Born in Bergamo, Michela Ghisetti has lived and worked in Vienna since 1992. She studied at the Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under the mentorship of Gunter Damisch. A recipient of the STRABAG Artaward, she was featured in a major solo exhibition at the Albertina Museum in 2021. Her multifaceted practice fluctuates between abstraction and figuration, interweaving biographical elements with deep philosophical inquiries. SOLO / MAJOR EXHIBITIONS • Origo Alia (On Another Origin) — Barvinskyi Gallery, Vienna, 2026 • Retrospective — ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna, 2022 • Selected Works — Galerie Susanne Albrecht, Berlin, 2022 • Rovings — Galerie Gans, Vienna, 2018 • Mein Berg — Bildraum 7, Vienna, 2018 • Per-sonare — Galerie Albrecht, Berlin, 2018 • Magical Threads — Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, 2017 • Severin’s Hotel — Lech, 2016 • As a Child — Galerie Wolfrum, Vienna, 2016 • Side by Side — Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, 2015 • Rosa Notte — Galerie Gans, Vienna, 2013 • Ausgezeichnet — Kunstforum STRABAG, Vienna, 2006 • Sotheby’s — Vienna, 2006 SELECTED GROUP / INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS • RISE! – Women’s Voices for Change — Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 2026 • Looking Elsewhere Being There — CERNMODERN, Ankara, 2024 • Burn and Glow — Rodler Gschwenter Gallery, Vienna, 2024 • Kunsträume – 18 Künstlerpositionen Sammlung Urban — Waidhofen/Ybbs, 2024 • Radikal Unchained — Kunstverein Steyr, Steyr, 2017 • Look!! New Acquisitions — ALBERTINA, Vienna, 2017 • Strich und Faden — Kunstforum STRABAG, Vienna, 2015 • Figur/Struktur — RLB Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck, 2015 • Omnia Signa — Studio Cannaviello, Milan, 2015 • Im Wandel — Hipp Halle, Gmunden, 2014 • 12 Positionen Sammlung Urban — Waidhofen, 2013 • Figuration/Abstraction — Kunstmuseum Sochi, Sochi, 2012 • Albertina Contemporary — ALBERTINA, Vienna, 2012 • Domenica — St. Pauli Museum, Hamburg, 2011 • Albertina Contemporary: Gerhard Richter bis Kiki Smith — ALBERTINA, Vienna, 2011 • Eisler Preis Nominees — Kunstforum Bank Austria, Vienna, 2010 AWARDS / RECOGNITION • Winner — STRABAG Art Award, Vienna, 2005 • Winner — Kunst am Bau competition, Raiffeisen, Garbergasse 9, Vienna, 2016 • Eisler Preis — Nomination, 2005 and 2010