EDUCATION
2017-20 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Institute for Art and Architecture (MArch). AT
2016-17 TU Munich. Erasmus Semester. Department of Architecture. DE
2013-17 Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio, USI (BSc arch. USI). CH
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GRANTS, PRIZES & RESIDENCIES
2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe.
2023 Mentoring-Programm Kunst. Annual programme of the Academy of Fine Arts in coop. with BMKÖS. Mentor: Katharina Brandl. Vienna (AT)
2022 Funding for Media Art. Group project together with Wilhelm Scherübl, Bernadette Maria Leitner and Manuel Bonell. Land Salzburg (AT)
2022 Content Vienna 2022 (Immerea). Award from the Vienna Business Agency for digital creative projects. Vienna, AT
2022 Startstipendium für Medienkunst. Scholarship for media art. BMKÖS, Vienna (AT)
2022 Funding for New Media. Stadt Wien Kultur. Vienna, AT
2021 AIR Impact Academy. Studio residency from July to September 2021. Program offered by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Wissenstransferzentrum. Villa Schapira, Max Emanuel-Straße 17, 1180 Vienna, AT
2020 Content Vienna 2020. Award from the Vienna Business Agency for digital creative projects. Vienna, AT
2020 Würdigungspreis der Akademie für künstlerische Arbeiten. Award of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna for artistic work. Vienna, AT
2020 Filmförderung. Film funding for experimental film formats. Stadt Wien Kultur. Vienna, AT
2020 Gustav Peichl Preis. Award for architectural drawing. Vienna, AT
2020 Pixel, Bytes + Film. Artist in Residence. Program offered by ORF III Kultur und Information (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) and BMKÖS (the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport). Vienna, AT
2019 Projektförderung. Funding for artistic research projects. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Vienna, AT
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ART COLLECTIONS​
2023 Sammlung Wien Museum. Art collection of the Vienna Museum. Artwork: "Hybrid" 3/5 from the Series "Sympoietic Bodies. Vienna (AT)
2021 Kunstgalerie Room of Fine Arts. Artworks from the Series "Sympoietic Bodies. Graz (AT)
2021- Private collections in Austria and abroad
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EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
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2023 Room of Fine Arts. Solo Exhibition. Palais Trauttmansdorff, Bürgergasse 5, Graz, AT (upcoming)
2023 Desert of Realities. Group exhibition curated by Reni Hofmüller and Ilse Weber. esc medien kunst labor, Graz, AT (upcoming)
2023 Exhibition Mentoring Program. Group exhibition part of the annual theme: Recasted Relations. Exhibit Gallery, Vienna, AT (upcoming)
2023 CLOSE(D). Group exhibition curated by Sophie Haslinger and Barbara Horvath. Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna, AT
2023 Wired World. Group exhibition. Essay by Esra Özkan. Artemis Gallery, Lisbon, PT
2023 Interdependencies. Group Exhibition as part of the Austrian Export Day. WKO Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna, AT
2023 Art Austria. Gallery Statement: Room of Fine Arts. Art Fair. Museumsquartier, Vienna, AT
2023 Loose Threads - Towards a Technodiversity. Live Performance of "Beyond My Skin". A project by Flavia Mazzanti, produced by Immerea. Extensive Program to the Exhibition Fabric of Dreams - Towards a Technodiversity. AIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab. Vienna, AT
2023 Ties That Cannot Be Unbound. Immersive group exhibition. Curated by UAAD. Virtual Gallery "New Art City". USA
2022 Parallel Vienna 2022. Gallery Statement: Room of Fine Arts. Solo show. Semmelweisklinik, Hockegasse 37, 1180, Vienna , AT
2022 MIMO Video Art. Screening and group Exhibition. Museu da Imagem em Movimento, Largo de São Pedro 3, Leiria, PT
2022 Dance and Performance Art Video Exhibition. Group Exhibition. Rez Gauche Gallery, 154 Theodore Verhaegenstraat, 1060, Bruxelles, BE
2022 Speculative Fiction. Group Exhibition / Screening. Exhibit Galerie, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Schillerplatz 3, 1010, Vienna, AT
2022 Creative Days Vienna - part of ViennaUP'22. Group Exhibition. Volkskundemuseum, Laudongasse 15-19, 1080, Vienna, AT
2021 Room of Fine Arts. Solo Exhibition. Palais Trauttmansdorff, Bürgergasse 5, Graz, AT
2021 DA Z - Digital Arts Festival Zurich. Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH
2021 Ars Electronica Linz. A cooperation between Bildraum, Salzamt Linz and the Ars Electronica Festival. Salzamt, Linz, AT
2021 Das weisse haus, Wien. Art Gallery. Event organized by XRVienna + Women in Immersive Tech EU. Hegelgasse 14, 1010, Vienna, AT
2021 Cinemateca Festival. Audiovisual Installation “Live & Digital Experience”. Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, IT
2021 Deep City Exhibition. Wall Session. Virtual exhibition part of the Int. Symposium: Deep CIty. Rolex Learning Center, EPFL, Lausanne, CH
2021 Tricky Women / Tricky Realities 2021. Official Selection. Austrian Panorama. Vienna, AT
2021 Flavia Mazzanti & Magdalena Pfeifer. Celebrating 20 years of Tricky Women/Tricky Realities. Duo exhibition. A cooperation between Bildrecht and Tricky Women / Tricky Realities 2021. Bildraum 07, Vienna, AT
2021 Featuring of "Sympoietic Bodies" in the Serie #CIVAfeatures. Part of the CIVA Festival (Contemporary Immersive Virtul Art). Vienna, AT
2021 Pixel, Bytes + Film: Innovative Filmkunst aus Österreich. Virtual exhibition in cooperation with Manuel Bonell. As part of the Funding Program "Pixel, Bytes + Film". Event organized by BMKÖS, ORF III - Kultur und Information, sound:frame, XR HUB Bavaria, WKO. Vienna, AT
2020 Parcours Abschlussarbeiten 2020. Master Thesis Exhibition. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Magdas Hotel im Stephanushaus, Vienna, AT
2020 CorpoRealities. Group exhibition. A curated international photography exhibition. PH21 Gallery, Budapest, HU
2019 Everyday? Kunst und Architektur IV. Group exhibition. University Library, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AT
2019 Together in Public: London Pleasure Gardens. ]a[ Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AT
2019 Vienna Rossa: The Magic Mountain of Austro-Marxism. ]a[ Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AT
2019 Happy Birthday Karl Marx! Collection with a View #4. Architekturzentrum Wien in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
2018 Untitled. ]a[ Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, AT
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TALKS | SYMPOSIUMS | INTERVIEWS
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2023 Invited Speaker: AR Art Summit Artitive. 9th November 2023. Artivive, Vienna, AT
2023 Speaker: AWE EU 2023. 24-25th October 2023. Austria Center, Vienna, AT
2023 Invited Speaker: Ars Electronica Festival: Symposium Expanded Animation. 8th September 2023. Skyloft Ars Electronica Center, Linz, AT
2023 Keynote Speaker: Creativity Rules Festival. 25th May 2023. City Cinema Hallein, Salzburg, AT
2023 Invited Speaker: Beyond Play. Panel together with Konstantin Mitgutsch, Kim Reksten Grønneberg, Allison Matthews, Derk de Geus. Moderation by Monique van Dusseldorp. Event organized by New Dutch Wave. SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas, USA
2023 Artist Talk: CIMIx - Creative Industries meet Industry 2023. Film x Media Art x Gaming. In cooperation with CIVA Festival. Vienna, AT
2022 Online Talk: Community Building 101 - Building professional friendships. Porto Alegre, BR
2022 Conference Presentation: Playing the Field III. Conference as Immerea OG. Amerikahaus Munich, DE
2022 Invited Speaker: Inclusion and Accessibility in VR and interactive Media. Screen Reader. University Library, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna AT
2022 Invited Speaker: TransArts - Flavia Mazzanti and Manuel Bonell (Immerea). Lecture. TransArts, die Angewandte, Vienna, AT
2022 Invited Speaker: Ludic Physical Lunch: Flavia Mazzanti & Manuel Bonell (Immerea). Lecture. Experimental Game Cultures, die Angewandte, Vienna, AT
2022 Invited Speaker: Flip*Flop - Ort für künstlerische Transformation. Lecture. Villa Müller, Feldkirch, AT
2022 Invited Speaker: Pixel, Bytes + Film Workshop. Lecture. Villa Schapira, Vienna, AT
2022 Invited Speaker: Subotron Interactive Heritage. Game Studies: From Theory to Experience. Talk and panel as Immerea OG. Panel with Tracy Fullerton, Ian Bogost, Mathias Fuchs, Eugen Pfister. Moderation by Konstantin Mitgutsch. MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, AT
2022 Invited Speaker: Faculty of New Media Art. Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. Guest lecture as Immerea OG. Warsaw, PL
2022 Invited Speaker and Workshop: Un\Real. 4th Swiss Interactive Media Design Day 2022. Workshop and Talk as Immerea OG. GBS St. Gallen, School of Design. St. Gallen, CH
2022 Invited Speaker: Forum Innovation, Kreativität & Unternehmensgründung. Online Forum as Immerea OG. St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, AT
2022 Conference Presentation: Culture at Play: Spaces - Colours - Stories in Digital Games. Conference as Immerea OG. University of Freiburg, Department of English and American Studies. Online event, Freiburg, DE
2022 Conference Presentation: Gamers4Nature. Conference as Immerea OG. University of Aveiro, Department of Communication and Art. Online event, Aveiro, PT
2021 Invited Speaker: iAM Lab in Kooperation mit DA Z Digital Arts Festival Zürich. Finanzmuseum, SIX-Gebäude, Pfingstweidstrasse 110, 8005 Zürich, CH
2021 Invited Speaker: Start Over: An XRVienna + Women in Immersive Tech EU Meetup. Keynote Speaker. "das weisse haus", Hegelgasse 14, 1010, Vienna, AT
2021 Symposium Presentation: ACTION! Feminisms and the spatialization of resistance. International Congress. W@ARCH.PT Online event, Lisbon, PT
2021 Online-Exhibition and Panel Presentation: Deep City. Climate Crisis, Democracy and the Digital. International Latsis Symposium. ALICE (Atelier de la Conception de l'espace) and LDM (Media and Design Laboratory). Online event, Rolex Learning Center, EPFL, Lausanne, CH
2021 Interview and TV Screening: Tricky Women/Tricky Realities 2021. Okto Community TV (Viennese television channel)
2021 Artist Talk and Q&A: Tricky Women Tricky Realities 2021. Int. Animation Film Festival. Artist Talk and Q&A. Tricky Women Tricky Realities. Vienna AT
2021 Interview and TV Screening: Pixel, Bytes + Film AIR. Flavia Mazzanti "Sympoietic Bodies". Kultur Heute, ORF IIII (Austrian television channel)
2021 Keynote Speaker: The Value of (XR) Communities. A Virtual Networking Event. XRVienna and WiiT (Women in Immersive Tech) as part of the official program of the CIVA Festival (Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art). Keynote Speaker. Online event. AltspaceVR, Vienna, AT
2020 Artist Talk and Q&A: CEE Animation Experience @AnimatekaPRO. "Expanded and Hybrid Animated Projects." CEE Animation and AnimatekaPRO. Online event, Ljubljana, SI
2019 Conference Presentation: Feminist Exploration of Urban Futures. International Conference. GenUrb York University, Toronto, CAN
2019 Conference Presentation: The City as a Commons. University of Pavia and the University of Huddersfield. Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, IT
2019 Lecture, Presentation, Opening: Vienna Rossa: The Magic Mountain of Austro-Marxism. Part of Happy Birthday Karl Marx! Collection with a View #4. A cooperation by the Az W with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, AT
2019 Co-Lecture and open Discussion: Graduierten Colloquium Bauhaus Dessau. Bauhaus Dessau in Cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau, DE
2018 Performative Lecture: Ich bin Otto Wagner! In collaboration with IKA Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, AT