2009 - 2012 PhD candidate in Fine Arts by Practice at Goldsmiths College, London (GB)
2012 Academic Residency at the Program for Gender Studies (PUEG), UNAM (MX)
2001 - 2003 Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam (NL) in collaboration with the University Plymouth (GB) – MA
2000 Academy for fine Arts, Venice (I)
1996-2001 University for applied Arts, Vienna (A) – Mag.art.
   
March 2008 unitednationsplaza at Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl in Mexico City (MX)
2008/2009 Clínicas SITAC VI and VII workshop, Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco (MX)
Aug/Sep 2002 G.A.R.B.a workshop (Young artists in Basilicata - I)
July 1999 International Sommeracademy Topolcianky (Slovakia)


Exhibitions and presentations and screenings

2011 Artist as Audience, curated by Boba Mirjana Stojadinovic, Galerija Kontekst, Belgrade (SER)
  Video Evening #08, curated by Kolektiva Institute, Galerija Photon, Ljubljana (SL)
  Spaceship Yugoslavia, curated by A.Surkic, A. Kulasic, A. Mujkanovic, D. Markovic, J. Komnenic, K. Sudec, N. Hennig, NGBK, Berlin (D)
  about translation, curated by Karin Pernegger and Dagmar Höss, Galerie IG BILDENDE KUNST, Vienna (A) (duo)
  INQUIRY TOWARDS THE PRACTICE OF SECULAR MAGIC, curated by LA Filmforum, pixel (+) frequency, Los Angeles (USA)
  Pièces de résistance – Pieces of Resistance, curated by Andrea Domesle, Michal Kolecek, Frank Eckhardt, Motorenhalle Dresden (D)
  Proposals for Venice, curated by Andreas Reiter-Raabe and Raimar Stange, Landesgalerie Linz (A)
  Schon wieder und nochmal ? – Handlungsspielräume, curated by Sabine Winkler, Medienturm Graz (A)
  eine arbeit, die das was sie reflektiert, nicht loswird, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck and Kunsthalle Exnergasse (A)
  NACH DEMOKRATIE, curated by Raimar Stange, Kunstraum NÖ, Vienna (A)
2010 Barriere(-frei), curated by Sabine Winkler, Ratskeller Lichtenberg, Berlin (D)
  eine arbeit, die das was sie reflektiert, nicht loswird, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck and Kunsthalle Exnergasse (A)
  NACH DEMOKRATIE, curated by Raimar Stange, Kunstraum NÖ, Vienna (A)
  Barriere(-frei), curated by Sabine Winkler, Ratskeller Lichtenberg, Berlin (D)
  where do we go from here? curated by Elisabeth Bettina Spörr, Secession, Vienna (A)
  AMIW, Casa de Esquina, Coimbra (P)
  entsprechen PREKÄR, Galerie 5020, Salzburg (A) (solo)
  "RE: EX-POST, Critical Knowledge and the Post-Yugoslavian Condition" curated by Luisa Ziaja, OPEN SPACE, Vienna (A)
2009 Tales of Protest. A necessity., Galerija KONTEKST, Belgrade (SER) (solo)
  Print Matters, CHAUVEL CINEMA, Sydney (AU)
  moved, mutated and disturbed identities, Casino Luxemburg, (LU)
2008 OPEN / INVITED e v+ a 2008 "Too Early for Vacation" curated by Hou Hanru, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick (IR)
2007 PAN-CARTA, lugar a dudas, Cali (C)
  AMIW, Casa de Cultura,Trofa, Santiago de Bougado (P)
  Loutec, Fundaçion Valenzuela y Klenner, Bogotá (C)
  To my dear friend, Naïma, who is already 10…, Animotion Festival, Sibiu (RU)
2006 Ear candies, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaujvaros (HU)
  Walter Tiemann Prize, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig (D)
  AMIW, EIRA 33, Lisbon (P)
  Ear candies,Emil Filli Galerie, Ûstí Nad Ladem (CZ)
2005 All my independent women, SMS, Guimarães (P)
  Mit den Augen essen, Ausstellungsbrücke, St. Pölten (A)
2004 closer in, CAC – Contemporary Artist Center, North Adams (USA)
  boiling spaces, transpublic, Linz (A)
  Somewhere Between Desire & Waiting,Tent, Rotterdam (NL)
  Chancen:Gleichheit?, Freiraum/quartier 21 (MuseumsQuartier), Vienna (A)
2003 trans / gender, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
  Hortus Ludi, Marres, Maastricht (NL)
  Madam I’m Adam – The Organisation of private Life, Galerie der Kunstuniversität, Linz (A)
  ramble, RAM Galerie, Rotterdam (NL)
2002 Married by Powers, Tent, Rotterdam (NL)
  24 hours, Roem, Rotterdam (NL)
  Dinner, Tent, Rotterdam (NL)
  setting KÜCHE – unverdauliche Schmankerl, Galerie am Park/Haus Mariahilf, Vienna (A)
2001 KUSCHEL MIT MIR, Heiligenkreuzerhof , Vienna (A)
2000 Schritt für Schritt, Academy for fine Arts, Venedig (I)


Art in public space: temporary projects

2011 THE TRANSCULTURAL LEGACY, PENACHO VS PENACHO, Arena López Mateos, Tlalnepantla (MX)
2009 Donau geht, Viertelfestival Weinviertel, Lower Austria (A)
2008 ¿LUCHA IDENTIDAD ­ ROL LIBRE? EN UNA DISPOSICIÓN INCOMPLETA Y DESCRIPTIVA, Arenas in Mexiko, Mexiko (MX)
2007 Ways to work, Festival of Regions, Region Kirchdorf, (A)
2006 Les phénix séances, Bobigny (F)
2005 La “Patente” reinterpretada, 1º Encuentro/Laboratorio de Arte Acción, Oaxaca (MX)
2004 Wohnzimmer – Rosa, Karlsplatz, Vienna (A)
2002 Re-place, Rotterdam (NL)
  THE GAME, Rotterdam (NL) and Vienna (A)
2000 ENGEL FÜR DICH ANDEREN Häkeln in Wien Mitte, Vienna (A)
1999 GRENZEN SPRECHEN GEHEN und UNTER UNS, Topolcianky (SK)
  TRAG MICH, Vienna (A)


Sound pieces

2010 “DONAU GEHT” at the competition of the 8th Leipziger Hörspielsommers (D), of HörNixe 2010 and the Jenaer Hörspieltagen (D)
2008 “AUFTAUCHEN” at the competition of the 6th Leipziger Hörspielsommers (D)
2007 “ALLE VOR ALLEM” BR (Bavarian Broadcasting) (D)
2006 “Kein leichtes Geschäft!” Hörspielsommer at Leipzig Book Fair (D)


Editorial and curatorial activities

Curatorial activities:

2011 Wrestling Over Gender Roles, talk and screening program, Mexico City (MX)
2003 simposio trans / gender Symposium, Rotterdam (in collaboration with Suzanne van Rossenberg)

Editor of the following publication:

2003 Publication trans / gender magazin, Rotterdam (in collaboration with Suzanne van Rossenberg)
2002 Publikaton setting KÜCHE – unverdauliche Schmankerl (in collaboration with Christine Beschaner)

Articles of and contributions to publications, catalogues und magazines:

2011 PENACHO VS PENACHO, magazine, TIERRA ADENTRO (MX)
  NACH DEMOKRATIE, catalogue, ed. Raimar Stange (A)
2010 Natural Selection Issue #7, publication, ed. Louise Menzies a. o. (NZ)
2009 SHIFTER#15: Will, Magazine, ed. Sreshta Rit Premnath, Abhishek Hazra (USA)
  DÍA SIETE, Magazine, ed. Guillermo Fadanelli (MX)
2008 e v+ a 2008, catalogue, ed. Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick (IR)
2007 Festival of Regions, catalogue, ed. Festival of Regions (A)
2006 Against-Within, catalogue, ed. Forum Stadtpark, Graz (A)
2005 with love from the kitchen, Bik van der Pol, NAi Publishers, Rotterdam (NL)
  stereo, magazine, ed. Arjen de Jong u.a. (ed.), Rotterdam (NL)
2004 closer in, catalogue, H. Phillips u.a. (ed.), North Adams (USA)
2003 Madam I’m Adam – The Organisation of private Life, projectpublication, Anke Bangma u.a. (ed.) Linz (A) and Rotterdam (NL)


Grants and residencies

2012 2 months Artist-in Residence Chicago (USA)
2011 year's grant Austrian Arts Council
2009 7th Asia-Europe Art Camp – Art Workshop for Visual Arts, Luxemburg (LU)
2008 1 month Artist-in-residence Belgrade (SER), Galerija KONTEKST (SER) in collaboration with <rotor> (A)
  1 month Artist-in-residence Bodrum (TR)
2007 4 months Artist-in-residence in Mexico City (MX), bm:ukk Austrian Arts Council
  1 month Artist-in-residence in Paliano (I), Land Niederösterreich (A)
2006 Artists-in-residence in the frame of Culture 2000 project „Against-Within“ of Forum Stadtpark, Graz (A)
2004 project grant, BKA Kunst (A)
2003 MAMA CASH Art, Culture and Media, Amsterdam (NL)
2002 Huygens Scholarship
2003/03 project grant, Wien Kultur (A)
2001 exhibition grant, CBK Rotterdam (NL)


Lectures and Workshops

2012 presentation, Feminismos en Espiral, Campus Expandido, MUAC, Mexico DF (MX)
2011 presentation “Los exóticos se suben al ring“, Annual Gender Studies Colloquium, UNAM, Mexico DF (MX)
  presentation, “Los Exóticos“ Enter The Ring, V Queer Studies Symposium, Mexico DF (MX)
2010 AC Salon with AC, Espacio AV, Manifesta 8, Murcia (ES)
  AC Salon with AC, HomeBase, Berlin (D)
  presentation, Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico DF (MX)
2009 The crises as a chance, lecture, <rotor>, Graz (A)
2008 Worker Control, presentation, Galerija KONTEKST, Belgrade (SER)
  Workshop 'grrrl zine network ' together with Haydee Jiménez and Elke Zobl,Garash Galerie, Mexico DF (MX)
  Lecture, Espacio de Arte, Toluca (MX)



Nina Höchtl
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