Professional career

1961 Born in Vienna; lives and works in Vienna.
1981 – 1983 Philips Austria GmbH: Internal auditing and assurance
1983 – 1992 M.A. in Theatre, Film and Media Studies as well as Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna, followed by PhD
1986 – 1989 Research on contemporary theatre of the Netherlands
1990 – 2002 Research on the British painter and film-maker Derek Jarman
1991 – 1998 Freelance work for the Filmarchiv Austria in Vienna and editor of the journal Filmkunst
1993 – 1995 Public relations for independent theatre groups in Vienna
1993 – 1996 Lectureships at the University of Vienna – Institute of Theatre, Film and Media Studies
1993 – 1999 Freelance graphic designer
2000 Founded company; since that time, freelance work in the fields of graphic design and web design, project development and urban photography

Photographic projects

since 2009 Shops with history – sundry goods in Vienna (with Philipp Graf): www.geschaeftemitgeschichte.at
2022 8 short film portraits: „Graf & Frey’s Shops with history – sundry goods in Vienna“ (with Philipp Graf): www.geschaeftemitgeschichte.at/filme/
2018 SPURENSUCHE 2018: A Photographic Comparison (with Philipp Graf)
2016 – 2017 Budapest Windows – Two-semester photo workshop series in Budapest, with students from the Decorator School at Jaschik Álmos Művészeti Szakképző Iskola
2015 Vienna – City of Lights? in: stadtform, no. 1 (2015) (with Philipp Graf)
2011 – 2017 Vienna Windows – Display in Process (with Hanna Schimek):
vienna-windows.tumblr.com
2009 – 2015 Döner macht schöner (with kebab you’ll need no make up)
2008 – 2010 Wien Südbahnhof [Vienna’s South Station] (with Philipp Graf):
www.wien-suedbahnhof-fotos.at
2006 – 2008 The cheap-eaters (with Helmut Mörwald)
1992 – 2011 Markers for air-raid cellars in Vienna: www.luftschutzkeller.at
1989/2016 Ring My Bell

Exhibitions

2019 SPURENSUCHE: A Photographic Comparison (with Philipp Graf) in:

Was Fotografie kann [What photography can do]
Concept and curation: Hermann H. Capor
Group exhibition with: Irene Andessner, Yevgenia Belorusets, Carla Bobadilla, Martin Frey, Magdalena Frey, Philipp Graf, Markus Guschelbauer, Robert F. Hammerstiel, Sissa Micheli, Michael Michlmayr, Andreas Müller, Olena Newkryta, Wolfgang Reichmann, Konrad Strutz

Schüttkasten Allentsteig, Allentsteig: 25 May–9 June 2019
Haus der Kunst, Baden: 15 June–30 June 2019
Konzerthaus Weinviertel, Ziersdorf: 6 Sept–6 Oct 2019
Rathaus, Gänserndorf: 13 Nov.–8 Dec 2019

2018 Spurensuche 2018: A Photographic Comparison, Lia Wolf Cabinett, Vienna (with Philipp Graf)
2017 Budapest Windows, FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture, Budapest (with Hanna Schimek)
2017 Dialogue Budapest – Vienna, FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture, Budapest
2017 Love Is The Answer, FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture, Budapest
2017 Das Eisstanitzel – A Fagyi, PUCCS CONTEMPORARY ART, Budapest
2017 Local Hero / Helyi hős, Budapest
2016 Vienna Windows, Walk of Art, Vienna (with Hanna Schimek)
2016 Ring My Bell, in: Sex in Wien. Lust. Kontrolle. Ungehorsam, Wien Museum
2016 Municipal housing – Green oases of the city, in: Gemeinde Bau Kunst, West 46, Vienna
2015 Vienna Alsergrund, in: Exposed – Exploring the Roots, West 46, Vienna
2014 Vienna Windows – Display in Process, Wienbibliothek im Rathaus (with Hanna Schimek), Eyes On – Month of Photography, Vienna

Publications

2021 Shops with history – sundry goods in Vienna, vol. 5 (with Philipp Graf)
2019 Shops with history – sundry goods in Vienna, vol. 4 (with Philipp Graf)
2019 SPURENSUCHE 2018 (with Philipp Graf)
2018 Shops with history – sundry goods in Vienna, vol. 3 (with Philipp Graf)
2017 Shops with history – sundry goods in Vienna, vols 1 and 2 (with Philipp Graf)
2016 Dialogue Budapest – Vienna
2016 Derek Jarman – Moving Pictures of a Painter: www.jarman-film-book.com
2014 Vienna Windows – Display in Process (with Hanna Schimek)
2008 Derek Jarman – Bewegte Bilder eines Malers: www.jarman-film-book.com
1991/2007 Creatieve Marge – Die Entwicklung des niederländischen Off-Theaters