*1990
lives and works in paris and winterthur
jm@johannamueller.net
︎artist statement (english)
︎artist statement (german)
education
2016-2019
zurich university of the arts, art education departement, master
2014-2015
six-month residence in berlin
2013-2014
academy of fine arts leipzig, original printmaking class
2011-2014
zurich university of the arts, art education departement, bachelor
filmography
2025
«treppe» (working title), upcoming
2024
«lost in hidden hills», hd video, 4:3, color, sound, 36’43”, unpublished
2022
«I worked out today and now I’m posing with my art piece», hd video, 16:9, color, sound, 3’45”, unpublished
«who the f*** is karen? (don’t show feelings)», 4k video, cinemascope, color, sound, 15’, unpublished
2021
«what if I was wrong about what jesus looks like», hd video, 16:9, color, sound, 8‘16“, unpublished
2019
«how to sleep 8 hours in 4 hours», hd video, 16:9, color, sound, 15‘20“, loop, published
2018
«digital sculpture no.1», hd video, 16:9, color, sound, 3‘27“, loop, published
screening
2021
«what if I was wrong about what jesus looks like», 25. international short film days winterthur, züri shorts
collection
2023
«what if I was wrong about what jesus looks like», art foundation pax
selected solo and group exhibition
2024
«brunnen», neu!, winterthur, group
«UBERMORGEN, johanna müller, giulia essyad. swiss media art – pax art awards 2023», hek, basel, group
2023
«dezemberausstellung: überblick», kunstmuseum winterthur, winterthur, group
2022
«I, artist», kunsthalle winterthur, winterthur, group
«werkschau 2022», haus konstruktiv, zurich, group
«mutable life», kunstkasten, winterthur, solo
2021
«dezemberausstellung: überblick», kunsthalle winterthur, winterthur, group
«what if, …», meet the artist & exhibition, villa sträuli, winterthur, solo
2020
«boring twenties», hrüze gegi, winterthur, group
2019
«dezemberausstellung: überblick», kunsthalle winterthur, winterthur, group
«diploma 2019», toni areal, zhdk, zurich, group
selected awards, fundings and residences
2023
pax art award, swiss media art, pax foundation and house of electronic arts basel
work stipend 2023 (förderpreis), departement of culture, city winterthur
research funding for the screenplay «treppe» (working title) upcoming 2025, city winterthur
2022
work stipend 2022 (werkbeitrag), departement of culture, canton of zurich
funding for «who the f*** is karen? (don’t show feelings)», kultur komitee winterthur
2021
artist residence, paris, 2022, canton of zurich
research funding for «who the f*** is karen? (don’t show feelings)», city winterthur
research funding for «mouvance.fixe», city winterthur
2019
artist residence, buenos aires, july to december 2020, city winterthur
selected press and publication
2024
hek blog, «who the f*** is johanna müller?», online
winterthurer zeitung, kultur, «digitale schnipsel zu kunst verwandelt», print & online
2023
up&coming, digital catalog of young swiss art, online
up&coming, fokus, «mutable life», online
top art: johanna müller – bildende künstlerin, tele top, online
2022
kunstbulletin, werkschau canton of zuerich, valeska stach, print & online
kunstkasten, exhibition «mutable life», julia wolf, online
kunstbulletin, 5/2022, hinweis «mutable life», giulia bernardi, print
2021
PAGE magazin 7/21, look at me (bildtrends), «little alchemy», print
als internetflâneurin im walled garden, radio stadtfilter, winterthur, audio
lecture performance: «what if, …», with sandra biberstein, radio stadtfilter, winterthur, audio
2019
atelier buenos aires, winterthur, online
selected collaborations
2017-ongoing
«back to dada», performance workshop with riccarda naef, hfbk hamburg, kaiserin-theophanu-schule köln, kunsthalle bern, migrosmuseum zurich, zhdk, dynamo zuerich, rote fabrik zuerich, oxyd winterthur, …
2021-2022
«mouvance.fixe», with stringtrio «triOlogie», classical music & video