Iris Kasper
CURATOR
iris.kasper@mur.at
Tel.: +43 670 2087191
Iris Kasper (*1995), art historian, curator, lives and works in Graz (Austria). She has already worked in various art and cultural institutions, currently as project manager at < rotor > centre for contemporary art.
| EDUCATION | |
| 2017-2022 | Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Art History (Master’s Degree), master thesis: Collaborative feminist art in Graz at the end of the millennium using the examples of “Eva & Co” and “Kunstverein W.A.S.” (honored with the Maria-Matzner-Women’s Prize 2022) |
| 2013-2017 | Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Art History, Bachelor of Arts |
| JOB EXPERIENCE | |
| since 2021 | < rotor > centre for contemporary art, project manager |
| 2017-2020 | Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz, 2018 – 2020 Administration Secretary |
| 2016-2018 | Schaufenstergalerie SCHARF, Co-Curator und Co-Organisation |
| 2015-2018 | contemporary collective graz, Co-Founder, different exhibitions |
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2018 |
zweite liga für kunst und kultur: „EUROPEAN WORKING TITLE oder: am langen ende der party“, Production Assistant |
| Kunsthalle Graz, temporary jobs | |
| 2016-2017 | kunstGarten, Assistant of Managing Director |
| 2015-2017 | esc medien kunst labor, Exhibition Guide and Clerical Activity |
| 2015-2016 | Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz, Project Assistant (volunteer) |
| 2016 | Art Steiermark: Edda Strobl – “Das, was bleibt” at Steiermark-Büro in Brussels (BE), Project Assistant |
| 2015 | kunstGarten, Internship |
| Austrian Sculpture Park (Universalmuseum Joanneum), temporary jobs | |
| Institute for Art in Public Space Styria (Universalmuseum Joanneum), Internship | |
| 2014 | Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz, Internship |
| SCHOLARSHIPS/ RESIDENCIES | |
| 2021 | Curator-in-Residence at GeoAir in Tbilisi, Georgia (two months); Made possible by Land Steiermark |
| 2020 | Curator-in-Residence at Galerie XY Olomouc, Czech Republic (one week) |
| Curator-in-Residence at Dům umění in Brno, Czech Republic (one months); Made possible by Kulturvermittlung Steiermark |
| EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2021 | ESCAPE DYSTOPIA, co-curated with Monika Beková, group exhibtion, XY Galerie Olomouc /CZ |
| ON THE OTHER SIDE, co-curated with Savse Mtvare, group exhibition, Center of Contemporary Art – Tbilisi /GE | |
| 2018 | Rendezvous im Bad – 10 Jahre Schaumbad! Co-curated with Stefan Lozar, group exhibition, Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz /AT |
| with contemporary collective graz | |
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2018 |
#150 – 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht, 50 Jahre 68er Bewegung, group exhibition, Kunsthalle Graz /AT |
| Kulturgeschichte in Bewegung: Das Fahrrad, Kunsthalle Graz /AT | |
| Die Schamanin und der Medizinmann, group exhibition, kunstGarten, Graz /AT | |
| 2017 | TRANS:TONGUE:TWISTER, Igor F. Petković, Puccs Contemporary Art, Budapest /HU |
| I + I + Other + Other + Universe, Ada Kobusiewicz, Reininghausgründe Graz | |
| 2016 | FLOAT – Klaus Dieter Zimmer, Andasbiken, Graz /AT |
| 2015 | artists CONNECTED, group exhibition, Institut für Zeitverschiebung, Graz /AT |
| Schaufenstergalerie SCHARF (contemporary collective graz) | |
| 2018 | Linie konkret, Elisabeth Gschiel (AT) |
| THEATRUM MUNDI, Niki Passath (AT); Cooperation with esc medien kunst labor and galerie GALERIE | |
| “dosiert”, Erwin Stefanie Posarnig (AT) | |
| Momente der Veränderung, Kate Howlett-Jones (UK/AT), Maryam Mohammadi (IR/AT), Sara González Novi (ES/AT) und Irina Karamarković (XK/AT) | |
| HOMEMADE TIME TRAVEL GATE, ILA (AT) and Stefan Lozar (AT) | |
| 2017 | ARCHIVE OF OPEN HISTORICAL OBJECTS, Bernadette Moser (AT) |
| 1-X, 24.10.-21.11. 2017, GRAZ, Matěj Frank (CZ) | |
| SILENT, Karina Marusińska (PL) and Igor F. Petković (RS/AT) | |
| Nachttrafik, Markus Pippan (AT) | |
| Wer sät wird ernten, Clemens Kranawetter (AT) and Heinz Trenczak (AT); | |
| (K)ein Kommentar?, contemporary collective graz (AT), Lecture by Dr. Barbara Stelzl-Marx, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Kriegsfolgenforschung, Graz | |
| DIE GULDINNEN: Feinkost als Lebens-mittel, Doris Jauk-Hinz (AT) | |
| 2016 | Kollektiv SKYBLUE, Im NOTFALL – Scheibe HIER einschlagen, Mário José Santos Soares (PT/AT) and Philipp Strohmeier (AT) |
| MÖGLICH, Bullet Shih (US/HU), Josef Wurm (AT/HU) and Erwin Stefanie Posarnig (AT) | |
| Roter Keil – Das Haus, das Verrückte macht. Atelierlandschaft Lego-Keil, Kunst- und Kulturverein Roter Keil (Graz, AT) | |
| zuRechtgezogen, Alexandra Gschiel (AT) and Eva Ursprung (AT) |
| PANEL DISCUSSION / LECTURES | |
| 2022 | Presentation, Káznice Studios/Café Ghetto, Brno, CZ |
| Opening speech at the group exhibition Rochade. What else?, kunstGarten | |
| Artist Talk with Winnie Herbstein (SCT/NL), < rotor > centre of contemporary art, in the context of her independent short-residency in Graz; Co-organised with Nastia Khlestova | |
| Artist Talk Sofiia Korotkevich (UKR), KiG! Kunst in Graz, in the context of her independent short-residency in Graz; Co-organised with Nastia Khlestova | |
| Keynote lecture, in the context of the Sterrrn Festival Kickoff event (organised by Grrrls Kulturverein), Graz | |
| Artist Talk with Hynek Skoták in the context of his solo-exhibition at Industra Art, during Brno Art Week, CZ | |
| “Frauen* in der Kulturarbeit”, panel discussion, IG Kultur Steiermark, Kulturradio, Radio Helsinki | |
| 2021 | Drop City, presentation by Sabine Zahn (DE) & Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius (DE), moderation of the event, Center of Contemporary Art – Tbilisi, GE |
| Community – Art – Space, panel discussion with Cube in Context (Koka Vashakidze, GE), Save the Rioni (Liza Zhvania, GE), Patara Gallery (Gvantsa Jishkariani, GE), Center of Contemporary Art – Tbilisi, GE | |
| Artist Talk with Nutsa Esebua (GE), Natia Benashvili (GE) and Teona Yamanidze (RU/GE), in the context of the exhibition ON THE OTHER SIDE, Center of Contemporary Art – Tbilisi, GE | |
| Artist Talk with Ramòn Graefenstein (DE/Weltkunstzimmer Residency Düsseldorf) and Tanja Kodlin (DE), in the context of the exhibition GODOG, Center of Contemporary Art – Tbilisi, GE | |
| Guest lecture about Eva & Co, in the context of the course “Heresies: Global Feminism in Print Media, 1977–1992” (Jordan Troeller, MA. PhD), Institute for Art History, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz | |
| Art Brunch im Bad #60 online, Artist Talk with Hynek Skoták (CZ), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz | |
| Kultur*Europa*Journal, Interview, Land Steiermark. Abteilung 9 Kultur, Europa, Sport | |
| 2020 | Presentation, Curator in Residence, XY Galerie Olomouc, CZ |
| 2019 | Convo Club #8, Kuratieren und Experimentieren, panel discussion, Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien |
| Art Brunch #47, St.A.i.R. Dan Robert Lahiani (FR/IL) and St.A.i.R. Hannah Schneider (DE), panel discussion (moderation), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz | |
| The Weave Assembly – Zur feministischen Kunstproduktion in der Steiermark seit 1980 im Rahmen der Ausstellung WIR FRAUEN* WERDEN ES UNS NICHT NEHMEN LASSEN, FÜR UNSERE RECHTE ZU KÄMPFEN, panel discussion (moderation), < rotor > Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst | |
| Slow Down Kulturarbeit? (Teil 2), panel discussion, IG Kultur Steiermark, Kulturradio, Radio Helsinki | |
| Art Brunch im Bad #42, St.A.i.R. Vera Sebert (DE), panel discussion (moderation), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz | |
| 2018 | Art Brunch im Bad #41, St.A.i.R. Donald Daedalus (US), panel discussion (moderation), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz |
| VorOrt KünstlerInnenstammtisch #38, presentation contemporary collective graz, < rotor > Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst | |
| Frühstücksgespräch #4, panel discussion, IG Bildende Kunst, Forum Stadtpark | |
| Art Brunch im Bad #39, Artist Talks and guided tour through the exhibition Rendezvous im Bad – 10 Jahre Schaumbad!, Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz | |
| 2017 | Opening speech at the exhibition LORE HEUERMANN BEWEGT, kunstGarten |
| Opening speech at the exhibition Clemens Kranawetter – meeting at the point, Atelier 12 | |
| Opening speech at the exhibition Von überall her, group exhibition, kunstGarten | |
| Opening speech at the exhibition Zeichen der Landschaft, group exhibition, kunstGarten | |
| Art Brunch im Bad #30, Artist Talk with St.A.i.R. Karina Marusińska (PL) and St.A.i.R. Kai-Yuan Chi (TW), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz | |
| Opening speech at the exhibition ICH & DU ODER SINNLICHKEIT & SINN, kunstGarten | |
| 2016 | Opening Speech at the exhibition Overloaded – Clemens Kranawetter, Atelier 12 |
| Opening speech at the exhibition Renaten, group exhibition, kunstGarten | |
| Art Brunch im Bad #15, Artist Talk with St.A.i.R. Elaine Wing-Ah Ho (HK/USA), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz | |
| Opening speech at the exhibition Wandlungen, group exhibition, kunstGarten | |
| 2015 | Art Brunch im Bad #9, Talk with Hans Nevidal, accompanying program of the exhibition 100 JAHRE SUSANNE WENGER. Künstlerin, Priesterin, Pionierin, Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz |
| Insight Stories #3, panel discussion contemporrary collective graz with Bettina Landl, accompanying program of the exhibition AA Bronson’s Sacre du Printemps, Grazer Kunstverein | |
| Art Brunch im Bad #5, Artist Talk with St.A.i.R. Suse Itzel (DE), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz | |
| Art Brunch im Bad #2, Artist Talk with St.A.i.R. Myriam Thyes (DE), Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz |
