Liesl Raff
https://www.lieslraff.com/
lives and works in Vienna, Austria
2007-2012 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Professor Monica Bonvicini / Diploma 2012
2003-2008 University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Stage Design / Diploma 2008
since 2019 Lecturer and Senior Artist at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
2017-2020 Assistant Professor, Sculpture Departement, University of Arts and Design Linz
Exhibitions (selection)
2023
Melencolia, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich / CH
shed, Toplocentrala , Sofia / BG (solo)
clinch, Kunstraum Remise, Bludenz / AT (solo)
Liaison, fjk3, Vienna / AT (solo)
Hier und Jetzt II, NKW, Vienna / AT
2022
covered, Gallery Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna / AT (solo)
Coats, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel / CH (solo)
ART-O-RAMA, Solo Booth with Sophie Tappeiner, Marseille / FR
Transition, Kunstfenster Gnas / AT (solo)
“How exactly like the object, how beautiful!!” Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna/ AT
Ebbing Touch, Madragoa Hotel, Lisbon / PT
2021
Smoke and Mirrors, NEVVEN, Gothenburg / SE (solo)
Lasso of Truth, Edition, Linz / AT (solo)
Paris Internationale, Paris / FR
The Loop, Sharp Projects, Copenhagen / DK (solo)
Avantgarde und Gegenwart, curated by Luisa Ziaja, Belvedere 21, Vienna / AT
Schwindel, Biennale Freiburg, Pförtnerhaus, Freiburg / D (solo)
PUT A SOCK IN IT!, curated by Lisa Long, Gallery Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna / AT
es ist viel passiert, Hotel Marienhof, Vienna / AT
enjoy, curated by Manuela Ammer, Mumok, Vienna / AT
The Slowest Urgency, objects for Philipp Gehmacher, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna / AT
einatmen, ausatmen, Kultum Graz AT
Konkrete Poesie und so, Kunsthaus Mürz / AT
2020
REVUE KAPITULIEREN, curated by Franz Jyrch, Ortloff, Leipzig / D
Haus, Vienna / AT
Oeverwerk, invited by Antoine Turillon, Graz / AT
Kunst im Setzkasten, curated by Heidi Brunnschweiler, Forum Kunst Rottweil / D
About Palms, Snakes, and Tongues, Gallery Sophie Tappeiner (solo), Vienna / AT
Risentimento/ Ressentiment curated by Christiane Rekade Kunst Meran, Meran / IT
2019
Special School for Sculpture, xhibit, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / AT
Nicolas Krupp Gallery, with Cäcilia Brown and Christoph Meier, curated by Peter Pakesch, Basel / CH
Peel Adhesion, Ve.Sch Kunstverein Vienna, Kaltenleutgeben / AT
demolished beauty, curated by Alexandra Maria Toth, Spouse Vienna, Palma de Mallorca / ES
Kvit Galleri, Copenhagen / DK (duo)
Crisis Contemporary #3 Liesl Raff (solo), New York City / US
2018
Magazin im Internet Release and Exhibition, Pina, Vienna / AT
Material Gestures, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, E-Werk, Freiburg / D
Champagnola, Westwerk, Hamburg / D
Nowhere Near, Nextex, St.Gallen / CH
Wiener Raum, Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna / AT
MAXIMAL SOFT, Gallery Sophie Tappeiner, (solo) Vienna / AT
2017
Parallel Vienna with New Jörg, Vienna / AT
my moment is now yours, Bob’s Pogo Bar, Kunst-Werke Berlin / D
to figure it out, Gallery Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna / AT
so do i, One Work Gallery, (solo) Vienna / AT
Tragic Stone Beach, Pferd, Vienna / AT
How far to open up, Forum Stadtpark, Graz / AT
2016
A Thousand Friends, Exo Exo at New Jörg, Vienna / AT
Ziesel oder ich hab auch Gefühle, Ausstellungsreihe Schmalzhofgasse, Vienna / AT
Atelier Opening, Hasnerstrasse, Vienna / AT
2015
Parallel Vienna with Bar du Bois, Vienna / AT
Peak Experiences, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA / US
2014
Ich vervielfache mich, um mich zu fühlen, Kunstraum NÖ, Vienna / AT
Der Schnupfen, Bar du Bois, Vienna / AT
co-founder of Moment (Magazine with Nora Rekade), Vienna / AT
SHOW BEAUTY HOT, ASA Studios, Hamburg / D
2013
pull yourself together (solo), Kennst du Chagrall...?, Vienna / AT
Bussi Baba, elephant art space, Los Angeles / US
2012
Reflecting Fashion, Mumok, Vienna / AT
Diplomausstellung, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / AT
2011
SAVE YOUR DATE, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / AT
Künstlerhauspassage (mit SAVE YOUR DATE) , Vienna / AT
there was a job to be done and everybody was sure somebody would do it..., Kunstraum NÖ, Vienna / AT
DÈJÀ-VU, (mit SAVE YOUR DATE ), Kreisverkehr A7 Muldenstrasse, Linz / AT
PACO, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel / D
Dispersion, The Smallest Gallery, Graz / AT