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CONNI HOLZER, born 1988 in Lustenau, Austria
lives and works in Austria
Studio address: am Boehler 28a, A-6890 Lustenau
Contact: +43 650 49 33 292 / mail@conniholzer.com / www.conniholzer.com / instagram.com/conniholzer
EDUCATION
Self-taught artist with training in visual arts and expressive arts as part of her diploma in Holistic Arttherapy (academy with high attention on artistic competence).
2008-2011 Cultural and social anthropology at University Vienna, unfinished
2012-2018 Holistic Arttherapy at Academy for Arttherapy Vienna, diploma
EXHIBITIONS
s – soloshow, g – groupshow
2021
Es reicht vollkommen einfach da zu sein – Kunstweg am alten Rhein (Being here is totally enough – art-path) in Lustenau (A), g
feministival (the feminist festival) at Chybulsky in Feldkirch (A), g
Philosophy unbound – Hin-/Fortbewegung, F23 Vienna (A), g
round72, installation and digital art archive, Bregenz (A), g
Shame shouldn’t be a symptom at Improper Walls, Vienna (A), g
Exhibitionspace2021, online exhibition in four virtual rooms: conniholzer.com, s
2020
Die Kunst des Scheiterns / Art of failure, Art Gallery Vienna (A), g
2019
AusdrucksART in Götzis (A), g
Berührung in Farbe und Form (touchability in colour and form) at Artfestival „Was berührt dich?” in Lauterach (A), s
Oilpaintings at Wunderkammer (chamber of wonders) BOTTA in Lustenau (A), s
alive lines, at KreativWerkSalon, Bregenz (A), s
2018 Wachsen & Werden (growing and becomnig), art in the glasshouse at Rosenwaibel in Mäder (A), s
2016 Kunst(k)reise Artmosphäre, academy for arttherapy in Vienna (A), g
PERFORMANCE
l – live, v – virtual
2021
Zwischenschau: Zwischenraum – eine Reflexionsspektroskopie (inter-show: the space in between – a reflexionspectroscopy) with Claudia Michaela Scholz live at round72, Bregenz (A), l
Befreiungsakt (Liberation Act), Performancevideo for Es reicht vollkommen einfach da zu sein – Kunstweg am alten Rhein (A), v
2020
Bewahre – eine Performance über das Verlieren, Finden, Berühren, Sammeln und Bewahren von Würde (preserve – a performance about loosing, finding, touching, collecting and preserving of dignity) via live stream & Performancevideo, part of the project Würde und Berührbarkeit in Zeiten von Abstandsgeboten (dignity and touchability in times of distance keeping) from the Max Himmelheber-Stiftung & Würdekompass e.V. (DE), v
Failing (I grow) live at Die Kunst des Scheiterns / Art of failure, Art Gallery Vienna (A), l
2019
As git mi (I exist) live at AusdrucksART, Götzis (A), l
Kuana brengt mi ôm (nobody is killing me) live at artfestival Was berührt dich? in Lauterach (A), l
Froga, loosa, reda (asking, listening, talking) live at BOTTA Lustenau & artfestival Was berührt dich? in Lauterach (A), l
Take your time live at Kreativwerksalon Bregenz & AusdrucksART (A) l
PROJECT ORGANISATION
2021 idea, organisation & curation for the art-path “Es reicht vollkommen einfach da zu sein – Kunstweg am alten Rhein” in Lustenau (A)
2019 idea, organisation & curation for artfestival „Was berührt dich?“ in Lauterach (A)
SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Scholarship for performance “bewahre” from the Max Himmelheber-Stiftung (DE)
MEMBERSHIPS
IG Bildende Kunst (pressure group visual arts), Austria
Founding member & headwoman of Netzwerk freier Künstlerinnen* – Verein zur Förderung und Vernetzung freier Kunstschaffender (network of free artists* – association for facilitation and networking), Austria
Associations for Arttherapists: ÖBKT & ACT – Austrian Association of Art and Creativity Therapy
