Curator for 54th Venice Biennale 2011 appointed

Eva Schlegel was born in Hall (Tirol). She studied at the Vienna University of Applied Arts and was a professor for art and photography at the Academy of Visual Arts from 1997 to 2006. Besides numerous solo and group exhibitions, she became known for her architectural interventions, e.g. at the 6th International Architecture Exhibition (curated by Hans Hollein) in the framework of the Biennale of 1996.