The Artist
Viveka Biondic
I am a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, performance, photography, and text. My practice is deeply inspired by the strong women in my life, and this influence shapes both the themes and the emotional foundation of my work. I focus on exploring the many facets of womanhood—femininity and strength, vulnerability and resilience, image and identity, transformation and healing.
Drawing from mythology, symbolic actions, and lived experience, my projects often move beyond a single medium and unfold as layered, immersive narratives. I am interested in moments of rupture and repair, and in how acts of breaking, mending, and reimagining can become visual expressions of endurance and growth. Materials, gestures, and processes play an essential role in my work, allowing each piece to carry both emotional weight and poetic presence.
While the work is rooted in personal experience, it aims to speak beyond the individual. I seek to create spaces where viewers can recognize their own stories reflected in the work—where fragility is not hidden, but honored as a source of strength. Whether through objects, images, or performative traces, each project becomes a site of transformation rather than a fixed statement.
My practice treats art as a lived and evolving process. Through tenderness, resilience, and attention to detail, I aim to create work that invites reflection, connection, and a sense of becoming—both for myself and for those who encounter it.
“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
· 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
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.