02/10/2026
On view until October 26, 2026 at Kunsthalle Wien: The exhibition LEBT UND ARBEITET IN WIEN with contributions by our artists ASHLEY HANS SCHEIRL and HUDA TAKRITI
ASHLEY HANS SCHEIRL (born 1956 in Salzburg, Austria) is known for a diverse body of work that has established her as a pioneer in q***r-feminist and transgender counterculture. Her artistic practice has evolved from film in the 1970s to a distinctive painterly approach from the mid-1990s onwards.
In the exhibition LEBT UND ARBEITET IN WIEN Scheirl is represented with a new series consisting of twenty paintings, installed on a wall alongside enlarged versions of two of these works in the form of wallpaper. Using a muted colour palette, the artist paints directly with her fingers on cardboard to mimic the tactile motion of interacting with digital touchscreens.
HUDA TAKRITI (born 1990 in Damascus, Syria) creates videos and installations that explore how histories are constructed, remembered, and contested. She questions the boundaries between official historiography and marginalised stories, as well as their images and narratives, emphasising the importance of archives as a counterpoint to state narratives – particularly those of colonising states.
In her video ON ANOTHER NOTE (2024), that is a central element of the exhibition, she creates an intimate portrait of her grandmother, Hikmat al-Habbal, using photographs, textiles and spoken words. For this work, she has been honoured with the prestigious Kardinal-König Art Prize 2025.
The exhibition LEBT UND ARBEITET IN WIEN is curated by Michelle Cotton, Director of Kunsthalle Wien, Daniel Baumann, former Director of Kunsthalle Zürich, and Monika Georgieva.
Installation views *Lebt und arbeitet in Wien: Contemporary Art from Vienna*, Kunsthalle Wien, Museumsquartier, 2026, Photos: Markus Wörgötter
Huda Takriti Kunsthalle Wien
