Julischka Stengele (*1982 in South Germany) – transdisciplinary queer and feminist artist, of poverty class background and possessing an academic education, based in Vienna.

After a qualification in Household Arts, Stengele studied Communication Design, Photography, Performance, Fine Arts, Queer and Gender studies in Berlin, Helsinki and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where she graduated at the department of Post-Conceptual Art Practices, led by Marina Gržinić. Since 2007, Stengele’s work has been widely presented, in over 20 countries and she has received a number of scholarships and awards.

“My unpaid full-time job is being unapologetically fat, queer and femme/inist. For money, I perform, I speak, I write, create photographs, installations, lead workshops, give talks, organize and curate events or get naked. The relationship of a body and its socio-cultural environment serves as a base for my work. In my work and life, I utilize my own body as a tool to reveal the political dimension of what is said to be personal.”