Miriam Bajtala

* 1970, Slovak Republic

Visual Artist and Filmmaker. She lives, sleeps and works mostly in Vienna.
Studied art history at the University in Vienna and at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
2011-18: Lecturer at the Institute of Experimental Art, University of Art and Design Linz
2021: Gabriele-Heidecker-Award;
2012: Outstanding Artist Award for visual Arts;
artist-in-residence et al. in Rom, Paris and Los Angeles.
She shows her works in exhibitions and at film festivals.

Solo (SE) and group exhibitions, Screenings (selection):

2023 In the bodies, Bildraum 01, Vienna, AUT (SE)
2022 Oikos: ‘the house’, Wienwoche, Vienna, AUT
2020 densestory, Kunstraum Weikendorf (SE), Art in public space, Lower Austria, AUT
2021 Kairos, Recall of Earth, MIET, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019 Displacement, Musrara Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 PERFORM, Videonale 16, Kunstmuseum Bonn, DE
2016 world of speaking, Trans-Positionen-Festival Werkleitz, Halle, DE; 62. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, DE; Duisburger Filmwochen No.40, DE
2015 The as-if principle, Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, AUT
2013 In my name, Secession, Vienna, AUT (SE)  
2013 Silent screaming. Cinema as an installation space. Top Kino, Vienna, AUT
2011 terms of decision, Austrian Cultural Forum, London, GBR (SE)
2010 home stories, Galeria Krokus, Bratislava, SVK (SE); Nothing but Ghosts, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AUT (SE)
etc.

Videos/ Films:

BECOMING OUTLINE (2024); FIRST SCENERY #MIRKA (2020); WORK BY THE PIECE (2019); SO FAR REAL (2015); CRITICAL SPACES NEED AFFECTION (2014); IN MY NAME (2013); THREE VOICES (2011); THE EXERCISE (2010); SATELLITE ME / TRIGGER (2009); PARANOIA (DEATH VALLEY) (2005); MACKEY´S ESCAPE (2004); IN LEO (2003); INSTRUCTION NO. 3 (Person M.) (2001); SEMOLINA (1998);      

See more: miriambajtala.org