The Artist
Viveka Biondic
I am a multidisciplinary artist working with painting, performance, photography, and text. My practice explores questions of femininity, embodiment, identity, and emotional experience in relation to personal biography, societal structures, and art-historical contexts.
My work develops through process-based, cross-media projects in which performance has become a central tool. Through embodied action, repetition, and physical presence, I examine states of vulnerability, resistance, rupture, and transformation. The body functions as both material and site of negotiation, where inner states are tested and made visible.
Rather than producing closed narratives, my works remain deliberately open. Fragility is understood not as weakness, but as a productive condition for reflection, change, and resilience. Feminist and performative discourses are not treated as background references, but as active frameworks shaping my artistic research.
Alongside my independent practice, I work in ongoing collaboration with Ars Flagranti, a partnership that supports aspects of metal production, curatorial exchange, and long-term project development.
“Her installation The Women and works from The Dress didn’t just speak—they moved people. Through minimal yet powerful gestures, she created space for reflection, for feeling, for remembering what it means to be seen as a woman and as a creator. Her work brought a vital pulse to the project, and her presence elevated the entire collaboration.”
— Ixchel Castellón Piedras, Director General, Colectivo Oaxaca Cultural A.C
Selected exhibitions
· 2026
o Swiss Photo Club, Public Artist,1010 Vienna, Austria
o Kopus, Beylikdüzu Atatürk Kültür ve Senat Merkezi, Galeri Bedri Rahmi, Istanbul, Turkie (Group exhibition by Invitation curated by Ibrahim Halil Rencber )
· 2025
o Import/Export, Museo Estatal de Arte Popular, Oaxaca, MX (national museum)
o Arte en Diálogo, Museo Nacional de la Pirotecnia, Tultepec, MX (Exhibition with Live Performance)
· 2024
o Der Stand des Weibes ist Ruhe, Das Zimmer, Salzburg, AT
o FASMA Festival de las Artes, San Miguel de Allende, MX (international arts festival)
· 2023
o Kintsugi – The Golden Break-Off, Das Zimmer, Salzburg, AT (Exhibition with Live Performance)
o Festival de las Artes, San Miguel de Allende, MX (UNESCO city)
o Import/Export AT/MX, Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca
o Parallax Art Fair, London
· 2022
o The Gray Area, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR (residency project)
· 2021
o Vertu, The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
Residencies
- 2025 – Import/Export collaboration with Subterráneos Collective, Mexico
- 2022-2026 - residency in Kunstlerhaus, Salzburg
- 2022 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Recognition & Market Highlights
- 2025 – Diploma of Recognition, Museo Nacional de la Pirotecnia, Tultepec, Mexico (for participation in the Arte en Diálogo exhibition, Import/Export project)
- 2024 – Project Support by the Institut für Gleichstellung & Gender Studies in Salzburg
- 2023 – Featured Artist – Österreichisches Kulturforum, Mexico
- 2022 – Selected Artist through Misnistry of Culture of Republic of North Macedonia for a 2 month residency in Cite des Arts, Paris, France
- 2021 – Selected Artist – The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
- 2020 – Painting sold at YAA20 – Young Art Auction, Vienna, AT (selected artist)
- 2025 – Coverage in Mein Bezirk for the Mexico Project
- 2025 – Media coverage on TV La Buena Día (Sistema Mexiquense de Medios Públicos) for the exhibition opening at Museo de la Pirotecnia, Tultepec, Mexico
- 2023 – Coverage in Mexico Daily Post for Festival de las Artes, San Miguel de Allende
- 2023 – Interview in Mein Bezirk on Messy People project
- 2022 – Featured artist in Salzburger Nachrichten for the reopening of ArtForum Salzburg
Memberships:
- Salzburger Kunstverein- Art Forum Salzbur
- Import/Export Mexico e Austria
Collaborations and Partnerships
Ars Flagranti(ongoing) — metal production support and long-term project development.
SoWhat(ongoing) — values-aligned collaboration exploring shared presence, visibility, and awareness around eating disorders through artistic practice
Other Exhibitions & Collaborations (Selected)
ArtForum Salzburg (Kunstverein),Salzburg,Austria; Galería Sixtos,Mexico; Museo Bicentenario,Mexico; Museo de las Culturas,Mexico; Casa Europa, Mexico; Aurora Art House,Mexico; Rathaus Salzburg,Austria; Alte Saline, Hallein, Austria; Public Artists Vienna,Austria; MKC Skopje, In Situ Art Fair, Parallax Art Fair, Skopje, Northmacedonia; Open Studio — Cité des Arts Paris,France; Storytelling Workshop with Bani Abidi at Salzburger Kunstverein,Salzburg Austria; Kerzen Fabrik, Salzburg, Austria; Mitte Lehen, Grupen Austellung, Salzburg,Austria.