seit 2020
WIENER LICHTBLICKE
Annual festival of art and political culture in public space,
Vienna and surroundings, AT
2025
LICHTSTRAUSS
Light and media art installation as part of Johann Strauss 2025 Wien
Stadtpark and Gartenbaukino, Vienna AT
2024
CHROMOTOPIC CYCLE
Group exhibition / LUCE 2024, Ars Carinthia - Kunst & Handwerk
Carinthia AT
CHROMOTOPIA LAARKIRCHEN
Solo exhibition / Papiermachermuseum, European Capital of Culture 2024,
Bad-Ischl-Salzkammergut AT
ENGEL.LICHT.ORGEL
Collaboration with Wolfgang Kogert, Orgel, Carinthischer Sommer / Klagenfurt Cathedral,
Klagenfurt AT
2023
DAS PARLAMENT im Licht der Menschenrechte
Light art installation, Austrian Parliament
Wien AT
SOMA KARDÍA
Group exhibition, light intervention / Kultursommer 2023,
Herz Jesu Kirche, Bregenz AT
EXTENDED LISTENING
Collaboration with Deniz Peters / KWDS-Experimentallabor, KUG
University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz AT
2022
CHROMOTOPIA
Collaboration with Deborah Sengl, group exhibition / LichtWege,
Weinbergterrassen, Kassel DE
2021
CAFÉ CHROMATIQUE • Das Wiener Kaffeehaus im Licht der Kunst
Künstlerhaus Wien X Nespresso,
Atelier Kärntnerstraße and Viennese coffeehouses, Vienna AT
2019
VICTORIA COELN • CHROMOTOPIA
Studio-in-residence and solo exhibition / Museum der Bildenden Künste,
Leipzig DE
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION
Lichtstudio, Lichträume, Lichtring / Participatory city project on 1989, 30 Years of the Peaceful Revolution,
Urban space Leipzig DE
2018
KATHARINEN+PASSION
Artistic light intervention / Participation in Luminale,
Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main DE
2017
CROSSING REALITIES_CYPRUS
Moutalos, Pafos; Choriokoitia; Agios Sozomenos; Larnaca;
Nikosia CY
CHROMOGRAMME
Group exhibition / FarbeLicht - LichtFarbe,
Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg DE
VERHÜLLUNGEN • Lebenszeit Herkunft Geschlecht • Trilogie
Artistic long-term intervention /
St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna AT
IM DIALOG • Victoria Coeln - Rupprecht Geiger
Curated by Angela Stief, Museum Angerlehner,
Thalheim near Wels AT
PAINTING THE NIGHT
10 artistic light interventions / KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen & Produktion.made in germany drei,
Großer Garten of Herrenhausen, Hannover DE
2016
CHROMOGRAMME
Group exhibition / LICHT LIGHT,
Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna AT
CHROMOTOPIA SANTA MARIA
Artistic light intervention /
Catedral de Burgos ES
DYSTOPIA EUTOPIA
Artistic light interventions /
Heldentor and Michaelertor, Hofburg, Vienna AT
2015
CROSSING REALITIES TÜRKYIE
Solo exhibition / Austrian Cultural Forum Istanbul
Istanbul TR
CROSSING REALITIES_TÜRKIYE
World Heritage Site Ephesos, Selçuk;
Pašabag, Kapadokien; Tuz Gölü;
Göbekli Tepe, Sanliurfa TR
2014
CHROMOTOPIA HELDENTOR
Artistic light intervention, dedicated to Bertha von Suttner /
Wiener Hofburg, Vienna AT
2013
VIA ACTIVA • Sieben Säulenheilige in Dialogen des Lichts mit Mystikerinnen, Künstlerinnen, Aktivistinnen und Denkerinnen
Artistic intervention /
St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna AT
2011/12
CHROMOTOPIA SANKT STEPHAN
Artistic light interventions /
St. Stephen’s Cathedral and St. Stephen’s Square, Vienna AT
EXPAND [2141.2417.2741]
Collaboration with Susanne Lyner, group exhibition /
expanded painting, Künstlerhaus u. Projektraum M54, Vienna AT, Basel CH
2010
CHROMOLAB I + II
Group exhibition / Salon XV, Month of Photography, Galerie Foto K,
Reindorfgasse, Vienna AT
SONNENCHROMOTOP
Sunlight-based permanent intervention / Art-in-architecture project,
Molzbichl, Spittal/Drau AT
2009
CHROMOTOPIA SPITTELAU
Artistic light intervention / Fernwärme Wien
Spittelau, Vienna AT
2008
CHROMOTOPIA STADTPARK
Permanent light intervention,
Wiener Stadtpark, Vienna AT
2007
CHROMOTOPIA PRATERSKERK
Participation / Festival GLOW,
Praterskerk, Eindhoven NL
2006
CHROMOGRAMME
Group exhibition / Fotografie Konkret,
Galerie Kammerhofsaal, Gmunden AT
THE POWER OF LANGUAGE -
Victoria Coeln, VALIE EXPORT, Elfriede Jelinek, Olga Neuwirth /
Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC US
LICHTINSELN
Permanent light intervention,
Resselpark, Karlsplatz, Vienna AT
2005
CHROMOGRAMME
Group exhibition / LICHT_visuelle Energien,
Altana Galerie, TU Dresden, Dresden DE
CHROMOTOP ZKM
Group exhibition / Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht,
ZKM, Karlsruhe DE
2004
FARBRAUMSTÜCKE
Group exhibition / Abstraction-Now,
Künstlerhaus Vienna AT
FARBRAUMSTÜCKE
Group exhibition / Multiples + Originale,
Galerie Zimmermannhaus, Aarau CH
FARBRAUMBILDER
Solo exhibition / Galerie Krohn,
Badenweiler DE
2003
FARBRAUMSTÜCKE
Group exhibition / Galerie Zimmermannhaus,
Brugg CH
2002
FARBRAUM BOGEN 48
Artistic light intervention / Kubus VALIE EXPORT,
Vienna AT
Victoria Coeln (b. 1962, Vienna) is a multidisciplinary artist and curator whose light-based oeuvre encompasses abstract and figurative photography, video art, and large-scale artistic interventions in public spaces. Her practice is characterized by a profound engagement with light—both literally and metaphorically—challenging the boundaries of perception, sight, and cognition.
Coeln's artistic interventions act as laboratories that provoke critical discourse surrounding art, culture, philosophy, and politics, engaging diverse audiences across generations and cultures. Her work reshapes spatial perceptions and fosters transformative engagement, inviting a deeper awareness of collective identities.
Since 2002, Coeln has achieved international acclaim for her Chromotopic works, which transform sites of special significance into light art installations, including the Austrian Parliament (Vienna, Austria), Burgos Cathedral (Spain), Göbekli Tepe (Turkey), and UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Ephesus (Turkey) and Choirokoitia (Cyprus).
Since 2019, she has conceptualized and directed large-scale interdisciplinary projects, including Peaceful Revolution, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Peaceful Revolution (Leipzig), and Wiener Lichtblicke (Vienna Rays of Hope, Vienna), an annual exhibition exploring socio-political themes and narratives within public spaces. Victoria Coeln has also exhibited indoors at venues such as the Austrian Cultural Forum (Istanbul) and the Museum der bildenden Künste (Leipzig).