Mara Mattuschka
Born 1959 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Artist names: Mimi Minus, Madame Ping Pong, Mahatma Gobi, II. Ramszesz.
Mara Mattuschka is a visual artist, film author, film director, playwright, theater director and performer in Vienna.
Education
| 1979-82 | Studied linguistics and ethnology at the University of Vienna |
| 1982-89 | Graduate of Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Professor Maria Lassnig. |
Teaching
| 1994-01 | Professor of Fine Arts in the field of film and performance at the HBK Braunschweig. |
Prizes
| 1990 | Adolf Schärf prize for cinematic activity. Austrian Film Promotion Prize. |
| 2005 | Austrian Appreciation Prize for Film Art. |
| 2010 | Prize for Fine Arts of the City of Vienna. |
| 2021 | Gloriette of FC Gloria for her life's work. |
| 2023 | Grand Prix for Painting at the Chisinau Biennale. |
| Retrospectives of Mara Mattuschka's films have been shown in Tampere, Wroclaw, EYE Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Braunschweig, Vienna, Diagonale Graz, Film Anthology New York, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Lausanne. |