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SUSI Jirkuff

Susi Jirkuff (b. 1966, Linz, Austria) works with drawing, animation and installation.

SmartSpaces presented Susi Jirkuff’s Travel Stained (2008) in the Framed: Drawings in Motion group exhibition in the windows of 200 Lafayette Street, New York City.

Susi Jirkuff, Travel Stained (2008), Hand-drawn music video

Her work has been exhibited internationally including Populism, CAC Vilnius, Stedelijk Amsterdam, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Lebt und arbeitet in Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, Històries animades, Barcelona, Bilbao, Momentary Momentum, Parasol Unit, London und Cambridge, Playback, Musee des Art Moderne, Paris, Triennale 1.0., Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz, Rainy Days at Medienturm Graz or Wild Wood, Secession, Wien.

Her videos are shown on film festivals world wide, including European Media Art Festival, Media Art Friesland, Tricky Women Animation Festival, Wien, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm and Videofest, Satellite of Love, Rotterdam Filmfestival and Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Crossing Europe, Linz, or presented in TV-programmes like “Drawings in arts”, TELEVISION ESPAÑOLA, Spain or OKTO, Wien, and the loop, Videofair Barcelona. She has had residencies in London, Los Angeles and at Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan, and was rewarded with Hilde Goldschmidt Preis 2006, the Staatsstipendium Bildende Kunst, 2007, the Margret Bilger Grant, UpperAustria 2012 and Gabriele Heidecker Preis, 2015. The artist lives and works in Vienna, Austria.


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