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Sabine Flach is a Professor for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Institute for Art and Musicology within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Graz. She leads the Center for Contemporary Art and coordinates international research teams such as 'Visual Thinking' and 'Art and Knowledge Production' at institutions like the School of Visual Arts (New York City). Her work bridges art history, aesthetics, and interdisciplinary research with neuroscience, ecology, and media studies.
- Education: Magisterprüfung in Art Sciences (1993, University of Kassel), Habilitation (2010, University of Graz) with thesis on 'Sensing Senses'.
Flach's research explores the intersection of art, epistemology, and sensory cultures. She investigates contemporary art's engagement with nonhuman life, spatial concepts in modern art, and media theories across the 19th–21st centuries. Her work emphasizes embodiment, aesthetics, and the cognitive dimensions of visual thinking, often integrating ecological and neuroscientific frameworks.
Her recent publications focus on entangled histories of art and science, sensory media, and artistic knowledge production. These works highlight interdisciplinary methodologies and the role of art in addressing global challenges like hypernaturalism and ecological crises.
- Scientific Awards: Emily Harvey Foundation Stipendium (2011), DFG Funding for Dissertation Printing Costs (2003).
Flach has served on juries for art acquisition and light-themed competitions, co-founded the Journal for Artistic Research, and leads editorial projects like the Art, Knowledge, Theory book series. She established transcontinental collaborations with the University of Cincinnati and School of Visual Arts (NYC), focusing on 'Art between Scene and Scenario' and curriculum development for art education.
She founded and leads research teams such as 'Art and Embodiment' and co-developed the KUWI Graz (interdisciplinary art sciences platform). Her projects include 'Naturally Hypernatural' and 'Epistemology and Aesthetics of Visual Thinking'.
