Katja Berger

I am an Austrian visual artist working primarily in painting. My work explores connection, care, and the relationships between humans, animals, and the stories that unfold between them. Drawing on everyday experiences, memory, and intuition, I bring familiar motifs together in unexpected relationships.

I am interested in creating paintings that invite viewers to form their own associations and discover personal meanings. Through repetition, humour, tenderness, and subtle shifts, I create images that remain open to multiple interpretations. My paintings are intended to create connections between people, memories, experiences, and imagination, allowing each viewer to discover their own meaning.

My work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, and Kosovo. I have been an Artist in Residence in Prishtina and at the Ars Electronica Research Institute, and I participated in the Exploration Space residency at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. My work is included in the public art collection of the State of Vorarlberg.

Self-taught artist

Artist in Residence, Exploration Space, Austrian Academy of Sciences (2018-2023)

Artist in Residence, Ars Electronica Research Institut - Knowledge for Humanity
2019-2023


Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists of Austria

Member of IG Bildende Kunst

Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists of Vorarlberg (Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis)

Member of Bildrecht

Member of SALOON Vienna

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026 – Nearness Protocol, Kunstraum Damani, Vienna, Austria
2026 – Mahlzeit, RAUM2, Vienna, Austria
2025 – Fragments of the Present, Gallery Hani i 2 Robertëve, Prishtina, Kosovo
2023 – Embrace, Sylvia Janschek Art Gallery, Bregenz, Austria


Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 – Divergent Multitude, Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2026 – In Art We Meet, Galerie Gisela Abraham, Vienna, Austria
2026 – Das kann ich auch, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2025 – Rekursionen, Galerie KRAS, Vienna, Austria
2025 – In der Malerei verortet, Villa Claudia, Feldkirch, Austria
2024 – Today >>> Tomorrow, Kunstmuseum Singen, Germany


Residencies & Institutional Projects

2025 – Artist in Residence, Prishtina, Kosovo
2021 – Artist in Residence, Ars Electronica Research Institute, Linz, Austria
2018–2022 – Exploration Space Residency, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
2021 – Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria