b. Vienna, AT 1986
lives and works in Vienna
2006-2011
University of Applied Arts Vienna, sculpture and multimedia
2004-2006
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, emphasis in photography and sculpture
EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024
Hathos, Vienna Collectors Club, Vienna, AT (solo)
Grit, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT
STAGE Bregenz, Booth Galleria Doris Ghetta curated by Elise Lammer, Bregenz, AT (solo)
2023
Das-Haus-vom-Ni-ko-laus, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei, IT
Anxiety is Neutral, Bildraum 07, Vienna, AT (solo)
Here and Now II, Sculpture Vienna 2023, Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna, AT
2022
Everywhere you go there you are, Galleria Doris Ghetta Milano, Milan, IT (solo)
Weitsicht Cobenzl, Parallel, Vienna, AT
Parnass Room (Artist Statement), Parallel Vienna, Vienna, AT
Vienna Contemporary, Booth Galleria Doris Ghetta, Vienna, AT
Parallel Sculpture Park, Gmunden, AT
2021
Regroup, Retrace, Unfollow, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei, IT (solo)
FOSTER. The Soil and Water Residency, MAK, Vienna, AT
2020
you, non you, all you, Sotheby’s Artist Quarterly, Vienna, AT (solo)
2019
Codependent Expansion, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT (solo)
2018
Archipelago Mountain, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
Muscle Beach, MQ Art Box, Vienna, AT (solo)
Gay as a March Hare in Fall, VBKÖ, Vienna, AT
Parallel (Artist Statement), Parallel Vienna, Vienna, AT
Vienna Contemporary, Booth Galleria Doris Ghetta, Vienna, AT
By Design, Larrie, New York City, US
Waving Back: Sara Enrico & Sophie Hirsch, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei, IT
2017
Structural Integration, 83 Pitt Street, New York City, US (solo)
Dynamic Opposition, Larrie, New York City, US (solo)
2016
Postures, Duty Free, Brooklyn, US (solo)
2015
Autokorrekt, Signal, Brooklyn, US (solo)
2014
Signal at the Newd Art Show, Brooklyn, US
The Last Brucennial, New York City, US
2013
Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli, Scope, New York City, US
2012
Arte Noah, Parkfair, Vienna, AT
Kijang Kijangan, Sewon Art Space, Yogyakarta, ID (solo)
heut schau ich mir schöne Bilder an damit ich besser schlafen kann, Projektraum Viktor
Bucher, Vienna, AT (solo)
Räumung, Artspace Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna, AT
2011
Wünschen erwünscht, handeln verlangt, Kunsthalle Vienna Project Space Karlsplatz, Vienna, AT
(with Corina Vetsch)
Sophie Hirsch, 20 Projects, London, UK
Nur die Guten kommen in den Garten, Galerie beim Engel, Luxemburg, LU
Diploma Exhibition, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2010
The Old Man and the Sea, Documentation Center for contemp. Art, Linz, AT
Shifting West, Studio Art Gallery, Capalino University, Vancouver, CA
2009
Sophie Hirsch, Samuel Schaab, Tina van Duyne, Project Space das weisse haus, Vienna, AT
2008
Oh, Please do Come in! Vienna, AT (solo)
Beletage, Hektor, Vienna, AT
Ursula Blickle Video Lounge, Kunsthalle Vienna, AT
2007
Burn Baby, Burn, Kunstverein Ettlingen, DE
Awards/ Residencies
2024
Air 101 Residency Gmunden, Austria
2022
Residency in Istanbul, Turkey/ Austrian Ministry of Art and Culture
2017
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
Nominee Dagmar Chobot Sculpture Prize 2017
2012
Residency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia/ Austrian Ministry of Art and Culture
2011
Kunsthalle Wien Prize/ Special acknowledgement from the jury
2008
Scholarship/ International Summer Academy of Visual Arts Salzburg
2006-08
Merit Scholarship/ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006-08
Achievement Enhancement Award/ School of the Art Institute of Chicago