Exhibitions

still (a little life) brings together photography, painting, and sculpture that reflect on moments of stillness, suspended time, and the fragile intensity of life between light, memory, and technological transformation.

In her exhibition discrepancies with W.W. (in company) at the University Gallery of the Angewandte in the Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Leonor Antunes combines her own artistic works with objects and textiles by designers of the Wiener Werkstätte and the former k.k. Kunstgewerbeschule (Imperial and Royal School of Arts and Crafts), drawn from the Collection and Archive of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
 
Curated by Julienne Lorz

Presented in the small vitrine of the Otto Wagner Postsparkasse, seven graduates of the University of Applied Arts Vienna open a window into the diverse artistic practices and languages of Angewandte alumni, offering a range of perspectives that explore parallels, contrasts, or extensions within the given thematic framework.

The Science Vizualization Lab invites you to enjoy a series of microcosms for its 10 year celebration!

The exhibition is a parcours of miniature garden-like objects. What is the origin of life? A minute microbe rather than a big bang? A sound verberating acting the mix of a primordial soup? You are invited into a micro messy world of blue green algae and moss like plant forms. We encourage contemplative experiences rather than one seemingly solid theory to explain all. We look at micro life forms and how these affect life. Michael Bachhofer exhibits Kleine Wunder and there will be prints by biologists Stephan Handschuh, Thomas Schwaha and Manfred Walzl.

Die Ausstellung zeigt Werke von Absolvent*innen und Lehrenden der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, sowie anderen Künstler*innen. Kuratiert von Judith P. Fischer, Lehrende der Abteilung Aktzeichnen.

The atmosphere is where life happens. Trees grow, people meet, memories are made. Underneath soil, above air. Dark, light, dark. The light atmTospheric layer of life covers itself in filaments of actualities. They are stretching their web all over the globe, tying places together, writing indefinite storylines of the present, entangled in the web of actualities.

The Baywatch project explores how plastic waste ends up in our environment and what role industrial design can play in building more circular systems. Under the guidance of Stefan Diez, students take a piece of plastic found on the beach, examine how it was made and what it's made of, and use those findings to develop three design strategies that could help prevent this kind of waste from occurring in the first place. The project makes a compelling case for design as a force for social change — and a hands-on contribution to a more sustainable, circular economy.

In Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, Anne Carson transposes the Greek mythological figure Geryon into a contemporary coming-of-age story. Once a red, winged monster slain by Heracles’ arrow, Geryon is reimagined as a queer teenager navigating questions of identity and desire. In comparing Geryon’s turbulent inner life to volcanic activity, Carson traces the tension between repression and eruption:

Geryon sat on his bed in the hotel room pondering about the cracks and fissures
of his inner life. It may happen
that the exit of the volcanic vent is blocked by a plug of rock, forcing
molten matter sideways along
lateral fissures called fire lips by volcanologists. [1]

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS.

In collaboration with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Weltmuseum Wien is reinterpreting the ethnological museum as not merely a repository for silent artefacts, but as a laboratory for future, globally sustainable lifestyles. By learning from diverse knowledge systems, museum collections can become tools for sustainable design strategies.

Eröffnung der neuen Ausstellung 15 Aufenthalte von und mit Heribert Friedl, Lehrender der Abteilung für ortsbezogene Kunst an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.

Transcendence: Beyond Bodies, Between Realities is part of the WRONG Biennale 2025/26, and marks the opening of the Transmedia Arts Department’s new online exhibition platform, dedicated to experimental digital practices and showcasing works by selected students.

With works by: Cristian Anutoiu, Lea Gander, Jona Lingitz & Neptunia Monna Anarchus, Maximilian Prag, Lea-Maraike Sambale, freakygreenfish
Exhibition Design: Cristian Anutoiu 

Curated by Martina Menegon

SOIL & WATER is a large-scale artistic research project and exhibition. The project was developed jointly by Associate Professor Basak Senova from the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Professor Johan Thom from the University of Pretoria in collaboration with the NIROX Foundation.

SOIL & WATER is a large-scale artistic research project and exhibition that unfolds within the ancient ancestral land of the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa. Developed collaboratively by Prof. Johan Thom of the University of Pretoria, Assoc. Prof. Dr Basak Senova of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, in collaboration with the NIROX Foundation. The project brings together international artists whose practices engage with the fragile and interdependent relationship between soil and water, the two fundamental substances that sustain all life on Earth. 
 
SOIL & WATER is conceived as a modular platform; it opens with the extensive exhibition in November 2025, unfolds through April 2026, featuring exhibitions, residencies, dialogues, performances, concerts, community engagement, and a forthcoming publication. 
 
The participating artists, working from South Africa, Austria, India, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Germany, Sweden, Ethiopia, and beyond, anchor the project in lived realities while extending it into shared imaginaries. 

Was heißt es, sich im Hier und Jetzt zu befinden? In einer Gesellschaft, die Mobilität und globale Vernetzung propagiert, zugleich aber den Zuzug von Menschen problematisiert?