I use motifs from my immediate surroundings, often from the media, but also from everyday life. I draw or paint them in detail and remove them from their context by presenting them on a neutral background. I am interested in images that have meaning for many people - perhaps in a similar way, perhaps each in a very individual way. One of my largest series of works is called "found objects" (since 2015). In these drawings, I detach found things from their original
environment - including, for example, lost objects, dead animals, withered flowers, or rotting vegetables. Objects that would otherwise go unnoticed are here enhanced into works of art. I focus on the often unseen or ignored, I am interested in the story behind the motifs that are not very appealing at first glance. My images are documentary and narrative at the same time. Themes such as transience, ecology and the aesthetics of everyday life resonate. Each viewer adds a new level of content to the works. My latest colored pencil works on paper entitled "private structures" are also found objects - in the broadest sense. They are cutouts of blankets, upholstery, and bedding, delicately and precisely drawn to provide a glimpse into the most personal of spaces.
Private, whose stories remain untold. Textiles whose folds and patterns contain many years of personal memories.

Hannah Winkelbauer (*1987 in Vienna) lives and works in Vienna.

2005-2011 Studies of Fine Arts/Painting at the Linz University of Art
2010-2011 Exchange semester at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, Italy
2007-2012 Studies of Cultural Studies at the Linz University of Art
2006 her works are shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Austria and abroad.

https://www.hannahwinkelbauer.at
https://www.instagram.com/hannahwinkelbauer

Her works are represented, among others, in the Art Collection of the Province of Upper Austria, in the Upper Austrian
State Museum and in the Austrian Presidential Chancellery.

Since 2006 her works have been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions at home and abroad.

The portrait of the artist was photographed by Marisa Vranjes.

An exhibition by Hannah Winkelbauer together with Iris Christine Aue is currently taking place at KUBIN-HAUS.

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KUBIN-HAUS
ZWICKLEDT 7, 4783 Wernstein am Inn
Opening: Friday, 19.04.24, 19:00
Duration: 20.4. - 26.5.2024
Opening hours
Tue-Fri:14:00-17:00
Sat, Sun, Fei: 13:00-18:00

Invitation card