Born in Gelnhausen, Germany, Petra von Kazinyan currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
After her studies at Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main (Literary studies and philosophy, Master of Arts) and gaining skills as an assistant director and dramaturg in one of Vienna's most renowned theatres, her artworks have been shown in numerous exhibitions and art fairs in Austria and abroad. Recent exhibitions include a solo show in the course of the Venice Biennale 2019, Woman Art Award 2017 in Paris, Art Austria 2016 and Art Beijing 2012.
Oscillating between figuration and abstraction, von Kazinyan uses painting as a medium of natural expression, focussing on the concept of identity in a globalized and post-digital world.
By a mise-en-scène of the human ego, different levels of perception alternate in scenery between dream and reality, past and future.
„Petra von Kazinyan‘s work reflects our present in many ways. A hundred years ago, in Kandinsky’s world, being modern meant craving for absolute perfection; today, being contemporary means hunting for improvement and optimization, excessively and infinitely, without any thinkable final state: in the post-digital era, the only constant is change.”
(Jacqueline Mühlbacher, Art historian)
EDUCATION
2003
Master of Arts / Philosophy + Literature
Goethe University, Frankfurt/M., Germany
2004 - 2008
Assistant, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria:
Assistant director, assistant dramaturg; management assistant
EXHIBITIONS (selection)
SOLO SHOWS
2019
Ego Ballroom, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy
Internal Hotel, Ho Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2017
Abstracts, Ho Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2016
Distorted Realism, Sveta Art Gallery, Frankfurt/M., Germany
2015
Alter Idem, Ho Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2014
Still Frames, Young Blood Contemporary, Galeriehaus Sprinkenhof, Hamburg, Germany
2013
La Vie En Pop, Yoshi's Contemporary Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2010
Petra von Kazinyan, The Pink Artists, Frankfurt/M., Germany
GROUP SHOWS
2021
One Decade Of Female Sculptors, KHK - Kleines Haus der Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2020
Borders: Bodies + Cities Skin, The Room Contemporary Artspace, Venice, Italy
2019
Summer Collection, Galerie Montmartre, Paris, France
We Contemporary, Topicuv Salon, Prague, Czech Republic
2017
Visions - Anima Mundi, Palazzo Ca'Zanardi, Venice, Italy
Woman's Essence: Woman Art Award 2017, Espace Commines, Paris, France
2016
Thonet Art Project, Ho Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Gallery Artists Group Show, Ho Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2015
Words And Works, Venice Art Factory, Venice, Italy
Gallery Artists Group Show, Ho Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2014
Paintings, Kunsthaus Wiesinger, Wels, Austria
micro², Associazione Culturale Circuiti Dinamici, Milan, Italy
Gallery Artists Group Show, Yoshi's Contemporary Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2013
Dreams, Palazzo Ca’Zanardi, Venice, Italy
So Far, So Close, La Casa delle Culture del Mondo, Milan, Italy
2012
micro², Galleria L'Acanto, Milan, Italy
2011
Asian Bukake, Yoshi's Contemporary Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Easter Viewing: Andy Warhol Masterpieces + Fine Paintings by Petra von Kazinyan,
Yoshi's Contemporary Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Opening Exhibition, Yoshi's Contemporary Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2010
Contemporary Proposals For Young Collectors, Museum of the City of Alatri, Italy
Art In Mind, Brick Lane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2009
Berlin Art Show, Marzia Frozen Gallery, Alte Kindl-Brauerei, Berlin, Germany
ITEM Art Prize For Painting: Nominees Exhibition, ITEM Exhibition Space, Ulm, Germany
2008
Opening Exhibition, Hospiz Gallery, St. Christoph, Austria
ART FAIRS
2016
Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
2015
Art & Antique, Hofburg, Vienna, Austria
Art & Antique, Residenz Salzburg, Austria
2014
Art Salzburg, Hof Dietrichsruh, Residenz Salzburg, Austria
Art & Antique, Hofburg, Vienna, Austria
2012
Art Beijing, Beijing National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
2011
Luxury, please, Hofburg, Vienna, Austria
2009
Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
CHARITY ART AUCTIONS
2021
SOS Mitmensch + Dorotheum Charity Auction of Contemporary Art, Palais Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria
2019
Art On A Postcard Charity Auction, Paddle8, New York/London, USA/UK
2015 - 2019
SOS Mitmensch + Dorotheum Charity Auction of Contemporary Art, Palais Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria
2009
14th Art Auction (Patronage: Fatih Akin), Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
PROJECTS
2013
Petra von Kazinyan x Bründlmayer: What's The Key To Your Own Story?, Weingut Bründlmayer Artist Bottle Collaboration, Vienna/Langenlois, Austria
PRIZES
2017
WOMAN ART AWARD, Paris, France
2009
Nominee ITEM Art Prize For Painting, Ulm, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Coronart
Edited by Ludvig Rage Verlag
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2019
Thirst
La Biennale di Venezia 2019, Pavilion of People's Republic Bangladesh
Edited by M. Rahman, V. Vannucci
Serradifalco Editore
2017
Anima Mundi
Woman's Essence
With a foreword by Dr. Laura di Trapani
2013
So far, so close
With a foreword by Dr. Adelinda Allegretti
2012
Art Beijing
Published by Art Beijing Executive Committee
2010
Contemporary Proposals For Young Collectors
With a foreword by Dr. Adelinda Allegretti, Rome
2009
Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea
Città di Firenze
Edited by Giovanni Cordoni
With a foreword by Stefano Francolini