At the core of her work lies the concept of embodied knowledge—an understanding of nature, the body, and memory that is rooted in physical experience. Based on close observation and spatial sensitivity, her practice reflects on cultural narratives, transitions, and processes of change.
irene@irenerainer.com
EDUCATION
2023 - 2025
MA FINE ARTS | Institut Art Gender Nature FHNW- HGK, Basel (CH)
2021-2023
(PREDIPLOMA) MEDIA ART | Eli Cortiñas
Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig (DE)
2018 - 2021
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Design and Arts - major art (110 cum laude)
Free University of Bolzano, Bozen (IT)
group exhibitions
2025 A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A FRIEND, curated by Cruz Nazar, Der Tank, Basel (CH)
2024 STRIVING FOR COMMON ACCESS, curated by Catherin Schöberl, Pascale Grau & Raphael Reichert,
Projektraum M54, Visarte Region Basel (CH)
2024 DUENDE! curated by Filipa Ramos, Atelier Mondial, Basel (CH)
2024 SALON, Pandibosco, curated by Emily Mary Whitaker & Salphinah Savin, Basel (CH)
2023 Processing Stones, Pre-diploma Exhibition HGB, Eli Cortiñas, Leipzig (DE)
2023 Reading Stones - Stones in a Process, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig (DE)
2022 Shoot & Think/Negotiation Images, curated by Eva Leitolf & Giulia Cordin, Foto Wien Festival, FreiRaum/MQ-Wien, Wien (AU)
2022 Speed Exhibition, curated by Christin Lahr & Stephan Riebel, HGB Saal, Leipzig (DE)
2022 Rundgang HGB,curated by Christin Lahr, Leipzig (DE)
2021 Interpretation of “Fossils“, Free University of Bolzano (IT)
2020 - 2021 Willi The Cat, curated by Massimo Bartolini & Luca Trevisani, Fondazione Antonio dalle Nogare, Bozen (IT)
2020 Attitudes Become Reform, curated by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Stefano Riba, Gerhard Glüher,
VR-Exhibition, produced by Free University of Bolzano (IT)
2019 Tree Time, curated by Massimo Bartolini & Luca Trevisani, Bolzano (IT)
2019 Violent Images, curated by Eva Leitolf & Giulia Cordin, Bolzano (IT)
2018 KiniCO, curated by Chiara Ducchi, Anomalia, Basalgo di Pinè - Trento (IT)
2018 Genre as Genre / Documenting Ideas, curated by Stefano Graziani & Giulia Cordin, Free University of Bolzano (IT)
2017 Gäste Ospiti Guests, Free University of Bozen (IT)
publications
2022 Vertical Perspective, Dominant Perspective, Giulia Cordin in conversation with Irene SabineRainer und Marco Ferrari - Parallel Spaces, p. 10 - 17; ISBN 978 88 942888 89
2022 shared space, Shoot & Think, Negotiating Images Volume 1, Eva Leitolf, Giulia Cordin, ISBN 978 88 942 888 72
2022 SHOOT & THINK - alto.bz- Redaktion (10.04.2022)
2020 Nello, con lo, attraverso lo spazio: “WILLI the Cat” alla Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare Allegra Bag- gio Corradi - Franzmagazine (November12, 2020)Nello, con lo, attraverso lo spazio: “WILLI the Cat” alla Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare Allegra Bag- gio Corradi - Franzmagazine (November12, 2020)