BRIGITTE KONYEN

Born in Gmunden, Upper Austria, lives and works as a freelance artist in Vienna with focus on photography, object art, curatorial projects.

2006-2008 Head of Gallery Geyling, Vienna. 

2011–2021 Management and co-curator at Fotogalerie Wien.

Member of FLUSS (Lower Austria initiative for photo art), IG visual arts.

2023 Purchase Art Collection, State of Upper Austria (AT); Purchase Photo Collection, Federal Ministry, Republic of Austria (BMKOES) 

Exhibitions (selection):

2024

Neues aus der Sammlung. Die Werkankäufe des Landes Oberösterrreich/New purchases of the State of Upper Austria.

Brückengalerie in the Ursulinenhof, Linz (AT)

ARTIST BOOK and BOOK PERFORMANCE, curated by Karin Mack and Ilse Chlan.

FLUSS Gallery, Schloss Wolkersdorf (AT)

Die Familie; NOEART Exhibition, curated by Hermann Capor. April – October; Orth/Donau; Schloss Weitra; Ziersdorf; Yspertal (AT) 

Die Lust an der (De-)Konstruktion/The Pleasure of (De-)Construction, FLUSS Gallery, Schloss Wolkersdorf (AT)

2023

Nach wahren Geschichten/Based on True Stories, with Michael Michlmayr, as part of ©FOTOWIEN, Grünraum 4, Vienna

2022

INSIDE-OUT/OUTSIDE-IN, with Michael Michlmayr, as part of ©FOTOWIEN, 

Station Wien, Vienna

2019    

Rituale I – Korrelationen, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna

Spotting, with Michael Michlmayr, as part of ©FOTOWIEN, Grünraum 4, Vienna

2018    

l'angle du hasard IV, curated by Angela Schwank, Kunstraum Castellezgasse, Vienna

l'angle du hasard II, curated by Angela Schwank, Architekturkantine, Vienna

2017    

Wunderwelten II, curated by Petra Noll-Hammerstiel, Fotoforum Braunau (AT)

Andere Geschichte(n), curated by Günther Oberhollenzer, Künstlerhaus, Vienna

Versatile Photography II, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna

2016    

Versatile Photography, Galerie Jeune Création, Paris

     

Buchstaben, Worte, Texte in fotografischen Bildern, curated by Karin Mack, FOTOFORUM, Innsbruck (AT)

2014    

Salon 69, basement, Vienna

Biographie I – Ich, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna

Fünfundzwanzig, FLUSS Anniversary Exhibition, Schloss Wolkersdorf (AT)

2013    

On the Road – Arbeiten von FLUSS Mitgliedern, Stadtmuseum St. Pölten (AT)

HUMANS, Galerie Prisma, Bozen (IT) and Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (AT)

2012    

Memory weaves – unweaves time, ÖBV - Atrium, Vienna (EA)

Me, Myself & Them, Künstlerhaus, Vienna

The Austrian Season – Reflections on the Media, fsmgallery, Florence (IT) 

4th Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography, Novosibirsk State Museum (RU),

Austrian section (with Ilse Chlan, Michael Michlmayr, Klaus Pamminger)

2011    

The FACE: Evolution of Portrait in Photography, traveling exhibition: Novosibirsk State Museum (opening), 

ROSPHOTO Museum Exhibition Centre, St. Petersburg (closing)

BIG PROJECT behind curtains, 

Sala Terrena, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna 

2010    

The Great Escape, Month of Photography Eyes On 2010, Künstlerhaus, Vienna 

2009    

WIENER GERÜCHT - Das Private und das Öffentliche, MUSA, Vienna

Etwas Kleines, basement, Vienna

2008    

Fotoflechtbilder, Fotoobjekte, kunstraum arcade, Mödling (AT) (EA)

Traces – Erinnerung in Fotografien, Künstlerhaus, Vienna

Wirklich wahr, Month of Photography Eyes On 2008, Galerie Geyling, Vienna 

Entscheidungen treffen (ViennArt), MUSA, Vienna

2007    

constructing memories, Galerie Geyling, Vienna (EA)

2006    

winter moods, Galerie Geyling, Vienna

ex sampling – Collage/Montage in der Fotografie, Künstlerhaus, Vienna