1988 born in Linz (AT)
lives and works in Vienna and Scharten
Education:
2007-2014 study at the university for applied arts in Vienna, department of painting
2011-2012 department of TransArts
2011 Erasmus scholarship at the National Colledge of Art and Disign, Dublin
Awards, nominations and scholarships (selection):
2023 SAIC Chicago by AIR NÖ, Residency, Chicago (US)
2021 "Austrian Shortfilm Award - Jury Prize", Vienna Shorts Film Festival, Vienna (AT)
2021 "Jury Award & Architects Award", max3min film festival, Milano (IT)
2021 Atelierhaus Paliano, Residency, Paliano (IT)
2021 Bezirkskulturfonds Lichtenberg, project grant, Berlin (DE)
2021 "Special Mention", Stuttgarter Filmwinter, award winner
2020 "Crossing Europe Innovative Award - Special mention", award winner
2020 "Jung und Gegenstaendlich", Artprice, Bodenseekreis Gallery, nomination
2020. "Changes", Galerie der Stadt Wels, Residency, Wels (AT)
2016 “Kunstpreis LENTOS Freunde”, award winner
2015 "Lichtenberg Studios", Residency, Berlin (DE)
2014 “Junge Kunst 2014”, an award of the Kunstverein Passau, award winner
2013 "Studios Das Weisse Haus", Vienna, residency
2013 "Ö1 Talentestipendium", nomination
2011 “Fred Adelmueller foundation”, scholarship
2009 “International summeracademy for applied arts in Salzburg”, scholarship
2009 “SBH Exposure”, winner
2007 “Koschatzky artprice”, nomination
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions (selection):
2023 "As We Know It", Haruko Maeda & Michael Heindl, Elektrohalle Rhomberg, Salzburg (AT)
2022 "Gap", Michael Heindl & Pólya Zsombor, MMG Galeria, Budapest (HU)
2021 "Heavens Devils Afternoons", Kunstraum L201, Studenzen (AT)
2021 "Skin In The Game" - Michael Heindl and Karin Maria Pfeiffer, Periscope, Salzburg (AT)
2020 "Two Works For Free", QDK, Museumsquartier, Vienna (AT)
2019 "Schnee von Gestern", Sculpture Park, Ottensheim (AT)
2015 "Once I walked so far I lost my toenails", BB15, Linz (AT)
2014 "No Day Without Consequences", Diplomashow, DieAngewandte, Vienna (AT)
2013 “Weather Report”, Das Weisse Haus,Vienna (AT)
Exhibitions & Screenings (selection):
2024 Innsbruck Biennale 2024, Innsbruck (AT) (upcoming)
2024 London Short Film Festival, London (UK) (upcoming)
2023 “A Suitcase Project”, PictureTheory Gallery, New York (US) (upcoming)
2023 "Let´s get lost", Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria (CA)
2023 Diagonale, Film Festival, Graz (AT)
2023 "Antimatter", Media Art Festival, Victoria (CA)
2023 OSTRALE Biennale, Dresden (DE)
2023 Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
2023 42. Uppsala Kortfilmfestival, Uppsala (SE)
2023 “The Scenery Repeats Itself”, Flucc, Vienna (AT)
2023 Festival Tous Courts, Aix en Prevence (FR)
2023 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz (AT)
2022 11th Lucca Biennal, Lucca (IT)
2022 viennacontemporary, Art Fair, METRO Kinokulturhaus, Vienna (AT)
2022 25th Gabrovo Biennal, Museum of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo (BG)
2022 "Are You Sure You Want To Leave", Art Quarter, Budapest (HU)
2022 "Aufwärts fallen", Oberösterreischischer Kunstverein, Linz (AT)
2022 VIENNALE, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna (AT)
2022 dotdotdot, Film festival, Vienna (AT)
2022 "Crime", currated by Sicc.Zine collective, Favoritenstraße 69, Vienna (AT)
2022 Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
2022 38th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel (DE)
2021 "At Second Glance", Austrian Cultural Forum, Belgrade (RS)
2021 "Antimatter", Media Art Festival, Victoria (CA)
2021 "OSTRALE 21`", Biennale, Dresden (DE)
2021 "Intertonale", Media Art Festival, Scheibbs (AT)
2021 45th Hong Kong Int. Film Festival, Hong Kong (CN)
2021 Diagonale 2021, Graz (AT)
2021 Vienna International Shorts, Film Festival, Vienna (AT)
2021 Mo&Fries, Short Film Festival, Hamburg (DE)
2021 Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago (IT)
2021 This Is Short, Onlinefestival
2021 max3min, Shortfilm Festival, Milano (IT)
2021 Crossing Europe, Film Festival, Linz (AT)
2021 34. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart (DE)
2021 38th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel (DE)
2020 "Antimatter", Media Art Festival, Victoria (CA)
2020 "Watergate", European capital of culture, Rijeka (HR) (Online Exhibition)
2020 "[I DO NOT FEEL] FREE TO DO [WHAT I WANT]", Kunstverein <rotor>, Graz (AT)
2020 "Begehungen 2020", Ring 8, Chmenitz (DE)
2020 "Changes", Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels (AT)
2020 "The Crown of Corona", Artqol Magazine (Online Exhibition)
2020 Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen (DE)
2020 VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver (CA)
2020 VIENNALE, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna (AT)
2020 Diagonale 20´, Filmfestival, Graz (AT)
2020 IDFF East Silver Market, Jihlava (CZ)
2020 Vienna International Shorts, Vienna (AT)
2020 Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
2020 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz (AT)
2020 "IR-REAL", Artprice, Bodenseekreis Gallery, Meersburg (DE)
2020 "Alphabet des anarchistischen Amateurs", Stadtgalerie, Waidhofen a. d. Ybbs (AT)
2019 "OSTRALE", Biennale for Contemporary Art, Dresden (DE)
2019 "Living Units 3", Museum of Amazigh Heritage, Agadir (MA)
2019 "[I DO NOT FEEL] FREE TO DO [WHAT I WANT]", Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv (UA)
2019 "Whispering Dialogues", Galerie 5020, Salzburg (AT)
2019 "Alphabet des anarchistischen Amateurs", <rotor>, Graz (AT)
2019 "Funambuli: Leben als Hochseilakt", Kunsthaus Weiz (AT)
2019 VIENNALE, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna (AT)
2019 36th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel (DE)
2019 Marienbad Film Festival, Marienbad (CZ)
2019 "die weisse ab-haus-verkaufs-kunstschau“ #06, das weisse haus, Vienna (AT)
2018 "Nach der Natur", Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AT)
2018 "Archipelago", Wiener Festwochen, Main Library, Vienna (AT)
2018 "Living Units #2", Gezira Art Center, Cairo (EG)
2018 “A Recollection of Resonance”, BB15, Linz (AT)
2018 "Urban Bloom Festival", Vienna (AT)
2018 "Bitte Danke Alles Gute #4", AU, Vienna (AT)
2018 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz (AT)
2017 "10 years anniversary show", das weisse haus, Vienna (AT)
2017 "SMALL #2", Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna (AT)
2017 "Dreisechsfünf #2", AA Collections, Vienna (AT)
2016 "Saló", Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
2016 “Linving Units”, Nile Art Gallery, Cairo (EG)
2016 “Reine Geschmacksache” , Museum Moderner Kunst Wörlen, Passau (DE)
2016 “Meandering”, wellwellwell, Vienna (AT)
2016 “Living Units”, GO Art projects, Bucharest (RO)
2016 “KlimARS 2016”, MUMUTH, Graz (AT)
2016 “Freunde des Lentos Kunstpreis”, Lentos, Linz (AT)
2016 “Bitte Danke Alles Gute #3”, AU, Vienna (AT)
2016 “Die weisse ab-Haus-verkaufs-Kunstschau #5”, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna (AT)
2015 "Destination Wien", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (AT)
2015 XWRA Video and Media Art Festival, Ipati (GR)
2015 “Rand”, afo Architekturforum OÖ, Linz (AT)
2015 "Art Muc", Artfair, Munich (DE)
2015 "Schön vergänglich…über Brücken musst du gehen“, Kunstverein Passau, Passau (DE)
2015 "Die weisse ab-Haus-verkaufs-Kunstschau #4", Das Weisse Haus, Vienna (AT)
2015 "Simple past or present perfect?", Alfred Kubin Galerie, Wernstein/Inn (AT)
2015 "Überschreitungen", Verein Symposion Lindabrunn, Lindabrunn (AT)
2015 "Zukunft sichten im Vorwärtsdenken", Galerie Stoerpunkt, Munich (DE)
2015 "Bitte Danke Alles Gute #2", AU, Vienna (AT)
2015 "Open>End", Shared City, Vienna (AT)
2014 "Kunstpreis: Junge Kunst 2014", Kunstverein Passau, Passau (DE) (solo)
2014 “Das Rätsel des Überflüssigen”, Marienhof, Munich (DE)
2014 "Parallel Vienna 2014", Altes Zollamt, Vienna (AT)
2014 "Paraflows 9", Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna (AT)
2014 "Performativität des Widerstands", Lisabird Contemporary, Vienna (AT)
2014 "The Essence 2014", Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna (AT)
2014 "Die weisse ab-Haus-verkaufs-Kunstschau #3", Das Weisse Haus, Vienna (AT)
2014 „Riches and Realities“, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck (AT) (catalog)
2014 “London/Vienna/Calling”, Semperdepot,Vienna (AT)
2013 “Small Pieces III”, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz (AT)
2013 “London/Vienna/Calling”, Mile End Art Pavillion, London (UK)
2013 “Maßnahmen zur Rettung der Welt, Teil 1”, <rotor>, Graz (AT)
2013 “A7”, Hafentor 7, Hamburg (DE)
2013 “ephemeral”, Kunstraum am Schauplatz,Vienna (AT)
2013 “to rank first among similar paintings”, DieAusstellungsstraße,Vienna (AT)
2013 ______ , Ausstellung, Skulpturinstitut / die Angewandte,Vienna (AT)
2013 “BitteDankeAllesGute”, Gallerie AU,Vienna (AT)
2012 „photography-fiction-public space“, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxemburg (catalog) (LUX)
2012 „(NO) Standing,Anytime“,Kunsthalle Lazarettgürtel,kuratiert von Zweintopf,Graz (catalog) (AT)
2012 „Temporarily Illuminated“, Kunststand nr. 37,Vorgartenmarkt,Vienna (AT)
2012 „The Essence 2012“, annual show of the university for applied arts, Künstlerhaus,Vienna (AT)
2012 „von aussen nach innen nach aussen“, Fluc,Vienna (AT)
2012 „O“,Ve.Sch artspace,Vienna(AT)
2012 „PACT Atelier“, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)
2012 „Räumung“, Palais Kabelwerk,Vienna (catalog) (AT)
2012 „again & again“, Kunsthalle Projectspace,Vienna (catalog) (AT)
Public Collections:
Sammlung der Stadt Wien, MA7
Wien Museum
Sixpackfilm Living Collection
Sammlung der Sparkasse Passau
Related Work / Lectures (selection):
2023 Artist Talk, Klasse für experimentelle Kunst, Kunstuni Linz
2022 Jury Member, max3min Festival, Milano (IT)
2022 Kunst am Bau - Land Salzburg, invited competition
2021 Lecture, Intertonale Festival, Scheibbs (AT)
2019 Artist Talk, Depot, Vienna (AT)
2018 Lecture, "Salon IG", IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna (AT)
2016 "Bewaehrungsprobe #9", Lecture, Depot, Vienna (AT)
2015 Lecture, XRAW, Media Festival, Ipati (GR)
2012 Lecture, Medien Kulturhaus, Wels (AT)
Press:
2023 "Elektrohalle Rhomberg", Parnass Kunstmagazin
2023 "Werden und vergehen im digitalen Bildstrom", Salzburger Nachrichten
2022 "Hajndl: Izgubili smo viziju drugačijeg sveta, potrebne su nam nove priče", N1 Srbija - TV report
2021 "Öffentliche Botschaften", Berliner Tagesspiegel
2021 "Jenseits der sozialen Welt", Tagebuch - Zeitschrift für Auseinandersetzung
2021 "Schnee braucht keiner mehr", VN Vorarlberger Nachrichten
2021 "Auf der Suche nach der neuen Freiheit", Kleine Zeitung Steiermark
2019 "Funambuli im Kunsthaus Weiz", Kleine Zeitung Steiermark
2019 "Whispering Dialogues: Bruchstückhafte Dialoge zum besseren Verständnis", artmagazine.cc
2018 "Hörst du noch oder lauschst du schon?", http://www.99prozenturban.de/
2017 Verleihung des Lentos Kunstpreis, Kultur Heute, ORF 3, TV Report
2016 "Living Units", exhibition catalog
2015 "Schön vergänglich…über Brücken musst du gehen“, exhibition catalog
2015 "Destination Wien", exhibition catalog
2014 "Paraflows 9", exhibition catalog
2014 "Junge Kunst 2014", exhibition catalog
2014 "Riches and Realities", exhibition catalog
2014 “London/Vienna/Calling”, exhibition catalog
2013 “Ö1 Talentestipendium für bildende Kunst 2013”, catalog of the nominated artists, Radio Österreich 1
2013 “Im öffentlichen Raum handeln”, Lichtungen- Zeitschrift für Literatur, Kunst und Zeitkritik, Ausgabe 133 / XXXIII Jg.
2012 “Europe´s most irritating public artist”,Text by John Metcalfe, www.theatlanticcities.com
2012 “Kunst, Krise, Subversion. Zur Politik der Ästhetik”,Transcriptverlag
2012 “(No) Standing Anytime”, currated by Zweintopf (Hg.), exhibition catalog
2012 “Again and Again”, exhibition catalog
2012 “Räumung”, exhibition catalog