Director of
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1997–2002 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Painting
2002–2005 University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Computer Music and Electroacoustic Media at the Institute for Composition and Electroacoustics
2007 Federal Grant for Fine Arts, BMUKK
2007 Diagonale Award – "Best Innovative Experimental Film"
2008 Diagonale Festival Trailer
2009 International Studio Grant, BMUKK, Tokyo
2012 3x3 Award, K3 Film Festival
2019 Tíos Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, USA; Best International Film for At the Horizon by Manuel Knapp and Takashi Makino
2021 Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival; Best Short Experimental Film for Axis of Aion by Takashi Makino and Manuel Knapp
Exhibitions / Participations, Art Fairs and Festivals (Selection):
Kunsthaus Graz, solo exhibition (Austria); FIAC Paris (France); CentroCentro Madrid (Spain); The Armory Show, New York City (USA); Art Basel Miami Beach (USA); ARCO Madrid (Spain); Frieze London (UK); Kunsthalle Wien (Austria); ZONAMACO, Mexico City (Mexico); SuperDeluxe Tokyo (Japan); House of Art České Budějovice, solo exhibition (Czech Republic); Uplink Factory Tokyo (Japan); BIX Façade / Kunsthaus Graz (Austria); Evento Biennale Bordeaux (France); Disnovation Festival, Pau (France); Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, solo exhibition (Austria); Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, solo exhibition (Austria); Austrian Film Museum, Vienna (Austria); Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, solo exhibition (Austria); Flexfest (USA); National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra (Australia); European Short Film Festival, MIT Boston (USA); Denver Film Festival (USA); Leeds International Film Festival (UK); Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Netherlands); Kontraste Festival, Krems (Austria); European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (Germany); Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK); WRO Art Center (Poland); International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Germany); EXiS, Seoul (South Korea); Donaufestival, Krems, solo (Austria); IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands); Laplandia Culture Centre, Murmansk (Russia); Masthugg Church, Gothenburg (Sweden); Diagonale, Graz (Austria); Balta Nakts, Riga (Latvia); STRP Biennale, Eindhoven (Netherlands); Glasgow Film Festival (UK); MIFF Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia); SXSW Festival, Austin (USA); Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA); LUFF Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland); SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (USA); MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, solo exhibition (Austria); MMKK – Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten (Austria) ...