University of Applied Arts Vienna

The University of Applied Arts Vienna is one of the leading international art universities.

With 2000 students from 90 countries and around 30 degree programmes at 8 institutes, the Angewandte combines the arts and sciences with the design disciplines of architecture and design. As an art university, it develops new inter- and transdisciplinary programmes that are focused on social change processes and open up future horizons. "The Zink Art Award" at Parallel Vienna The Angewandte is featuring an exhibition by the Kunstverein Zink at Parallel Vienna 2026. The Zink Art Association, founded by students from the Painting Department, has been invited by the University of Applied Arts to explore the theme of art fairs with an exhibition at the Otto Wagner Areal: The Zink Art Award opens on 9 September 2026 at Parallel Vienna. The Zink Art Association was founded in 2023 following a seminar led by Chantal Kaufmann in the Painting Department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Afterwards, a group of students decided to continue running the space that had been created there as a self-organised off-space. For three years, the members organised exhibitions, concerts, book launches and other events at Hintzerstraße 10, before they were forced to give up the space in February 2026. Since then, Zink has continued in a different form. Without a fixed exhibition venue, the art association is developing new formats and exploring how self-organised artistic practice can continue without a physical space. Most recently, the exhibition Another Possible Argumentation for an Aesthetical Attachment Theory was on display as part of the Independent Space Index Festival in Vienna. With the Angewandte s invitation to Parallel Vienna, Zink now finds itself in a setting that was previously unfamiliar to the art association: the art fair. This opens up a further dimension within the already well-trodden tension between off-space and institution. Caught between belonging and standing on the sidelines, the art fair itself becomes the subject of investigation. The Zink Art Award opens on 9 September 2026 at Parallel Vienna. So Run. The prize will be presented. Hand will meet hand. The camera will flash. The applause will rise and fall. And then the room will empty. Featuring Gregor Divinzenz, Suzuka Hisamatsu, Luise Knecht, Daniela Kuich, Marcia Schmidt, Lucia Schwemer, Jesaja Aljoscha Trummer Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dieangewandte/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DieAngewandteWien Instagram: @dieangewandte