Sonia Leimer | Artist
In her work, Sonia Leimer explores our perceptual foundations, which are formed on the basis of individual, historical, and media-related patterns of experience. As products of concrete historical contexts, rooms and objects undergo a transformation in which history and societal changes become palpable.
Urban spaces are key themes in the artist’s work. Her sculptures, videos and installations find expression somewhere between real locations, imaginary settings and undefined dimensions – like the dimensions of cosmic galaxies. Sonia Leimer’s works leave scattered clues and traces without ever forming a complete identity, to the point of becoming visual enigmas requiring constant re-interpretation.
Participation in the Lisbon Triennale (2025); the Venice Architecture Biennale (2021), the Vienna Biennale for Change (2021); the Vladivostok Biennale for Visual Arts (2017), the Moscow Biennale (2013 and 2015), and Manifesta 7 in Rovereto (2008).
Selected solo exhibitions: The Charles Jencks Foundation at the Cosmic House, London (2024), Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna (2022); MAN_Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Sardinia (2021); Museion, Bozen (2020/2021); ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York City (2019); Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck (2017).