Asma Kocjan

unfolds a visual world between the runway and the canvas, where fashion isn't celebrated, but questioned. Drawing from her international modeling career, she develops a powerful artistic language in which silhouettes, layers, and expressive colors converge. Her works revolve around the tension between visibility and concealment, placing the human being, rather than the garment, at the center.

Those who view her works encounter figures in transition, captured in an aesthetic of collage, overpainting, and a search for traces. Art and fashion merge here into a critical, sensual narrative that sparks curiosity for more.

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01 WORKS

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02 BIOGRAPHY

Biography

About the artistic journey, formative stages, and the development of one's own visual language.

Asma Kocjan was born in Graz and has been one of Austria's prominent freelance artists since 2001. Her artistic journey is characterized by a solid education, international experience, and a continuous development of her painterly style.

After graduating from HTBLVA Graz in Art and Design, she completed the master class for painting, where she deepened her technical precision and her sense of composition. From 1993 to 1994, she studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and continued her education from 1995 to 1998 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. These formative years in an international environment broadened her artistic horizon and strengthened her conceptual and aesthetic expressive power.

Parallel to her studies, Asma Kocjan worked as an international model until 2000. The intensive engagement with body, staging, and perception profoundly influenced her artistic perspective and is reflected in the sensitive visual language of her works.

From 2006 to 2008, she deepened her work through further studies at the Bad Reichenhall Art Academy in Germany. This phase marked a conscious expansion of her artistic practice and solidified her individual position in contemporary art.

Today, Asma Kocjan lives and works in Graz and Vienna. In her work, she combines artisanal precision with emotional depth and international experience. An artist whose life path is as multifaceted as her art.

03 STATEMENT

Statement

Thoughts, attitude, and perspectives behind the artistic work.

"My work focuses on figures, often originating from the fashion world.
I work across media with acrylic, oil, chalk, and pens, exploring the expression, posture, and presence of the depicted individuals."

Asma Kocjan

04 EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions

A selection of exhibitions, presentations and important milestones.

2026EPIC WOMEN at bloom, Bakerhouse Gallery, Graz
SEQUENCES, St. Stephen's Cathedral Parish, Vienna

2025Power of Femininity, Hofgalerie Steiermarkhof, Graz
VISIONARY WOMEN, Bakerhouse Gallery, Graz
VISIONARY WOMEN, Bakerhouse Gallery, Klagenfurt
FASHION. ART. ENJOYMENT., Ravai Boutique, Graz
KÜNSTLERHOF – EXHIBITION "150 Years of Rainer Maria Rilke", Hofgalerie Steiermarkhof, Graz
THE ART OF ROCK and BEYOND, Bakerhouse Gallery, Graz

2024Bodies & Portraits, Vienna Gallery, Vienna
Wirtschaftsbund Steiermark (Solo Exhibition)
Gallery Ilka Klose, Würzburg, Germany
La Fête de l’Art, Bakerhouse Gallery
RAIFFEISEN Headquarters Opening (Solo Exhibition), Graz
Künstlerhof – Exhibition "AI", Graz

2023ARTMUC, Munich, Germany
Steiermark Classic (Solo Exhibition), Styria
EPIC WOMEN, Bakerhouse Gallery, Graz
Art Attersee, Bakerhouse Gallery, Attersee
MERKUR Kunst Campus (Solo Exhibition), Graz
X-Mas Group Show, Bakerhouse Gallery, Graz

2022GULF & ART (Solo Exhibition), Madrid, Spain
Künstlerhof-Schau, Hofgalerie Steiermarkhof, Graz
"On Pulse of Time" (Solo Exhibition), Schloss Sankt Martin, Graz
Solo Exhibition, New York, USA
ART BASEL Miami Beach, Miami, USA

2021Good Vibes, upTown Art Gallery, Graz
Save the World, KUZ Museum, Kapfenberg
ARTFACTORY Graz, Graz
Arte Tra Le Calli, Veneto, Italy

2020ART INNSBRUCK, Innsbruck
upTown Art Gallery, Graz
THINK POSITIVE (Solo Exhibition), Hypo Bank Steiermark Headquarters, Graz

2019Symbols Figures Horizons, Gallery Stross, Graz
Ibiza Art Fair, Ibiza, Spain
ART SALZBURG, Salzburg

2018ART INNSBRUCK, Padova, Italy
TRANSPARENCY, Hypo Bank Steiermark, Graz
Commissioned Work, Social Insurance Institution Headquarters, Graz
Summer Exhibition, Hotel Linde, Maria Wörth
REDUCED AND SEDUCED, Hollerei Galerie, Vienna

2017Wirtschaftsbund Steiermark, Graz
Femmes Choc, Gallery Udo Gangl, Graz
The Power of Femininity, Therme Loipersdorf
ArtExpo New York, New York, USA
STYRIAN ART goes Croatia, Museum Mimara, Zagreb

2016Art Space Gallery (Solo Exhibition), London, UK
Art in Wine Country, Styria
Different People (Solo Exhibition), Vienna

2015Ärztezentrum (Solo Exhibition), Graz
Dr. Schachenreiter, Graz
Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg
Team 7, Graz
ART AND FASHION, Berlin, Germany

2014Art in Action, Austrian International Centre, Vienna
Palais Esterházy (Solo Exhibition), Vienna
More than Levels, Schloss Leonstein, Pörtschach

2013Gallery Ursula Stross, Graz
Come Together, Galerie Geba, Graz

2012Gallery Ursula Stross, Graz
LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz, Graz
UP AND DOWN, Merkur Versicherung, Graz

2011Schloss Klessheim (Solo Exhibition), Salzburg

2000 - 2010Zeiss Austria, Graz
Kongresshaus Pörtschach "Female Figures", Carinthia
Art in Inamera, Burgenland
Galerie Kunst und Handel, Graz
Black and Wild, Bank Austria, Salzburg
39 m², Salzburger Berufsvereinigung, Salzburg

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