ABOUT
Ines Kaufmann (b. 1996, Carinthia, Austria) is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in Daniel Richter’s Image/Space Expansion class. Moving between figuration and abstraction, her work combines vibrant color compositions with expressive body language to explore the relationship between the individual and the collective.
Her paintings bring together sensuality and mythological notions of nature, while her figures embody contrasts such as vulnerability and strength, tenderness and movement. Through universal gestures and organic forms, Kaufmann creates spaces of connection that reflect humanity’s relationship with nature and one another.
born 1996 Wolfsberg, Kärnten AUT
currently lives and works in Vienna
2011-2016 HTBVLA Ortweinschule Graz (Film and Multimedia)
2017-2023 Bachelor of Arts Theatre,- Film,- and Mediastudies (University of Vienna)
since 2020: ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS (ART/IMAGE EXPANSION
PROF. DANIEL RICHTER)
SS 2022 ERASMUS+ EKA TALLIN (short term)
SS 2024 ERASMUS+ ASFA ATHENS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 SEPT / Frühwerk / Falko Contemporary Gallery / Cologne
2026 JUL / A delicate matter / Galerie Krinzinger
2026 JUL / Faraway I will write you letters / Space n. n. / Munich
2026 JUN / W_26 / Zürich Art Weekend
2026 JAN / I secretly love everyone / Alkinois / Athens
2025 FEB / Phoenix out of the ashes / Schaumbad Graz
2023 OCT / Border(lines) / Kunstraum am Schauplatz
2023 APRIL / Fragments as casts for dystopic city / BCMA gallery / Berlin
2022 APR / promesse du bonheur / MLZ ART / Triest
2022 APR / hyper_r / never at home gallery
ART FAIRS
2025 SEPT / PARALLEL / Artist Statement
2024 SEPT / VIENNA CONTEMPORARY / VYC GALLERY
2021 OKT / SWAB Art Fair / Barcelona / Aacollections gallery
MUSEUM
JUN 25 / STADTMUSEUM BRUNECK
PRICE SELECTION
JUN 24 / GALERIE 3 NACHWUCHSPREIS 2024 / KÜNSTLERHAUS KÄRNTEN
UPCOMING
2027 September/ MLAG - Mikey Laundry Art Garden / Bergen (SOLOSHOW)
2027 March/ THE PADDOCKS GALLERY / VOLOS, GREECE (Residency)
RESIDENCIES
2024 NOV / ASFA ANNEXES HYDRA
2024 AUG / ASFA ANNEXES RHODES
2023 JULY / CASA NA
ILHA / ILHABELA BRAZIL