As a multidisciplinary artist, she works with sculptures, drawings, photography, moving images, installations, and actions.
Her particular focus is on "embodied knowledge" - the understanding of the relationship between humans and nature rooted in physical
experiences, to reflect on changes over time.
irene@irenerainer.com
education
Since 2023 MA Fine Arts - Institut Art Gender Nature - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz HGK, Basel (CH)
2021-2023 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst - Medienkunst (Pre-Diploma), Leipzig (DE)
2018 - 2021 BA Design and Art – Major in Art - Freie Universität Bozen, Bozen (IT)
group exhibitions
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, 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