Siggi Sekira was born in 1987 in Odesa, UA. Lives and works in Vienna, AT.
since 2015 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (MFA; Prof. Erwin Bohatsch, Michaela Eichwald & Thomas Winkler)
Duo/Solo:
2022 upcoming.... solo, Polansky Gallery, Prague, CZ
2022 Liste Art Fair Basel, CH (alongside Simon Sykora), with Polansky Gallery (Prague/Brno)
2022 Parties to Cover the Silence. South Parade, London, UK (solo)
2021 Contrappunto (alongside Danielle Pamp), Vin Vin gallery, Vienna, AT
2020 Artist Statement. Parallel Vienna, AT (solo)
2019 Bilingual with Kalle Lindmark. Soyuz, Pescara, IT. Curated by Domenico de Chirico and Marialuisa Pasto
Group exhibitions:
2022 TBA, Vienna, AT
2022 None the Wiser. Wonnerth Dejaco, Vienna, AT
2022 Pathways on Paper: In aid of Maggie's - "everyone's home of cancer care". South Parade, London, UK
2022 Craving Supernatural Creatures, curated by Alexandra-Maria Toth. VBKOE, Vienna, AT (with Nicholas Grafia, Hanna Krzysztofiak, Lisa Signorini)
2021 'Hope' is the thing with feathers. South Parade, London, UK (with Joshua Armitage, Malcolm Bradley, Tom Hardwick-Allan, Julie Maurin, Holly Mills)
2021 Sweet Lies, curated by Patrick C. Haas & Angela Theisen. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, DE (with Vivian Greven, Melike Kara, Kinke Kooi, Markues, Jannis Marwitz, Phung-Tien Phan, Megan Rooney, Morgaine Schäfer, Siggi Sekira, Slavs and Tatars, Theresa Weber, Raphael Weilguni, Viola Relle, Jo Baer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Chuck Close, Jim Dine, Erró, Fang Lijun, Johannes Grützke, Jean-Olivier Hucleux, Liang Dong, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Morris, Robert Rauschenberg, Twins Seven Seven, Sergej E. Vokolov, Vadim Zakharov)
2021 Eco Flirt: Vanitas, Smolka Contemporary, Vienna, AT. Curated by Elizabeth von Samsonow
2021 Exhibition of miniature art. Tiny Art Gallery, the Hague, NL
2021 Second Site, curated by Adriana Furlong & Margaux Halloran. Basic Space, Miami, US (with Adriana Furlong, Margaux Halloran, Fahmy Shahin, Valeria Mancera, Lola Dement Meyers)
2020 Birds shun such trees (online), curated by Jackie Im & Aaron Harbour of Et al. gallery, San Francisco US for Arts of Life Chicago. (with Chris Austin, Aria Carter, Nikki Heusman, Minami Kobayashi, Ross Simonini)
2020 No fundo do mar (offsite), Vienna, AT. Organised by Daniela Grabosch. (with Anna Bochkova, Daniela Grabosch, Jackie Slanley, Paulo Arraiano)
2020 Behind the Times (online), solo____show chapter 6, curated by Abby Lloyd & Alyssa Davis gallery
2020 Cruel Summer Camp, EXILE, Vienna AT. Curated by Veronika Čechová, Àngels Miralda and Peter Sit. (with Anna Bochkova, Anna Hostek, Bianca Pedrina, Dario Workuka, Edin Zenun, Flavio Palasciano, Francis Ruyter, Ivana Lazic, Jackie Grassmann and Leonie Huber, Jakob Choma, Jakob Kolb, Kerstin von Gabein, Keresztesi Botond, Lukas Thaler, Martina Smutná, Michal Michailov, Nika Kupyrova, Radek Brousil, Sarah Bechter, Sari Ember, Sharif Baruwa, Siggi Sekira, Siggi Hofer, Šimon Chovan, Tomáš Bryscejn, Yein Lee)
2020 Kvartirnik, Vienna AT (offsite / online). Organised by Siggi Sekira. (with Anna Bochkova, Daniela Grabosch, Danielle Pamp, Natalia Gurova)
2020 Contribution to Coloring Quarantine. Exile, Vienna AT
2020 I See a Bird... Martin Janda Satellite, Vienna AT. Curated by Martin Janda and Erwin Bohatsch
2020 Rhizome: Images of Thought. Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna AT. (with Tali Lennox, Jillian Mayer, Katerina Zbortkova, Nana Mandl)
2020 Blasted Heath, Galerie A.M. 180, Prague CZ. Curated by Monika Čejková. (with ASMA, Kinke Kooi, Viktor Timofeev, Zhou Siwei)
2020 BAITBALL with Pane Project (Milan, IT), organised by Pane Project & Like A Little Disaster, Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare, IT
2020 Colour of Pomegranates, Tbilisi, GE (offsite / online). (with Kenneth Alme, Leyly Aslanova, Neckar Doll, Arthur Golyakov, Bernhard Holaschke, Viktor Timofeev, Nastya Vasileva, Vanya Venmer, Olya Virich, Torre & Eva)
2019 A Tall Dark Stranger, New Now, Frankfurt DE. Curated by Haris Giannouras. (with Daniel Kiss, Martin Maeller, Malte Zenses)
2019 I am A City of Habits, Am Ende des Tages, Düsseldorf DE. Curated by Inga Charlotte Thiele
2019 I am A City of Habits, Come Over Chez Malik’s, Hamburg DE. Curated by Inga Charlotte Thiele
2019 Angewandte Festival, University of Applied Arts Vienna
2019 Fever Dream, Gianni Manhattan, Vienna AT. (with Brook Hsu, Beth Collar, Matthieu Haberard, Lewis Teague Wright)
2018 Ordination, Vienna AT. Organised by Kerstin von Gabain and Sophie Tappeiner.
(with Victoria Adam, Kerry Downey with Joanna Seitz, Zuzanna Czebatul, DWMC, Claude Eigan, Bernhard Frue, Gelitin, Martin Grandits, Birgit Jürgenssen, Thomasz Kowalski, Klara Lilja, Angelika Loderer, Johann Neumeister, Anna Paul, Hanna Putz, Alex Ruthner, Ellen Schafer, Elfie Semotan, Astrid Wagner, Hans Weigand)
2018 The Drawing Hub Fundraiser Silent Art Auction, The Drawing Hub, Berlin DE
2018 Your Pressure is My Pleasure, Academy of fine arts Vienna
2017 DaDaDa, MoЁ, Vienna AT
2016 Rigid Splinter, SWDZ, Vienna AT
Collaborations:
2019 Cabaret Fledermaus, Into the Night: Cabarets and Bars in Modern Art, Barbican Centre, London UK. In collaboration with University for applied arts Vienna, Ceramic Studio. Curated by Florence Ostende.
Collections:
Marcelle Joseph Collection, London UK
Timo Miettinen Collection, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin DE
Grants:
Project funding grant SuSe 2018, Academy of fine arts Vienna
Project funding grant SuSe 2019, Academy of fine arts Vienna
Project funding grant WiSe 2019, Academy of fine arts Vienna