MUELLER-DIVJAK

art & Research

With their environments, multimedia interventions, site-specific installations, sculptures, performances, collages, texts, soundscapes, and olfactory interventions MUELLER-DIVJAK (Jeanette Müller & Paul Divjak) reflect nature, society and living systems in terms of general systems theory. A careful use of found (natural and man-made) material and the idea of upcycling is characterizing their work, a cradle-to-cradle approach helps fostering the artists‘ and researchers‘ ideal of sustainability.

Currently MUELLER-DIVJAK are running their artistic research project “Sensing Living Systems”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) – PEEK / Programme for Arts-based Research –, located at the Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (University of Applied Arts, Vienna) (2023-2026).

Both received the Theodor Körner Prize for Science and Art independently for their doctoral theses. They live and run studios in Vienna and Southeast Asia.

Recent performances and solo shows by MUELLER-DIVJAK include Nature After Nature: TOUCHING REALITIES / SENSING THE INVISIBLE, Songkhla Art Center, and Austrian Embassy Bangkok (2024), Nature After Nature: School of R/Evolution, Hanoi University of Architecture (2023), “Not Sure”, Lee Gardens Gallery, Hat Yai, “Soil Performance, AIL – Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (2022), 77.000 GENERATIONS – Berta says we need to find a new conception for man, Künstlerhaus Bregenz (2020), Future Memories, KMH/ Liechtenstein (2018), Hoky-Poky I & II, Art Brut Galerie/ Gugging (2017, 2018) and The Transition Show, Princess Sirinthorn Art Gallery/ Nakhon Pathom (2016).

Among others they were artists in residence at Silpakorn University, Bangkok/ Nakhon Pathom in 2016, and in Venice, Italy, 2017.

MUELLER-DIVJAK held lectures, courses, and workshops – e.g. at the University of Applied Arts/ Vienna, at Silpakorn University Bangkok/ Nakhon Pathom, at the ZHdK – Zurich University of the Arts, and the European School of Arts, Vilnius.

MUELLER-DIVJAK´s work is found in private and public collections.

SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS: portfolio @Showroom, Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Wien Further artwork by MUELLER-DIVJAK (www.pauldivjak.com) – Jeanette Mueller / Trustroom