maria petschnig
Director, Video Artist
Maria Petschnig is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and video artist. To quote New York magazine —"her strange videos suggest she’s the art world’s Franz Kafka”—. By dealing with fantasy, voyeurism, privacy and memory, Maria Petschnig captivates and manipulates the viewer with seemingly familiar images.
Petschnig’s work has been screened and exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. She is a recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts NYC grant, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant, New York; as well as a National Grant (video & media art) by the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Arts and Culture, amongst others.
In 2015, Black Dog Publishing, London printed a monograph on Petschnig’s videos titled NINETEEN VIDEOS (2002 – 2015). “Uncomfortably Comfortable” (2021) is her first documentary feature, distributed by Sixpackfilm. It will premiere at Duisburger Filmwoche, Germany in November.