Manuela Picallo Gil was born 1985 in Eisenstadt (Burgenland, Austria), lives and works in Vienna and Burgenland.
artist statement
I use the field of tension between inclusion and exclusion on a linguistic level in order to question social and own categories through multimedia objects and installations. Thematically, my works predominantly moves in the field of gender/sex diversity, identity and sexuality, which has parallels to the second focus of my work: social marginalization through the media, where by image and language are exploited to exclusion.
education
2014-21 Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna
solo and duo exhibitions (selection)
2021 Gratis kommt uns teuer, Grillagen/Praterstern, philomena+, Vienna
Déjà-vu, cooperative with Jelena Micić, hosted by Kaeshmaesh, Roter Stern, Vienna
2020 Newspaper Rolls, Hole Newspapers & Artist Talk, Verband Freier Radios, Vienna
Tabacco Shop Mind the Gap, philomena+, cooperative with Sanae Arraquas, Vienna
We don´t talk about Susi., INSEL, Upperaustria
2019 Mohnmanie, cooperative with Oscar Cueto, Notgalerie Kunstraum Nord by Reinhold Zisser, Vienna
2018 Stuhldialoge, kaeshmaesh, Vienna
2014 Sonntagszimmer, Raum im Raum, Vienna
Ins Blaue, Schikaneder, Vienna
2013 Think big, Galerie SIX, Upper Austria
group exhibitions (selection)
2021
La Gota Gorda, Error, Puebla
Act Public! THIS IS TOMORROW., Fluc, Vienna
2020 FIT’RI:NAةنيرتف, philomena+, Vienna
2019 publish shit, University library, Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna, Vienna
Free The Nipple, Studio Lassie, Vienna
Tansformazione, Galleria Fare Arte, Ravenna
Sapperlot, Bauernmarkt 24, Vienna
The future is female, the future is diverse, The Loft, Wien
FOTO Wien, cooperation with Oscar Cueto, das weisse haus, Vienna
Fake Covers for Fake Music, Hilbert Raum, Berlin
2018 DeAktionZember II / Aadventmarkt Renegades, Gallery aa colletions, Vienna
Das Jubjub, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
Lotus Charity, ega Frauenzentrum Vienna
Sobreviviré, 12-14 contemporary, Vienna
praktisch scheiße, Kulturtankstelle, Linz
2017 freeze the frame vol. 3, mo.eë, Vienna
cumshot vol. 2, Stubenbastei 12, Vienna
Freischuss vol. 1, Au, Vienna
2016 Lari Fari Haute Volee, Gallery Die Schöne, Vienna
2015 Small, Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna
Schlawiener, Loft 8 Gallery, Vienna
2014 UBIK Bueller´s Day Off, WUK-Exhibition, Vienna
Eine von Fünf (One in Five), The Austrian Museum of Folk Life & Folk Art, Vienna
Sophisticated Coming, Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna, Vienna
2012 Glei spüts Granada, Badeschiff, Vienna
KUGA na putu/KUGA auf dem Weg, Galerie KUGA, Burgenland
2011 Himmel, Oasch und Zwirn, Galerie Base Level, Vienna
IKL Serious, Projekt Space/Kunsthalle Vienna at Karlsplatz, Vienna
lectures & discussions (selection)
2020 Über Susi sprechen wir nicht, Coffe House Cairo by Oscar Cueto, Vienna
2017 Gender/Sex and Identity in Arts and Fashion, KunstModeDesign Herbststrasse, Vienna
2014 One of Fife, Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, Vienna