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Lou Liska

Lou Liska

Vienna

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Biographical notes

  • Artist
  • Hakomi Institute Germany, curricular training in the HAKOMI method, body therapist
  • Academic supervisor and coach
  • Study of Human Ecology, University of Vienna, specialization in Socioeconomics
  • University of Bangor, North Wales, Marine Ecology
  • Group and play educator

 

2006 – 2010 Design of fashion collections

▪      Selected Designer - Triumph International Fashion Award 2004 „The seductive décolleté“

 

Performances

  • ; Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien - Exhibit Eschenbachgasse; Claudia Bosse & PUBLIC PERFORMANCE SCHOOL; 16 Oct 2025 - 22 Oct 2025
  • Touched By Art, How to create a queer art performance? Marion Steinfellner, Lou Liska; Künstlerhaus Wien; Vienna, Austria, 18 Aug 2025 - 20 Aug 2025
  • the doors the breath the sound the ground - a wandering performative sculpture, Claudia Bosse & PUBLIC PERFORMANCE SCHOOL; for the cloakroom, the event space, and the atrium of belvedere 21; belvedere 21; Vienna; 27.04.2025, 15:45
  • Monster Schauen, Performative Reading of a Horror Dramolett, curated by Rebecca Krichelberg, Shalimar, 1060 Vienna; 14.03.2025, 19:00
  • Landpartie, Burlesque Act, Open Stage Night, Concordia Schlössl, 1110 Vienna, 05.03.2025
  • Landpartie, Burlesque Act, Bühne Frei #9, Gi-Bar, 1090 Vienna, 20.12.2024
  • apres midi d’un faune, Burlesque Act, Bühne Frei #8, Gi-Bar, 1090 Vienna, 20.11.2024
  • Haunted Landscape on an unseen wasteland, a series of urban interventions, Claudia Bosse & Public Performance School; wasteland behind Vienna Main Station, 1100 Wien; 05., 08. and 10.09.2024; 18:30 
  • Lumberjack-Workout, Burlesque Act, Bühne Frei #5, Gi-Bar, 1090 Vienna, 26.07.2024
  • Lumberjack-Workout, Burlesque Act, Open Stage Night, Concordia Schlössl Vienna, 21.06.2024
  • über den hörer kommen wollen; presentations of short radio dramas, curated by FALKNER; 15.3.2024, 19.00 uhr;  schule für dichtung, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 wien, presentations by: livia heiß, madita hombach, judith humer, fabienne imlinger, lou liska, leon lembert, julia polzer, sophia weyringer
  • Butoh studio performance "SOL-O-NE act of living”, 18.02.2024, 18:00-20:00; Performers: Nina Baun, Konstantina Bentenide, Simon Berz, Maria Del Mar Sanches Exposito, Talia Gallegos Fadda, Sabrina Friio, Maurice Ginsberg, Indira, Dorothee Jansen, Kanon, Kinoto, Mara Klein, Anna Kushnerova, Emma Lusena, Lou Liska, Rafaela Molina, Hisako Nakaoka, Niko Pen, Martina Poggel, Elke Postler, Henning Schulze Schilddorf, Marion Steinfellner, Charis Taplin, Lisa Wahl, Michael Zuch; Choreography: Yuko Kaseki; @Studio 2, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
  • opera - a future game / vienna edition, motion capture performance, analog-digital happening and physical theatre; 17.7.2023, 19:00, Burgtheater Bühne; Impulstanz Festival Vienna 2023; concept and text: Michael v. zur Mühlen and Thomas Köck,
  • Showing Encounters #3, world premiere; durational performances, 03.08. - 05.08.2022; 16:00 to 22:00, Sabine-Oberhauser-Straße 8, 1220 Wien; Impulstanz Festival Vienna, Choreography, Performance: June Chung, Clélia Colonna, Soraya Emery, Alexander Gottfarb, Katharina Illnar, Lou Liska, Martyna Lorenc, Raul Maia, Anna Maria Nowak
  • Showing of SWEAT CHILLS SPIT at S_P_I_T Queer Performance Festival 04.06.2022; 20:30 - 21:00. Tanzquartier Wien, following Research workshop SWEAT CHILLS SPIT with Veza Fernández & Imani Rameses at Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
  • Cut her out; short solo performance; part of Festival SOHO in Ottakring; June 2020; Vienna – cancelled due to SARS-CoV-2
  • Solo - Turmbau zu Babel - durational work in progress as part of Raw Matters – large and long at Arbeitsplatz Wien, Siegfriedgasse 23/ Tor 1; Start 19:30; 18.12.2019; Vienna
  • Desire with no name; solo performance; Châtèau Rouge, 1120 Vienna; Austria; 31.10.2019
  • Liquid Creatures Volume 0; duo performance Gerhard Liska & Marion Steinfellner; Marion’s GedichtTanzAtelier Vienna; Austria; March 2018
  • Who am I? – Durational solo performance as part of CO-CREATION LIVE FACTORY Prologue 1, VENICE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART WEEK; 4 hours; 16.12.2017; Palazzo Mora, Venice; Italy
  • Re-Born – over and over again; short performance to closure of Hakomi Therapist Training; Ruhstorf/Rott, Germany; May 2017


Exhibitions

  • Single exhibitions
  • New Works, Bergerhaus, Schrannenplatz 5, 2353 Gumpoldskirchen, Austria; 13. – 23.09.2018
  • Kulturzentrum (Cultural Centre) Trudering, Wasserburger Landstrasse, 81825 Munich, Germany; 04. – 29.04.2016
  • „Landscape Dramas“; Gallery Lebendige Lerchenfelderstrasse; part of OFF Festival Vienna 2015; 06th – 20th November 2015

 

  • Group exhibitions
  • PH21 Gallery; -scapes, group exhibition; Barcelona, Spain, 13 Dec 2025 - 06 Jan 2026
  • Echos Studio; group show Flow; São Paulo, Brasil, 06 Dec 2025 - 19 Dec 2025
  • The Wrong Biennale 2025/2026; Biennial, 01 Nov 2025 - 31 Mar 2026
  • RG10 GalleryViennaAustria; group exhibition Jeder Mensch Ist ein Künstler; Vienna, Austria, 14 Oct 2025 - 01 Nov 2025
  • Gallery 13b; group exhibition There's No Place Like Home; Kamnik, Slovenia, 12 Sep 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
  • ALC Video Art Festival 2025; group exhibition; Alicante, Spain, 10 Sep 2025 - 13 Sep 2025
  • Galeria HMH; group exhibition Speaking Icebergish | Climate Project A23a; Port D’Andratx, Spain, 01 Aug 2025 - 15 Aug 2025
  • prideArt Berlin; group show In Your Face - Queer Portraiture (collaboration with SEAS – Socially Engaged Art Salon); Berlin, Germany; 10.07.-31.08.2025
  • Echos Studio; group show Panoramas; São Paulo, Brasil, 05.-18.07.2025
  • Swindon Arts Fringe; group show Hope is a Thing we Build; Swindon; UK, 16.-29.06.2025
  • PH21 Gallery; group show Feminine/Masculine; Budapest, Hungary; 03.-27.05.2025
  • MORA Museum of International Art; group show Blind Spot; Jersey City, USA, 05.-30.04.2025
  • Fox Yard Studio; group show Sensuous Bodies; Stowmarket, United Kingdom; 04.04.-15.05.2025
  • Alma Mater; group show Ikigai; Athens, Greece; 14.-23.03.2025
  • SEAS - Socially Engaged Art Salon; group show In Your Face - Queer Portraiture; Colonnade House; Worthing, United Kingdom; 18.02.-01.03.2025
  • Chili Art Gallery; group show Silence, Voice, Resonance; Athens, Greece; 13.-22.02.2025
  • PH21 Gallery; group show Silence; Budapest, Hungary; 11.01.-04.02.2025
  • SEAS - Socially Engaged Art Salon; group show In Your Face - Queer Portraiture; Ledward Centre; Brighton, United Kingdom; 10.10.-28.11.2024
  • Fox Yard Studio; group show Échos; Stowmarket, United Kingdom; 08.-19.11.2024
  • Boomer Gallery; group show Dreams and Nightmares - Fourth Edition; Tower Bridge London; 11.-16.10.2024
  • Hörspielwiese Köln 2024; presentation of audio piece; Stadtpark Köln; 16.-18.08.2024
  • Screening of video Highs and Lows as part of RIAF 2024 Contemporary Art Festival, Ruthin Castle, Ruthin North Wales; 28.06.-03.07.2024
  • Screening of video Highs and Lows as part of exhibition Kreativität der Langsamkeit – Creativity of slowness, GISELA, Artist Space Lichtenberg, Giselastr. 12, D-10317 Berlin; 21.02.2024
  • ArtMuc Kunstmesse/Artfair; MTC Locations, Ingolstädter Straße 45; D-München/Munic; 27. – 29.10.2023
  • Mark Salzburg; Group show Safe Space; Hannakstrasse 17; A-Salzburg; 13.- 30.07.2023
  • ArtMuc Kunstmesse/Artfair; MTC Locations, Ingolstädter Straße 45; D-München/Munic; 23. – 26.03.2023
  • Glasgow Gallery of Photography; Lower Gallery, Monochrome Part 1; Glasgow; 06. – 31.01.2023;
  • Cista Arts, London; Visual Arts Show; A Moment in Time; 03. - 31.01.2023; https://www.cistaarts.com/amomentintime 
  • Envision Arts Gallery; STILL LIFE II: A contemporary collective; 01.–30.11.2021; - One of two Honorable Mentions
  • The Greenpoint Gallery; February Virtual Gallery; Brooklyn, NY - United States; 01.- 28.02.2021;
  • Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery - 11th Annual "CityScapes" Online Art Competition. Opening 01.02.2021; 
  • Kunst trägt Rosa. Kunst trägt Widerstand; Künstlerische VHS; Vienna; Austria; December 2020
  • 8th Cultivate on-line show, (Far from the) Turmoil, on-line art exhibition, opening: 2020-05-14; https://organthing.com/2020/05/14/organ-cultivate-presents-far-from-the-turmoil-an-on-line-art-exhibition/
  • Kunst trägt Rosa. Kunst trägt Widerstand; VHS Hietzing; Vienna; Austria; 14.03. - 29.04.2020
  • „Open Artist’s Studio Weekend in Lower Austria; Artist’s studio, Guntramsdorf, Austria; 19.-20.10.2019
  • A Whomb with a View. Inner Space: A Chamber Gallery, 175 Duncan Ave. Unit 2, Jersey City, NJ 07306, USA; Co-directed by: Aryna Petrashenko & Robert Long; curated by The Vagilante; May 6-28, 2017
  • USB-SHUFFLE-SHOW (FIVE); curated by INSTITUT FÜR ALLES MÖGLICHE / ABTEILUNG FÜR ALLES ANDERE; Berlin, Germany; January 27th - 28th 2017
  • Shoebox – 2nd International Sculpture Exhibition; Todd Art Gallery; Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, TN, USA; 20th Jannuary – 9th February 2017
  • “ART.SALON 2015”; Gallery Artopia; Wiedner Hauptstraße 46, 1040 Wien; curated by ::kunst-projekte::; Vienna, 30th October – 01st November 2015
  • „Open Artist’s Studio Weekend in Lower Austria; Artist’s studio, Guntramsdorf, Austria; 17.-18.10.2015
  •  „Together again“; Titok Galéria / Secret Gallery, Ó utca 12, H-1066 Budapest; curated by Adriana Peterova; Hungary, 20.02.2015 – 20.03.2015
  • „Abnormal in a Regular“; Red Light Flying Gallery Rzeszów/Central Station Rzeszów (Poland); curated by Joanna Vejar; art in public space; 25.11.2014 to 05.12.2014
  • „Handyfotografie: (K)eine Kunst?“; FotoQuartier Wien, Margaretenstraße 127, 1050 Vienna; 24.10.2014 15.11.2014

Land-Art and City Space Installations

·     „Silver Leaves“ – December 2014, Vienna

·     Land Art Installations #01 to 03 – Eisenberg, Austria, autumn/winter 2014

·     Land Art Installation #04 – Eisenberg, Austria, April 2015

 

Residencies, Research projects

  • Cunt Monologues, Research Project with Dani Brown, Impulstanz Festival Vienna, 14. – 18.07.2025.
  • International Summer Academy for Arts, Salzburg; Research workshop with Shu Lea Cheang; Code Me, Love Me, Set Me Free: Queerdom in other-worlds; 14–26 August 2023
  • opera - a future game, Research Project with Michael v. zur Mühlen and Thomas Köck, Impulstanz Festival Vienna, 10. - 17.7.2023.
  • Kunstverein München, Summer School 2022 Research Residency; The Stories We Tell Ourselves Part II; August 09–12, 2022; Munich, Germany
  • Encounters #3, Proseries Research Project, Impulstanz Festival Vienna, 18.07. - 02.08.2022.
  • Kunstverein München, Summer School 2021 Research Residency; The Stories We Tell Ourselves Part I; August 23–26, 2021; Munich, Germany
  • Raw Matters Performance Residency, Vienna, 30.11. – 20.12.2020; Showing 11.01.2021 Le Studio / Studio Molière, Vienna (subject to necessary restrictions enforced by Corona – showing cancelled)
  • International Summer Academy for Arts, Salzburg, video workshop “Montage, my beautiful trouble” with Eli Cortiñas und Elina Saalfeld, 10. – 22.08.2020; Salzburg; Austria
  • Research Project with Steven Cohen: Body Scenography; 1 week; August 2019; Impulstanz Festival; Vienna; Austria
  • Artistic Research Working Group of the PSi conference #25 of Performance Studies international, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 4 – 7, 2019; participation video „the desire to become“, 10min, via zoom video conference
  • Artistic research project „Ecologies of desire“, start March 2019; paper "An emancipatory topology of desire" scheduled to appear in summer/autumn 2020 in the journal World Futures, Guest Editor: Sacha Kagan
  • Symposium Applied Microperformativity: Live Arts for a Radical Socio-Economic Turn, Innovation Lab, University of Applied Arts Vienna; 13.-15.12.2018; Vienna, Austria
  • Co-Creation Project CO-CREATION LIVE FACTORY Prologue 1, Venice International Performance Art Week; with VestandPage – Verena Stenke & Andrea Pagnes; 07.-16.12.2017; Palazzo Mora, Venice; Italy
  • Research Project with Angela Schubot, Jared Gradinger & Robert Steijn: the inside is the outside is the inside : about nothing; 31.07. – 11.08.2017; Impulstanz Festival; Vienna; Austria
  • Collection of five pieces of satisfaction furniture, presentation, Arse Elektronika 2015: Shoot your workload, San Francisco, USA; curated by Monochrom; 02.10 bis 04.10.2015
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Publications

  • Interviews
  • 2024, "Queer Ecology" Broadcasting of an interview by Romina Achatz with Marion Steinfellner & Lou Liska regarding their artistic research about queer ecology; Radio FRO 105,0; 05. März 2024, 19:00
  • Own publications
  • 2020, An Emancipatory Topology of Desire (2020); World Futures, 2020, 76 (5-7), pp 420-433
  • Catalogues, Articles
  • 2023, Catalogue A moment in Time - VISUAL ARTS SHOW | JANUARY 2023 INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION https://www.cistaarts.com/amomentintime
  • 2023, Artist book NOIR, by SU4IP, a publication featuring the work of 30 artists

Statement

Artistic Statement

Lou Liska is a gender-queer performer, artist, and human ecologist based in Guntramsdorf, near Vienna, Austria.

Coming to art without formal training, Lou’s practice is shaped by a working-class background and a sustained engagement with structures of power. Social, economic, and political hierarchies inform an ongoing investigation into how identity, agency, and self-empowerment are negotiated within, and against, these systems. A non-binary perspective functions as both position and method, resisting fixed categories in favor of fluid, relational modes of making.

Working across performance, photography, painting, and video, Lou creates intimate, hybrid works that foreground the body as a site of knowledge. Recent projects examine contemporary power dynamics and gender roles through the lens of a self increasingly entangled with digital technologies and AI. By placing the analogue logic of the body in tension with the synthetic logic of technology, Lou’s work asks how embodiment, autonomy, and desire are being reshaped in the present.

 

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