*1980 in Bregenz, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin
2002-2003 Theatre-, Film- and Mediascience, University Vienna
2003-2007 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2008 Diploma Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Solo Shows

2015
Exploiting the Creative Crisis, O. T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Luzern (CH)
an artist is an artist is an artist is a female artist, Steirischer Herbst Festival, the smallest gallery, Graz (AT)
Maria Anwander und Ruben Aubrecht, Aller Art, Bludenz (AT)*

2014
In a Certain State of Uncertainty, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen (CH)
In between the Borders of Now, Karlin Studios, Prague (CZ) *
discrete collection, Arratia Beer, Berlin (DE)
out of context, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles (US)

2013
When emptiness wears a dot of true red, Luis Adelantado, Valencia (ES)
Using pastel is so uncontemporary, Galerie Hollenstein, Lustenau (AT) *

2012
Been Present, Project Room Aquarium at Casino Luxembourg (LU)
Analyzing, AC Institute, New York (US)
shortcuts in circuits, 12C Raum für Kunst, Schnifis (AT)
Donations, Medienraum, Hospiz am Arlberg (AT)

2011
The Invisible Kiss of the Thief, Gewölbekeller im Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz (DE)
Von der Illusion von Kunst - Kulturredaktion Fernsehen oder: Was soll ich mit diesen Farbklecksen, ORF Funkhaus Dornbirn (AT)
Mögliches Resultat einer Gemeinsamen Arbeit, MUSA - Startgalerie, Vienna (AT) *

2010
Kunst Box, Bregenz (AT)
Kunst am Bau, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz (AT)

2009
Hail to the Thief, The General Store, Sydney (AU)
My Most Favourite Art, Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Bilbao (ES)

* in collaboration with Ruben Aubrecht

Group Shows

2015
Is the bird still yellow in the dark? Toilet Encounters #5, Paris (FR)
We gave our best...., Austrian Cultural Forum, Washington DC (US)
We gave our best...., pop up gallery space Penelope, New York (US)
Berlin Art Prize (short list), District Berlin (DE)
KuRZnsthalle - Temporary Contemporary Art and Architecture at Sara Art Fair, Sarajevo (BA)

Mainzer Ansichten, Kunsthalle Mainz (DE)
Pop Up Exhibition, KagArt, Istanbul (TR)
More Konzeption Conception Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
Kiosk, Erratum Galerie, Berlin (DE)
Space Program, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles (US)

2014
Was Sie Lesen, Künstlerhaus im Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (AT)
Glass+A, Vitraria, Venice (IT)
2nd Bregenz Biennale (AT)
Aus Film und Fernsehen, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin (DE)
All in One Party Show, Insitu, Berlin (DE)
Open Studios, 18th Street, Santa Monica (US)
Zona Maco, with Steve Turner Contemporary and Arratia Beer, Mexico City (MX)

2013
Episode 3: Cézanne beats Pollock, Insitu, Berlin (DE)
ViennaFair with Steve Turner Contemporary, Vienna (AT)
Mum, I just really need to focus on my art right now, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań (PL)
Impossibility vs. Self-Censorship, Matadero Madrid - Center for Contemporary Art (ES)
ÜberMalen, Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt (DE)
Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur, Vorarlberger Landhaus and public space (AT)
Stipendium Vordemberge-Gildewart, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (FL)
curators' network, KEX - Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (AT)

2012
Los irrespetuosos / The Disrespectful / Die Respektlosen, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico D. F. (MX)
MULTImART, Gumpendorferstrasse, Vienna (AT)
variable size #, mo.e, Vienna (AT)
1st Bregenz Biennale - do what you can't, Bregenz (AT)
Kann es Liebe sein III, Künstlerhaus k/haus Passagegalerie + Studios Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna (AT)
Kann es Liebe sein II, Circle Cité, Luxembourg (LU)
Kann es Liebe sein I, Grimmuseum, Berlin (DE)
Una Historia Vintage, C/ Alcalá 273, 3º izda, Madrid (ES)
Nach dem Projekt ist vor dem Projekt ist, Abteilung für Alles Andere, Berlin (DE)
HAIR, Hospiz Galerie, Bregenz (AT)
Galerie Chybulski, Ville sur Jarnioux (FR)
Tiere, Antiquariat Chybulski, Feldkirch (AT)
Ausstieg aus der Ordnung > Neue Situation, Glockengasse 9, Vienna (AT)
die weisse ab-haus-verkaufs-kunstschau, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna (AT)
Druck, Künstlerhaus im Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (AT)

2011
METAmART - Art and Capital.The exhibition, Künstlerhaus Vienna (AT)
METAmART - Market Model, Künstlerhaus, Vienna (AT)
4th Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art. Beautiful view - Nice Perspectives, Moscow (RU)
Call 2011, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia (ES)
Die nächste Generation III - Ein Selbstportrait, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)

2010
Not Here, Harlem Studios by Montrasio Arte, New York (US)
Happy Hour, In der Kubatur des Kabinetts, Kunstsalon im Fluc, Vienna (AT)
Alexander Reznikov Award 2008-2010, Brot-Kunsthalle, Vienna (AT)
Is there any Hope for an Optimistic Art?, MMOMA, Moscow (RU)
Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Two Part Project: “Liberty” / “Freedom”, Moscow (RU)
Look at me, Stedefreund / Das Weisse Haus, Stedefreund, Berlin (DE)
Reznikov-Award, VIENNAFAIR, Vienna (AT)
Quasi dasselbe...? Dikurse mit poetischer Funktion, Kunstpavillon - Tiroler Künstlerschaft, Innsbruck (AT)
Impakt Festival, Utrecht (NL)

2009
Ostrale 09, Ostragehege, Dresden (DE)
Print Matters, The General Store, Sydney (AU)
Portrait, Künstlerhaus im Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (AT)
A Vernacular of Dissent, Champaign-Urbana Independent Media Center, Illinois (US)
Egoileak / Residentes, Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Bilbao (ES)
UnORTnung V, Ankerbrotfabrik, Vienna (AT)
Neue Mitglieder, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (AT)

2008
Residencies, Fundación Bilbao Arte - Center for Contemporary Art, Bilbao (ES)
Am Sprung, OK-Centrum, Linz (AT)
Kleinstes Gemeinsames Vielfaches, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
Kapital - Körper - Konventionen, Forum Schloss Wolkersdorf (AT)
UnOrtnung III, Genochmarkt, Vienna (AT)
FreiWild, DoppelDe, Dresden (DE)

2007
Intervention, Fieldgate Gallery, London (UK)
EMAF - Stufo Exhibition, Osnabrück (DE)
Q 202 - Atelierrundgang, St. Balbach - Artproduction, Vienna (AT)

2006
Faktum-Flakturm, Flakturm Arenbergpark, Vienna (AT)
waking doubting rolling shining and musing..., Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
Babylon's Shade, Artos Foundation, Nicosia (CY)
Give me Five, TQW-Tanzquartier, Vienna (AT)
Tag der Offenen Tür, Flakturm Arenbergpark, Vienna (AT)
Top to Bottom End to End, Westbahnhof, Vienna (AT)
Zur Zeit I, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn& Taxis, Bregenz (AT)
Colore non Solo, Theseus Tempel, Vienna (AT)

2005
n’Kiloton, Biennial satellite project, Venice, Italy (IT)

Grants / Awards / Residencies

2015 International Artist Award Vorarlberg (AT)
2015 Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, residency-grant by BKA (FR)
2014 18th Street, Los Angeles (US)
2013 Award Darmstädter Sezession (DE)
2013 Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium (grant) (FL)
2012 Officina de Arte, Mexico D.F. (MX)
2012 Casino Luxemburg (LU)
2012 12 C on Air in Schnifis (AT)
2012 Hospiz Art Award, St Christoph am Arlberg (AT)
2011 Startstipendium BM:UKK (grant) (AT)
2010 Harlem Studio Fellowship by Montrasioarte, New York (US)
2010 Alexander Reznikov Award, Vienna (AT/RU)
2009 Bilbao Arte Center for Contemporary Art, Bilbao (ES)
2008 Exchange-grant Bilbao by Kunsthaus Bregenz (AT/ES)
2008 Pfann-Ohmann-Group-Award, Vienna (AT)

Public art and art in construction

2015 Memorial for Persecution, Resistance and Struggle for Freedom in Hernals from 1934-1945, Vienna (AT)
2014 DISPOSITIVOS POST- interventions in public space, Barcelona (ES)
2013 art in architecture, Mittelschule Bürs (AT)
2012 Intervention and performance in public space, supported by AC Institute, New York (US)
2012 Public dancefloor, KÖR - public art Tirol, Innsbruck (AT)
2010 art at construction site, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz (AT)

Projects

2010 curating of: gaming the system rank the ranking or fuck the curator, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis Bregenz (AT)
2007 Zwillingsbrut, (stage and costume design) KosmosTheater, Bregenz (AT)

Publications

more Konzeption Conception now, 2015, Hg. Museum Morsbroich, Kettler Dortmund (catalogue)
Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur, 2013, Hg. Theater Kosmos/Vorarlberger Armutskonferenz, Bucher Verlag (catalogue)
Nevertheless 07/2014, by Atelier Olschinsky, Vienna, ISSN 2219-7559 (magazine)
Maria Anwander - been present, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2013, ISBN 978-99959-30-11-0 (catalogue)
Starter, Art Magazin, Nr. 05/2013 (magazine)
Not Here Not There Part 2, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 19 Issue 2, ISBN 978-1-906897-23-9 (catalogue)
Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium 2013, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Bucher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-99018-191-1 (catalogue)
Maria Anwander - Von der Illusion von Kunst, Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2012, ISBN 978-3-99018-081-5 (catalogue)
Facing Kremlin - Gute Aussichten 2011, Moscow 2012 (catalogue)
Parabol #6, 2011 Vienna (magazine)
unORTnung. Eine Ausstellungsreihe in Wien, Schlebrügge Verlag, Vienna ISBN 978-3-902833-10-5 (catalogue)
Qui vive? - Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, 2010 (catalogue)
Content / Form / Im-material - 5 Years of Cont3xt.net, Vienna 2010 (catalogue)
Maria Anwander - my most favourite art, Bilbao 2009, ISBN 978-3-901825-16-3 (catalogue)
Ostrale 09, Dresden 2009 (catalogue)
Kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches, Vienna 2008 (catalogue)
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 2007, Osnabrück 2007 (catalogue)
waking doubting rolling shining and musing, Vienna 2006 (catalogue