Constanze Ruhm

born in 1965 in Vienna. She studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the Städelschule in Frankfurt.

Since 1990, her installations have been shown in international exhibitions, and retrospectives of her films and videos have been presented. She is also active as an author and curator (haus.0 program at the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart 2001–2003; Fate of Alien Modes, Secession Wien 2003; ZKM Karlsruhe). The work focuses on contemporary forms of an art practice established around the relation of cinema and New Media with an emphasis on notions of identity, representation and (feminist) film theory. Productions including and intersecting the fields of installation, film / video, text / publications, curatorial projects and websites. Furthermore, the projects include works in public spaces (the most recent one an invitation for the competition in the framework of a redesign of a section of Vienna's Karlsplatz subway passage).

From 2004-2006 she was professor of film and video at the Merzakademie in Stuttgart. Since 2006 she is professor of art and media at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Since 2007 also adjunct professor at the Art Instiute Boston / Lesley University. Lives in Vienna and Berlin.

in distribution

Crash Site/My_Never_Ending_Burial_Plot, 2010

X Love Scenes, 2007 (Video)

for further information please visit www.constanzeruhm.net