born in 1968
lives and works in Vienna since 1989
1991 Summer Academy Salzburg, Martha Jungwirth
1986-1994 law studies
1995 dance education in NYC at the Martha Graham school of contemporary dance
1996-2000 study of painting, graphics and printmaking at the academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2003 prize of the Anni and Heinrich Sussmann Foundation
2014 government scholarship for visual arts
2021-2028 studio of the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Departement of Visual Art
solo/duo exhibitions
2023 Doris Piwonka – INTERMEDIATE, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
2022 Doris Piwonka, Der Grund ist das Unglück der Figur, Galerie c.art, Dornbirn
2020 Doris Piwonka-Toni Schmale, Kunstforum Montafon
2018 Self Similarity – Josef Achrer, Doris Piwonka, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
2014 ArtistLectureSeriesVienna, New Jörg, Vienna
2013 Doris Piwonka, curated by Sandro Droschl, Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst und Medien (KM – Graz)
2012 Streifen von errötetem Babolat, curated by Udo Bohnenberger, Kunstraum V.esch, Vienna
2012 exhibition and book release, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna
2006 Malerei 2002-2005, WKK Vienna
2006 Concetti di pittura, arge/kunst, Galleria Museo Bolzano, Italia, curator Martin Prinzhorn
group exhibitions
2023 Alpenglühen, Galerie am Lindenplatz, Liechtenstein
2023 wir legen alles Geld zusammen, curated by Siggi Hofer, Kunstverein Schattendorf
2018 Bilder und ihre Bücher, Doris Piwonka, Max Bühlmann, Marc Adrian, rittergallery, Klagenfurt
2018 Art Brussels, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna
2017 Type. Please – curated by Sabine Folie, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna
2015 Parallel Vienna, Alte Post- Dominikanerbastei, Vienna
2015 Recent Arrivals, Flughafen Thalerhof, Graz
2012 Abstraktion und Subtraktion, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna
2012 bobo eggo hojo krlepi postwi, Blattgasse 6, Vienna
2011 Madrid 2011. El Museo del Prado. Kunstraum Ve.sch, Vienna
2010 exhibition of the work of nominated artists, Tresor, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
2007 Trans Ferre & multiple, Mel Contemporary, Vienna
2007 400 Exponate! Andreas Stalzer, NÖ Dokumentationszentrum, St. Pölten
2003 steirischerherbst, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
1999 Grant by the Province of Styria for the contemporary visual arts, Neue Galerie Graz, curator: F. Meschede
1999 Nicht aus einer Position, Semperdepot, Wien, curator: M. Prinzhorn
1998 seven nights gallery, Galerie Station 3, Vienna
1998 diversities, spices & academies, Semperdepot Vienna, curator: H. Szeemann
1997 Malerei und Wein, Forum Schloss Wolkersdorf, mit Doris Mayer, Silke Maier, Paul Jelinek
books
_2024 wahrscheinlich / probable, Ed: Doris Piwonka, text: Roland Scotti, will be published by Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt
2020 Position Erw., Hrsg. David Komary, Galerie Stadtpark, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna
2017 Der Grund ist das Unglück der Figur – Die Figur ist das Unglück des Grunds
text: Sabine Folie, Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt, 2017
2014 Transcript ArtistLectureSeriesVienna Doris Piwonka 3. september 2014,
published by Ezara and Rainer Spangl, Vienna
2012 Malerei | Painting – Doris Piwonka, Schlebrügge. Editor, Vienna, 2011
authors: Martin Prinzhorn, Esther Stocker
public collections
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz
Artothek of the city of Vienna, Artothek of the city of Graz
Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, Austria