education

1999-2004 Digital Arts, Visual Media Design, University of Applied Arts Vienna (Mag.art. / MA)
1997-1999 Informatics, Technical University Vienna

occupation

Artiste-Auteur, 2001-
Full Stack Creative sDigital Engineer, self-employed, 2023-
Web, Media and Software Development, Design and Consulting, self-employed, 2001-
Lecturer, University of California San Diego, 2021
Lead Developer, TurtleStitch, Freelance, 2005-
Field engineer and operator, On Air Media Solutions, Freelance, Vienna/AT, 2006-2019

solo shows

2023 Open Studio, La Palanquée, Séte / FR
2019 Open Studio, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff / CA
2017 River Studies, LP Art Space, Chongqing / CN
2014 River Studies, fotoK [2] Galerie, Vienna / AT
2014 River Studies,, Phoenix Art Center, Leicester / UK
2010 LICHT/KLANG, Le Bon Accueil, Rennes / FR (coll.)
2009 7 C-Days, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht / NL
2008 fill-out-sculpture #3, ...to be continued, Wien /AT
2006 DonKonTrol, Town-hall / Municipality of Rousse, Rousse / BG (coll.)
2006 Dun.AV * Danube Panorama Project, medien.kunstlabor im Kunsthaus, Graz / AT
2005 fill-out-sculpture #2, Kubus Export - Der Transparente Raum, Wien / AT
2003 24!, OK Spektral, O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz / AT (coll.)
2002 ./logicaland, This Time For Real / Forum Stadtpark, Graz / AT (coll.)

group shows

2023 STWST48x9, Stadtwerkstatt, Linz / AT
2022 STWST48x8, Stadtwerkstatt, Linz / AT
2021 ONE ARTIST – ONE MINUTE: Künstler:innen aus 40 Jahre FOTOHOF, Stadtgalerie Lehen, Salzburg / AT
2021 STWST48x7, Stadtwerkstatt, Linz / AT
2020 STWST48x6, Stadtwerkstatt, Linz / AT
2020 DONAU – Menschen, Schätze & Kulturen, Schallaburg / AT
2019 STWST48x5, Stadtwerkstatt, Linz / AT
2019 Game Over :(, Xcéntric el cinema del CCCB, Barcelona / ES
2018 Höhenrausch, OÖ Kulturquartier, Linz / AT
2018 From Nothing to Something, Symposium Lindabrunn / AT
2016 Away - Stories from abroad, Ehemaliges k. und k. Post- und Telegraphenamt, Vienna / AT
2015 STWST48 - Crashing the Information in 48 hours, Stadtwerkstatt, Linz / AT
2015 werkschau 15 Jahre kleylehof13, kleylehof13, Nickelsdorf / AT
2015 Der Raum nach dem Raum, Kunsthaus Mürz, Mürzzuschlag / AT
2015 Impuls und Wille, Sigmund, Vienna / AT
2014 BLACK SEA CALLING - On Tour, Art Today Association, Plovdiv / BG
2014 How long is now?, Haus der Fotografie, Burghausen / DE
2014 Currency As Space, HDLU, Zagreb / HR
2013 BLACK SEA CALLING, HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna / AT
2013 How long is now?, FOTO-RAUM, Vienna / AT
2013 Webarte da Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba / BR
2013 Hohe Dosis, Atterseehalle, Attersee / AT
2013 ArchFilm Matinée / Sunday Special, filmcasino, Vienna / AT
2012 Xishuangbanna International Photography Exhibition, Jinghong / CN
2012 Sleepwalking, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin / DE
2012 On Screen - Aktuelle Fotografie aus Österreich, Fotohof, Salzburg / AT
2010 Confligere, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf / AT
2010 Wealth of Nations, Spike Island, Bristol / UK
2010 Multiplex, Sonnenstraße 22, Munich / DE
2009 Stored and Filtered. Technology, Time, and Landscape, Texas Firehouse, New York /US
2009 Wealth of Nations, Cinema City, Novi Sad / RS
2009 Reg’arts sur frontières, La Secu, Lille /FR
2008 diskonta_3 fotografie, Galerie IG Bildende Kunst, Wien /AT
2008 db:ae - estetika baza / aesthetics of data basis, Galerija Galzenica, Velika Gorica /HR
2008 Waves - The Art of Electromagnetic Society, hartware @ Phoenix-Halle, Dortmund /DE
2008 Ansichtssache, Kunstraum NÖ, Wien /AT
2008 Digital Media 1.0, La Nau, Valencia /ES
2007 Silent*Observers, Calit2 Gallery, CRCA/University of California, San Diego /US
2007 Semaine internationale des arts numériques et alternatifs, Hôtel de Ville d'Évry, Évry /FR
2007 Places & Spaces: Mapping Science, various locations (New York Hall of Science, American Museum of Science and Energy, SIGGRAPH,..), US (coll.)
2006 Bytes & Bodies, Städtische Galerie Leerer Beutel, donumenta, Regensburg /DE
2006 THEAUSTRIANABSTRACTS, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam /NL
2006 Simplicity - The Art of Complexity, Ars Electronica Exhibition, Brucknerhaus, Linz /AT
2006 Art at the Center 2006: the game, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella /IT (coll.)
2006 Die DONAU, medien.kunstlabor im Kunsthaus, Graz /AT
2006 The Postmedia Condition, Mestna galerija / City Art Museum, Ljubljana /SI (coll.)
2006 VIE-SOF 18:42 - 18hour screening, spiel:platz, dietheater Konzerthaus, Wien /AT
2006 Digital Transit, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, ARCO 2006, Medialab, Madrid /ES (coll.)
2005 The Postmedia Condition, Neue Galerie, Graz /AT (coll.)
2005 Fresh Trips, Kunstraum Innsbruck /AT (coll.)
2005 Grundstein, Ragnarhof, Wien /AT 2005 Schrift:Raum:Form, Kubus Export / Der Transparente Raum, Wien /AT (coll.)
2005 Der Ohrenzeuge - 50 Charaktere, Kleylehof / Nickelsdorf /AT
2005 In The Line of Flight,Beijing International New Media Exhibition, Millennium Monument, Beijing /CN
2005 Signes Quotidiens ou le quotidien c'est bien, CCS, Paris /FR (coll.)
2005 Now is the Time, Kunsthaus/Medienturm, Graz /AT
2004 The Anatomy of the Now, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam /NL (coll.)
2004 Cie W.Dorner's Hängende Gärten, ImpulsTanz 04, BUWOG Wohnanlage, Wien /AT (coll.)
2004 Interferenze, Nella Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea, San Martino /IT (coll.)
2004 Free Bitflows, Künstlerhaus, Wien /AT (coll.)
2004 Virtual Frame, Kunsthalle Wien/projectspace, Wien /AT
2004 Bang the Machine - Computer Gaming Art and Artifacts, YBCA, San Francisco /US (coll.)
2003 WLI - World, Language, Iconicity, Rex / B92 cultural center, Beograd /RS (coll.)
2003 Code - Lanuage of our Time, Ars Electronica Exhibition, Linz /AT (coll.)
2003 Abstraction Now, Künstlerhaus, Wien /AT
2003 The Chrono Files - From Time-based Art To Database, lothringer13/Halle, München /DE (coll.)
2002 The All Star Data Mappers, Artspace, Sidney /AU (coll.)
2002 Project Krakow, krowoderska/52, Krakow /PL (coll.)
2002 Cyberarts 2002, O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz /AT (coll.)
2002 Change The Map, Ars Electronica Exhibition, Linz /AT (coll.)
2002 Doubleheart - Hear the Art, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien /AT
2002 Big Social Game, BIG Torino, Biennale Internazionale Arte Giovane, Torino /IT (coll.)

awards

2011 Neptun Wasserpreis / AT
2006 Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Net Vision) / AT
2004 Jury's Citation Award 2nd Place, Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey / US
2003 Nominee, International Media Art Award, Karlsruhe / DE
2002 Award of Distinction, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Net Vision) / AT

residencies

2023 Educational programming and robotics, Faberlull, Olot / ES
2022 OÖ Air Donau / MS Fusion, AT/HU/SL/HR/SR
2022 Cité Internationales des Artes, Paris / FR
2021 Sporobole (Gastatelier des Landes OÖ), Sherbrooke / CA
2019 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Auslandsatelierstipendium des Bundeskanzleramts), Banff / CA
2018 ccSport camp, Superball / qWM, progr, Bern / CH
2017 LP Art Space,, Chongqing / CN
2015 Auslandsatelierstipendium des Bundeskanzleramts, Shanghai / CN
2015 CCA Andratx, Andratx / ES
2015 Egon Schiele Art Centrum, (Gastatelier des Landes Oberösterreich), Český Krumlov / CZ
2012 BLACK SEA CALLING,, NOMAD & c-u-m-a, Istanbul / TR
2012 periferry, Guwahati / IN
2011 Kriti Gallery, Varanasi / IN
2011 DoNAUtik, Monnickendam / NL
2010 Broadcast Media Sculptures, MOMEline, Budapest / HU
2007 Oros Harasson Art Center, Finikas/Syros / GR
2004 Auslandsatelierstipendium des Bundeskanzleramts, Cité des Artes, Paris / FR

teaching

2021 Electronics for the Arts II, University of California San Diego / US
1999 Workshop Instructor Photography, Arbeiterkammer Wien / AT

ACQUISITIONS & COLLECTIONS

2016 House of Electronic Arts, Basel / CH
2016 Austrian Federal Chancellery (BKA) / AT
2009 Centre Pompidou (New Media & Video Collection), Paris / FR
2008 City of Vienna / AT
2006 Artothek des Bundes / Austrian Federal Chancellery (BKA) / AT

publications (books/booklets)

Michael Aschauer: 7 C-Days (limited Edition of 300), Edition Fotohof, Salzburg 2010
Michael Aschauer, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Lotte Schreiber: 24!, OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst 2004

bibliography (articles/books)

Michael Aschauer: Den Nil entlang. Über experimentelle Kartographien von Flüssen mit technischen Augen, In: Christian Reder (Ed.): Kartographisches Denken, Springer, 2012
Michael Aschauer: Danube Panorama Project - Eine künstlerische Uferkartographie, in: Christian Reder, Erich Klein: Graue Donau, Schwarzes Meer, Springer, 2008

bibliography (articles/periodicals)

Michael Aschauer: Die radikale Normalität / Die normale Radikalität, VERSORGERIN #139, August 2023
Michael Aschauer: Ai AI, VERSORGERIN #137, März 2023
Michael Aschauer: Zur (Meta)physik des Metaverse, VERSORGERIN #133, März 2022
Michael Aschauer: Das Haus gewinnt immer, VERSORGERIN #131, September 2021
Michael Aschauer: (D)ra(h)tlose Revolution, VERSORGERIN #129, März 2021
Michael Aschauer: L’Art Zéro Euro, MCD - magazine des cultures digitales #76, Changer l'argent, déc 2014 / fev 2015
Michael Aschauer: Vertrauen braucht Kontrolle, Progress – Magazin der Österreichischen Hochschülerschaft, 01/2003

bibliography (mentions/catalogues/reviews)

Jandl, Stocker: Who Owns the Truth? Wem gehört die Wahrheit? - Ars Electronica 2023 Festival, Hatje Cantz, 2023
Jandl, Stocker: Ars Electronica 2022 Festival for Art, Technology & Society Welcome to Planet B, Hatje Cantz, 2022
Alexandra Grausam (ed.) for the Federal Chancellery of Austria: AWAY. The Book about Residencies, Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2018
Erik Bärwaldt: Artistic Perspective. Linux Magazine, February 2016
Moritz Neumüller: Unmanned Photography, in: European Photography #93, June 2013
Christian Reder (Ed.): Kartographisches Denken, Springer, 2012
Maria Amelia Bulhões: Web Arte e Poéticas do Território, Edition Zouk (Brazil), 2011
Katy Börner: Atlas of Science, MIT Press, 2010
Stephen Wilson: Art + Science Now: The Leading Edge of Creativity, Thames & Hudsons, 2010
Dewald, Groschup, Mattuschka, Renoldner (Ed.): Die Kunst des Einzelbilds. Animation in Österreich, Verlag Filmarchiv Austria, 2010
Wealth of Nations, Catalogue of the Exhibition. Cinema City, Novi Sad 2009
Reder, Klein (Eds.): Graue Donau, Schwarzes Meer, Springer, 2008
HartWare: Waves – The Art of The Electromagnetic Society, Catalogue of the Exhibition, HartWare Medienkunstverein, Kettler, 2008
Beatrix Sunkovsky (Ed.): Stelle, Siedlung, Lager, edition selene, 2008
Kunstraum NÖ: Ansichtssache, Katalog zur Ausstellung, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, 2008
Leopoldseder, Schöpf (Eds.): CyberArts 2006 – Compendium Ars Electronica, Hatje Cantz, 2006
a-minima #15: digital transit. ars electronica + medialabmadrid. a-minima new media art now. Madrid, 2006
Peter Hall (Ed.): Else/Where: Mapping. New Cartographies of Networks and Territories, University of Minnesota Press, 2006
Fiedler, Steinle, Weibel (Eds.): Postmediale Kondition, Neue Galerie Graz, 2005
Lu Xiaobo, Zhang Ga (Eds.): In The Line Of Flight, The Millenium Dialogue, Tsinghua University Press, 2005
Margit Rosen: The Chronofile-Society. In: Latour, Weibel (Eds.): Making Things Public, MIT Press, 2005
Temmel, Kraus (Eds.): senseless sinnlos. Wider die Methoden der Behinderung, Springer, 2004
Künstlerhaus Wien, Droschl, Pfaffenbichler (Eds.): ABSTRACTION NOW, Edition Camera Austria, 2004
Kunsthalle Wien: Virtual Frame by 3, Kunsthalle Wien, 2004
Rosen, Schoen (Ed.), The Chrono-Files. From Time-Based Art to Database, revolver, 2003
Schöpf, Stocker (Ed.): Ars Electronica 2003. Code The Language of Our Time, Hatje Cantz, 2003
Schöpf, Stocker (Ed.): UNPLUGGED – Kunst als Schauplatz globaler Konflikte, Hatje Cantz, 2002
Leopoldseder, Schöpf (Ed.): CyberArts 2002 – Compendium Ars Electronica, Hatje Cantz, 2002
Mathias Dusini: Alternative Cartographies, springerin - Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, 3/02

Talks, Lectures, Presentations,..

2023 On the Work of Art in the Age of Arti/ficial/stic intelligence, Guest lecture, Concordia University, Montreal / CA
2023 Artist Talk / Presentation, Programació i robòtica educatives VI, Faber Lull, Olot / ES
2022 Panel, AMRO - Art meets Radica Openess, Linz / AT
2017 Artist Talk, River Studies, LP Art Space, Chongqing / CN
2017 Workshop Turtlestitch, scratch2017bdx, Bordeaux / FR
2016 Artist Talk, neo nomad, KulturKontakt, Vienna / AT
2011 Artist Talk, The Budapest Design Meetup Vol. 16. – Danube Day Special, A38, Budapest / HU
2011 Arbeitskreis "Enter Cartography", University of Applied Arts, Vienna / AT
2010 Workshop, École régionale des Beaux-Arts, Rennes / FR
2010 Artist Talk, Broadcast Media Sculptures, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, WUK, Vienna / AT
2009 Workshop, Code & Talk, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht / NL
2009 Artist Talk / Presentation, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv / IL
2009 Artist Talk / Presentation, Carnival of e-Creativity, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand /IN
2008 Artist Talk / Presentation, Lazareti, Dubrovnik / HR
2008 Guest lecture, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Wien / AT
2008 Artist Talk / Presentation, Temporalidad narrativa digital /Cartografías del e-espaci, Digital Media 1.0, Valencia / ES
2007 Guest lecture, Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung, Linz / AT
2007 Panel, im vergleich.3, Medienwerkstatt Wien / AT
2007 Artist Talk / Presentation, net.culture.lab, Wien / AT
2007 Artist Talk / Presentation, RX Gallery, San Francisco / US
2007 Artist Talk / Presentation, Semaine International des Arts Numérique, Évry / FR
2006 Guest lecture, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Wien / AT
2005 Workshop, net_user_03, Sveta Anastasia / BG
2004 Artist Talk / Presentation, Interspace Media Art Center, Sofia / BG
2002 Artist Talk / Presentation, playground, garage festival, Stralsund / DE
2002 ./logicaland lecture tour, digital brainstorming, Zürich, Basel, Bern, Romanshorn / CH
2002 Artist Talk / Presentation, Prix Ars Electronica Forum, Linz / AT

Festivals

2023 Ars Electronica - STWST48x9, Linz / AT
2023 Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens / GR
2022 Ars Electronica - STWST48x8, Linz / AT
2022 AMRO - Art meets Radica Openess, Linz / AT
2021 Ars Electronica - STWST48x7, Linz / AT
2019 SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles / US
2019 Ars Electronica - STWST48x5, Linz / AT
2018 Superball, progr, Bern / CH
2015 Ars Electronica - STWST48, Linz / AT
2014 FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paolo /BR
2013 Video Medeja, Novi Sad / RS
2013 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava /CZ
2012 The Lacang-Mekong River Cultural and Art Festival, Jinghong / CN
2012 FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paolo /BR
2010 Moving Frames, Mytilene digital art festival, Mytilene / GR
2010 Yebizo Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, Tokyo / JP
2009 Le Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou, Paris /FR
2009 Rio de Janeiro International Short Film, Rio de Janeiro /BR
2009 Transmediale, Berlin /DE
2009 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava /CZ
2009 Diagonale, Graz /AT
2009 fullframe, Vienna /AT
2009 Carnival of e-Creativity, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand /IN
2009 Oy Wina, Tel Aviv / IL
2009 VISIONary, Austrian cinema tour program, various cities /AT
2009 Cinema City, Novi Sad /RS
2008 VIENNALE, Wien, /AT
2008 Transmediale, Berlin /DE
2008 Abstracta Cinema, Roma /IT
2008 dokumentArt, Neubrandenburg /DE
2008 frame[o]ut - digital film festival, Wien /AT
2007 Semaine internationale des arts numériques et alternatifs, Évry /FR
2007 FILE, Sao Paolo /BR
2007 Flip It II, Linz /AT
2007 fragmented reassambled, Saturn Passage, Linz /AT
2007 Festival musique/visuell, Luxembourg /LU
2006 Ars Electronica, Linz /AT
2006 Viper, International Festival for Film, Video and New Media, Basel /CH
2006 FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paolo /BR
2006 donumenta, Regensburg /DE
2006 12th International Festival of Computer Arts, Ljubljana /SI
2006 March Music Days, Rousse /BG
2006 circuito off, Venice International Short Film Festival, Venice / IT
2005 25 FPS, Zagreb /HR
2005 Kurzfilmfestival Kaiserstrasse, Wien /AT
2005 Netuser 3 conference, Sveta Anastasia /BG
2005 Crossing Europe, Linz /AT
2005 Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart /DE
2005 EMAF European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück /DE
2005 entermultimediale, Prague /CZ
2004 Kill Your Timid Notion, Edinburgh /GB
2004 AniFest Film Festival, Trebon /CZ
2004 Brief Encounters, Bristol Short Film Festival, Bristol /GB
2004 ImPulsTanz, Vienna International Dance Festical, Wien /AT
2004 Interferenze, S.Martino Valle Caudina /IT
2004 Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey /US
2004 Club Transmediale, Berlin /DE
2003 Ars Electronica, Linz /AT
2003 International Media Art Award, Karlsruhe /DE
2003 Video Lisboa, Lisboa /PT
2003 Select Media Festival 2, Chicago /US
2003 Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, Seoul /KR
2003 La Rochelle International Film Festival, La Rochelle /FR
2003 Fantoche, Baden /CH
2003 Invideo, Milano /IT
2003 videoex, Zürich /CH
2003 Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad /NO
2003 EMAF, Osnabrück /DE
2003 Lovebytes, Sheffield /GB
2003 Nemo, Paris /FR
2003 New York Underground Film Festival, New York /US
2003 Diagonale, Graz /AT
2002 Ars Electronica, Linz /AT
2002 Wien Modern, Wien /AT
2002 Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht /NL
2002 Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg /DE
2002 Art Futura, Barcelona /ES
2002 Diagonale, Graz /AT
2002 Impakt, Utrecht /NL
2002 Viper, Basel /CH
2002 Festival of New Film, Split /HR
2002 garage, Stralsund /DE
2002 SEAFair, Skopje /MK
2002 File - Online, Brazil /BR
2002 futurescreen02, Sidney /AU
2000 Diagonale, Graz /AT