Sylvia Winkler and Stephan Köperl

Biography

1969/66Sylvia Winkler was born in Austria in 1969 and Stephan Köperl in Germany in 1966.
Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart
since 1997they jointly realise projects and interventions in public space, which they carry out in the most diverse countries and contexts
20011. Prize, International Competition, »Shorts!« Short Film Festival Amsterdam for »don´t hurt me«
2005Jury Prize, Videolisboa, Lisbon, for “metro méxico”
2009“Special Mention” Videomedeja Novi Sad, Serbia for “Alexandra Open”
2015“Honorable Mention” Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival Minsk/Belarus for “Smart Songdo Song”
“Honorable Mention”, Jury of German Film Critics, European Media Art Festival Osnabrueck for “Smart Songdo Song”
20161. Prize, Facade Videofestival Plovdiv, Bulgaria for “Towards the Hauge”

The artist duo lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany.

Exhibitions (selection)

2021VIDEOKUNST!, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart
2020Szenefenster, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Rauchzeichen, Festival Die Irritierte Stadt, Stuttgart
Rettungsstern, IBA27 Plenum#5, Stuttgart
2019Making the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights a reality for all, Brüssel
Korrekturfahnen, verschiedene Orte in Sachsen-Anhalt
2018Korrekturfahnen, Festival ‘The Future of Europe’, Staatstheater Stuttgart
2017Doppelgänger, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona
2016Kulturkomplex, Graphothek Stuttgart
Kulturschutzgebiet, Wagenhalle e.V. Stuttgart
2015Voidviertel – eine Le_rstelle, Einjahresprojekt, Waldviertel, Österreich
D-0 ARK Underground – Biennial of Contemporary Art Konjic, Bosnien-Herzegowina
Rivers – the Way of Living in Transition, Pier 2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nice Noise Now, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Glocal Neighbours, Israeli Center for Digital Art/Holon-KV Wagenhalle Stuttgart
Wohin gehen wir? Zum Phänomen Stadt., Motorenhalle Dresden
2014+0,000001%’ Sewon Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesien
Refuse the Shadows of the Past, Museum & Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong
2013ABC: MTL, Centre for Canadian Architecture, Montreal, Canada
Platform Access, Incheon Art Platform, Südkorea
Risk Society, MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Wagenhallen außer Haus, Galerie der Stadt Backnang
Embassy of the Arts, Organ House, Chongqing & Ningbo Art Museum, China
2012Die sichere Bank, Soho in Ottakring, Wien, Österreich
Acts of Voicing, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
expand_explore_expose, Salzamt, Linz, Österreich
Adverse Collaborations, The Block, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australien
2011The Lucifer Effect, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Tschechien
Station, Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sschweden
Sprawl-Structures, feedbacks, disturbances, Festival für Kunst im ö-Raum, Innsbruck,
In India and far beyond, IFA Galerie, Stuttgart/Berlin
India is now…, Kunstverein Göttingen
2010Die Kunst nicht dermaßen regiert zu werden, WKV, Stuttgart
Countdown, Freizeichen, and JUZ-Jugenzentrum Mureck, Österreich
In context : Public.Art.Ecology, Khoj, New Delhi, Indien
When the fat get thin the thin die, Stuttgarter Kunstverein
urbang, Optica, Montreal, Canada

Collections

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart
Sammlung des Museums der Moderne, Salzburg