Education
2005 MFA, Columbia University, New York
2003 German Diploma in Sculpture, Royal Academy of Visual Arts, Munich, Germany
Prizes & Awards
2009 Artist in Residence, DIVA/Danish Arts Council, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Fellow in Cross-Disciplinary/Performative Work from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2006 Finalist, Rolex Mentor and Protégé Program
2005 SculptureCenter Prize, SculptureCenter, New York, NY
Emerging Artist Fellowship Program, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
2003 Dean's Fellowship, Viar Merit Fellowship, Hayman Visual Arts Gift, Glassier Scholarship,
2003 Stipend German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for New York City
2002 Meisterschueler for Olaf Metzel, Munich Art Academy
2000 Leonhard-und-Ida-Wolf-Gedächtnispreis, City of Munich
Exhibitions & Screenings
2008 In The Public Realm, Public Art Fund, New York
Subject Index, Kunstmuseum Malmö, Sweden
Sound Design for Future Films, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Metro Poles, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, New York
BOMB Magazine, magazine intervention for the Spring issue, New York
Nay, I’ll Have A Starling, public lecture, Fivemyles, Brooklyn
2007 700 Show, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York
writing in light, Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Eindhoven
Videoscreening II, as part of Stefanie Trojan, STOPP, Lothringer 13, Munich
Artist in Residence at Seven Below Zero, Vermont
Nay, I’ll Have A Starling, public lecture, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont
Naked Attic, performance art review blog (initiator and writer), New York
2006 d2d = direct to documentation/ 7a*11d,International Festival of Performance Art, Toronto
PARAFLOWS 06, Annual Convention for Digital Arts & Cultures, Vienna
Rotativo, Galeria de Artes Visuales h-10, Valparaiso, Chile
World's Best New Art - The Unreal Project, launched at Art Basel
Marketenderin, Soccer Worldcup 2006, Dortmund, Cologne
extraschicht, Hardware Medien-Kunstverein, Dortmund
Women With Guns, Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans
Technologized Bodies / Embodied Technologies, Silverlake Film Festival, Hollywood
Technologized Bodies / Embodied Technologies, Art Interactive, Boston
2005 LOOP The Video Arts Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Selected Video Works, ZKMAX, Munich
Klara Hobza, Raum 58, Munich (solo)
Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
Make It Now, Sculpture Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
Linux Virgin, Galerie Roemerapotheke, Zurich
German Romance, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Traveling Tales, Aratotoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, New Zealand
Last Minute at Orchard, Orchard, New York, NY
2005 Juried Show, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
MFA Show, Columbia University, New York, NY
Collaborative Archive, Shedhalle, Zurich
Panoply, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
Rhizome Video Series, Rhizome at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2004 MFA 1st Year Show, Columbia University, New York, NY
Collaborative Practice Archive, Kunstverein, Munich
Delight, Elisabeth Art Foundation, New York, NY
jetztredi, LADEN, Munich
Paperwork, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
Connect the Dots, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
Space Camp, Prague, CZ
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2003 Biography, Galerie 16, Munich
Diploma Show, Munich Art Academy, Munich
Unframed First Look, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Lost Context, Laboratorium Praterinsel, Munich
Invalideale, Berlin
Whiplash Trash, CAP Gallery, Fribourg
Mobile Famebox, ZDB, Lissabon
The Gods were Astronauts, Oltre il Giardini, Rimini
IMAF 4/Performance Art Today, MAS Gallery, Odzaci YU
Keep Out You Evil Forces, Raum 110, Art Academy Munich
2001 Gruban Foundation/Fan-art,Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
inSITEout, lothringer13/halle, Munich
base.ment, Munich Subway System
Breakdance Contest, VolksbĂĽhne, Berlin
2000 Aurascan, Odeonsplatz, Munich
Art Academy Summer Show, Haus der Kunst, Munich
1999 Credo, Rathausgalerie, Munich
A Visit From The Stones, Galerie Linda, Cologne
Accelaracted Culture Jetlag/Art Below Zero, Abz@La Gare, London
Dreamplan Project, Kwan Hoon Gallery, Seoul
GMAM/Kapputt Des, Raum 4, Munich
Artist in Residence, KLF's Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Northern Ireland
1998 Spiel99/Tandem, Ultraschall, Munich
Spiel99/Klinischer Kontakt, Ultraschall, Munich
Gang From Munich, Shedhalle, Zurich
Chance 2000Berlin
A Visit From The Stones, Stonehenge, England
The Arrival Of The Stones, Lightbulb Gallery, London
Lectures & Presentations
2007 Nay, I'll Have A Starling, Fivemyles, Brooklyn
2007 Nay, I'll Have A Starling, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
2006 The Eskimo Myth, Free Radio HDTS, Radio Performa, Performa05, New York, NY
Morsen und Samuel Morse, Öffentlichkeit als Medium, ZKMax, Munich
Morsen und Samuel Morse, Reception Trustees of the SculptureCenter, New York, NY
Linux Virgin, dorkbots, Location1, New York, NY
The Eskimo Myth, lecture by JK Parrott at Come Together, apexart, New York, NY
2005 The Eskimo Myth, Free Radio HDTS at High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
The Eskimo Myth, Strange Animals at L.A.C.E., Los Angeles
Other Relevant Professional Experience
1999-2002 Co-founder and co-curator of LADEN, a non-profit art space in Munich,
1999-2002 Freelancer at the Munich Arts Council in the fields of cultural counseling; presentations on new media art, trend scouting
on young art in Munich, art and event organizing
2004-2005 Co-organiser of the Visiting Artist Lecture Series at the School of the Arts, MFA program, Columbia University, NY
Reviews & Publications
2008 BOMB Magazine, magazine intervention, Spring 2008
2006 World's Best New Art - The Unreal Project, edited by H.U. Obrist, et al
2005 Noel Kelly, "Was Du Brauchst", circa, Winter 2005
Domenick Ammirati, "Make It Now", ArtForum, October 2005
Aidan Dunne, "On the wall and off the wall", The Irish Times August 31, 2005
John S Doyle, "I thought it was my lucky night… but I only got a 'shniff", Irish Independent, August 29, 2005
Roberta Smith, "The Many Shades of Now, Explored in 3 Dimensions", The New York Times, May 27, 2005
"Make It Now, New Sculpture In New York", catalogue, 2005
Lauren Cornell, "Geeky in pink", Rhizome Net Art News, 02/11/2005
William Pym, "Babies On Board", artforum.com, 05/23/2005
2004 Ley, Marika, "Inner space, Exploring site-specific ideas underground", The Prague Post, 11/04/2004
Sylvie Petráková, "Space Camp In Prague’s Center", Lidové noviny, 11/11/2004
2001 "Tunnelrecords", inSITEout, Dr. Patricia Drück / Dr. Christian Schoen, Revolver Verlag, catalogue
"Klara Hobza, The UFO Phenomenon", base.ment, catalogue