ISA STEIN studied architecture and art in Graz, Paris and New York. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and is represented in renowned collections.
Her studio was awarded the State Prize for Design. She has received further recognition through national and international awards. She works in Vienna and at Traunsee.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024: European Capital of Culture Bodø 2024, Norway, Lichtkleider, Bodø, Norway
2024: European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut 2024, Performance ECHO HERZ am Felsen Karbach, Bad Ischl, Austria
2024: HKK – Hausruckviertler Kunstverein, Vöcklabruck, Austria
2024: Screening “KREUZKLEID”, Künstlerhaus Wien, free cinema, Huber Sielecky Prize shortlist, Vienna, Austria
2024: Group exhibition MARE NOSTRO, Galerie Forum, Wels, Austria
2024: Group exhibition Museum Nordico “Sommerfrische”, Linz, Austria
2024: Exhibition VILLA KARBACH, Traunkirchen, Austria (curated by Martin Sturm and Paolo Bianchi) as part of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut 2024, Traunkirchen, Austria
2024: European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut 2024, Lichtkleider, Bad Ischl, Austria
2023: Screening “SNOW”, Künstlerhaus Wien, free cinema, Huber Sielecky Prize shortlist, Vienna, Austria
2023: Performance “LICHT”, Cloister, Millstatt, Carinthia, Austria
2023: “see(h)nsucht”, millstART, Millstatt, Carinthia, Austria
2023: “Unter Tausend”, Galerie Schloss Parz, Grieskirchen, Austria
2022: INDUSTRIETEMPEL Awards 2022, open competition video, 2nd place, Mannheim, Germany
2022: Performance “SNOW”, Feuerkogel, Ebensee, Austria
2021: “From the inside to the outside”, with Laura Eckert, Galerie Schloss Parz, Grieskirchen, Austria
2019 Some Threads and Traces, 13 Austrian Women (Video) Artists, PHOTON Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Vienna
2016/2017/2018 Work on live performances “Messaging Art Performances” in Vienna and Linz
2016 interdisciplinary project INNER DRESS, Palazzo Mora, 15th Architecture Biennale in Venice
2016 LTR-RTL group exhibition, artmark Gallery Vienna, Lajvardi Art Center Isfahan and Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute New York (USA), Columbia University New York (USA), Art Students League New York (USA), L’architecture de Paris Tolbiac (France), Beaux Arts (Paris, France), Graz University of Technology (Austria)
Since 2016
member of the Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
1995-2010
PhD studies at University of Technology, Graz, Austria
2010-2013
member of the board of competition in Upper Austria, Austria
2010_2013
member of the City Linz Cultural advisory board, Linz, Austria
2006-2013
member of the Upper Austrian Cultural advisory board, Austria
2003
Founding ISA STEIN, Studio for art and architecture, Linz, Austria
2002
licensed architect
2001
Adjunct Professor at William Paterson (3-D design), NJ, USA
2001
architectural design work for Vito Acconci, NY, USA
1999-2001
MFA program Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
MFA in painting (05/2001 with distinction)
1992-1999
University of Technology, Graz,Austria
MA of architecture (06/1999 with distinction)
BA of architecture (1995)
1998
Visiting scholar at Columbia University, NY, USA
1998
class for nude drawing at The Art Students League, NY, USA
1995-1996
l´Ecoled´Architecture de Paris – Tolbiac, Paris, France
1995- 1996
nude drawing at l´ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Frankreich
AWARDS
2022:
INDUSTRIETEMPEL Awards 2022, open call video, 2nd place, Mannheim, Germany
2016:
INNER DRESS, Teilnahme 15. Architekturbiennale Venedig, Italien
2013
Atelieraufenthalt Museo Vincenzo Vela, Schweiz
2013
Sammlung Museo Vincenzo Vela, Schweiz
2013
Ankauf Sammlung Museum Angerlehner, Austria
2012
Atelieraufenthalt Museo Vincenzo Vela, Schweiz
2012
Nominierung „German Design Award“, Deutschland
2011
Staatspreis Design Kategorie „räumliche Gestaltung“, Austria
2011
Land OÖ Atelierstipendium für Malo, Nähe Vicenza, Italien
2009
Ankauf Land Oberösterreich, Austria
2007
Ankauf Stadt Linz, Austria
2006
Ankauf Strabag Kunstforum, Austria
2005
Ankauf Stadt Linz, Austria
2003
Ankauf OÖ Versicherung, Austria
2001
Ankauf Stadt Linz, Austria
2001
Certificate in Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Fine Arts, NY, USA
2001
Pratt Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, NY, USA
2000
Delacroix Award, NY, USA
2000
Fohnstipendium, Fohnstiftung, Austria
Projektstipendium Land Oberösterreich, Austria
1999
Ankauf Sammlung Angerlehner, Austria
1999
KIP, Oberösterreich, Austria
1999
1. Preis Diplomarbeit „Zeitgeist“, Austria
1998
Stipendium für kurzfristige wissenschaftliche Arbeiten im Ausland, TU-Graz, Austria
1996
Erasmus-Paris, TU-Graz, Austria