Ava Binta Giallo
current / upcoming:
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07.09. - 10.11.2024 / Rest in Soil, in Water, in Waithood / Basis Frankfurt / DE
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24.10.2024 - 19.01.2025 / Ein Ort mit vielen Orten / Kunstverein Langenhagen / DE
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23.10. - 03.11.2024 / Reinterpreting Body Pressure / nectar projects / Vienna / AT
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12.11.2024 – 25.01.2025 / fragility of being / DAS WEISSE HAUS / Vienna / AT
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Ava Binta Giallo

german-guinean interdisciplinary artist

lives/works between Vienna/Austria and Mindelo/Cabo Verde

part of the collective fuvu fürunsvonuns

Education / Trainings
10/2023 - 04/2024
Traditional Birthworker Training
Sumi‘s Touch, US
10/2020 - 07/2023
MA Fine Arts - Critical Studies
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
10/2020 - 07/2023
Master of Arts - TransArts
University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT
10/2018 - 06/2021
Practitioner im Chladek®System
Training for movement and dance in the Chladek®System
IGRC Internationale Gesellschaft Rosalia Chladek, AT
10/2017 - 7/2020
Bachelor of Arts – TransArts
University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT
10/2018 - 07/2019
Painting, Guest Student Class of Prof. Luca Reffo
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, IT
10/2016 – 7/2017
Hatha Yoga Teacher Training 200h (RYT 200)
Yoga-Lounge Vienna, AT

Scholarships / Awards / Residencies

GHA, Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana and bmkös Austria / Residency / 2025

AT, Bad Ischl Salzkammergut / Burkina Faso, Opera Village Africa / Residency / 2024

AT, Vienna / Master Diploma with distinction / Award / 2023

AT, Vienna / hufak – University of Applied Arts Vienna / Project scholarship / 2023

CV, Sao Vincent / Atelier Mar / Research Residency / 2023

AT, Vienna / WIENWOCHE / Project funding / 2021

PT, Porto / DE LICEIRAS 18 / Residency/ 2021

AT, Vienna / Bachelor Diploma with distinction / Award / 2020

AT, Vienna / University of Applied Arts Vienna / Project scholarship / 2019

CV, Sao Vincent / Atelier Mar / Residency / 2019

AT, Vienna / basis kultur wien / Project funding / 2018

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2024 Ein Ort mit vielen Orten / Kunstverein Langenhagen, DE

2024 Rest in Soil, in Water, in Waithood / Basis Frankfurt, DE

2024 Double edge / Artist Statement / Parallel Vienna, AT

2024 nota de movimente e espase / Centro Culturale do Mindelo, CV

2024 Deconfining / Opera Village Africa, BF and Kulturhauptstadt Europas Bad Ischl Salzkammergut, AT

2023 water's skin / Angewandte Festival / Vordere Zollamstraße 7, Vienna, AT

2023 figuring / linger / with Luzie Kork / llllll, Vienna, AT

2022 braided dawn / Kerßenbrockstr. 2 Münster, DE

2021 KW20: Grafik trifft abstrakte Malerei / Container Schillerplatz 1, AT

2020 the orange tape / Bestand / Vienna, AT

2019 left the window open / OK Transit / Vienna, AT

2019 sand on the floor / a.topos venice, IT

Group Exhibitions / Screenings
exhibitions (ex) / screenings (sc)

2024 (ex) fragility of being / DAS WEISSE HAUS / Vienna / AT

2024 (ex) Reinterpreting Body Pressure / nectar projects / Vienna / AT

2024 (ex) Sense of touch / Philomena+ and Parallel Vienna / AT

2024 (ex) People stroke the curve of the earth here / fuvu_fürunsvonuns / VBKÖ / Vienna / AT

2024 (ex) die geschichte macht die augen zu, aber kann nicht schlafen / RAIN / sehsaal / Vienna / AT

2024 (ex) ein Kleiner Brauner please / by Brishty Alam Take over / Ve.Sch Kunstverein / Vienna / AT

2023 (ex) Bordering Plants / Exhibit Galerie / Vienna / AT

2023 (ex) Undulating Currents / Heilegenkreuzhof University Gallery / Vienna / AT

2023 (ex) where we can offer / Paulusplatz 5 / Vienna / AT

2023 (ex) Rundgang / Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / AT

2022 (ex) that it gives us back the deep sea / with Tabea Briggs / Archives in Our Homes/ PACT Zollverein / DE

2022 (ex) APPROXIMATING / QUESTION ME & ANSWER / AG18 / AT

2022 (ex) liminal space _bar 1 / schottenfeldgasse 82, Wien / AT

2022 (ex) What is Left to Steal / Donaufestival Krems / Forum Frohner / AT

2022 (ex) Stressless space / Exhibit Studio / Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna / AT

2022 (ex) Rundgang / Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / AT

2021 (ex) “Let me be earthbound; star fixed” / WIEN WOCHEN 2021/ AT

2021 (ex) Angewandte Festival 2021 / TransArts / Vorderezollamtstraße 7/ AT

2021 (ex) Rundgang 2021 / Abstrakte Malerei / Engarhtstraße 119 / AT

2021 (ex) Propeller II / Fotogalerie Wien / AT

2021 (ex) Überleben / Schlosspark Eckartsau / AT

2020 (sc) Vertagte Träume / dokfest / DE

2020 (ex) Asterisk Night Skies / Parallel Vienna / AT

2020 (ex) Sonic Territories / jot12 / AT

2020 (ex) Transarts BA-Abschlüsse 2020 / Angewandte Festival / AT

2020 (ex) Zine Matters / Quatroprint / AT

2020 (ex) Noise and Silence / Villa Shapira / AT

2019 (sc) 10 jahre filmkoop Wien / Filmmuseum Wien/ AT

2019 (ex) Salon Moos Herbst / Atelier Moos / AT

2019 (ex) Buldonhe / Baltasar Lopes Stiftung / CPV

2019 (ex) naja / ehemaliges wellwellwell / AT

2019 (ex) Analog Layers / FOTO WIEN / AT

2019 (sc) 10 jahre dotdotdot Kurzfilmfestival // 10 Jahre filmkoop wien / filmkoop wien / AT

2019 (sc) 10 jahre filmkoop Wien Spätsommerfest / filmkoop wien/ AT

2019 (sc) Performatorium #010 - Performanceabend / Fluc / AT

2018 (ex) Rand / Atelier Nita Tandon / AT

2018 (sc) klang licht zeit // licht zeit klang // zeit klang licht / Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus / AT

2018 (sc) Lab 1 / 64. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / DE

2018 (sc) filmkoop wien Spätsommerfest / filmkoop wien / AT

2018 (sc) sobreviviré – überleben – survive / Galerie Schleifmühlgasse 12-14 / AT

2018 (sc) summer breeze screening / film lab uruguay / URY

Hosted Events
meditations (m) / reading sessions (rs) / workshop (w) / ceremony (ce) / hosted events (he)

AT / Augarten / sedimente / Water's Skin / reading session (rs) 2024

AT / Peace / meditation session / fürunsvonuns (m) 2024

AT / Heilegenkreuzhof University Gallery / Undulating Currents / reading session (rs) 2023

AT / Vordere Zollamstraße 7 / waters skin / meditation session (m) 2023

AT / online / february meditation with ava binta giallo (m) 2023

AT / online / january meditation with ava binta giallo (m) 2023

DE / PACT Zollverein / Archives in Our Homes/ with Tabea Briggs / that it gives us back the deep sea (ce) 2022

AT / Die Labile Botschaft / reading and listening session / fürunsvonuns (rs/he) 2022

AT / Lazy Life / reading session with poet Tabea Briggs/ fürunsvonuns (rs/sc) 2022

AT / Fabrikraum / reading session / fürunsvonuns (rs/sc) 2022

AT / Fabrikraum / Chalo Una by Ujjwal Kanishka Utkarsh / fürunsvonuns (rs/sc) 2022

AT / Donaufestival Krems / What is Left to Steal / WILTS Press reading session (rs) 2022

AT / Exhibit Studio / / meditation + drawing - session / innerlandscape / Stressless space (m) 2022

AT / meditation evening with ava binta giallo (m) 2022

AT / Labile Botschaft / reading session and film with Mara Chavez / fürunsvonuns (rs/sc) 2022

AT / online / february meditation with ava binta giallo (m) 2022

AT / january meditation with ava binta giallo (m) 2022

AT / WIENWOCHE / Let me be earthbound; star fixed / reading session on the topic utopia / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

AT / WIENWOCHE / Let me be earthbound; star fixed / reading session on the topic dream / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

AT / WIENWOCHE / Let me be earthbound; star fixed / reading session on the topic love / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

AT / reading session with Brooklyn Pakathi / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

online / reading session with Noor Abed / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

online / reading session with Esther Ojo / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

online / reading session with Erik Tlaseca and Omar Aguilar / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

online / reading session with Mzamo Nondlwana / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2021

online / Body and Mind Session with ava binta giallo / fürunsvonuns (m) 2021

online / Body and Mind Session with ava binta giallo / fürunsvonuns (m) 2020

online / reading session with Sir Black / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2020

online / reading session with Imani Rameses / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2020

online / reading session with Serena Lee / fürunsvonuns (rs) 2020

online / Healing session with Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann / fürunsvonuns (he) 2020

online / Learning from the Body with Sophie Utikal / fürunsvonuns (he) 2020

AT / with michel strümpf / 16mm black-white-workshop (w) 2018