Claudia LARCHER

Born in 1979. Graduated from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in 2008, attending the masterclasses of sound artist Bernhard Leitner and sculptor Erwin Wurm.

Recent 5 main activities are : 

- The replicated gaze / 2013 / solo exhibition, "das weisse haus" in Vienna, 

- Young Austrian Photography at Fotoweek DC / 2012 / group exhibition / Washington DC, 

- Claudia Larcher - Heim / 2011 / solo exhibition at gallery 22,48m2 in Paris, 

- Elastic Video / 2011 / Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo / group exhibition (organizer, curator and participating artist) 

- Pictures of Provinces / 2010 / Film screening at Centre Pompidou, Paris

In 2008 Claudia Larcher won the "Kunsthalle Wien Award" for her animation HEIM followed by a solo exhibition at "Kunsthalle Wien" Vienna. Since then Claudia Larchers work was shown in several international solo and group shows. With her video work she participated in international film festivals for example in FID Marseille, Doc Bs As Buenos Aires, and Cynetart Dresden¬. Her work can be found in the collections of "Artothek des Bundes" in 21er Haus Vienna or the "Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum".  2010 Claudia Larcher received a studio grant of the Austrian Cultural Ministry and spent six month in Tokyo. Followed by the participation in TWS On Site Lab workshop, Larcher curated and organized the exhibition "Elastic Video" which was part of the TWS emerging artist support program in 2011. 

My artistic work deals basically with architecture. I am interested in places that are connected to history, familiarity and memory, questioning the meaning of "home" and "identity". The last years I was working in the field of (photo)collage, (site-specific) video animation and mixed media installation a well as doing live visuals in performances and for live concerts, also co-curating the exhibitions of artist collective "Plinque".