Valie Export

Known for

Directing

Born

May 17, 1940

Birthplace

Linz, Austria

Died

May 14, 2026 (aged 85)

Biography

Valie Export (1940-2026), born Waltraud Lehner, was an Austrian artist. Her artistic work includes video installations, body performances, expanded cinema, computer animations, photography, sculptures and publications covering contemporary arts.

Best known work

Invisible Adversaries

1977

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986

...Remote..... Remote....

1973

The Practice of Love

1985

Syntagma

1983

Man & Woman & Animal

1973

Valie Export - Icon and Rebel

2015

Birth of a Nation

1997

Menschenfrauen

1980

Seven Easy Pieces

2007

Filmography

2026
No Mercy
as Self
2015
Valie Export - Icon and Rebel
as Herself
2010
Anagrammatical Composition with Dice by VALIE EXPORT (after W.A. Mozart, Piano) for Soprano Saxophone
as Performer, Writer, Director
2009
I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head
Director
2007
The Voice as Performance, Act and Body
Director
2007
Seven Easy Pieces
Writer
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1997
Vaginan
Director
1992
The Unspeakable Speaking
Director
1989
Aktionskunst International. Dokumente zum Internationalen Aktionismus
as Self, Director
1988
Lust
Director, Writer
1988
Elfriede Jelinek. News from Home 18.8.88
Director, Writer
1986
Seven Women, Seven Sins
Director, Writer
1986
The Duality of Nature
Director
1986
A Perfect Pair
Director
1985
The Practice of Love
Director, Screenplay
1985
Home Movies 1971-81
1984
The Armed Eye – VALIE EXPORT in a Dialogue with the Film Avant-Garde
Writer
1983
Syntagma
Director, Producer
1981
Valie Export: Portrait of a Filmmaker
1981
The Total Family
as Sister Helga
1980
Menschenfrauen
Director, Producer
1980
Space Seeing - Space Hearing
Director, Writer, Producer
1978
Adjunct Dislocations II
Director
1977
Invisible Adversaries
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer