Sissa Micheli

Sissa Micheli (* 1975 in Bruneck , Italy ) is an art photographer and media artist. In her work she combines photography , video , object art and installations.

Life

Sissa Micheli lives and works in Vienna. From 1994 to 2001 she studied English and American studies as well as French and Italian at the University of Vienna. She spent a year abroad at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh , Scotland. From 2000 to 2002 she attended the School for Artistic Photography in Vienna under the direction of Friedl Kubelka and from 2002 to 2007 completed her diploma studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Professors Franz Graf , Gunther Damisch and Matthias Herrmann , which she co-operated Award completed. In 2006 she met Louise Bourgeois in her New York studio while on her New York scholarship . From 2007 to 2011 she was a lecturer at the international summer academy for fine arts and media technology in Venice together with Friedl Kubelka. She is co-founder and curator of the exhibition series "Schaugrund".

Works

The essence of Sissa Micheli's work is its multi-layered, epic levels of meaning. What can be seen always refers to something else, to the continuation of the story, additional legibility or one or more other versions. The works suggest a profound curiosity on the part of the artist, an open astonishment that is related to ancient wondering, the philosophical basis for questioning being. The known, the everyday, the apparently there is questioned and turned around its own axis in order to check its meaning and inscription. Always with seriousness, but above all with pleasure in storytelling, in the picture (ending), and with a pinch of irony. Uncovering and concealing or disguising serve equally as a strategy. (Christina Nägele)

Scholarships and Awards

Micheli received several prizes and grants, including the 2003 master class award; In 2008 the Academy Award in Vienna, in 2009 and 2013 the studio grant in London and Paris from the BKA and in 2015 the state grant for artistic photography. In 2016 she was awarded the “Artist of the Year” prize by the South Tyrolean Artists Association and the HGV . It has had numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions and is represented in public and private collections.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2005 Photo forum Bozen (Italy)
• 2008 MUSA-Startgalerie / Eyes On - Month of Photography Vienna (Austria)
• 2009 Fotoforum West Innsbruck (Austria)
• 2013 EIKON shop window, Museums Quartier Vienna (Austria)
• 2013 Meran Art, Meran (Italy); Galerie Goethe 2 Bozen (Italy)
• 2014 Bäckerstraße 4 - Platform for Young Art, Vienna (Austria)
• 2014 Media facade Museion Bozen (Italy)
• 2014 Künstlerhaus (KM–) Hall for Art & Media Graz (Austria)
• 2015 Kunsthalle Nexus, Saalfelden (Austria); Palais Metternich, Italian Embassy Vienna (Austria)

Web links

• Gallery baeckerstrasse4
• Alessandro Casciaro Gallery
• http://www.basis-wien.at/db/object/89418
• www.sissamicheli.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ Basis wien: basis wien - Sissa Micheli. Accessed December 31, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Sissa Micheli. Accessed December 31, 2017 . 
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4. ^ Purchases online: Federal photo collection: Federal Chancellery for Culture and Art. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on December 31, 2017 (Spanish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.