{"id":5324,"date":"2022-01-25T18:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petrasterry.com\/biography-contact\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:11:04","slug":"biography-and-contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.petrasterry.com\/en\/biography-and-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography &#038; Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3n4rx5-9b007ea30e565cf238bce0321bfc5def\">\n.flex_column.av-3n4rx5-9b007ea30e565cf238bce0321bfc5def{\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3n4rx5-9b007ea30e565cf238bce0321bfc5def av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kylivi4k-16fe33f66c3274025d57c1aa1aa3deed\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kylivi4k-16fe33f66c3274025d57c1aa1aa3deed img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kylivi4k-16fe33f66c3274025d57c1aa1aa3deed .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kylivi4k-16fe33f66c3274025d57c1aa1aa3deed av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.petrasterry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/STERRY-Petra.jpg' alt='' title='Petra Sterry'  height=\"1104\" width=\"737\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l00prrgr-0385637645890290dfd96b9c7f50763a\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l00prrgr-0385637645890290dfd96b9c7f50763a .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l00prrgr-0385637645890290dfd96b9c7f50763a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Photo: Alexandra Eizinger<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1wfm7d-cc33cfc3facb0c9f58b58a961e894b26 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-97ks5l-840e8a9495088ef081cedbd7a12b7c44 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:petra.sterry@chello.at\">petra.sterry@chello.at<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-30dl6h-10722428d31f8256a0b4826b6f95fbaa '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* 1967 in Graz (AT)<br \/>\n1986\u22121991 studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards and scholarships<\/strong><br \/>\n2017\/2018 Grant for Kunstraum Steiermark<br \/>\n2013 Travel Grant for the Fine Arts from the City of Graz<br \/>\n2010 Travel Grant from the Styrian Department of Cultural Affairs<br \/>\n2008 Purchase Prize of the Neue Galerie, Graz<br \/>\n2005 Austrian State Grant for the Fine Arts<br \/>\n2005 29th Austrian Graphic Art Competition, Prize of the Government of South Tyrol<br \/>\n2004 Grant of the Austrian Ministry of Culture, Division for Literature<br \/>\n2002 Bauholding Art Competition \u2013 STRABAG AG Sponsor Prize<br \/>\n2001 Support Prize of the City of Graz<br \/>\n2000 Grant from the City of Vienna<br \/>\n1999 and 1995 Residency Grant for Rome<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6gugwp-0e41211c3f087ecc6813d4db5845f9d0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Exhibitions and exhibition participations (selection)<br \/>\n2025<br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/strong><em>Alaska<\/em>,\u00a0Kunstverein Schattendorf,\u00a0Schattendorf (A)<br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><em>GOTT HAT KEIN MUSEUM. Aspekte von Religion in Kunst der Gegenwart | NO MUSEUM HAS GOD. Aspects of religion in contemporary art \/ Die Sammlung KULTUM Graz<\/em>, KULTUMUSEUM Graz<br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><em>Lure the Hunter Into Your Nightmares<\/em>,\u00a0MAG3,\u00a0Wien<strong><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/strong><em>dar\u00fcber hinaus<\/em>, Kunstraum Feller, Vienna<strong><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/>2023 <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/strong><em>Sterblich sein<\/em>,\u00a0Dom Museum Wien, Vienna (catalogue)<strong><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/>2021 <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Ich m\u00f6chte niemals ankommen<\/em>, temporary intervention Viktor Kaplan Wasserkraftwerk, M\u00fcrzzuschlag (AT)<br \/>\n<strong>2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Die sich f\u00fcgende Ordnung<\/em>, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich<br \/>\n<em>Das elastische Ich<\/em>, Rondell Gallery, Schwanberg (AT)<br \/>\n<em>Land<\/em>, Rondell Gallery, Schwanberg (AT)<br \/>\n<strong>2018<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Die neunziger Jahre \u2013 Subversive Imaginationen<\/em>, Wien Museum MUSA, (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Sch\u00f6nheit &amp; Anspruch<\/em>, Admont Abbey (AT)<br \/>\n<em>Switch<\/em>, Akademie Graz (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>The Drawing Experience<\/em>, Galerie Gerhard Sommer, Vienna<br \/>\n<strong>2017<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Images in Languages and the Language of Images<\/em>, Dom Museum Wien, Vienna (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Kunstraum Steiermark<\/em>, Neue Galerie Graz<br \/>\n<strong>2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Coherence of Volatility<\/em>, kunsthaus muerz, M\u00fcrzzuschlag (AT), (solo exhibition)<br \/>\n<em>Angst, She Wrote<\/em>, Akademie Graz (solo exhibition)<br \/>\n<em>Menschenrechte w\u00f6rtlich nehmen<\/em>, intervention in public space, Graz<br \/>\n<strong>2015<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>insight: wahrheiten m\u00fcssen robust sein<\/em>, HdKK, Stuttgart<br \/>\n<strong>2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Death and Dying, <\/em>MAG3 project space, Vienna<br \/>\n<em>20. WeldeKunstpreis<\/em>, Stadtgalerie Mannheim<br \/>\n<strong>2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>r\u00fcckw\u00e4rts atmen<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Salzburg (solo exhibition)<br \/>\n<strong>2012<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Albertina Contemporary<\/em>, Albertina, Vienna<br \/>\n<em>Mitleid | Compassion<\/em>, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz<br \/>\n<strong>2011<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Realit\u00e4t und Abstraktion,<\/em> Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus, Carinthia (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Thema: Zeichnung<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Vienna<br \/>\n<em>rand:::zone<\/em>, ORF-Galerie, Graz<br \/>\n<strong>2010<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Arte y Moda<\/em>, Centro de Arte Contempor\u00e1neo Wifredo Lam, Havana (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Borrowed Time<\/em>, Viennafair 2010<br \/>\n<em>The Nada of the People,<\/em> Austrian Cultural Forum, Prague<br \/>\n<em>Stille Post<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Berlin<br \/>\n<em>Prometheus<\/em>, Kulturzentrum Minoriten, Graz<br \/>\n<em>Idila\/Idyll<\/em>, Atelier 030202, Bucharest<br \/>\n<strong>2009<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Crossing Cultures_Cuba<\/em>, Ehemalige Lik\u00f6rfabrik &amp; E-Werkst\u00e4tte, Graz (catalogue)<br \/>\n<strong>2008<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Purchase Prize for Contemporary Visual Art 2008<\/em>, Neue Galerie, Graz<br \/>\n<em>Hew-Man &amp; Sofia<\/em>, public space, &#8220;Kultur macht Mensch&#8221;,Styria<br \/>\n<em>The So-Called Nada<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Vienna, (solo exhibition, catalogue)<br \/>\n<strong>2007<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Is it a High C or a Vitamin B,<\/em> Galerie 5020, Salzburg<br \/>\n<em>Abaddreamaworsedreamevenaworsedream<\/em>, Kubinhaus, Zwickledt (AT)<br \/>\n<strong>2006<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Insights \u2013 Works from the Art Collection of the Austrian National Bank<\/em>, ECB, Frankfurt<br \/>\n<em>Bodyproofs<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Salzburg<br \/>\n<em>Open Art<\/em>, Summerstage, Vienna<br \/>\n<strong>2005<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>29th Austrian Graphic Art Competition<\/em>, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, South Tyrolian Cultural Institute, Bolzano (I) (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Junge Positionen<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Berlin<br \/>\n<em>Standpunkte<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Salzburg<br \/>\n<em>Nie steht es nicht bevor<\/em>, Minoriten Gallery, Graz<br \/>\n<strong>2004<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Sieben Frauen<\/em>, Albertina, Vienna<br \/>\n<em>Mortus Vivendi<\/em>, Heike Curtze Gallery, Vienna, (solo exhibition, catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Ins neue Jahr<\/em>, weiblich, Galerie 422, Gmunden (A)<br \/>\n<strong>2003<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Ich, Soldat<\/em>, Galerie kunsthaus muerz, M\u00fcrzzuschlag<br \/>\n<em>Junge Kunst aus Wien<\/em>, Storms Gallery, Munich<br \/>\n<em>Ex Graz<\/em>, Minoritengalerien im Priesterseminar, Graz<br \/>\n<strong>2002<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Hohes Haus<\/em>, museum in progress, Vienna<br \/>\n<em>Large Drawings<\/em>, Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>flat public<\/em>, Plakataktion der Gruppe 77, art in public space, Graz<br \/>\n<em>Nachbild Natur<\/em>, Bauholding Kunstforum Klagenfurt<br \/>\n<em>Bauholding Art Competition<\/em>, prizewinner exhibition, Bauholding Kunstforum, Klagenfurt<br \/>\n<strong>2001<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Gesucht: Garten unbefristet<\/em>, (solo exhibition) Heike Curtze Gallery, Vienna<br \/>\n<em>urban und l\u00e4ndlich<\/em> (mit Guido Hoffmann), Soho in Ottakring, Vienna<br \/>\n<strong>2000<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Mayreder Collection<\/em>, Eugen Lendl Gallery, Graz<br \/>\n<em>Siesta<\/em> (with Guido Hoffmann), Galerie Eboran, Salzburg<br \/>\n<em>Gezeichnet f\u00fcrs Leben<\/em> (with Michael Kienzer), Galerie kunsthaus muerz, M\u00fcrzzuschlag<br \/>\n<strong>1999<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Styrian Support Prize for Contemporary Visual Art<\/em>; Neue Galerie Graz, (purchase prize, catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Fin de si\u00e8cle<\/em>, Grazer Stadtmuseum<br \/>\n<em>Prinzessin Dunkelsch\u00f6n<\/em>, Neue Galerie Graz, Stiegenhaus, (solo exhibition, catalogue)<br \/>\n<strong>1995<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Albert Haueisen Support Prize<\/em>, Ziegeleimuseum Jockgrim (DE)<br \/>\n<strong>1994<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>sterrio<\/em>, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (solo exhibition)<br \/>\n<em>Saar Ferngas Support Prize for Young Art<\/em>, Museum Palatine Gallery, Kaiserslautern<br \/>\n<strong>1993<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Styrian Support Prize for Contemporary Visual Art, <\/em> Neue Galerie Graz<br \/>\n<strong>1989<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>60 Tage \u00f6sterr. Museum des 21. Jhdts.<\/em>, Vienna (catalogue)<br \/>\n<em>Geist und Form XII<\/em>, Wien, Graz, Innsbruck (catalogue)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kye7y89t-5e22b547361f26e54b96974d47a6f3e8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>FUZZY ART PROJECTS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017\/2018 The Elastic Self<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversit\u00e4t Liverpool (UK), Universit\u00e4t Prizren\u201cUkshin Hoti\u201c (RKS), Universit\u00e4t Tetovo (MKD), Masaryk-Universit\u00e4t Brno (CZ), Seniorenzentrum Volkshilfe, Deutschlandsberg, Caritas Betreutes Wohnen Gro\u00df Sankt Florian, Betreutes Wohnen Kirschallee Deutschlandsberg, Caritas Betreutes Wohnen Preding, Caritas Pflegewohnhaus Lannach, Betreutes Wohnen Kirschallee, Fu\u0308rstenfeld, Betreutes Wohnen Kirschallee Kaindorf, Betreutes Wohnen Kirschallee Schwanberg, Verein fu\u0308r Willkommenskultur und Solidarit\u00e4t, Gro\u00df Sankt Florian<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012 \u2013 2014 Nadaistics <\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Liverpool (UK), University of Antwerp (BE), Lomonosov Moscow State University | MSU (RU), Herzen University, St. Petersburg (RU), University of Valencia (ES), University of Seville (ES), Tallinn University (EE), University &#8216;Dz\u030cemal Bijedic\u0301&#8217;, Mostar (BIH), Sveuc\u030cilis\u030cte Mostar (BIH), New Bulgarian University, Sofia (BG), University of Bucharest (RO), The Antwerp International School (BE), Colegio Huerta de Santa Marina, Seville (ES), Deutsche Schule Valencia (ES), Erich-Kaestner-Gymnasium Nr. 41, St. Peters- burg (RU), School 605, St.Petersburg (RU), Tabasaluer Gymnasium (EE), BIP Kreativitaetsgrundschule Berlin-Karlshorst (DE), Ernst-Klee-Schule, Mettingen (DE), S\u030cesta osnovna s\u030ckola Mostar (BIH), Friedrich-Schiller-Stiftung, Sofia (BG), Deutsche Schule, Sofia (BG), Mathematisches Gymnasium, Sofia (BG), Liceul Teoretic German Johann Ettinger, Satu Mare (RO), Hermann Oberth-Schule, Medias\u0326 (RO), Liceul Teoretic Stephan Ludwig Roth, Medias\u0326 (RO), Scoala de Muzica si Arte Plastice nr. 4, Bucharest (RO), Liceul bilingv Miguel de Cervantes, Bucharest (RO), Organizat\u0326ia Umanitara\u0306, Concordia, Arices\u0326tii-Rahtivani (RO), Colegiul Nat\u0326ional Bilingv George Cos\u0327buc, Bucharest (RO), Liceul Teoretic George Calinescu, Constant\u0326a (RO), American International School Vienna (AT), Caritas Steiermark | UMF Welcome, Graz (AT), Lerngemeinschaft 15, Vienna (AT), Praxisschule der KPH Graz (AT), BORG Deutschlandsberg (AT), GWIKU Haizingergasse, Vienna (AT), Verein Limda, Vienna (AT), Gimnazija &#8220;Sava S\u030cumanovic\u0301&#8221;, S\u030cid (SRB), Srednja s\u030ckola, Veliko Gradis\u030cte (SRB), Ekonomska s\u030ckola Uz\u030cice (SRB), Deutsche Schule, Belgrade (SRB), Shkolla e mesme ekonomiko-juridike &#8220;Faik Konica&#8221;, Ferizaj (RKS), Shkolla e mesme profesionale &#8220;Adem Gllavica&#8221;, Lipjan (RKS), Shkolla e mesme ekonomike Bostan, Novoberde (RKS), Shkolla fillore dhe e mesme e ulte &#8220;Thimi Mitko&#8221;, Gjilan (RKS), Shkolla e mesme ekonomiko-juridike &#8220;Ymer Prizreni&#8221;,Prizren (RKS), Shkolla e mesme ekonomike &#8220;Isa Boletini&#8221;, Podujeve (RKS), Shkolla fillore dhe e mesme e ulte &#8220;Zenit&#8221;, Bardhosh\/Prishtine (RKS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kye7yjuc-8e6c184ce512e9ca32c5e6a8fa0c1734 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Works in public and private collections<br \/>\n<\/strong>Albertina, Austrian National Bank, Austrian National Artothek, City of Karlsruhe, Neue Galerie Graz, City of Vienna, City of Graz, Tyrolean Museum Ferdinandeum, KULTUMdepot, Graz, Dom Museum Wien, Vienna, Benedictine Monastery Admont, Ober\u00f6sterreichisches Landesmuseum, Nieder\u00f6sterreichische 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