Samuel Schaab (*1981) lives and works in Vienna. He studied media art with Bernhard Leitner at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Art & Media at ZHdK Zurich.
He works at the intersection of visual art, sound, light, and performance. His practice often begins with the spatial context and its layered inscriptions, from which he develops modular settings. Comparable to stage design, these take shape as adaptable, performative sculptures and spatial fragments. The use of raw materials, industrial products, and technology is central to his work, which appears in exhibition spaces, performance projects, and concerts.
His works have been presented at venues and festivals such as Vienna Contemporary, Memphis Linz, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen, and Art Brussels, as well as in projects for the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Musikverein Vienna or the Museum moderner Kunst Vienna. He has collaborated with artists including Clara Frühstück, Karolina Preuschl, Sixtus Preiss, Alex Franz Zehetbauer, Stephanie Winter, Benjamin Tomasi and Daniela Georgieva.
In addition, he regularly works as a light and stage designer, collaborating with artists and institutions such as Navaridas & Deutinger, Daniela Georgieva, Maria Mercedes, Tanzquartier Vienna, brut Vienna, Make Make, Monheim Triennale, Roshin Sharifi, Camilla Schielin, the Austrian Fashion Association, Musiktheatertage Wien, and WUK Vienna or Impulstanz Festival
He is the founder and curator of the series SÄGEZAHN together with Jakob Suske at Schauspielhaus Wien (since 2017).