Here is who Florentina Holzinger is, the artist protagonist of the Austrian Pavilion at Venice 2026

Ecco chi è Florentina Holzinger, l’artista protagonista del Padiglione Austria a Venezia 2026

Florentina Holzinger, an Austrian artist, performer, and choreographer born in Vienna in 1986, has been selected to represent Austria at the Venice Biennale 2026. The article traces her career from her early work *Silk* (2012), which won the Prix Jardin d’Europe at ImPulsTanz Festival, through boundary-pushing pieces like *Recovery* (2015), *Schönheitsabend* (2015), *Apollon* (2018), and *Tanz* (2019), which earned a Nestroy Prize. Her practice blends dance, circus, horror, body art, stunt techniques, and sideshow, often featuring all-female casts and full nudity, and has provoked censorship in Italy while being hailed as avant-garde elsewhere. She became an associate artist at Berlin’s Volksbühne in 2021 and will join its ensemble from the 2026/27 season.