Brigitte Bruckner-Mikl

Biography

Brigitte Bruckner-Mikl was born in Linz in 1963 into a family with an affinity for art - her mother Theresa is also an artist. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1983 to 1988. At the same time, she worked as an assistant at the Salzburg Summer Academy in 1985 and 1988. In 1990, she married the painter Josef Mikl. From 1994 to 1996, she was his technical assistant in the decoration of the Great Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg. Her paintings, executed in a delicate, watercolor-like style and always with a figurative touch, have been presented at numerous exhibitions in important Austrian galleries and museums. These include the Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg, the Galerie im Traklhaus in Salzburg, the Lower Austrian Documentation Center for Modern Art, St. Pölten, and the Werner Berg Museum in Bleiburg. In 2014, her paintings were on display in Nantong, China. Furthermore, her works are in various collections, including the Vienna AKH and the Museum Liaunig in Carinthia.