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] Schüttkasten Allentsteig, Allentsteig: 25 May–9 June 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 |