About
Nora Mayr is an independent curator, lecturer at the Node Center for Curatorial Studies, and since 2022, part of the Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL) at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. She studied Art History and Science of Communication at the Univerisity of Vienna and Utrecht University. Her curatorial work focuses on formats outside of traditional exhibition spaces and frameworks, experiments with scenographies, and visual storytelling methods. Projects in recent years include All the feels! (Kunstraum Niederoesterreich), Sensing Resonance(Klima Biennale Wien), Honeymoon (Viborg Kunsthal), I dreamed I was a house (Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg), and Fake It Till You Make It (MeetFactory, Prague) as well as RADICAL CARE (co-curated with Stephanie Winter), Wandertag, and Bussi aus Wien (co-curated with Julischka Stengele). Nora Mayr is co-founder of the Project Space Festival Berlin since 2014, was a co-director of the Berlin art space insitu from 2012 to 2017, and coordinator of the International Studio Programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien between 2010 and 2013.
Exhibitions
2026
High on Distortion, Low on Reception
Natalia Dominguez Rangel, Jung An Tagen, Marlene Kager, Christina Kubisch / Peter Kutin / Florian Kindlinger, Suchart Wannaset, Hui Ye in Zusammenarbeit mit Qu Chang, Samo Zeichen / Paula Bracker
co-curated with Elisabeth Falkensteiner
kex - kunsthalle exnergasse
09.04 - 30.05.2026
2025
Wir Hier Asma Aiad
Schwendermarkt, 15th district Vienna
25.05 - 31.10.2025
Wir Hier God’s Entertainment
Resselpark, 4th district Vienna
Otto Wagner Areal, 14th district Vienna
25.05 - 31.10.2025
Wir Hier Michikazu Matsune
Stand129, Viktor-Adler-Markt, 10th district Vienna
25.05 - 31.10.2025
2024
WICKED FUTURES & the Board of Imagination
Ralo Mayer, Anna Vasof, Borjana Ventzislavova, Stephanie Winter
MOTHERBOARD
06.11.2024 - 06.02.2025
Parallel Vienna 2024
STATES OF AWAKENING
Francesca Aldegani, RADICAL CARE, Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermaier, Stephanie Winer
co-curated with MOTHERBOARD
11.09 - 15.09.2024
All the feels!
Oska Gutheil, Stine Marie Jacobsen, Hannah Neckel, Maruša Sagadin, Molly Soda, Anna Witt
Kunstraum Niederoesterreich
07.06 - 27.07.2024
Sensing Resonance
Imayna Caceres, Barbara Kapusta, Julian Palacz, Borjana Ventzislavova
Eoin Grealis (LMU), Helmut Haberl (BOKU), Marina Jovanovic (IIASA), Lisa Kaufmann (BOKU), Volker Krey (IIASA), Nikola Milojevic-Dupont (MCC), Henrike Rau (LMU), Elena Verdolini (CMCC)
Wiener Klimagipfel as part of
Klima Biennale Wien 2024
24.06 - 25.06.2024
2023
Wandertag 7
with Jojo Gronostay
Meidlinger Haupstraße, 12th district Vienna
21.06 – 02.07.2023
Wandertag 6
with Martin Chramosta
Federal Office Building Erdberg, 3rd district Vienna
03.05 – 07.05.2023
Wandertag 5
with Christiane Peschek
Sargfabrik, 14th district Vienna
01.04.2023
2022
BUSSI AUS WIEN
István Antal, Marlene Hausegger, Brigitte Kovacs, Stephanie Misa, Philipp Muerling
01.01.-31.03.2022
Reality and other impossible things
Klasse Judith Eisler
Angewandte Festival 2022
28.06 - 01.07.2022
2021
Wandertag 4
with Marianne Vlaschits
Observatory of the University Vienna, 18th district Vienna
14.09 – 17.09.2021
Wandertag 3
with Lukas Thaler
Trafohaus, 21th district Vienna
(26. – 29.08.2021)
Wandertag 2
with Anna Witt
Frauen-Werk-Stadt I, 21th district Vienna
(02.+03.07.2021)
Wandertag 1
with Julischka Stengele
Schleierpark, 10th district Vienna
(10.06 – 13.06.2021)
2020
Honeymoon
Baloji, Ian Breakwell, Michelle Cheong, Ian Helliwell, Melanie Manchot, Lindsey Mendick, Nova Milne, Leah Shore, Katja Tönnissen
curated as part of insitu collective
Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark
18.09 – 29.11.2020
2019
I dreamed I was a house
Ulla von Brandenburg, Anna Hulacová, Julie Favreau, Aurora Sander, Markus Selg, Alvaro Urbano
curated as part of insitu collective
CASlNO LUXEMBOURG – Forum d’Art Contemporain
24.06 – 03.09.2019
2018
Fake it till you make it
Andy Kassier, Christian Falsnaes, Isabella Fürnkäs, Basim Magdy, Pia Sirén, Marianne Vlaschits, Anna Witt
curated as part of insitu collective
MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic
14.04 – 27.05.2018
2017
Corridor III: Valdemar Daa
Jenny Brockmann, Irina Birger, A/A – Andreas Greiner & Armin Keplinger, Kitty Kraus, Alicja Kwade, Helene Hellmich, huber.huber, Julian Rosefeldt, Elsa Salonen, Nika Fontaine, Scene Everything, Troika, Virginie Yassef
curated as part of insitu collective
Kunsthal Viborg, Denmark
24.06 – 03.09.2017
Corridor II: Pachamama
Justine Blau, Jimmie Durham, Adrien Missika, Elsa Salonen, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Hartmut Stockter
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
24.02 – 11.05.2017
Corridor I: Onkalo
HeHe, Egor Kraft, Armin Keplinger, Klaus Lutz
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
22.10.2016 – 21.01.2017
2016
Prelude: Timebridge
Egill Sæbjörnsson
curated as part of insitu collective
Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
13.09 – 26.11.2016
Wissensraum ‘Irrveresibler Moment’
Jenny Brockmann
Schering Stiftung, Berlin
24.06 – 24.07.2016
Charles
Edouard Baribeaud, Mike Bourscheid, GiomGuillaume Bruère, Damien Deroubaix, Jiří Georg Dokoupil, Éric Duyckaerts, Ben Quilty, Augustin Rebetez, Frederic Spreckelmeyer, Johannes Vogl
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
02.04 – 07.05.2016
Madeleine
Tully Arnot, Geta Brătescu, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Franziska Furter, Antonia Low, Reto Pulfer, Chulayarnnon Siriphol
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
23.01 – 05.03.2016
2015
Jonny
Ivan Argote, Nancy Buchanan, Distruktur, Lotte Meret Effinger, Viking Eggeling, VALIE EXPORT, Sylvie Fleury, George Petrou, Elisa Pône, Jonnine Standish
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
23.10 – 19.12.2015
Vic
Aurora Sanders, Christian Falsnaes, Britta Thie
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
09.07 – 02.10.2015
Framework 6: Parallelism
Eli Cortiñas, Ingo Mittelstaedt, Sam Smith
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
10.04 – 03.05.2015)*
Framework 5: O.K. – The Musical
Christopher Kline
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
16.01. – 21.02.2015
2014
Framework 3: meet your idol
Helene Hellmich with, on, via Eva Barto, Sophie Calle, Kevin Kemter, Manfred Pernice, Anna Oppermann, Jonas Mekas, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, and more.
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
19.09. – 18.10.2014
Magic Tricks
Tobias Dostal and Ariel Schlesinger
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
realized within the Project Space Festival Berlin.
13.08.2014
Framework 2: feel at home
Part 1: Valentin Hertweck with Irene Pätzug and Frank Hausschildt
Part 2: Marinella Senatore, ESTMAN RADIO – 10 days free radio station
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
04.07. – 27.07.2014
Framework 1: extrasensory bond
Sidsel Christensen, Leif Elggren and Thomas Liljenberg, Kimmo Modig, nova Milne, Lea Porsager, Robert Steijn, The Telepathy Project
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
13.06. – 28.06.2014
Prologue: relationships, networks, connections
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
06.06. – 07.06.2014
Episode 7: another space
Bram Braam, Pia Greschner, Mahony, Luca Vanello, Wolf von Kries, Sinta Werner, Markus Zimmermann
curated as part of insitu collective
Another Space, Copenhagen
10.05. – 31.05.2014
Episode 6: blank page
Andreas Burger, Jan Freuchen, Nina Katchadourian, Ivan Moudov, Armand Quetsch, Albrecht Schäfer
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
03.04. – 04.05.2014
Episode 5: in the beginning
Alexandra Baumgartner, Robert Devriendt, Sophie Jung, Mahony, Agnieszka Polska, Kevin Schmidt
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
06.02. – 15.03.2014
2013
Episode 4: tireless workers
Francis Alÿs, David Brognon & Stéphanie Rollin, Moritz Frei, Isabelle Giovacchini, Klara Hobza, Letizia Romanini, Takahiro Suzuki, Guido van der Werve, Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
15.11.2013 – 18.01.2014
Episode 3: cézanne beats pollock
Maria Anwander, Ruben Aubrecht, Julie Goergen, David Horvitz, Kimberly Clark, Jonathan Monk, Björn Perborg, Antoine Renard
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
12.09. – 19.10.2013
Episode 2: sabotage
Marco Godinho, Mickaël Marchand, Panayiotis Michael, Pierre-Etienne Morelle, Ariel Schlesinger, Anna Witt
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
04.07. – 03.08.2013
Episode 1: rules of attraction
Angelika Arendt, Pauline Bastard, Julian Charrière, Vadim Fishkin, Michael Kargl, Sophia Pompéry, Tomás Werner
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
24.05. – 20.06.2013
Episode 0: introducing insitu
>Ignacio Uriarte, Ulrich Vogl, Sinta Werner
curated as part of insitu collective
insitu Berlin
26.04 – 11.05.2013
Home Stories
Bianca Baldi, Khaled Barakeh, Elif Erkan, Mahony, Maki Ishii, Michael Lee, Sathit Sattarasart & Il-Jin Atem Choi, Thabiso Sekgala, Aiko Tezuka, Marie Zolamian.
Villa 102, Frankfurt am Main. Co-curated with Dr. Nicola Müllerschön.
15.03 – 28.04. 2013
2012
Kann es Liebe sein?
Maria Anwander, Julius Deutschbauer, Katharina Lackner, Christoph Meier, Max Mertens, Suzan Noesen, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Armand, Quetsch, Letizia Romanini, Kay Walkowiak, Ming Wong.
Co-curated with Gilles Neiens.
Grimmuseum, Berlin; Sammlung Lenikus und k/haus Wien; Cercle Cité, Luxembourg.
09.09. – 25.11.2012
2010 - 2013
Coordination and Organisation of all resident exhibitions at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
Amongst others exhibitions with following artists: Song-Ming Ang, Awst & Walther, Patrick Bernatchez, Cedric Bomford, Kajsa Dahlberg, Evelina Deicmane, Alexandra Domanovic, Peggy Franck, Alicia Frankovich, Julien Grossmann, Martina Hoogland Ivonav, Stine Marie Jacobsen, Kimberly Clark, Thomas Lerooy, Xavier Mary, Richard Mosse, Marinella Senatore, Soda_Jerk, Mark Soo, Constantinos Taliotis, Freek Wambacq, Guido van der Werve, Mai Yamashita and Naoto Kobayashi.
Writing
Hören als Form der Erkundung, on the exhibition High on Distortion, Low on Reception, co-author Elisabeth Falkensteiner, WUK Magazin, 2026 (d)
Schwellen, Untersuchungen einer räumlichen Ambivalenz, on works by Markus Zimmermann, 2021 (d)
Surprise! You're dead!, article on works by Alona Rodeh, TYUTAH MAGAZINE, 2021 (en)
Von Fenstern und Türen. Zu Arbeiten von Suzan Noesen, catalogue text LEAP20, 2020 (d)
Corridor III: Valdemar Daa, exhibition catalogue, co-Author insitu collective, 2017. (en/dk)
Jonny Libertine Magazine, Nov 2016, co-Author insitu collective. (d)
Die Intellektuelle. 25 Jahre Texte zur Kunst article Tip, Nov 2015. (d)
LAGE EGAL catalogue text on the project space Lage Egal Berlin, 2015. (d)
Vom Zauber der Illusion exhibition text on the work of Tobias Dostal,2014. (d) Exhibition Magischer Anachronismus at Vertretung des Landes Niedersachsen beim Bund, Berlin.
Sketches on uncertain realities catalogue text on the work of Panayiotis Michael in: Panayiotis Michael. entitled, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2014. (e)
Was, wenn ich nicht dazu gehöre? exhibition text on the work of Jutta Eberhard,2014. (d). Exhibition atb#48 Niina Lehtonen BraunJutta Ebarhard & at after the butcher.
Measuring things catalogue text on the work of Asako Shiroki in: Asako Shiroki. On the Floor, Behind the Window, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2014. (e)
Home Stories catalogue texts on the works of Michael Lee, Mahony, Thabiso Sekgala, Aiko Tezuka und Marie Zolamian in: Home Stories, Exhibition catalogue published by KfW Stiftung Frankfurt am Main, 2013. (d/e)
Sophia Pompéry catalogue text in: Berlin.Status 2, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 2013. (d/e)
We love to entertain you On works of Kevin Schmidt in: BE#20, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 2013 (d/e).
NOT ALL ART WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY – Die Macht der schlichten Feststellung Co-Author Gilles Neiens, in: Traces N°3 magazine, published by CASlNO Luxembourg, 2012. (d/f)
Kann Es Liebe Sein? exhibition booklet, Co-Author Gilles Neiens, Berlin 2012. (d/e)
The process as the work. The work of Marinella Senatore in: BE#19, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 2012 (d/e).
How real is reality? On works of Daniel Palacios in: BE#18, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 2011 (d/e).
Looking at Art History – with a Love of Triviality. On works of Reiko Kanazawa in: BE#18, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 2011 (d/e).
Diyarbakir. Stadt Land Fluss exhibition catalogue, published by Nora Mayr, Renate Woditschka und Nare Jalil, Wien 2008 (d).
Selected jury participations
and curatorial events
2026
Talk OIDA WIEN. HÖR ZU with Esma Bošnjaković aka Strudelworte and Nora Mayr
Suuupersamstag as part of
Nextcomicfestival 2026
2025
Opening Speech exhibition 'ForensicK Deeps'
by Flechtwerk at Reallabor Fassfabrik
2024
Talk Making climate neutrality 2050 tangible with Bettina Steuri (Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)/ Helmotz-Zentrum Hereon
part of School of Survival
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
2022
Workshop Portfolio Presentation
Ithra - Center for World Culture
Dhrahan, Saudi Arabia
Artist Publication MINING: Spaces in Transition by MINING Kollektiv (Friedrich Engl & Ursula Gaisbauer), Curatorial advisory
2021
Wienwoche 2021, jury member
2017
Local Encounters #5, curatorial perspectives
organized by Künstlerhaus Bethanien and conceived by Lorenzo Sandoval.
Portfolio Review
organized by Picture Berlin.
2016
Das Grosse Treffen: Portfolio Review
organized by Nordic Embassies, Berlin.
2015
Curator`s visit to Aarhus Art Week,
organized by Arhus Center for Visual Art.
Das Grosse Treffen: Portfolio Review
organized by Nordic Embassies, Berlin.
2014
Curatorial Marathon,
organized by Picture Berlin
Das Grosse Treffen: Portfolio Review
organized by Nordic Embassies, Berlin.
2013
Curator’s visit Luxembourg
organized by Csino Luxemburg.
Cultural Brunch
organized by Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin.
Speed Portfolio Viewing
organized by bpigs, Berlin.
2012
Jury for Aquarium Residency CASlNO Luxemburg, 2012-2014
organized by Csino Luxemburg, Luxemburg.
2011
Jury for French Künstlerhaus Bethanien Residency 2012/13,
organized by Departemente Moselle, Metz.
2010
Jury for Portuguese Künstlerhaus Bethanien Residency 2012/13,
organized by Foundation Gulbenkian, Lisbon.