM ANGERLEHNER,Sammlungspräsentation, Hirmer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7774-4154-2,Dekoration ist Verbrechen, EMISSARY, ISBN 978-3-200-07361-6STILLes LEBEN, EMISSARY, ISBN 978-3-200- 08134-5

MEMBERSHIPS:

Künstlerhaus Wien | OÖ Kunstverein | Vereinigung Kunstschaffender Galerie im OÖ Kulturquartier | IG Bildende Kunst Wien | Galerie Forum Wels

ContaCt:

STUDIO: Rudolfstrasse 46, Linz-urfahr, erdgeschoß, Eingang im hof

Exhibitions / Coop / Projects (Selection):

2026

BID Art, Biennale Internazionale Donna, Triest / HORS DES MURS, Galerie Dumas, Paris I Galerie AugenBlick, NÖ, Duoshow with Evelyn Kreinecker, Museum Pramet | Duoshow with Martin Dickinger I Dom Gallery Wr. Neustadt with Christian Flora

2025

COLLECTIVE DRIFT | OÖ Kunstverein  I MINIS II | 51 Mitglieder des Künstlerinnenhaus Wien | Kellergalerie art.ig | Wien / OPERATION_ROTE LINIE, Die Kunstschaffenden, Galerie im OÖ Kulturquartier |  Galerie Dumas „Black & White“ | Linz / Nextcomic Festival Linz | OÖ Kunstverein „Stretch the Lines“ | OÖ Kulturquartier | „SPÜRSINN“ | HIPPhalle Gmunden | 7th International ART and the CITY Conference | Nizza, FR |Galerie PARADIGMA, Linz, „Schlusspunkt 03“

2024

LINIEN, Galerie Seidler, Group-Show I Künstlerhaus Wien, Filmscreening I Schlossmuseum Linz Summer Exhibition I PARALLEL Vienna Artfair with Gallery DIE FORUM Wels I ESTAMPA Madrid, Gallery UXVAL, Barcelona I FLAT I, Vienna, Groupshow EMISSARY | PARALLEL Editions Vienna, Funkhaus

2023

Kunst am Bau, ÖJAB Pflegewohnhaus Neumargareten, Vienna I POSITIONS, Gallery Uxval Gomez, Groupshow, Barcelona, Spain I SIE IST KUNST, Gallery Seidler Linz, Groupshow I ODD CREATURES, Loft 8, Vienna I KUNSTLINIEN, HIPP-halle Gmunden, Groupshow I NATURE, ours, Gallery PARADIGMA Linz, DUO I Schlossgalerie Schärding, Groupshow

2022

Gallery SchlossPuchheim, Solo Show „MORPH“ I Museum Angerlehner, Sammlungspräsentation LOST, Conference, Erschöpfung am Minigolfplatz, GFK OÖ, Videopresentation of Aesthetic of Plastic I STILLesLEBEN, Loft 8 Vienna, Group Show

2021

ECHO, Gallery Forum Wels, Group Show I Artist in Residence, Bad Hall, Villa Rabl, Gastatelier des Landes OÖ I Schlossmuseum Linz, LINZER KUNSTSALON, Artfair, Groupshow, Gallery DIE FORUM Wels I STILLesLeben, Loft 8 Galerie, EMISSARY, Groupshow, Vienna

2020

WERKSCHAU01, Nestroyhof Vienna, EMISSARY, Groupshow I GEDANKENWEGE, Gallery Die Forum Wels, Groupshow I DEKORATION IST VERBRECHEN, Loft 8 Wien, Cooperation, EMISSARY I Linzer Schloss, Summer Exhibition I UNTITLED I Studiogallery of Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ, Cooperation

2019

INNERVIRTUELLE GEDANKENREISEN I Wohnzimmergalerie Six, Seewalchen/Attersee Soloshow I NICHTJEDESUCHEISTEINEFRAGE, Kammerhofgalerien Gmunden, Groupshow I SF…SO FAR, Gallery Town of Traun, AT, Soloshow I Hotel Leo mynext ÖJAB NÖ1, Kunst am Bau 

2018

Linz AG Kunstforum I Artist in Residence, Gmünd, Kärnten Soloshow I Linzer Kunstsalon, Artfair, Landesgalerie, Groupshow 

2017

TOBACCO DANCERS, Tabakfabrik Linz, Dancing Performance/ Videoproduction, Soloshow Curation und Opening Speach, Coop-Project of Kunstsammlung Linz, OÖ Kunstverein and BVOÖ zum Gedenkjahr Anton Lutz, YENERGYon Tour, documenta-Halle,DE, Groupshow

2016

TOBACCO DANCERS Gallery Seywald, Salzburg I SHAME ON LINZ, Performance Videoproject I ALLESTANZ, Gallery Max-21, D-Iphofen, Duo-show I Posthof Linz „David Bowie Tribute“ Poster and Visuals

2015

„FREUDENHAUS”, Groupshow, Stiftervilla, Kirchschlag/Linz I DAS GEHEIMNIS DER VÖGEL, Höhenrausch, BVOÖ I OÖ Kulturquartier Ursulinenhof I Generali Art Contest 24/25, ORF Oberösterreich I „Yenergy on Tour“, Berlin DUH I Kubin „Was aus meiner Sammlung wurde“, Kooperation mit der Landesgalerie Linz/ Kunstschaffenden Galerie OÖ Kulturquartier

2014

Gallery Hofkabinett Linz, Groupshow I „YENERGY on Tour“, „Energiewende“ im silent green Kulturquartier in Berlin, DE I „Gemischter Satz“ in Bad Aussee, Garagerie

2013

PERSPECTIVES, Stadtturmgalerie Schwanenstadt Soloshow, „YENERGY“ Gallery Seywald, Salzburg, AT

ARTIST STATEMENT:

In my artistic practice, I move between painting, drawing, installation, video, and art-in-architecture projects. These media work as different spaces of thought and experience. I explore reality, corporeality, and perception. Central to this is thinking in layers, which makes hidden connections visible. The examination of social stereotypes, gender aspects, as well as individual and collective imprints forms the conceptual basis.

Starting from classical painting, my visual language develops like tentacles into structures. Through superimpositions and transformations, spaces emerge that become permeable. This principle of connecting, opening, and transforming continues in my installations. Thread and line installations in particular create relationships between elements that are not evidently connected. Space influences meaning and perception.

In my video works — sometimes developed collectively — I examine historically transmitted ideals of beauty that have long been shaped by male gaze regimes. I translate alternative forms of beauty, vulnerability, and intimacy into my artistic language. The intersection of the corporeal, ecological aspects, and aesthetic questions plays an essential role. Art-in-architecture projects extend these movements of thought into public space and respond to architectural, social, and structural conditions on site.

The working process itself is shaped by intuitive decisions that intertwine with conceptual considerations depending on the project. My approach is driven by chance and sudden insight. Rising uncertainty during the working process is consciously allowed. A conglomerate of emotions emerges that is structural. As an artist, I am a seismograph: sensitive to atmospheric shifts, nuances, and the unspoken. My attention is directed both to the private and the public, the intimate as well as the political. I translate aesthetically where something becomes fragile or vulnerable. Self-understanding and environment, corporeality and materiality form the foundation of this process.

My work does not see itself as a depiction of reality, but as an investigation of its layers, fractures, and transitions.