CV « Julian Palacz

Julian Palacz, born in 1983 in Leoben, lives and works in Vienna and Mürzzuschlag. His work is dedicated to the visualization and poetic processing of data that we leave behind digitally, as well as physically, and that is automatically collected by various actors. Studies in Digital Art 2003-2010 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna under Tom Fürstner, Peter Weibel and Virgil Widrich. In 2020-2021, Palacz lectured at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design Linz on surveillance and privacy in the visual arts. Since 2022, he has been teaching at the University of Applied Arts Vienna on art on the blockchain and the artistic exploration of raw data.

The solo exhibition Handle with Care at Forum Stadtpark (2021) and Les murs ont des oreilles at Sotheby's Vienna (2019) mark caesuras in his work. His work has been shown at Casino Luxembourg, Museum of Applied Arts/Vienna, the Museum of Contemporary Art/Belgrade, the ZKM | Center for Art and Media/Karlsruhe, and at Palazzo Zenobio/Venice. In addition, Julian Palacz received the Wimmelforschungs-Stipendium at Bosch Campus Renningen and Akademie Schloss Solitude, the Austrian State Scholarship for Video and Media Art and the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency Shanghai.

exhibitions (selection)

2025
- Proof of Concept, gottrekorder, Graz, AT
  — Curated by Robert Gruber
- Wieczne trwanie (Eternal Lasting), Dom Norymberski, Krakau, PL
  — Curated by Paweł Brożyński
- artVideoLoop # Maneki-neko Stories (Solo), monochrom, MQ Schauräume, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Günther Friesinger
- Phasenverschiebung (Solo), galerie wuensch aircube, Linz, AT
  — Curated by Winfried Wuensch
- ada is … COVFEFE, ada, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Ella Esque
- Julian Palacz – Mürzbetrachtungen (Solo), kunsthaus muerz, Mürzzuschlag, AT
  — Curated by Ursula Horvath
- Facts, Fakes and Fears, Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, DE
  — Curated by Konstantin Bayer & Bianka Voigt
2024
2023
- The ugly duckling of publishing? Books on Demand, Deutsches Buch- & Schriftmuseum, Leipzig, DE
  — Curated by Annette Gilbert & Andreas Bülhoff
- Other Island, Bräuhausgasse 31, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Dark City / Gerhard Fresacher
- Vienna's Urban Art, Blickle Kino, Belvedere 21, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Judith Fegerl & Günther Friesinger
- Land Steiermark Parallel Vienna 2023, Otto-Wagner-Areal, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Tom Biela & Martin Guevara-Kunerth
- Dimensionen, Galerie Petra Seiser, Techelsberg am Wörther See, AT
  — Curated by Roman Grabner
- Bodies of Identities, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, L
  — Curated by Krystyna Dul, Paul di Felice, Kevin Muhlen & Stilbé Schroeder
2022
- The Group Show, Haus der Wiener Kaufmannschaft, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by David Mase & Markus Riedler
- Kunstraum Steiermark 2022, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, AT
  — Curated by Petra Hammer-Maier & Günther Holler-Schuster
- 7X DIGITAL, OHO - Offenes Haus Oberwart, Oberwart, AT
- This Side Up (Solo), Bildraum 07, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Esther Mlenek
- Land Steiermark Parallel Vienna 2022, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Bettina Landl
- Aleatoric Audio for an Infinite Sound, Governors Island, Colonels Row House 404A, New York, US
  — Curated by Lee Tusman
2021
2020
- No Matter. What?, leeremptyblank, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Manuel Horak, Rebecca Wendeborn & Julia Wolf
- Date me Digital (Screening), Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, DE
  — Curated by Wilko Austermann
2019
- Funambuli, Kunsthaus Weiz, Weiz, AT
  — Curated by Günther Friesinger & Roswitha Weingrill
- Annihilation, Vienna Fashion Festival, Q21, Vienna, AT
- Les murs ont des oreilles (Solo), Sotheby's, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Andrea Jungmann & Doris Richter
- Muster Erkennung, Kunstfabrik Groß Siegharts, Groß Siegharts, AT
  — Curated by Judith Fegerl
- MAK Design Labor, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, AT
- Netz & Werk, 12-14 contemporary, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Felix Dennhardt & Raphael Haider
- Data Loam: Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft., AIL, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Martin Reinhart
- Secrets of Last Summer (Solo), Robert-Bosch-Campus, Renningen, DE
  — Curated by Maren Geers & Thomas Drescher
2018
- Kunstraum Steiermark 2018, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, AT
  — Curated by Günther Holler-Schuster
- ZONE1 Special Project (Solo), viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Victoria Dejaco
- VOLTA Art Fair, Basel, CH
- TRACE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, RS
  — Curated by Dejan Grba, Anna Novakov & Yvonne Senouf
- Encounters, SCAG Sanatorium, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Magdalena Stöger
- In die Stadt, MMKK – Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, AT
  — Curated by Christine Haupt-Stummer & Andreas Krištof
2017
2016
- The High Wire Act, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Cornelis van Almsick
- Option Project, Sotheby's, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Valentin Kenndler
2015
2014
- Faces & Traces, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, CN
  — Curated by Carlo Giordanetti
- Sleepless Nights, Galerie Winter, Vienna, AT
  — Curated by Abigail Solomon Godeau
- 14 x 14, Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm, DE
  — Curated by Regina Hellwig-Schmid
2013
- electric parade, Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach, AT
  — Curated by Herwig Steiner
- Artist Script Kiddie (Solo), XinCheJian, Shanghai, CN
  — Curated by Stefano Ogliari Badessi & Katie Surridge
- MashUp Film Festival (Screening), Forum des Halles, Paris, FR
2012
2011

appreciations (selection)

2024
- KUNSTRAUM STEIERMARK Stipend, Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung, AT
2022
- Abroad Fellowship, New York, US
- New Technological Art Award - Finalist, Zebrastraat, Ghent, BE
2021
- CCA Andratx Fellowship, Mallorca, ES
2020
- Art Acquisition, Office of Styrian Government, AT
- Büchsenhausen Fellowship, Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, AT
- Acquisition of the State Art Collection, Bundesministerium für Kunst und Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, AT
2018
- WimmelResearch-Fellowship, Bosch Campus Renningen & Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, DE
- Studio Scholarship, Zagreb, HR
2015
- State Stipend for Video- and Media Art, Federal Chancellery, AT
2014
- Acquisition of the State Art Collection, Federal Chancellery, AT
2013
- Shanghai Residency, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, CN
- Cube Prize Nominee, Espace Saint-Sauveur, Paris, FR
2011
- Work Stipend, Federal Ministry of Science and Research, AT
- Interactive Art Prize, Festival Internacional Multimédia, Portugal, PT
- Start-Stipend for Video- and Media Art, Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, AT

lectures and workshops (selection)

2025
- 13th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, Victoria & Albert Museum, Dundee, UK
2024
- KUNSTRAUM STEIERMARK Artist Talk, Mürzzuschlag, AT
2022
2018
- data like you & me, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, DE
- Artist Talk, Klub Mama, Zagreb, HR
2017
- Guest lecture, Experimentelle Gestaltung, Kunstuniversität, Linz, AT
2012
- Digital Literature and Media Art, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna, Vienna, AT
2011
- Artist Lecture, Haus für elektronische Künste, Basel, CH
2010
- Lecture Algorithmic Search for ‘Memory’ – Theoretical and Practical Possibilities of an Innovative Search Engine for Film Contents, NECS, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TR