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Biography
Patrick Topitschnig is an Austrian filmmaker, photographer and audio artist whose multifaceted practice spans experimental video, theatre collaboration, site‑specific installation, sound design, music, trailer editing and performance. He earned a Master’s degree in Intermedia/Media Art from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, complemented by studies in narrative/documentary film (UdK Berlin) and video theory (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) as well as a BA in Commercial IT.
Topitschnig’s experimental work consistently investigates physicality, perception, duration, fragmentation, repetition and the passage of time across visual and acoustic media. A dark‑humor sensibility pervades his pieces, evoking unsettling audiovisual tension and reflecting on cinematic construction.
His award-winning works include “Nouvelle Couleur S1” (Fred Adlmüller Grant), “Zerschneidung des Ganzen” (“Concision of the Whole”, Ursula Blickle Grant) and “rumor macchina” (Honorable Mention at the International Biennial of Humour & Satire), alongside the STARTstipendium for Video and Media Art an the Austrian State Fellowship for Media Art. He has exhibited and performed internationally across Europe, the USA and Australia.
Topitschnig’s commissioned portfolio includes over 100 theatre trailers, numerous promos for public television and original soundtracks for short films.
Teaser (with focus on sound works)
Awards / Grants (selection)
2025
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency
Shanghai, CN
Austrian State Fellowship for Media Arts (Staatsstipendium für Medienkunst des BMKOES)
Vienna, AT
2024
Artist in Residence, New Jörg
Madrid, ES
2023
Bugia Film Festival: Award Winner “Best Mockumentary”
Bugia, IT
2022
Artist in Residence Flux Factory (Atelier-Auslandsstipendium des Landes Steiermark)
New York, US
2021
Artist in Residence ARoS
Aarhus, DK
Artist in Residence, Budapesti Történeti Múzeum/Budapest Galéria
Budapest, HU
2020
Working grant, City of Vienna
Vienna, AT
Working grant, Lower Austria
St. Poelten, AT
2017
Honorable Mention: rumor macchina, 23. International Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art
Gabrovo, BG
2016
Shortlisted: Promotional Prize of the Province of Styria for Contemporary Fine Art
Styria, AT
2015
Film-Fellowship in Bucharest, Romania (Styrian Government Grant)
Bucharest, RO
2013
STARTstipendium for Video and Media Arts 2013 (Austrian government grant for video and media arts, BKA)
Vienna, AT
Artist in Residence RMIT Melbourne
Melbourne, AU
Gerhard Jaschke Poetry-Film Award for “The right to hospitality”
Vienna, AT
IFFI Talent Campus (International Film Festival Innsbruck)
Innsbruck, AT
2012
Shortlisted: OE1 Talent-Award 2012
Vienna, AT
Shortlisted: HUBERT SIELECKI Award 2012
Vienna, AT
Shortlisted: BA Art Award, Galerie 3
Klagenfurt, AT
2009
Foreign Exchange Grant in Berlin (UdK – Berlin University of the Arts)
Berlin, DE
Grant of the International Summer Academy Salzburg with ZAHO LIANG
Salzburg, AT
Finalist of the “Wien Energie” short film competition
Vienna, AT
2008
Ursula Blickle Video Award for “Concision of the whole”
Vienna, AT
International OpenArt Residency
Euboi, GR
2007
Grant of the International Summer Academy Salzburg with VALIE EXPORT
Salzburg, AT
Fred Adlmüller Stipendia from the Angewandte – University for Applied Arts
Vienna, AT
Academic achievement scholarship of the University for Applied Arts
Vienna, AT
COllections
Sammlung des Bundes (Austrian Federal Collection) / Museum der Moderne Salzburg
MUSA Artothek Collection City of Vienna
Wien Museum
Joanneum/Neue Galerie (Styria)
Art Collection of the City of Graz
Artothek Niederösterreich (Lower Austria)
Ursula Blickle Archive
Several private collections
Education
2003–2012
MA Intermedia Arts (Bernhard Leitner / Erwin Wurm)
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2009–2010
Narrative Film (Thomas Arslan)
UdK – Universität der Künste / University of the Arts
Berlin, DE
2008–2012
Art and Media (Contanze Ruhm)
Academy of Fine Arts
Vienna, AT
2000–2003
BA in Business Informatics
University of Vienna and University of Technology
Vienna, AT