Katharina Halusa, born 1996 in Vienna, is an interdisziplinary textile fashion designer working in-between digital and analouge worlds.

With her ongoing project  BRAIDED TEXTILES she investigates new production methods to produce textile fabrics with robotics and machine-assisted processes.

In 2022 she was a graduate researcher for Fashion&Robotics at the University of Arts, Linz. 

EDUCATION

2021-2023           MA, Fashion & Technology, Univeristy of Arts Linz

2018-2021           BA, Fashion & Technology, Univeristy of Arts Linz

2016-2017           Friedl Kubelka School for Artistic Photography, Vienna

2014-2016           Colleaque Institute for Fashion, Design and Textiles, Vienna

EXHIBITIONS

2023                    "Radical Collective", Performance, BestOFF 2023, University of Arts Linz

2023                    "Innovation Corner: Kreislaufwirtschaft", Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna

2023                    Fashion&Technology, Fashion show, Alte WU Wien / Vienna, Technisches Museum Wien

2022                    "Von schwarzen Schwänen", Kunstuniversität Linz Campus, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz

2022                    "Future Fashion Performance", WKO Exportday, Vienna

2021                    Make Me! Design Contest Exhibiton, Łódź Design Festival 2022, Łódź, Poland

2017                    „16/17 = 47“, Group exhibition, Fotogalerie Wien / Vienna

2017                   "Fabrics of the Visual", Parallel Vienna, Alte Sigmund Freud Universität Wien / Vienna

SCHOLARSHIPS

2023                   Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Linz 2023, Design, Neue Medien und Kommunikation

2022                   Project scholarship, University of Arts Linz