Biographie / Biography
1977
Geboren in Meran, Italien
Born in Meran, Italy
Lebt und arbeitet in Wien, Österreich
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
2000-2004
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien, Österreich
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
seit 2012
Lehrauftrag an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien, Österreich
since 2012
Teaching assignment at Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Preise und Auszeichnungen / Awards and Distinctions
2017
2017 - 2018 Quivid First Prize/ Art in public space,
Kunst am Bau, Munich, Germany
2016
ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York,
2012
Förderpreis der Stadt Innsbruck,
2011
Paul Plora Prize,
Audi Award, New Positons, Cologne,
2009
State Scholarship for Fine Arts,
2007
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Grant,
2005
MAK Schindler Scholarship,
2004
Carl Appel Prize,
2002
Pfann Ohmann Prize,
2001
The Rabin Square Design Competition: First Prize,
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
Avenir Next,
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
2017
Encounters ,
Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, USA
Sonia Leimer & Christian Kosmas Mayer hosted by Verlag für moderne Kunst,
33 Orchard, New York, USA
Sonia Leimer - Autoterritorium,
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
Blinder Fleck. Anne Juren & Sonia Leimer ,
m21er Haus Belvedere Vienna, Austria
2015
Sonia Leimer: Above the crocodiles,
Galerie Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
2014
Lack of a proper word,
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
Wow!,
LAMOA Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ypsilon,
Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland
2013
Raumteiler,
abc art berlin contemporary, Gallery Nächst St. Stephan, Berlin, Germany
2012
2030 (2010), Medienfassade Museion,
Museion Bozen, Bolzano, Italy
Lungo quelle linee / Along Those Lines,
Museion Bozen, Italy, curated by Frida Carazzato
Träger,
Artothek, Cologne, Germany
Undefiniertes Bauvorhaben,
BIG Kunst am Bau, Salzburg, Austria
Space Holder,
Gallery Nächst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Ende der Sprechstunde,
Artothek, Cologne, Germany
2011
New Positions,
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
uns so weiter,
Kunstverein Basis, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2010
No Site to Fall in,
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Neither in Motion nor at Rest,
BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2009
To move in parallel, playing back from earlier,
Saprophyt Project Space, Vienna, Austria
Bar Restaurant 42,
Bolzano, Italy, curated by Letizia Ragaglia
Series of sucessive instants,
Gallery Nächst St. Stephan, Login, Vienna, Austria
2008
Elseworlds, Silo Laa in cooperation with Christian Mayer,
Art in Public Space, Lower Austria
2007
The Last Museum,
Bellstreet Project Space, Vienna, Austria
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Mülheim/Ruhr und die 1970er-Jahre
,
Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Vladivostok Biennale of Visual Arts,
Vladivostok, Russia
Souvenirs: New New York ,
Icons Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, USA
trigon 67/17 ambiente nuovo / post environment ,
Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Vienna, Austria
Chi é ancora austriaco?,
Arte Merano, Italy
Body in Action. Video dalla Collezione Museion,
Spazio Redotto Venezia, Italy
2016
The painters have finished. Alexander Wolff with Sonia Leimer, Mandla Reuter,
Starship & ztscrpt.net,
SVIT, Prague, Czech Republic
ROAD REGISTERS. Aufzeichnungen mobiler Lebenswelten,
xhibit - Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Herwig Turk. Landschaft = Labor,
MKK, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
Die Sprache der Dinge. Materialgeschichten aus der Sammlung,
Belvedere 21er Haus Vienna, Austria
Poetiken des Materials,
Leopold Museum Vienna, Austria
2015
Palm Capusule, Mak Center,
Exposition Park, Los Angeles, USA
Import Export,
Nordbahnhofgelände, Vienna, Austria
Vokuhila,
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Vienna for art's sake,
Winterpalais Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Mainzer Ansichten,
Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
From & To,
Villa Arson, Nice, France; Kunst Meran im Haus der Sparkasse, Meran, Italy
Destination Vienna,
Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Anima Mundi,
Lust Gallery Vienna, Austria
Now, at the lastest. Videos und andere Sehenwürdigkeiten aus der EVN Sammlung,
Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
Monumental Narratives. Figures, Landscapes and Rituals,
MAC Gas Natural Fenosa Museum of Contemporary Art, A Coruña, Spain
Kardinal König Kunstpreis,
Kunstraum St. Virgil, Salzburg, Austria
High Performance,
Kunsthalle Arlberg 1800, St. Christoph, Austria
Parallel Vienna 2015,
Alte Post, Dominikanerbastei, Vienna, Austria
Flirting with Strangers. Begegnungen mit Werken aus der Sammlung,
21er Haus / Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Sammeln für Morgen. Neue Werke im Museion,
Museion, Bozen, Italy
6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: "Nadezhda - Prinzip Hoffnung. Künstlerische Perspektiven auf russische Industriestädte,
Trekhgornaya Manufaktura, Moscow, Russia
Drawings I Fridges,
Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California, USA
Le Souffleur, Schürmann trifft Ludwig,
Ludwigforum Aachen, Germany
2014
Ground-control,
Marion Sharmann, Cologne, Germany
One shots AND Imagines,
Photoroom Downtown, Los Angeles, USA
Wörter als Türen in Sprache, Kunst, Film,
Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria
Reassembling Past Futures,
Austrian Cultural Forum, London, United Kingdom
Collected # 4: Bilder über Bilder. Malerei und Fotografie im Wechselspiel,
Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
LAMOA group show,
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Lavoro in corso,
Biennale Val Gardena, Italy
Specters of the West and Photographic Figments,
Vienna, Austria IV Biennale Gherdëina, City of Ortisei, Italy
Made in L.A.2014,
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
For a While, Who Knows How Long,
Kunstverein Schattendorf, Vienna, Austria, curated by Marina Faust
Groupshow,
Years, Copenhagen, Danemark
Ökonomie der Aufmerksamkeit,
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Encounter,
MUMOK Cinema, Vienna, Austria
Call me on Sunday,
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Lenin: Ice-breaker,
Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
Group Show,
Villa Arson, Nizza, Italy
2013
Members Club,
Seccession, Vienna, Austria
In the Shape of Things to Come, curated by Sonia Leimer,
Ve. Sche Verein für Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Unter 10. Wertvolles en miniature,
Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria
Über Reason und Resonanz,
LWZ projecte, Vienna, Austria
Bilder im Fluss: A video exhibition, group show,
Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany
Lenin: Ice-breaker,
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Murmansk/Moscow, Russia
2012
Die Illustrierte Ausstellung,
Kärnter Kunstverein, Austria, curated by Catrin Bolt und Edith Payer
Sleepwalking II,
Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany
Bend a Bow, Sonia Leimer & Stephanie Taylor with Barbara Hammer,
Mackey Garage Top, MAK, Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
L'Éducation de Rosette. Bertha von Suttner und der Kaukasus,
Schloss Harmannsdorf, Harmannsdorf, Austria, curated by Brigitte Huck
Panorama 4. New Art in South Tyrol,
Festung Franzenfeste, Fortezza, Italy
Skulpturengarten,
Strombad Kritzendorf, Kritzendorf, Austria
Reverse Engineering,
Paraflows 7, Festival für digitale Kulturen, Vienna
Ferne Nähe. Künstlerische Nachbarschaften: Südtirol - Niederösterreich,
Stift Lilienfeld, Dormitorium, Lilienfeld, Austria
Zyklus 7.0,
Stift Lilienfeld, Austria
Embassy Goes Contemporary. Junge Kunst der Sammlung Museion in Berlin,
Botschaft der Italienischen Republik, Berlin, Germany
2011
Sonderausstellung Dornbirner Messe,
Dornbirn, Austria
Premio Moroso,
Galeria communale di arte Monfalcone, Monfalcone, Italy
Georgien 2010,
Die Ausstellungsstrasse, Vienna, Austria
2010
Out there, out here. Art in public space project,
Bolzano, Italy, curated by Letizia Ragaglia
Triennale Linz,
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria, curated by Nina Kirsch and Stella Rollig
Fractional Systems. Garage Project II,
Mackey Garages, Los Angeles, USA
The Invisible Play,
Istambul, Turkey
Da Bao,
Anniart, 798 Art District, Beijung, China
Premio Cairo,
La Permanente di Milano, Milan, Italy
The world as a backdrop,
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
Pro Choice,
Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf, Austria
ASAP,
Beijing, China
Artisterium,
Biennale, Tiflis, Georgia
The Bare House,
Museum for Art, Pori, Finland
A Talk,
Saprophyt Project Space, Vienna, Austria
Crossing Limits. Art in Urban Transitions,
Vienna Art Week, Vienna, Austria
2009
Images 2,
Ecole d'Art et de Design de Genève (Pôle Artmedia), Genève, Schwitzerland, Galerie Forde, curated by Daniel Baumann
Bulletin Board Blvd. 2,
Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria
Trick of Light,
MOP, Sydney, Australia, curated by Marita Fraser
Not enough detail is given for a reconstruction, however,
Künstlerhauspassage, Vienna, Austria
Audio Prop. See this sound,
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria, in collaboration with Female Obsession
Sleepwalking,
Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Art in Public Space,
Vorgartenstraße 128, Vienna, Austria
2008
Perception and Utopia,
traveling exhibitions: Kerava Art Museum, Pärnu Art Museum, Rovaniemi Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Groupshow,
Bellstreet Project Space, nonartfair, Vienna, Austria
13th Biennale Bjm,
Bari, Italy
Reconstructed,
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Manifesta 7: Principle Hope. Manifestation,
Rovereto, Italy
Alp-traum,
Galerie Museum, Bolzano, Italy
Architecture,
Künstlerhaus Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Urban Signs/Local Strategies. Art in Public Space,
Vienna, Austria
2007
Logbuch,
Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
Group Show,
Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria
This is Happening,
Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, curated by Fiona Liewehr and Martin Guttmann
Kairos,
Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
Show with Catrin Bolt,
Max-Winter-Platz 13/41, Vienna, Austria
The Theater,
Graz, Austria
Images, Bauernmarkt 1 ,
Vienna, Austria
2006
Mongolia: Perception and Utopia,
Union of Mongolian Artists, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, organized by the Kerava Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Societe des nations, factice et scindee en elle-meme,
Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
Love after the cold war,
MAK Centre for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
2005
Parachute Pavilion,
New York, New York, USA
2004
Condensed community,
Ottakring, Vienna, Austria in collaboration with the Institute for Art and Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Living Room,
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2003
Schmarotzer,
Annual exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
2002
The Rabin Square Design Competition,
Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Sammlungen (Auswahl) / Collections (Selection)
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Sammlung Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
21 Haus, Vienna, Austria
Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
LAMOA, Los Angeles, USA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Bank Austria, Vienna, Austria
Raiffeisen Landesbank, Bolzano, Italy
Museion, Bolzano, Italy
Sammlung der Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria
LENTOS, Linz, Austria
EVN Sammlung, Vienna, Austria
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