Mara Mattuschka

Born 1959 in Sofia, Bulgaria. 
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

Artist names: Mimi Minus, Madame Ping Pong, Mahatma Gobi, II. Ramszesz.

Mara Mattuschka is a visual artist, film author, film director, playwright, theater director and performer in Vienna.

Education

1979-82 Studied linguistics and ethnology at the University of Vienna
1982-89Graduate of Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Professor Maria Lassnig.

Teaching

1994-01Professor of Fine Arts in the field of film and performance at the HBK Braunschweig.

Prizes

1990Adolf Schärf prize for cinematic activity.

Austrian Film Promotion Prize.

2005Austrian Appreciation Prize for Film Art.
2010Prize for Fine Arts of the City of Vienna.
2021Gloriette of FC Gloria for her life's work.
2023Grand Prix for Painting at the Chisinau Biennale.
Retrospectives of Mara Mattuschka's films have been shown in Tampere, Wroclaw, EYE Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Braunschweig, Vienna, Diagonale Graz, Film Anthology New York, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Lausanne.