Artist Talk: Stine Ølgod and Michaela Schweighofer
Artist Talk with Stine Ølgod and Michaela Schweighofer hosted by Anne Zühlke as part of the exhibition Schwelle.
Stine Ølgod and Michaela Schweighofer will join Anne Zühlke in discussing their artistic work from recent years and draw connections to the works presented in the exhibition.
Stine Ølgod, b. 1989 in Copenhagen, Denmark, lives and works in Vienna.
Education:
2014–2019 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Art and Space | Object
2012–2014 University of Fine Arts Hamburg, Time-based Media
Exhibitions (selection): "Drop off," Plateau, Vienna, 2026; "LIVE DEMOCRACY!," public space Vienna, 2025; "Scopaesthesia," Pilot, Vienna, 2024; "Dunkelblau riecht Salzig, Gelb schmeckt bitter" (Dark Blue Smells Salty, Yellow Tastes Bitter), Kommod, Vienna, 2023; "Kribbel" (Tingle), Kunstverein Zink, Vienna, 2023; "Zeit" (Time), House of Spouse, Vienna, 2022; "Pending Objects pt. II," New Now, Frankfurt a. M., 2021; "Bis wir Gesichter haben" (Till We Have Faces), with Katharina Schilling, Galerie AAAA, Vienna, 2021; "Pending Objects," Galerie 5020, Salzburg, 2021; "Getaway," with Mads E. Hvidtfeldt, Stiftung, Vienna, 2020.
Michaela Schweighofer, b. 1983 in Graz, lives and works in Vienna and Brussels. She studied English Studies, Philosophy, and Psychology, as well as Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and HFBK Hamburg. Solo exhibitions include Loggia, Vienna (2026), WIELS Affiliate, Brussels (2024), and Komplot, Brussels (2023). Her work has most recently been shown at Kölnischer Kunstverein and at Martins&Montero, Brussels.
Anne Zühlke is an art historian and curator based in Vienna. She studied art history and film studies, as well as economics, at FSU Jena, the University of Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. From 2021 to 2024, she worked as curator at DOCK 20. Since 2024, she has served as its Artistic Director, while also heading the Hollenstein Historical Collection. She is part of the curatorial collective at Cache, an independent art space in Vienna. As a writer, she contributes exhibition reviews and writes on image politics and contemporary art. In January 2025, she was appointed by the Vorarlberg government as art acquisitions officer for the 2025–2027 period. She is curator of the main exhibition of Vienna Art Week 2026.