Ulrike Lienbacher (born 1963 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg) is an Austrian artist. She works in various media and lives in Salzburg and Vienna.

Biography 

Lienbacher studied sculpture at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg from 1981 to 1987 and has been active as an artist since the late 1980s. She was appointed president of the Salzburger Kunstverein for a term of office in 2001. She led the sculpture class at the Mozarteum University from 2017 until 2022.

She works in the media of drawing, sculpture and photography and adopts a specific, discrete approach for each: generally speaking, it is the difference between the media that Lienbacher is interested in.
In her art she deals with the human body, especially under the aspects of optimization, standardisation, supervision and performance. She explores the dependency system of social norms and regulations as well as notions of discipline and control: it depicts the human body within ‘a culture of hygiene and health’, as a "bearer of socio-cultural history into which the social value system is inscribed".

Exhibitions (Selection) 
 2021  Wilde Kindheit, Lentos Art Museum
 2020  Schwarz Weiß & Grau, Albertina, Vienna
 2019 all natural. 100% Sammlungen, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
 2019 represent Bundeskanzleramt, Vienna
 2017 Die innere Haut – Kunst und Scham, MARTa Herford
 2017  ICON – Idea.Ideal.Inspiration, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
 2016 Kunst-Musik-Tanz, Staging the Derra de Moroda Dance Archives, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
 2016 The Body Politic, Photo Museum Ireland
 2016  Mapping the Body, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
 2015 o p t i m a l, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
 2014 Bricolage, Kunsthaus Nexus, Saalfelden
 2013 Hohe Dosis. Recherchen zum Fotografischen Heute, Fotohof, Salzburg
 2012 Interieurs, Modelle, Galerie Krinzinger Projekte, curated_by, Wien
 2012 At Your Service, Technisches Museum Wien
 2012 Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien
 2012 Sport in der Kunst, MOCAK, Museum for Contemporary Art Kraków
 2010 Elitekörper // Revolte, Salzburger Kunstverein
 2010 Display, Fotogalerie Wien
 2009 Printed Matter, Fotomuseum Winterthur
 2008 Nach 1970, aus der Sammlung der Albertina, Albertina, Wien
 2008  Cutting Realities, Austrian Cultural Forum New York
 2007 Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
 2007 Ich und Du Wir und Es, Billboards, Kunsthaus Bregenz
 2006 Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
 2004 Diaries and Dreams, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal
 2003 Künstlerinnen – Positionen 1945 bis heute, Kunsthalle Krems
 2002 Aufräumen, MAK – Galerie, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna
 2002 Pin Up Übungen, Der Transparente Raum (von VALIE EXPORT), Vienna
 2001 Landesgalerie Oberösterreich, Linz
 2001 Pin Up Übungen / 10 + 10 Fotografien, Camera Austria, Graz
 2001 Gefesselt – entfesselt. Österreichische Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Galeria Zachęta, Warsaw
 2000 Ulrike Lienbacher, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
 2000 Lebt und arbeitet in Wien, Kunsthalle, Vienna
 1999 Nippes, Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
 1995 Grazer Werkgruppe, Neue Galerie, Studio, Graz

Artworks in Public Spaces 
 2016: Farbfilter, Seniorenwohnheim Hellbrunn, Salzburg
 2016/17: Die Bank vor dem Haus, City Government Building / Haus der Volkskulturen, Salzburg
 2010: Kreisverkehr, Gänserndorf, Lower Austria
 2007: Fliegender Teppich, Bundesgymnasium Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria
 2007: Gestaltung des Mehrzweckraums, Seniorenzentrum Franz Hillinger, Linz
 2002: Verkehrte Idylle, Gemeindebau Brandmayrgasse, Vienna
 1999: design of the public square in front of Höhere Bundeslehranstalt für wirtschaftliche Berufe, Salzburg

Books 
 2013 nude, pensive. With texts by Elke Krasny, Thomas Trummer. Edited by Hemma Schmutz. Salzburg: FOTOHOF edition. ISBN 978-3-902675-77-4
 2007 Katalog. With texts by Reinhard Braun, Silvia Eiblmayr, August Ruhs. Edited by Silvia Eiblmayr / Galerie im Taxispalais. Vienna: Comet Books. ISBN 978-3-9502046-6-7
 2005 Rapunzel, Rapunzel. With a text by Stella Rollig. Vienna: Comet Books. ISBN 3-9502046-3-6
 2001 Ulrike Lienbacher. With a text by Martin Hochleitner. Edited by Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum. Weitra: publication N 1 / Bibliothek der Provinz. ISBN 3-85252-235-8
 2000 4 Hefte. With a text by Christian Kravagna. Vienna: Galerie Krinzinger. ISBN 3-901756-17-5
 1994 Ulrike Lienbacher. With texts by Silvia Eiblmayr. Edited by Ulrike Lienbacher and Salzburger Kunstverein. Salzburg: Salzburger Kunstverein. ISBN 3-901264-09-4

Awards 
 2009 Irma von Troll-Borostyáni-Award: Award-winner of Salzburg
 2001 Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst des Bundes (Outstanding Artist Award)
 2000 Großer Kunstpreis des Landes Salzburg

Further reading

References 

Austrian photographers
Living people
1963 births
Austrian artists
Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni