Felix Lenz — About

Felix Lenz

Felix Lenz

Felix is a research-led artist and filmmaker based in Vienna.
Their work critically investigates image- and knowledge-making practices as situated and relational forces, emphasising their geopolitical, ecological, and technological entanglements and response-abilities.

Reach out at mail@felixlenz.at

Bio

Felix Lenz's films and mixed-media installations have been shown internationally, including the Beijing Art and Technology Biennale, London Design Biennale, Istanbul Design Biennale, Ars Electronica Festival, Digital Art Festival Zurich, Vienna International Film Festival, Hyundai Motor Studio Busan, European Forum Alpbach, Biennale Warszawa, Klimabiennale, and Vienna Biennale, and are part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna. Their works have received an honorable mention from the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and an honorary mention at Prix Ars Electronica. In 2024, they received the Outstanding Artist Award by the Austrian Ministry of Arts and Culture. In 2025, Lenz represented Austria at the 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition. They are currently working on a book, set to be published by Hatje Cantz in fall 2026.
They have worked as a guest researcher and lecturer at the Cluster of Excellence “Matters of Activity” at Humboldt University in Berlin and have held lectures and workshops at the Royal College of Art London, University of British Columbia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where they also completed a master’s degree. Lenz currently teaches at MA Information Design, Design Academy Eindhoven.

For further insights, see my interview with curator and researcher Patrycja Wojciechowska [EN] or read my feature in Bohema Magazine [DE].

Education

Awards

Teaching

Talks & Panels

  • Artist Talk – Soft Image, Brittle Grounds
    Museum of Applied Arts Vienna    Vienna, 2026
  • Speaker – CIVA 25 – Indeterminate Apparatus
    Belvedere 21    Vienna, 2025
  • Speaker – SCI_ART Festival 2025
    Italian Cultural Institute    Montreal, 2025
  • Speaker – SCI_ART Festival 2025
    SAW Centre    Ottawa, 2025
  • Speaker – panel New Ecologies
    Museum Gunzenhauser    Chemnitz, 2024
  • Speaker – CIVA 24 – Coded Manoeuvres
    Belvedere 21    Vienna, 2024
  • Speaker – panel Vaping Networks Reloaded
    Kulturdrogerie Wien    Vienna, 2024
  • Speaker – panel discussion Artistic Journalism
    Ars Electronica Festival – A New Digital Deal    Linz, 2021
  • Speaker – panel »Speculative Activism«
    Vienna Design Week    Vienna, 2020

Professional Experience

  • Never at Homeartist in residenceVienna, 2022
  • Humboldt Universityguest researcher – Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«Berlin, 2021
  • Formafantasmaresearch & developmentAmsterdam, 2021
  • Studio Folderresearch assistantMilan, 2018
  • Rochegraphic design & UX designVienna, 2017
  • Independent WorkVarious clients, 2015 – ongoing

Exhibitions & Screenings

  • Soft Image, Brittle Grounds [solo show]
    MAK's contribution to the Klimabiennale Wien    Museum of Applied Arts ViennaVienna, 2026
  • CIVA 25 – Indeterminate ApparatusBelvedere 21 (Blickle Kino)Vienna, 2025
  • Pixel, Bytes + Filmbroadcast on ORF III (Austrian public television)Vienna, 2025
  • VIENNALE | Vienna International Film FestivalFilmmuseum & Metro KinokulturhausVienna, 2025
  • Soft Image, Brittle Grounds [solo show]
    Official Austrian Contribution to the 24th International Exhibition Triennale di Milano    Fondazione La Triennale di MilanoMilan, 2025
  • Pixel, Bytes + FilmArs Electronica Center, Deep Space 8kLinz, 2025
  • Design with a PurposeKlimabiennale WienVienna, 2024
  • Design with a PurposeDesignforum VorarlbergDornbirn, 2024
  • Where is My Friend's HomeHyundai Motor Studio BusanBusan, South Korea, 2023
  • Vienna ShortsBelvedere 21Vienna, 2023
  • Solar Protocol online exhibitionsolarprotocol.netOnline, 2023
  • Night ShiftRed Carpet Art Award, Altes LandgutVienna, 2023
  • Beijing Art and Technology BiennaleCAFA Art MuseumBeijing, 2022
  • Vienna Design WeekDesign in GesellschaftVienna, 2022
  • ReiseBüro – The ism in TourismQuartier am HafenCologne, 2022
  • Biennale WarszawaWarsaw, 2022
  • Young Curators Club – ProjectionNever at HomeVienna, 2022
  • Paadmaan Video EventPaadmaan art spaceTehran, 2021
  • DA-Z, Digital Art FestivalKunstraum WalcheturmZurich, 2021
  • Stretching Materialities – Hidden Activities in Objects and SpacesVeterinary Anatomy TheaterBerlin, 2021
  • Ars Electronica Festival – Cyber ArtsOffenes KulturhausLinz, 2021
  • Angewandte Festival 21University of Applied ArtsVienna, 2021
  • Futuring PeaceUN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs & the Design Futures InitiativeOnline, 2020
  • Vienna Design WeekVienna, 2020
  • European Forum AlpbachOnline, 2020
  • Ars Electronica Festival – In Kepler’s GardenJKULinz, 2020
  • Perspektiven AtterseeAttersee am Attersee, 2020
  • Angewandte Festival 20University of Applied ArtsVienna, 2020
  • MAK Design Lab [permanent collection]Museum of Applied ArtsVienna, 2019
  • Angewandte Festival 19University of Applied ArtsVienna, 2019
  • 4th Istanbul Design Biennial – A School of SchoolsYapi Kredi Culture CenterIstanbul, 2018
  • London Design Biennale – Emotional States [representative studio for Austria]Somerset HouseLondon 2018
  • Vienna Biennale – Robots. Work. Our FutureMuseum of Applied ArtsVienna, 2017
  • Angewandte Innovation LaboratoryVienna, 2017
  • MyData ConferenceTallinn & Helsinki, 2017
  • PrivacyWeek ViennaVienna, 2017

Grants

Selected Press