Noële Ody, born in Starnberg (DE) in 1982, lives and works in Vienna. Her sculptures often look like minimalist, even industrial structures, following a logic that lies beyond pure aesthetics. Their functional appearance is not a sculptural device, but a central element; mainly process-oriented, they seek to involve the viewer, both adapting to situations and creating new ones.
Solo exhibitions
2018 Monobrauengrauen, Artist Statement, Parallel Vienna 2018, Vienna.
2015 thunderdolphin, Ve.sch, Vienna.
2012 Embrace The Shit, 21er Raum in the 21er Haus, Vienna.
Group exhibitions (recent)
2019 Sägezahn#15, Schauspielhaus, Vienna.
Spezialschule für Bildhauerei, xhibit, Vienna.
Poster Teepot Discofuchs, Bruch&Dallas, Cologne (DE).
2018 Gemeinsame Wagnisse – in collaboration with Maruša Sagadin and Cäcilia Brown, foyer of the Belvedere 21, Vienna.
Unklarheit ist die neue Gewissheit, Unentschiedenheit das neue Urteil, Spike Berlin, Berlin.
Toni Schmale, born in Hamburg (DE) in 1980, lives and works in Vienna. In her work, she scrutinises social power structures and the existing stereotype attribution of gender in a hegemonic society. Her metal, concrete and rubber sculptures look like a fleet of dysfunctional machines; at the same time, they suggest associations with gym machines or instruments of torture, opening up a wide terrain of desire – whether the desire for physical perfection or for practices of sexual gratification.
Solo exhibitions
2019 TONI SCHMALE, Christine König Galerie, Vienna.
2017 HOT HOT HOT, Secession, Vienna.
the good enough mother, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (UK).
2015 SUPEREGO, nGbK, Berlin.
Group exhibitions (recent)
2019 Queer Art Space Vienna, WUK, Vienna.
AUGUST, Haverkampf Gallery, Berlin.
2018 Queer Stories, tranzit.sk, Bratislava.
SCHMALTZ, G U I M A R Ã E S, Vienna.
Sexy & Cool. Minimal goes emotional, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen (DE).
www.christinekoeniggalerie.com
Portrait photo Ody: the artist
Portrait photo Schmale: eSeL