Verena Dengler has studied at the Wiener Kunstschule, the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna, and the Slade School of Art at University College London. In her work Dengler focuses intensely on the role of the artist in the art world and in everyday life. Self-representation plays a central role, as can be seen, for example, from the numerous allusions to her name in the titles of her works. Through self-reflection she investigates concepts of authenticity, originality, and authorship, questioning hierarchies, stereotypes, and social roles. Her work covers a wide variety of media, from drawings, pictures, and sculptures to installations. Her repertoire also includes performances: In 2010, she took part in Tanja Widmann’s Hard Currency Revaluation at MANIFESTA 8, and in 2014, in Performance Proletarians organized by Lili Reynaud-Dewar and Benjamin Valenza in Grenoble. In 2016, she performed her Black Widows in collaboration with Janina Audick and Sachiko Hara at the MAK in Vienna as part of the Friedrich Kiesler—Lebenswelten exhibition. Verena Dengler has also written articles on art published in “frieze d/e” and “Texte zur Kunst”.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2016
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Verena Dengler & Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Lira Gallery, Rome, Italy
Radical Chic Academy, Zabriskie Point, Geneva, Switzerland

2015

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American Painting, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2014
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Dengled Up in Blue, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria 

Alizée Cover Performance, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria

2013

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Anna O. lernt Denglisch in den Energieferien, Sichtwechsel #4, MAK Galerie, Vienna, Austria 

Fantastic Socialism, mumok, Vienna, Austria

2012

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Führt ja wieder die 40-Stunden-Woche ein! 35 Stunden Schlaf sind einfach zu wenig, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria

2009
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Periferien, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2016
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To Lie in the Cheese, to Smile in the Butter, Kunstsäle, 

Berlin, Germany Friedrich Kiesler—Lebenswelten, MAK, Vienna, Austria
The Collection, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria

2015

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Surround Audience, New Museum Triennial, New York, USA
Ideas for Change, Vienna Biennale 2015, Vienna, Austria
Flirting with Strangers, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria

2014

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Design Labor:Studiensammlung, MAK, Vienna, Austria
Ökonomie der Aufmerksamkeit, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria

2013

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Diyalog: Art from Vienna, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

2012

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Keine Zeit—Erschöpftes Selbst / Entgrenztes Können, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria


2011

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Wiener Glut, KIT—Kunst im Tunnel, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
Town-Gown Conflict, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland