Born 1973 in Leoben, Austria
Lives and works in Vienna
1991—1995 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2022
Je Veux, Vienna 1975–2022, Galerie Meyer Kainer Kunst, curated by Brigitte Huck, MEYER*KAINER, Vienna
Norma Mangione, Torino (solo)
Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz (solo)
2021
Dispossession, Künstlerhaus, 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, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg
Die Zelle, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Volume Imaginaire, Van Horn, Düsseldorf
2017
21er Haus, Vienna (solo)
Lars Friedrich, Berlin (solo)
ich weiß nicht – Growing Relations between Things, MAK, Vienna
Ulla Rossek, Anita Leisz, Kunsthalle 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 – Austrian Gallery Belvedere, 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, Austria
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
KUB Sammlungsschaufenster – accessions from Ai Weiwei to Zobernig, Kunsthaus 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
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
Galerie Croy Nielsen, Berlin
Egypted, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
2007
Studio Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin (solo)
Umkehrungen, Kunstverein Braunschweig
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (solo)
2005
Manfred Pernice, Anita Leisz, Galerie Fernand Léger, Ivry, Paris
Anita, Kunstverein Langenhagen
Gele Rider, Arnem
2004
Cafe/Club, Enviroment, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig (solo)
Performative Architektur, Siemens Artsprogramm & Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
2000
Secession, Vienna (solo)
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg (solo)
2001
double live, Generali Foundation, Vienna
1999
Galerie Krobath & Wimmer, Vienna (solo)
Studiocity I, Vienna
Studiocity II, Kunstverein in Wolfsburg
1998
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg (solo)
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
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