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at paper positions vienna 2025

The BURN-IN team is particularly pleased to present Petra Traxler-Pilgram at the second Paper Positions Vienna 2025 - with sixteen powerful works on paper that combine language, attitude and social responsibility.
The collages are condensed landscapes of thought - between the inner world and society, introspection and plain language. They challenge us to look closely, think and feel. Petra Traxler-Pilgram has an unmistakable feel for the balance between seriousness and lightness, between serenity and tenderness - and this is precisely what makes her art so relevant in a time that is searching for orientation.

The five work cycles Soul Spaces, Shadow Worlds, Existential Paths, Whispers of Nature and Microcosm of Everyday Life are at the center of her work. Each cycle unfolds its own field of tension between inwardness and social observation. Fragile balances are created between intuitive gestures and conscious composition - layers of paper, text and emotion that encourage reflection and make the invisible visible. "For me, art is a means of directly addressing social injustices," says Petra Traxler-Pilgram. Her works speak in typographic fragments, speech bubbles and empty spaces that have a strong appeal and activate the mind. It is not about unambiguity, but about seeing that generates thinking - about visual dialogues that evoke responsibility and awareness.

🗓️ When

13-16. November 2025

📍 Where

Semperdepot
Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Lehárgasse 8, 1060 Vienna

🎪 Stand 13

Booth: 13

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BURN-IN invites you to Paper Positions Wien 2025 at the Semper Depot and provides a limited number of admission tickets. The offer is aimed at art collectors, entrepreneurs and art lovers who understand art as inspiration, attitude and value.

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artworks

Unfolding
Unfolding

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Tough nut to crack
Tough nut to crack

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Individuation
Individuation

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Kafkaesque
Kafkaesque

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Cat and mouse game
Cat and mouse game

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Individuation
Individuation

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Kafkaesque
Kafkaesque

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Me and you, Müller's cow...
Me and you, Müller's cow...

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Monstrous or ostrich policy
Monstrous or ostrich policy

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Tough nut to crack
Tough nut to crack

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
Unfolding
Unfolding

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
What must not be or beautiful sh...
What must not be or beautiful sh...

Petra Traxler-Pilgram Österreich
Paintings, 50 x 50 cm

€ 900
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Artist

Muse statt Muss

Muse instead of must

Petra Traxler-Pilgram

Petra Traxler-Pilgram, born in Villach in 1966, began her artistic career after studying philosophy, psychology and history in Vienna (1986-1993). She deepened her artistic training through numerous courses in painting and graphics with academic artists. She has been working as a freelance artist since 2017 and opened her own studio, PTP. Traxler-Pilgram lives and works in Lower Austria, Vienna and Carinthia.

Her works are characterized by a striking black and white painting that delves deep into the world of thought and evokes colorful associations. She creates spaces for individual mind games by linking philosophy and art, image and word, feeling and understanding, lightness and heaviness as well as seriousness and humor. The journalist Sigrid Leitner aptly describes her work: "She exposes, plays with contrasts, allusions and interpretations. She creates types and stereotypes, which she captures in typical postures on the picture surface to form networks of relationships. She creates symbols and uncovers role-playing games and rituals."

As a member of IG Bildende Kunst and the Professional Association of Austrian Visual Artists, Petra Traxler-Pilgram has set significant regional and national accents. Her works are more than just visual representations - they are profound, intellectual dialogs that challenge the viewer and provoke thought.
 

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