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Internal Newsletter June 2025

Dear colleagues, dear students,
the semester is drawing to a close – here are some news from the Academy that shouldn't be overlooked, even in these more stressful times!
More reports can as always be found on our website in the "News" section.
The team of the Public Relations Office wishes you a great summer break!

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Anna Orbanic receives the Cathrin-Pichler-Prize 2025

Anna Orbanic will receive the 2025 Cathrin-Pichler-Prize, endowed with 2,500 euros, sponsored by the City of Vienna. The certificate will be awarded during the graduation ceremony on June 27, 2025.
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Portrait Anna Orbanic © Sara Orbanic
 

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Post-Colonial Material Ecologies: A Workshop in Cameroon

What does the term "situatedness" mean? How can materiality be rethought? Students from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, KU Leuven, and IBA Nkongsamba collaborated with a team from Cameroon on the architectural approach for an interdisciplinary art space.

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Abschlusspräsentation der Workshop-Arbeiten. Bild: Département Cinéma et Audiovisuel, IBA - Université de Douala à Nkongsamba

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The Cathrin Pichler Archive: One of Austria's most beautiful books

The Austrian Booksellers' Association has honored the publication Das Cathrin Pichler Archiv von RPU-Artaud-001 bis DAV-Plakate-029 as one of Austria's 15 most beautiful books of 2024. The publication is the first volume in the Fine Companions series—a collaboration between the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Mark Pezinger Books for the publication of design-oriented books.
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© Mark Pezinger Books

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OUT NOW! A…Series Vol.29 Sexual Dissidences. Frau Diamanda's Catalan Scenes, Travesti Politics of Resistance, and Anti-canonical Knowledge

Volume 29 of the Publication Series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Oke Fijal, Marina Gržinić, Sen Reyes, Melina Vesely (Hg.)
London, Sternberg Press, 2025

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A...Series 29, Foto: Büro für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

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Intensified institutional cooperation with the Institut Seni Indonesia

In May, the Academy of Fine Arts welcomed colleagues from the Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) in Yogyakarta for a return visit!

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Besuch aus Indonesien, Foto: Michael Höpfner

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Erste Bank Art Prizes 2025 awarded to Alina Sokolova and Željka Aleksić

Sokolova and Aleksić are graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Works by the two "emerging artists" were auctioned at the 2025 Academy Auction. Now both have been honored by Erste Bank and DAS WEISSE HAUS.

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Erste Bank Kunstpreis 2025 Alina Sokolova, Foto: Zhanna Lyatova
 

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