About

Photo: Maria Brazão Sousa

I am fascinated by the power of imagination and the innate capacity of transformation of every living being within their ecosystems, and beyond.

I am intrigued by the construction of identities and their constant flux.

What is it that makes us "human" and how do we communicate it? How does our more-than-human environment relate to us and how does it show?

I wonder how we shape ourselves, each other and how we are being shaped by the landscapes we roam. In this, the links between personal and collective memory, heritage, rituals, the many concepts of home and the workings of "natural" bonds are core topics of my interest.

All of the above mentioned, I usually explore through the lens of magic realism and the psychologies of space and perception.

Currently I intend to deepen my practice with an investigation into past, present and future ecologies interwoven with human(-made) structures and ways of living. Furthermore, against the backdrop of phenomenology, I seek to re-discover the many meanings of having a body and its relationships to the material world.

My practice is located at the intersection of photography, videography and performance

art. I usually work in collaboration.

Photo: Tina Bauer

Bio / Education

I was born in 1987 and raised in Upper Austria.

After graduation I went to live in Vienna for 12 years. There I studied Romance Philology and British and American Studies alongside a teacher training program at the University of Vienna and University of Salamanca. I taught at two public schools and worked as a photo editor and graphic designer for the queer_feminist magazine fiber.

After attending some courses at the University of Applied Arts and Schule Friedl Kubelka in Vienna,

I started my studies of photography at

the Royal Academy of Art in the Netherlands in 2017.

I graduated in 2021. I am based in The Hague and work in the fields of visual and performance arts, creative coaching and education. Currently I am in training for art therapy and psychosocial counseling. Apart from that, I am attenting selected seminars at the Institute for Postnatural Studies, Madrid.

Shows / Performances

Belly Blooming: a performance with Lien Cornelissen and the EcoBody Collective at WEST, The Hague (March 2025)

12 o’Clock: a performance with Karolina Rupp at WEST,

The Hague (March 2025)

12 o’Clock: a performance with Karolina Rupp as part of HIGHS & LOWS at 4bid Gallery,

Amsterdam (February 2025)

Exile and Retreat
at Foto Wien,
Galerie Lumina,

Vienna (March 2022)

Trachten

at Publieke Werken,

Rotterdam (July 2021)

Matriarchal Spring
at Graduation Show,
Royal Academy of Art,

The Hague (July 2021)

Shapes of Dissent

at The Grey Space in the Middle,
The Hague (January 2020)

The Cookbook
at Fotogallerie Wien,

Vienna (July 2017)

Commissioned Work / Collaborations (selection)

The EcoBody Collective (member)
(currently contributing to the program accompanying Life on Earth: Art and Ecofeminism (28.02.25 - 01.08.25) at WEST, The Hague (2024 - present)

Videography for Soyun Park and Soley Sigurjons,
Festival Dag in de Branding,

The Hague (2020)

Campaign 2020/21 for White Ribbon Austria:

concept development and photography,

Vienna/The Hague (2020)

Artistic design for the collective exhibition and workspaces (Transnational Interstate Art Agency) in collaboration with Assemble Studio UK at WEST,

The Hague (2019)

Editorial photography

for An.schläge/
Das feministische Magazin,

Vienna/The Hague (2018 and 2021)

Fiber Collective (member)
biannual publication of the magazine fiber: Werkstoff für Feminismus und Popkultur; organizing and hosting of queer_feminist events,

Vienna (2013 - 2017)

Photographical coverage of the flashmob "Dansa Subterránea" by the artist collective A Tempo Dansa,

Valencia (2013)

Teaching (selection)

Course "Care and Collaborative Practices"
at Royal Academy of Art, Department of Fine Arts
The Hague, NL (2021)

Photography coach for contributors of the collective
exhibition and workspaces (Transnational Interstate Art Agency) in collaboration with Assemble Studio (UK)
at WEST,

The Hague (2019)

Workshop "Band Photography /

Feminist Imagery"

at Pink Noise Girlsrock Camp
Hollabrunn, AT (2015)