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Photo by Maria Belova



Josepha Edbauer (*1995) is a multimedia artist; currently living and working in Vienna, Austria.



Materials carry the previous within them, and through their detachment from their socio-cultural context, are brought into new ones to express. In my practice, contraindications are addressed and narrated through sculptures and transdisciplinary room installations. The starting point are deconstructions of personal circumstances in different systems in which I am surrounded.

Everything carries its own meaning, which results from the interplay. Objects are captured in the spectrum of their historicity and identity in order to contextualize and convey personal perceptions and experiences beyond media boundaries. Playing with connotations between the visible and the invisible is thus a recurring subject, as is visualizing digital phenomena in our analogue society. I translate my analyses into materials that suggest new perspectives in their altered context.



Josepha Edbauer is a founding member of the interdisciplinary artist led collective room69, which develops innovative exhibition formats in between analog and virtual spaces through new media and phygital 3D scanning techniques.




since 2019        Transmedia Arts with Brigitte Kowanz and Jakob Lena Knebl, University of Applied Arts Vienna
since 2018        M.A., Art History, University of Vienna
2014 - 2017       B.A., Art History, University of Vienna



Shows 



2 0 2 3

Solo Show, Potluck,
analog exhibition at Spekatkel Wien, Online / Vienna, AT

Volkskundemuseum, Fight Sister,
curated by Yana Gryniv, Vienna, AT

2 0 2 2

Monolog Gallery, balancing trough breaking brightness - concrete depths,
curated by Denis Hegic and Jan Gustav Fiedler, Belgrade, SRB

Georg Kargl Pemanent, #TRANS...⌘ + G,
curated by Markus Pires Mata, Vienna, AT

MS Artsy, curated by rundum works, Artquarter, Budapest, HU

PARALLEL, ETC... Brigitte Kowanz,
curated by Adrian Kowanz und Stefan Bidner, Vienna, AT

LA Artcore, ambient occlusion - desired paths, 
curated by Pranay Reddy and Wednesday Kim, Los Angeles, USA

Kleine Humboldt Galerie, I AM ELEVATING IN ALL WAYS, 
curated by Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin, DE

brut nordwestbahnhof, Keeping up with the trouble: A drama, 
curated by Sven Jirka, Vienna, AT

RaumD Museumsquartier, nowhere in particular,
curated by room69, Vienna, AT

Mikey Laundry Art Garden, came here to manifest but got lost in translation
curated by Mikey Laundry, Bergen, NOR

Phileas Projects, Soft Machine, 
curated by Jakob Lena Knebl with Josepha Edbauer & Hannah Neckel & Brooklyn J. Pakathi, Vienna AT

Georg Kargl Permanent, Riding Emotions Trans...
curated by SHE SAID, Vienna AT

Never at Home, Projection,
curated by YCC, Vienna, AT

Red Carpet Showroom Karlsplatz, like the lines in my body are melting away,
core team room69, Vienna, AT

Wien Museum / MUSA, GEGEN DEN STRICH. Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum,
curated by Vincent Weisl, Vienna, AT

Kunsthalle Wien, A shop is a shop is a shop,
curated by Klaus Speidel, Vienna, AT


2 0 2 1

Solo Show, Blessed curse - I wish you were not here,
curated by Maxmimilan Prag & Cristian Anutoiu, ONLINE
PARALLEL Vienna, der Teufel - eine flüchtige Figur in Erwartung unserer Vorstellung,
curated by Maximilian Geymüller, Vienna, AT

Wiener Festwochen, predictable unpredictable,
curated by Götz Leineweber, Vienna, AT

OHO Haus Oberwart, We?ge in die Zukunft,
curated by Alfred Masal, Oberwart, AT

r00m69, somewhere between there and here,
curated by Brooklyn J. Pakathi, Vienna, AT

Universität für angewandte Kunst, Metaphorically together,
curated by Martina Menegon & Wolfgang Obermaier, Vienna, AT

AA Collections, when lights close their tired eyes,
Duo exhibition with Hannah Neckel, Vienna, AT

Kunstsalon FLUC, REALITY,
curated by Anna Zwingl & Brigitte Kowanz, Vienna, AT    

Parallel editions No1/21, Semperdepot,
Gallery Statement AA Collections, Vienna, AT



2 0 2 0

Improper Walls, NO ONE TOLD ME,
curated by Made of Millions Collective, Vienna, AT

GIQ, Gallery in Isolation,
curated by Jana Schneider, Berlin, DE

Die Schöne, Postinternet Generation 2,
curated by Nikita Sukhov, Vienna, AT

Stay Home Gallery, Everything is different now,
curated by Pam Marlene Taylor, Nashville, USA





press

Interview with Magdalena Meyer ︎︎︎ Morgen Magazin

Interview with Mark Elias Napadenski ︎︎︎ Der Standard 

Exhibition Phileas Projects ︎︎︎ artcube

Gegen den Strich at Wien Museum ︎︎︎ der Standart  ︎︎︎ Kurier ︎︎︎Kleine Zeitung︎︎︎Salzburger Nachrichten

Exhibition when lights close their tired eyes︎︎︎ LNR

Exhibition somewhere between there and here ︎︎︎ Tzvetnik ︎︎︎ Solo Show

Exhibition i wish you were not here ︎︎︎ LNR

Review room69 ︎︎︎ Ongoing 

writing

Exhibitiontext for the Performance transreal ︎︎︎ Les Nouveaux Riches
Interview with Raphaela Vogel for ︎︎︎ PW Magazine
Essay for ︎︎︎ Wiener Wallstreet: Ein Architekturführer
Interview with Hannah Neckel for ︎︎︎ PW Magazine
Interview with Adrian Kowanz for ︎︎︎ Les Nouveaux Riches































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