Xenia Hausner

Xenia Hausner (b. 1951 in Vienna, Austria) studied stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and worked as a set designer for much of her early career. Pivoting to painting in the early 1990s, Hausner has exhibited her work globally ever since, including the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, the Pushkin State Museum in Moscow, the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich, the Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg, Austria and the Shanghai Art Museum, among countless others. Hausner is a founding member of Vienna-based non-profit Women Without Borders. 

Past exhibitions

Biography

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2024
  • Stranger Things, Patricia Low Venezia, Venice, Italy
  • Fremd ist der Fremde nur in der Fremde, Reflektor-Festival curated by André Heller, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
2023
  • XENIA HAUSNER. Female Measure, Galeri Würth, Hagan, Norway
  • AUSTRIA – GERMANY. PAINTING 1970-2020, Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria
  • Inflated – Xenia Hausner & Hans Kupelwieser, Galerie Schimming, Sylt, Germany
2022
  • Xenia Hausner – Unintended Beauty, CCA Center For Contemporary Art Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
  • Women in Focus, SAP Art Exhibition, Walldorf, Germany
  • Xenia Hausner – Unintended Beauty, KÖNIG GALERIE, St.Agnes/Nave, Berlin
  • XENIA HAUSNER. True Lies, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
2021
  • XENIA HAUSNER. True Lies, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
  • XENIA HAUSNER. True Lies, The Pushkin State Museum, Moscow, Russia
  • Same Same But Different – Art from Germany and Austria, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
2020
  • Rosenkavalier, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany
  • This will have been another happy day!, Palais Populaire, Berlin, Germany
  • Schiele – Rainer – Kokoschka, Der Welt (m)eine Ordnung geben, Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems, Austria
  • Treue Freunde. Hund und Mensch, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany
2019
  • 8th International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
  • Juntos Aparte, BienalSur, Cúcuta, Colombia
  • Xenia Hausner, Forum Gallery, New York, USA
  • Xenia Hausner – Behind the Scenes, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, USA
  • Body Extended, Shepherd W&K Galleries, New York, USA
  • Xenia Hausner – Displaced – Storie in Movimento, Palazzo Ducale di Mantova, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Italy
  • Warhol bis Richter, Albertina, Vienna, Austria
  • The Still Life in Contemporary Art, Galleri Würth, Hagan, Norway
2018
  • Die Geste, Ludwiggalerie, Schloss Oberhausen, Germany
  • Xenia Hausner – Shaky Times, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2017
  • Monet to Picasso. The Batliner Collection, Permanent Collection Albertina, Vienna, Austria
  • Glasstress, Palazzo Franchetti collateral to the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
  • Xenia Hausner – Exiles in Personal Structures: Crossing Borders, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
  • 10 – Alive and Kicking, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016
  • Frau im Bild – Inszenierte Weiblichkeit in der Sammlung Würth, Galleri Würth, Hagan, Norway
  • Rendezvous, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Essl, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2015
  • From Hockney to Holbein. The Würth Collection in Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
  • Personal Structures: Crossing Borders, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
  • Soft Power, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • Girl, Girls, Girls, Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Germany
  • Xenia Hausner – Some Hope, FO.KU.S, Innsbruck, Austria
2014
  • Xenia Hausner – Look Left – Look Right, Today Art Museum, Bejing, China
  • Xenia Hausner – Look Left – Look Right, The Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong
  • Die Andere Sicht, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2013
  • Sie. Selbst. Nackt., Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany
  • A.E.I.O.U. – Österreichische Aspekte in der Sammlung Würth, Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
  • Painting Water, Berlin Art Week, Galerie Deschler, Germany
2012
  • Xenia Hausner – ÜberLeben, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
  • , 5th Beijing International Art Biennial, Beijing, China
  • Xenia Hausner – Flagrant délit, Musée Würth France, Erstein, France
2011
  • Xenia Hausner – Damage, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  • Sense of Family, Installation Ringturm, Vienna, Austria
2010
  • Intimacy. Bathing in Art, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany
2009
  • Xenia Hausner, Palais Liechtenstein, Forum für aktuelle Kunst Feldkirch, Austria
  • Sehensucht nach dem Abbild: das Porträt im Wandel der Zeit, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
2008
  • ON Europe, first Montijo International Biennal, Portugal
  • You and I, Forum Gallery, New York, USA
2007
  • Two, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
  • Zurück zur Figur, Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
2006
  • Back to the Figure – Contemporary Painting, Kunsthalle der Hypokulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
  • Works on Paper, Forum Gallery, New York, USA
  • Xenia Hausner – Glücksfall, Kunsthaus, Vienna, Austria
  • Austria: 1900 – 2000 Confrontations and Continuities, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2005
  • Rundlederwelten, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
  • Physiognomy der 2. Republik, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
  • Xenia Hausner. Glücksfall, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
2004
  • Xenia Hausner – Upper Class und Working Girl, Galerie der Stadt Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
  • Xenia Hausner – Fremd. Berichte aus ferner Nähe, Kunstfest Weimar
2003
  • New Paintings, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  • Xenia Hausner – Paintings, Forum Gallery, New York, USA
  • Xenia Hausner – Die 2. Natur, Charim Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2002
  • Xenia Hausner – Paintings, Galerie Kämpf, Basel, Switzerland
  • Xenia Hausner – Paintings, Galerie Hohmann, Hamburg, Germany
2001
  • Xenia Hausner – New Works, Rupertinum Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
  • Xenia Hausner – Gemälde und Grafik, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany
2000
  • Xenia Hausner – Heart Matters, Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum and Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Xenia Hausner – Heart Matters, Forum Gallery, New York, USA
  • Xenia Hausner – Paintings, Ernst Barlach Museum, Hamburg Wedel, Germany
1999
  • Figuration, Rupertinum Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
  • Figuration, Museion Bozen Italy, Italy
  • Figuration, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
1998
  • Reality and Dream, Berlin Galerie, Berlin, Germany
  • Xenia Hausner – Paintings, Kunsthalle Koblenz, Germany
1997
  • Xenia Hausner – Love Fragments, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria / Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
  • Zeitgenössische Österreichische Kunst, Europäisches Währungsinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1996
  • The Power of Images, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
  • Menschenbilder, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany
  • Meisterwerke der österreichischen Gegenwartskunst, Galerie Heike Curtze, Salzburg, Austria

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