EDUCATION
2010 - 2005
Sculpture & Multimedia, University of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
2008
Expanded Expression, Tokyo Zokei University, Japan (JP)
2008 - 2003
Photography & Video Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
2008 - 2002
Philosophy and Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna (AT)
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS (SELECTION)
2022
One Year Stpend (Visual Arts), City of Vienna (AT)
2021
Sculpture Prize, Province of Salzburg (AT)
2020
KEP Stipend (Film), Province of Salzburg (AT)
2020
KEP Stipend (Visual Arts), Federal State of Salzburg (AT)
2020
Ropac Support Stipend, Salzburger Kunstverein (AT)
2019
One Year Stipend (Photography), Province of Salzburg (AT)
2017
One Year Stipend (Visual Arts), Federal State of Austria (AT)
2012
START Stipend (Visual Arts), Federal State of Austria (AT)
2012
Postgraduate Stipend, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (AT)
2011
Kulturfonds Salzburg Grant (AT)
2011
Heinrich and Anni Sussmann Stipend (AT)
2010
Emanuel & Sofie Fohn Stipend (AT)
2010
Theodor Körner Award (AT)
2010
Skulpturenachse Maissau Prize, Vienna (AT)
2010
Wiener Wasserkunst Prize, Vienna (AT)
2008
Emanuel & Sofie Fohn Stipend (AT)
2008
Otto Prutscher Award, Vienna (AT)
2008
International Scholarship Tokio Zokei University (JP)
2008
Kulturfonds Salzburg Grant (AT)
2006
Fred Adlmüller Stipend, Vienna (AT)
RESIDENCIES
2024
Artist in Residence Grant, Federal State of Austria, Bangkok (TH)
2019
Artist in Residence Grant, City of Salzburg, Bangkok (TH)
2018
Artist in Residence Grant, Province of Salzburg, Sardegna (IT)
2017
Artist in Residence Grant, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi (IN)
2016
Artist in Residence Grant, Federal State of Salzburg, Tainan (TW)
2015
Artist in Residence Grant, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi (IN)
2014
Artist in Residence Grant, Federal State of Austria, The Banff Centre, Banff (CA)
2013
Artist in Residence Grant, Federal State of Austria, Beijing (CN)
2013
Artist in Residence Grant, Province of Salzburg, Varanasi (IN)
2012
Artist in Residence Grant, section a, Arlberg (AT)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2024
Shapes of Time, CNA, Luxembourg (LU)
2023
Utopia Now. Kay Walkowiak in collaboration with Kage Mulvai, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok (TH)
2023
Eternal Now. Tresor. Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna (AT)
2022
Be Here Now. Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2023
Eternal Now. Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna (AT)
2022
Be Here Now. Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2019
Realm of Objects, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2019
Island / Ocean, Schloss Goldegg, Goldegg (AT)
2019
Minimal Vandalism, Kunstverein Biberach, Biberach (DE)
2019
Primary Structures, WOP, Vienna (AT)
2019
The Shape of Absence, BKKSR, Bangkok (TH)
2018
A Preview, Galeria Cult, Alghero (IT)
2018
Melancholia, Sotheby´s Artist Quarterly, Vienna (AT)
2018
If colours could speak, Collectors Agenda, Vienna (AT)
2018
Given: The Haunting Ghost, Cho Why, Bangkok (TH)
2018
Island, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AT)
2018
Given: The Haunting Ghost, fünfzigzwanzig, Salzburg (AT)
2017
Specific Objecthood, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2017
Wedge of Worship, Soiree Berkson, Vienna (AT)
2017
Requiem of Lost Forms, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna (AT)
2017
Given: The Haunting Ghost, Soulangh Art Space, Tainan (TW)
2016
The City Beautiful, Galerie im Turm, Berlin (DE)
2016
Forms In Time, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
2016
Divine Monochromes, Galerie Crone Wien, Vienna (AT)
2016
Supreme Forms, Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna (AT)
2015
Habitat, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna (AT)
2015
Abstraction Rhapsody (together with Anna-Sophie Berger), wellwellwell, Vienna (AT)
2014
Ritual Union, Feldbuschwiesner, Berlin (DE)
2014
A Different Order (together with Nandita Raman), FJK3, Vienna (AT)
2014
Making Sense Out of Abstraction, Feldbuschwiesner, Berlin (DE)
2014
Minimal Vandalism, Feldbuschwiesner, Berlin (DE)
2014
Making Sense Out of Abstraction, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
2013
Stages of Rest, Kunstquartier, Hospiz am Arlberg, St. Christoph (AT)
2013
Transtone (together with Nazim Yilmaz), Krokus Gallery, Bratislava (SK)
2012
The Mechanics of Form, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck (AT)
2012
Rectangles, The Lust Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2010
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, MAGAZIN, Vienna (AT)
2008
Toko doesn´t want to sleep alone, Node Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2024
Innenwelten. Sigmund Freud und die Kunst, Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna (AT)
2023
Innenwelten. Sigmund Freud und die Kunst, Kunsthalle Tübingen (DE)
2023
The Hidden Collection Returns, Hilger Next, Vienna (AT)
2023
Master of the Bamboo Garden, UA26, Vienna (AT)
2022
Speculative Fiction, Exhibit, Akademie der bildenen Künste, Vienna (AT)
2022
How soon is now?, Structura Galler, Sofia (BG)
2022
Angel Dust, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2021
Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Belvedere 21, Vienna (AT)
2020
Spaces of No Control, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (US)
2020
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted is On the Other Side of the Planet, FJK3, Vienna (AT)
2020
Dizzy Mouse, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2020
Zeller van Almsick, Parallel Vienna, Vienna (AT)
2020
Austriamentis, Museo Casa Manno, Alghero (IT)
2020
be my guest – move your body / show attitude, Stadtgalerie Lehen, Salzburg (AT)
2020
Travel Apparatus, das weisse haus, Vienna (AT)
2020
Pants on Fire. Art and other fictions, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna (AT)
2020
Now. Collected #9/#10, Kunstforum Wien, Vienna (AT)
2019
AIR 2019. 10. Jahresausstellung, Stadtgalerie Mozartplatz, Salzburg (AT)
2019
Like Home - Arbeiten aus der Sammlung froh(n)berg, Stadtgalerie Lehen, Salzburg (AT)
2019
Salzburg – Oberösterreich PreisträgerInnen, Parallel Vienna, Vienna (AT)
2019
Kunstankäufe Land Salzburg 2017-2019, Kunst im Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)
2019
36. Österreichische Grafikwettbewerb, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck (AT)
2018
The Culture Collider – Post-Exotic Art, Manggha, Kraków (PL)
2018
Smooth Chromatics, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden (DE)
2018
Zeitgeistlos. curated by_Eszter Lázár and Edina Nagy Knoll Galerie Wien, Vienna (AT)
2018
Out of State. Funny Things happened on the Way, fAN Kunstverein Vienna (AT)
2018
Sexy and Cool. Minimalismus goes emotional, Kunsthalle Tübingen (DE)
2018
N is for Nature, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AT)
2018
In die Stadt, MMKK Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt (AT)
2017
Spuren der Zeit, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AT)
2017
Aktion & Malerei, Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen (DE)
2017
don´t call it off-space!, das weisse haus, Vienna (AT)
2017
Qualia, FJK3, Vienna (AT)
2017
Color Fields, LLLLLL, Vienna (AT)
2017
ZONE 1, Vienna Contemporary / Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2017
Park, Galerie im Turm, Berlin (DE)
2017
The Brutalism Appreciation Society, HMKV (Hartware MedienKunstVerein), Dortmund (DE)
2017
Mitgebracht III, Kunst im Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)
2017
Images Of Things Remaining, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava (SK)
2016
Saló, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
2016
Away - Stories from abroad, Das Weisse Haus, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna (AT)
2016
The High Wire Act, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna (AT)
2016
Coral North, easy!upstream, Munich (DE)
2016
Performing Spaces, EVN Collection, Maria Enzersdorf (AT)
2016
Third Room, curated by_ CINEMA, Christine König Galerie, Vienna (AT)
2016
Nonstreaming Artifacts, easy!upstream, Munich, Germany
2015
Now, At The Latest, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems (AT)
2015
Kunstankäufe des Landes Salzburg (Part I), Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg (AT)
2015
Die Stadt die es nicht gibt, City Leaks, Cologne (DE)
2015
curated by_ Special Project, Christine König Galerie, Vienna (AT)
2015
Auratic and Other Phenomena, Galerie 5020, Salzburg (AT)
2015
100, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg (AT)
2015
No Risk, No Fun, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna (AT)
2015
Conditio Urbana, Bäckerstrasse 4, Vienna (AT)
2014
Conditio Urbana, Stadtgalerie Lehen, Salzburg (AT)
2014
The Faintest Idea, OBEN, Vienna (AT)
2014
Die Eigenheit der Dinge, FJK3, Vienna (AT)
2014
Die Glorreiche 7, Fluc, Vienna (AT)
2014
33. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Haus der Kultur, Bozen (IT)
2014
33. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Stadt Galerie Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt (AT)
2014
Dizzyland, Kino International, Berlin (DE)
2013
33. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Galeri im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
2013
21 Posters by 21 Artists, MAGAZIN, Vienna (AT)
2013
Performance Fetish, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom (UK)
2013
(of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects...), Parallel Vienna, Vienna (AT)
2013
Für die Fülle, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
2013
The Abortion of Tragedy, Show Room 170, New York (US)
2013
Present Tense Future Perfect, Feldbuschwiesner, Berlin (DE)
2012
The Artist´s View, Salon für Kunstbuch, 21er Haus, Vienna (AT)
2012
21er Klub, 21er Haus, Vienna (AT)
2012
A Sense of Place, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt (AT)
2012
Junge Römer, The Lust Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2012
Kunstankäufe des Landes 2010-2012, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg (AT)
2012
Kann es Liebe Sein? III, Künstlerhaus Wien, k7haus Passage, Vienna (AT)
2012
Kann es Liebe Sein? II, Circlé Cite, Luxembourg (LU)
2012
Kann es Liebe Sein? I, Grimmuseum, Berlin (DE)
2012
The Hidden Collection , Bäckerstrasse 4, Vienna (AT)
2011
Lark/Plunge, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin (DE)
2011
Alter Space, Fluc, Vienna (AT)
2011
A vol d´artiste - Salzburg/Luxemburg, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg (AT)
2011
A vol d´artiste - Luxembourg/Salzbourg, Espace Monterey, Luxembourg (LU)
2011
Death by Candy, The Lust Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2011
Die Nächste Generation III, das weisse haus, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg (AT)
2011
Partizipation, Minoriten, Graz (AT)
2010
Sweet Anticipation, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
2010
Der Alte Mann und das Meer, NÖ DOK für Moderne Kunst, St. Pölten (AT)
2009
Taboo, Galerie Clairefontaine / Deloitte, Luxembourg (LU)
2009
The Essence 2009, University of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
2007
Unité, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck (AT)
2007
Burn Baby, Burn!, Kunstverein Ettlingen, Ettlingen (DE)
2006
The Essence 2006, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
2006
separate connections, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
2006
Empfehlungen, Kunstraum NOE, Vienna (AT)
2006
Fred Adlmüller Scholarship Exhibition, Heiligenkreutzerhof, Vienna (AT)
2005
The Essence 2005, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
2005
Letzte Versuche, Gallery Hohenlohe & Kalb, Vienna (AT)
2004
Hot sun & cold snow, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok (TH)
BIENNIALS (SELECTION)
2021
Vienna Biennale 2021, Planet Love, MAK Vienna, Vienna (AT)
2021
The 4th Mediterranean Biennale, Living Together - Crossing Borders, Haifa (IL)
2018
Bangkok Biennial 2018, Bangkok (TH)
2018
Lahore Biennale 01, Lahore (PK)
2017
Vienna Biennale 2017, Roboter, Arbeit. Unsere Zukunft, MAK Vienna, Vienna (AT)
2015
WRO Media Art Biennale 2015, Wroclaw (PL)
2012
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale #10, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
2012
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale #10, M21 Gallery, Zsolnay Quarter, Pécs (HU)
2011
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale #10, La Fabrique 51 Montrouge, Paris (FR)
FILM FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS (SELECTION)
2023
Utopien im Heute, Videocity, Bern (CH)
2023
Diversity of Life, Showing Styria, Mobile Pavillon, Vienna (AT)
2023
Inhabit the Impossible. Dans.Kias & Guests, WUK, Vienna (AT)
2022
Kay Walkowiak. The Troubles of Form, BACC Bangkok (TH)
2022
Spaces of No Control, Panel Talk & Screening, ACF New York (US)
2020
Destruction and Fury, Living Collection, sixpackfilm, Metro Kino Kulturhaus, Vienna (AT)
2019
Slow Down, KEX OPEN, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (AT)
2019
Utopien, Globart Academy, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (AT)
2019
Invading Space, Austrian Cultural Pavilion, Plovdiv (BG)
2018
Cinema Next Special, DAS Kino, Salzburg (AT)
2018
Cinema Next On Tour, DAS Kino, Salzburg (AT)
2018
Kay Walkowiak, Bangkok Biennial 2018, The Yard, Bangkok (TH)
2018
artSPEAK, Lahore Biennale 01, Alhamra Art Centre, Lahore (PK)
2018
Night of the Museum, Museum Pully, Lausanne (CH)
2017
Kay Walkowiak. Dislocated Traces, Austrian Cultural Forum, New Delhi (IN)
2017
Altered Route, AdHock Artspace, Vienna (AT)
2016
Focus Direct Urbanism, Austrian Cultural Pavilion, Open Arts Foundation, Plovdiv (BG)
2016
BNL Media Art Festival, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome (IT)
2015
Le Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
2015
Backup, 17. Kurzfilmfestival Weimar, Weimar (DE)
2015
WRO 2015 on Tour, Tatsuno Art Project Festival, Tatsuno (JP)
2015
WRO 2015 on Tour, KCUA, Kyoto (JP)
2014
Kay Walkowiak, Open Studio, The Banff Centre, Banff (CA)
2014
Kay Walkowiak, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna (AT)
2014
Open Member´s Club, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
2014
Cinephemere, FIAC, Paris (FR)
2014
Antimatter Media Art Festival, Legacy Art Gallery (CA)
2014
Le Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris (FR)
2014
Cinema Next, DAS Kino, Salzburg (AT)
2014
Diagonale, Graz (AT)
2014
OFF 22, Fiorano Modena (IT)
2014
31. Kasseler Dok Fest, Kassel (DE)
2014
Festival International du Livre d'Art et du Film, Perpignan (FR)
2014
Experimental Film & Video Festival Zürich, Zürich (CH)
2014
Open Your Eyes, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck (DE)
2014
Nashville Film Festival, Nashville (US)
2014
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago (US)
2013
Kay Walkowiak. Smriti, Austrian Cultural Forum, New Delhi (IN)
2013
Kay Walkowiak. Smriti, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi (IN)
ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
2021
Sommer Frische Kunst, Bad Gastein (AT)
2013
TMAX Art Festival, Galaxy Soho, Beijing (CN)
2013
Dis Play Prater Stern, Fluc, Vienna (AT)
2011
Freistil, FLUC, Vienna (AT)
2010
Please Leave Quietly, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, Vienna (AT)
2010
Cascade Crystalline, Various public spaces, Vienna (AT)
2006
Trial and Error, FLUC, Vienna (AT)
COLLECTIONS (SELCETION)
De Santaren Collection, Boston (US)
Museum of Salzburg (AT)
EVN Collection, Maria Enzersdorf (AT)
LBBW Collection, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart (DE)
MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art Vienna (AT)
MUSA Artothek, City of Vienna (AT)
Museum Belvedere 21, Vienna (AT)
Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Federal State of Austria, Vienna (AT)
Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Province of Salzburg (AT)
Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Province of Tirol (AT)