Born 1973 in Leoben, Austria
Lives and works in Vienna
1991—1995 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2025
Matte / geschnitten, Can, Vienna
Anita Leisz, Lars Friedrich, Berlin
2024
Kleines Ensemble Bibliothek Feuerlöscher, Basis Wien, Vienna
The World, curated by ArtJunk, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
2023
Parks and Recreation, DREI, Cologne
ghost track, Norma Mangione Gallery, Turin
HIER UND JETZT II. Wien Skulptur 2023, Neuer Wiener Kunstverein, Vienna
2022
Je Veux, Vienna 1975–2022, Galerie Meyer Kainer Kunst, curated by Brigitte Huck, MEYER*KAINER, Vienna
Anita Leisz, Norma Mangione, Turin (solo)
Würdigungspreis des Landes Steiermark für Bildende Kunst 2020, Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz (solo)
2021
The Party, curated by Maximilian Geymüller, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz
, Schwaz
Dispossession, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Enjoy – the mumok Collection in Change, mumok, Vienna
2019
Anita Leisz – Kapsch Contemporary Art Prize 2019, mumok, Vienna (solo)
2018
Class reunion — Works from the Gaby und Wilhelm Schürmann Collection, mumok, Vienna
Harsh Astral. The Radiants II, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich
Harsh Astral. The Radiants II, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Lüneburg
Die Zelle, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Volume Imaginaire, Van Horn, Düsseldorf
2017
Anita Leisz, 21er Haus, Vienna (solo)
Anita Leisz, Galerie Lars Friedrich, Berlin (solo)
ich weiß nicht – Growing Relations between Things, MAK, Vienna
Ulla Rossek, Anita Leisz, Kunsthalle Lüneburg, Lüneburg
in awe, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Anita Leisz, curated by Tenzing Barshee, Galerie Norma Mangione, Turin (solo)
2016
Franz West. ARTISTCLUB, 21er Haus, Vienna
Parallel Vienna 2016, Alte Post, Vienna
The Language of Things. Material Hi/Stories from the Collection, 21er Haus, Vienna
Away. Stories from abroad, Former Imperial and Royal Post and Telegraph Office, Vienna
nonplagiate. Heribert Nothnagel und Freunde, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz
Stuttgart, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
Anita Leisz, Hans Christian Lotz, Freudenberger at Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz
Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo)
Malaria – Will Benedict / Anita Leisz, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt am Main
2015
Flirting with Strangers, 21er Haus, Vienna
green postcard, IBID Projects, London
Now, At The Latest, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
2014
HWS Wiese, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (Public Art) / Spitz an der Donau (solo)
Chat jet (part 2) – Sculpture in Reflection, Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz
KUB Sammlungsschaufenster – accessions from Ai Weiwei to Zobernig, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
2013
Utopie beginnt im Kleinen, 12th minor arts triennial, Fellbach
Unter 10, Wien Museum, Vienna
Malte Lochstedt, Michael Hakimi, Anita Leisz, after the butcher, Berlin
Vertical Club, Bortolami Gallery, New York
Galerie Lars Friedrich, Berlin (solo)
Chat Jet – Painting <Beyond> the Medium, Künstlerhaus, Graz
2012
Curated by_Will Benedict: Anita Leisz and Nora Schultz, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
Wolfgang Breuer, Anita Leisz; Pro Choice at Renwick Gallery, New York
2011
Sculptural Acts, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2010
Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo)
Atlas, Könnemann, Leisz, Parrino, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg
2009
Sleepwalking, Temporary Gallery Cologne, Cologne
BC21 Boston Consulting & Belvedere Contemporary Art Award 2009. Augarten Contemporary, Vienna
Precarious Form I/Prekäre Skulpturen, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn
ho is no substitute for anything, Boltenstern.Raum, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
Will Benedict, Anita Leisz, Jutta Koether, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
2008
Will Benedict, Anita Leisz, Lucie Stahl, Galerie Croy Nielsen, Berlin
Egypted, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
2007
Studio Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin (solo)
Umkehrungen, Kunstverein Braunschweig
Anita Leisz, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (solo)
2005
Manfred Pernice, Anita Leisz, Galerie Fernand Léger, Ivry, Paris
Anita Leisz 33, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen
fabrics interseason, Anita Leisz, Gele Rijder, Arnhem
2004
Cafe/Club, Enviroment, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig (solo)
Performative Architektur, Siemens Artsprogramm & Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig
2001
doublelive, Generali Foundation, Vienna
2000
Anita Leisz, Secession, Vienna (solo)
Anita Leisz, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg (solo)
1999
Anita Leisz, Galerie Krobath & Wimmer, Galerie Krobath & Wimmer, Vienna (solo)
Studiocity I, IPZ, Vienna
Studiocity II, Kunstverein in Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
1998
Den Rest. Die letzten Ereignisse, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg (solo)
Swetlana Heger/Plamen Dejanov, Anita Leisz und Markus Schinwald, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
1997
State of transition, Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg
Time out, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg
tunnel vision, Depot, Vienna
1995/96
willkommen, bienvenue, welcome, Apostelhof und Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
1996
Dissord. Sabotage of Realities, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg
1995
spring project, Ambrosimuseum, Vienna
Liechtensteinstrasse 58, Vienna
Sprechblasenplakate, public space, Vienna
2022
Outstanding Artist Award of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, Austria
2020
Appreciation Prize for Fine Arts of the Province of Styria
2019
Kapsch Contemporary Art Prize, Vienna, 2019