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Katharina Cibulka
Born1975 (age 48–49)[1]
Innsbruck, Austria[2]
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
Notable work"SOLANGE" installations
Websitewww.katharina-cibulka.com
"Solange Gott einen Bart hat, bin ich Feminist" ("As long as God has a beard, I'm a feminist"), Innsbruck Cathedral[3]
External videos
video icon Katharina Cibulka: Making SOLANGE #27 for NMWA, 2022.

Katharina Cibulka (born 1975) is an Austrian feminist artist,[1] filmmaker and photographer[4] whose work addresses gender-based inequity and power structures through public art projects such as her series of installations "SOLANGE" (German for "as long as"). For her SOLANGE installations, Cibulka covers scaffolding at construction sites with monumental cross-stitch messages in bright pink tulle on white mesh fabric, following the pattern "As long as ... I will be a feminist."[1][5] At least 27 SOLANGE installations[6] have appeared in at least 21 cities, in countries including Austria, Slovenia, Morocco, Germany, and the United States. In 2021, Cibulka received the Tyrolean Prize for Contemporary Art from the State of Tyrol.[2]

Education

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Katharina Cibulka was born in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1975.[2]

Cibulka has studied at the New York Film Academy (1999), the School for Artistic Photography in Vienna, founded by Friedl Kubelka, (2000–01), and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2004–10). In 2010 Cibulka received her diploma in performance art from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, after submitting the video Getting my name up there.[7][8]

Video works

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Cibulka's video Getting my name up there is based on two films made in New York, interviewing five musicians ten years apart. The film focuses on their personal development and the changes in their goals. Another video, "Do not leave any traces", documented the words before and after they were painted on a wall of the exhibition room.[9]

Cibulka had solo shows at the Ursula Blickle Video Lounge of the Kunsthalle Wien in 2006, and at Andechs Galleries in Innsbruck in 2011.[9]

Installations

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Cibulka began developing the "SOLANGE" series in 2016.[7] She intentionally chose to place a traditional female practice – cross-stitch – into a traditionally male setting – a construction site.[10] On the protective covering of the scaffolding at construction sites, Cibulka writes monumental messages in cross-stitch using pink tulle on white mesh. Messages follow the pattern "As long as ... I will be a feminist."[1][5] The messages chosen for her works are often developed through discussion with local communities.[11]

"As long as the art market is a boys’ club, I will be a feminist." appeared at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 2018.[12] The Academy, Cibulka's alma mater, is the only university in Europe or the United States that has achieved an equal gender ratio in its staff and students. The message challenged the imbalance towards male artists in the international art market[7][13] as identified by the Guerrilla Girls and others.[14] Other messages have appeared in at least 21 cities,[15] including the twin cities of Innsbruck, Austria and Freiburg, Germany;[15][3] Landek, Austria;[13] Tuchlauben, Golden Quarter, Vienna;[7] Ljubljana, Slovenia[16][17] and Rabat, Morocco.[18]

  • "As long as you are afraid of being eye-level, I will be a feminist", Wohnhausanlage Mollardgasse, Vienna, Austria[19]
    "As long as you are afraid of being eye-level, I will be a feminist", Wohnhausanlage Mollardgasse, Vienna, Austria[19]
  • "As long as he makes the cash while I work for change, I will be a feminist.", Tuchlauben, Vienna, Austria[20]
    "As long as he makes the cash while I work for change, I will be a feminist.", Tuchlauben, Vienna, Austria[20]
  • "As long as it's all about six packs and sex bombs, I will be a feminist.", Hotel Kummer, Mariahilf, Vienna
    "As long as it's all about six packs and sex bombs, I will be a feminist.", Hotel Kummer, Mariahilf, Vienna
  • "As long as some men believe they are God, I will be a feminist.", Church of St. Egid, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
    "As long as some men believe they are God, I will be a feminist.", Church of St. Egid, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria

On 4 May 2021, the message "As long as the hope we spread is stronger than the fear we face, I will be a feminist" in Ljubljana, the capitol of Slovenia, was partially destroyed by vandals. The work had been installed at Cukrarna, a former sugar refinery turned art gallery. It was part of a larger exhibition of sixteen artists, "When Gesture Becomes Event", which opened on 30 April 2021.[16][17] After the destruction the words "Hope... fear... we face" remained.[21] The City Art Gallery of Ljubljana requested that the damaged work continue to be displayed "as a mirror to all of us, reminding us where we’re heading as a society and how much fear is still present among us".[16]

Cibulka's first installation in the United States, part of the SOLANGE series, covers the north-facing façade of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.[1][5] It carries the message (in English) "As long as generations change but our struggles stay the same, I will be a feminist."[4][22] Cibulka followed Miss Chelove as one of several women artists who were chosen to present monumental works in the National Museum of Women in the Arts' Lookout series of installations while the museum is being renovated.[11]

Cibulka serves on the board of the Tyrolean Artists' Association (Tiroler Künstlerschaft).[23]

Exhibitions

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Works by Cibulka have been included in exhibitions and film festivals such as the Neue Galerie, Innsbruck;[24] Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna;[25][26] St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans[27] Glucksman Gallery, Cork;[28] Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast;[29] Kunstverein, Bonn;[30] and Künstlerhaus, Vienna.[31]

Awards

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Awards received include:

  • 2021, Tyrolean Prize for Contemporary Art, State of Tyrol[2]
  • 2020, Hilde Zach Art Scholarship of the City of Innsbruck[32]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Katharina Cibulka Presents First US Mural Installation on National Museum of Women in the Arts' Building Façade". East City Art. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tiroler Kunst-Preis geht an Katharina Cibulka". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b ""SOLANGE"-Projekt in Freiburg: "Solange Gott einen Bart hat, bin ich Feminist"". MeinBezirk (in German). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Feminist public art installation in DC at NMWA". Art Daily. 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Katharina Cibulka presents first U.S. mural installation on National Museum of Women in the Arts' building façade". National Museum of Women in the Arts. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  6. ^ Ruf, Jessica (24 October 2022). "A New Art Installation Is Draped Over the National Museum of Women in the Arts". Washingtonian. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d Smith, Beverly Hall (16 November 2022). "Looking at the Masters: Katharina Cibulka". The Talbot Spy. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  8. ^ "TIROLER KÜNSTLER*SCHAFT 2016-18" (PDF). Tyrolean Artists Association. p. 277. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Katharina Cibulka, bildende Kunst". ORF (in German). 27 April 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  10. ^ Berntsen, Tina (30 November 2020). "Feministische Intervention im öffentlichen Raum: SOLANGE-Projekt". Wir Frauen (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b "National Museum of Women in the Arts reveals new installation on building façade". National Museum of Women in the Arts. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Protesting Art Market 'Boys' Club', Artist Takes Over Vienna's Academy With Feminist Message". Frieze. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b Brown, Kate (23 July 2018). "This Artist Plastered the Facade of Austria's Most Prestigious Art School With a 56-Foot Feminist Manifesto". Artnet News. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  14. ^ Shaw, Anny (1 February 2017). "As Galleries Double Down on All-Women Shows, Will Market's Gender Gap Narrow?". Artsy. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  15. ^ a b ""Solange…"- Kunstprojekt auf der Goethe-Fassade". www.gg-fr.de (in German). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  16. ^ a b c "The art work on the façade of the Cukrarna Palace was destroyed last night". Mestna galerija. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b Ennemoser, Magdalena (6 May 2021). "Werk von Tiroler Künstlerin Katharina Cibulka in Ljubljana zerstört | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  18. ^ Haider, Arwa (26 November 2019). "This New Moroccan Biennale Takes a Pioneering Stance on Gender". ELEPHANT. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Solange... bin ich Feminist:in, Linke Wienzeile / Public Art Vienna". Kunst im öffentlichen Raum GmbH. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Solange... bin ich Feminist:in, Tuchlauben / Public Art Vienna". Kunst im öffentlichen Raum GmbH. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  21. ^ "SOLANGE". Archive of Destruction. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  22. ^ Shambroom, Hannah (2 November 2022). "In Conversation with Katharina Cibulka: Artistic Practice |". Broad Strokes Blog. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Zu Gast beim Verein "Tiroler Künstlerschaft"". Innsbruck Informiert (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Räume und Zeitläufe". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). 15 April 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  25. ^ Noll, Petra (10 April 2012). "Katharina Cibulka Fotogalerie Wien Wien". undo.net (in Italian). Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  26. ^ "SOLO III – KATHARINA CIBULKA". FOTOGALERIE WIEN. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  27. ^ "The 2014 Art Exchange". Center Austria, University of New Orleans. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  28. ^ Laws (21 February 2018). "Exhibition Review – Ireland Roundup, Art Monthly, March 2018". Joanne Laws. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  29. ^ Leach, Cristín (4 March 2018). "Art review: Outposts". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  30. ^ Kliemann, Thomas (26 June 2010). "Bonner Kunstverein zeigt junge tschechische Kunst". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  31. ^ Pan, Lara (31 March 2021). "When Gesture Becomes Event at Künstlerhaus Wien". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  32. ^ "Hilde Zach Art Scholarships". City of Innsbruck. Retrieved 18 November 2022.


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