I AM DRAWN TO THE AMBIVALENT AND INSPIRED BY THE AMBIGUOUS. REFLECTIONS ON IDENTITY, GENDER AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE STARTING POINT FOR MY ARTISTIC WORK. THROUGH PAINTINGS AND OBJECTS, I DESIGN, BUILD AND DECONSTRUCT BODIES. THEY DETACH THEMSELVES FROM CLEAR ATTRIBUTIONS, EXIST IN IN-BETWEEN STAGES AND UNITE CONTRASTS. HARDNESS MEETS TENDERNESS, EXHAUSTION MEETS CHIC, YOUTH MEETS RESIGNATION AND BEAUTY MEETS TRANSCIENCE. STRENGTH GROWS THROUGH VULNERABILITY. INTIMACY LIVES THROUGH DISTANCE. GIVING SUPPORT AND HOLD (TOO) TIGHT. HEAVEN & HELL.
Judith Gattermayr (*1994) lives and works in Linz, Austria. JG studied Fine Arts/ Painting & Graphic Art in Ursula Hübner’s class at the University of Arts Linz (Diploma 2018) and the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, FI. Since 2017, JG has been co-director of the curators and artists collective and former artist-run space EDITION: Verein für aktuelle Kunst und Kultur.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2024 YOUKI Filmfestival, Medienkulturhaus, Wels (AT)
2024 WUTHERING TALES OF DESIRES, Galerie 5020, Salzburg (AT)
2024 GUM, solo, forum presents, Galerie WHA, Linz
2024 TENDER TIES, Kaeshmaesh at am T/abor, Vienna
2023 TAKE BACK THE SPACE, Galerija Art, Podgorica (ME)
2023 SQUEEZE, OÖ Kunstverein, Linz (AT)
2023 SHAPESHIFTER, EDITION:/Stiege 13, Vienna (AT)
2022 FROM: WITH LOVE, EFES 42 – Verein für Skulptur, Linz
2022 WAS REIMT SICH AUF EDITION:?, MAERZ, Linz
2021 PARALLEL VIENNA, Semmelweis-Frauenklinik, Vienna
2020 TRY AND STOP US, Schloss Ulmerfeld, Ulmerfeld/ Amstetten (AT)
2020 Curated by HEROES&HEROINES, solo, HEROES&HEROINES, Vienna
2020 HIGH NOON, Wanja Hack, Linz
2019 36. ÖSTERREICHISCHER GRAFIKWETTBEWERB, Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
2019 IT AIN’T SUCH A THIRLL, solo, Arbeiterkammer OÖ, Linz
2019 PRECIOUS, ENCHANTING (SLIGHTLY FOREVER), solo, Kunst im Bad, Linz
2018 KISMARTON, Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt (AT)
2018 I’M LATE AND IT’S DARK, styleconception.openspace, Innsbruck
2017 UNTITLED, Andere Galerie, Landesgalerie Linz
2017 PARAPHRASE DOCUMENTA, University of Art and Design Linz
2017 AUSGEZEICHNET. KLEMENS BROSCH-PREISTRÄGER*INNEN, Landesgalerie Linz
2016 PREISE UND TALENTE, Energie AG Power Tower, Linz
2016 ABGEHOBEN, Chapel OK Platz, Linz
2015 YOUNG PAINTING FROM LINZ, MOCAK, Krakow (PL)
AWARDS
2018 AK Kunstpreis
2016 Klemens Brosch-Preis
mail(at)judithgattermayr.com
Studio: Egon-Hofmann-Haus, Im Dorf 3, 4020 Linz
I AM DRAWN TO THE AMBIVALENT AND INSPIRED BY THE AMBIGUOUS. REFLECTIONS ON IDENTITY, GENDER AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE STARTING POINT FOR MY ARTISTIC WORK. THROUGH PAINTINGS AND OBJECTS, I DESIGN, BUILD AND DECONSTRUCT BODIES. THEY DETACH THEMSELVES FROM CLEAR ATTRIBUTIONS, EXIST IN IN-BETWEEN STAGES AND UNITE CONTRASTS. HARDNESS MEETS TENDERNESS, EXHAUSTION MEETS CHIC, YOUTH MEETS RESIGNATION AND BEAUTY MEETS TRANSCIENCE. STRENGTH GROWS THROUGH VULNERABILITY. INTIMACY LIVES THROUGH DISTANCE. GIVING SUPPORT AND HOLD (TOO) TIGHT. HEAVEN & HELL.
Judith Gattermayr (*1994) lives and works in Linz, Austria. JG studied Fine Arts/ Painting & Graphic Art in Ursula Hübner’s class at the University of Arts Linz (Diploma 2018) and the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, FI. Since 2017, JG has been co-director of the curators and artists collective and former artist-run space EDITION: Verein für aktuelle Kunst und Kultur.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2024 YOUKI Filmfestival, Medienkulturhaus, Wels (AT)
2024 WUTHERING TALES OF DESIRES, Galerie 5020, Salzburg (AT)
2024 GUM, solo, forum presents, Galerie WHA, Linz
2024 TENDER TIES, Kaeshmaesh at am T/abor, Vienna
2023 TAKE BACK THE SPACE, Galerija Art, Podgorica (ME)
2023 SQUEEZE, OÖ Kunstverein, Linz (AT)
2023 SHAPESHIFTER, EDITION:/Stiege 13, Vienna (AT)
2022 FROM: WITH LOVE, EFES 42 – Verein für Skulptur, Linz
2022 WAS REIMT SICH AUF EDITION:?, MAERZ, Linz
2021 PARALLEL VIENNA, Semmelweis-Frauenklinik, Vienna
2020 TRY AND STOP US, Schloss Ulmerfeld, Ulmerfeld/ Amstetten (AT)
2020 Curated by HEROES&HEROINES, solo, HEROES&HEROINES, Vienna
2020 HIGH NOON, Wanja Hack, Linz
2019 36. ÖSTERREICHISCHER GRAFIKWETTBEWERB, Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
2019 IT AIN’T SUCH A THIRLL, solo, Arbeiterkammer OÖ, Linz
2019 PRECIOUS, ENCHANTING (SLIGHTLY FOREVER), solo, Kunst im Bad, Linz
2018 KISMARTON, Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt (AT)
2018 I’M LATE AND IT’S DARK, styleconception.openspace, Innsbruck
2017 UNTITLED, Andere Galerie, Landesgalerie Linz
2017 PARAPHRASE DOCUMENTA, University of Art and Design Linz
2017 AUSGEZEICHNET. KLEMENS BROSCH-PREISTRÄGER*INNEN, Landesgalerie Linz
2016 PREISE UND TALENTE, Energie AG Power Tower, Linz
2016 ABGEHOBEN, Chapel OK Platz, Linz
2015 YOUNG PAINTING FROM LINZ, MOCAK, Krakow (PL)
AWARDS
2018 AK Kunstpreis
2016 Klemens Brosch-Preis
mail(at)judithgattermayr.com
Studio: Egon-Hofmann-Haus, Im Dorf 3, 4020 Linz