A central aspect of Isa Rosenberger’s artistic practice is the contextualisation of historical events in our present world, i.e. how a re-telling of history and the established narrative influences, extends or calls into question our view of history. The main artistic method used by Isa Rosenberger follows the principle of montage, counterposing media images, narration and temporality. The documentary form undergoes multi-perspectival consolidation through a combination of archival material, mise-en-scène, performative (re)enactment, and dialogical formatting in the sense of oral history.

- Georgia Holz, 2018

Isa Rosenberger (*1969, Salzburg, Austria) studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at: 2023 Bauhaus Dessau Foundation; Kunsthaus Graz. 2020 Camera Austria, Graz. 2019 Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna. 2014 Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. 2011 Grazer Kunstverein. 2009 Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg. 2008 Secession Vienna. In 2008 she received the Otto Mauer Prize and in 2012 the Outstanding Artist Award for Video and Media Art.

She lives and works in Vienna. 

Rosenberger's works are held in permanent collections at Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz; Collection of Wien Museum, Vienna; Collection of Dom Museum Wien, OM Contemporary; Artothek – Collection of the Austrian Culture Office; Fotosammlung des Bundes – Museum der Moderne Salzburg; GfZK Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig.