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Julia Tschaikner

Born 1969 in Innsbruck, Austria

Locations: Tyrol, Upper Austria, Vienna and Berlin.

EDUCATION

1988–1993 | Studies in Painting and Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria 

1993 | MA (Magister artium), diploma with distinction

1993–1995 | Studies in Tapestry, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria

1996 | Visiting student in Sculpture, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, Germany

2018 | Diploma, Certified Mediator (ZMediatAusbV) | Institut für Management Beratung IFM Berlin | DE

2018–2019 | Participation in the research project „aesth paideia” at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin. Cultural education in early childhood | DE

AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES / COLLECTIONS

2026 | Artist residency, art collection of the Province of Upper Austria, Schloss Weinberg (AT)

2020 | Grant, Special Program, Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin, Germany

2014 | Collection: Achim Freyer Foundation, Berlin, Germany

2014 | Works in the art collection of the Province of Upper Austria (AT)

2013 | Artist residency of the Province of Upper Austria, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz (AT)

2008 | International Studio Grant, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Český Krumlov / Krumau (CZ), Austrian Federal Chancellery

2004 | Guest artist, Atelieretage, Karl Hofer Society / Friends of UdK (Berlin University of the Arts), Berlin, Germany

2003 | Artist-in-Residence (AIR Program), Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria

2003 | Project Grant, Austrian Embassy Berlin, Germany 

1996 | International Research Grant, Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts, Austria

1995 | Project Grant, Province of Upper Austria, Austria

1995 | Römerquelle Art Award, Austria

1994 | Work in the collection of the Artothek of the Austrian Federal Government, Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria

1994 | Work in the collection of Nordico Kunstmuseum Linz (acquired by the Arts Advisory Board, Museum of the City of Linz) | AT

1993 | Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research – Award of Recognition

1991 | Master Class Award, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | AT

EXHIBITIONS

2027 | Julia Tschaikner, Schloss Weinberg Gallery, Kefermarkt, Upper Austria, solo exhibition | AT

2026 | FormArt, Glinde Art Association, Glinde/ Hamburg | DE

2026 | Afterimage, Raum für Kunst, Design und Anderes Arbeiten – Erster Erster, Berlin | DE, solo exhibition 

2024 | Exhibit – Diverse Exhibition Practices, curated by Ingeborg Erhart and Sophie Mathoi, Exhibit Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | AT

2021 | Fade, Basement, Vienna with Eva Grün | AT

2019 | Fake Covers for Fake Musik, Hilbert Raum, Berlin | DE

2019 | ArtSpring, Zeiss Planetarium Berlin | DE

2018 | ArtSpring Zentral, Museum Pankow, Berlin | DE

2015 | Small, Kunstraum Super, Vienna | AT

2014 | achtzig für achtzig, Achim Freyer Foundation Gallery, Berlin | DE

2013 | Heuriges, exhibition space, Vienna | AT

2013 | Triptychon, Kunsthaus Milchhof (art space), Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin | DE

2012 | Zwischenstop, DST Gallery, Münster | DE

2010 | Julia Tschaikner, Kunstkreis Meppen, Meppen (DE), solo exhibition

2010 | Preisvergleich, DST Gallery, Münster (DE)

2010 | Punkt, Komma, Strich, Galerie Artaffair, Regensburg (DE)

2009 | Phantasma, DST Gallery, Münster (DE), solo exhibition

2009 | Land of Human Rights: Für Ressourcen verantwortlich sein, rotor – association for contemporary art, Graz | AT

2009 | Unbegrenzt, Kunsthalle m3, Berlin (DE)

2008 | O.T., Egon Schiele Art Center, Studio, Český Krumlov / Krumlov (CZ), solo exhibition

2008 | DST Gallery, Münster (DE)

2007 | Forum Festival, Gold – Armut war gestern, Forum Stadtpark, Graz | AT

2005 | Schnitzeljagd (by Grütsch), Grün, Tschaikner, SOHO in Ottakring, Vienna | AT

2006 | Stadt der Frauen, Frauenmuseum / Municipal Gallery Wilmersdorf, Berlin (DE)

2004 | Schnitzeljagd (by Grütsch), Grün, Tschaikner, documentation, guestroom Heeresbäckerei, Berlin (DE)

2004 | Wien–Berlin: Tendenzen zeitgenössischer Kunst, Galerie im Parlament, Berlin (DE)

2004 | Shared Wings, Labor Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck | AT, solo exhibition 

2004 | Galerie Patrizia Poggi, Ravenna (IT), solo exhibition

2004 | Julia Tschaikner, Galerie Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Milan / Milano (IT), solo exhibition

2003 | Siemens artLAB Galerie Hilger, Wien | AT

1997 | Werkschau 5, Neues Kunstquartier, Berlin (DE)

1996 | Junge Szene Wien ’96, Association of Visual Artists, Vienna Secession, Communications Office, Vienna | AT

1995 | Römerquelle Art Competition: Galerie Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz (AT); Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT); Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt (AT); Galerie Station3, Vienna | AT

1993 | Spiegelsprung, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Institute of Contemporary Art, Vienna  | AT

1993 | Begehbare Bilder, happening, Institute of Contemporary Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Urban Grünfellner and Hubert Dobler | AT

1992 | Versteckte Winkel, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | AT

PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES

2026 | Catalogue, Kunstverein Glinde, group exhibition / DE

2004 | Wien–Berlin: Tendenzen zeitgenössischer Kunst, exhibition catalogue, Gallery of the Berlin House of Representatives / Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin (DE); with Gerwald Rockenschaub, Katrin Plavcak, Rudi Molacek and Thomas Locher.

2010 | Land of Human Rights – Artistic Analyses and Visions of the Human Rights Situation in Europe; edited by Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer; rotor, Graz (AT) / Revolver Publishing, Berlin

2004 | Julia Tschaikner, solo exhibition catalogue, Studio d Arte Cannaviello, Milan | IT

1993 | Spiegelsprung, publication/catalogue, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Institute of Contemporary Art (AT); edited by Carl Pruscha and Denys Zacharopolous

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Professional Association of Visual Artists Berlin, BBK Berlin

VG Bild-Kunst, visual artists’ collecting society, Bonn