Marta Djourina, BUL, https://www.martadjourina.com and
Marta Djourina (* in Sofia) studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and at the Glasgow School of Art. Her works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, most recently at the Berlinische Galerie, at the Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art, at FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph in Berlin, at 3:e VÃ¥ningen in Gothenburg, at Mark Müller in Zurich and at CAN – Center d’art Neuchâtel (CH). Among other things, she received the BAZA Award for Contemporary Art (2021) and the Eberhard Roters grant from the Preußische Seehandlung Foundation (2020). In 2022 she is an AArtist in residence for three months on the roof of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and a part of Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt.
Lena Violetta Leitner, A
Lena Violetta Leitner was born in Graz. In 2017, she graduated in Digital Art from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she founded the Integration Centre for Migrating Plants (IZMP).
Since then, plants and their sociopolitical dimensions have been central to her artistic practice. She explores the interconnections between science—particularly biology—language and society, approaching these subjects through irony, humour and speculative fabulation.
Leitner invents, intervenes and collaborates. Her works are usually developed through extensive research and close exchange with artists, designers and scientists. The resulting projects range from participatory installations to performances involving plants, electronics and text.
In 2022, her collective DTAFA received an award as part of Ö1 – Reparatur der Zukunft. In the same year, Leitner was awarded the Start Grant for Media Art by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKÖS).
Selected exhibitions include the Venice Biennale Sessions, State of Concept Athens, das weisse haus, Neue Galerie Graz, Ars Electronica Linz, Museum Ulm, Galerie U10 and VBKÖ.
Exhibition on view until 27 June 2027.