Robert's practice is an obsessive desire of proportion and symmetry, reflecting the constant tension between self-identity and societal projections.

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Robert Gabris was born in Slovakia, but lives and works in Vienna as a freelance artist. He graduated (B.A.) from the Academy for Applied Arts in Bratislava in 2010 and received his Diploma (Mag.art.) from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 2014.

Robert’s work engages in a critical examination of fluid and changeable identity through drawing and experimental forms of performance, employing deconstruction and an ongoing quest to challenge boundaries. Rooted in autobiographical narratives, his practice is an obsessive desire of proportion and symmetry, reflecting the constant tension between self-identity and societal projections. At the heart of his work lies a commitment to resisting exclusion and confronting systemic racism, using unrest as a form of resistance. Robert interrogates the fluidity of identity within patriarchal frameworks, exploring the queer body’s existence across diverse physical and emotional experiences. He critically examines these overlaps and offers to rethink, act or imagine otherwise.

Robert exhibited in numerous exhibitions, including the Autostrada Biennale in Kosovo and the OFF-Biennale in Budapest in 2025. In 2024, his work was featured at the biennales in Sydney and Lyon, as well as in the exhibition Avantgarde and Liberation at mumok in Vienna. In 2023, his work was shown at Belvedere 21 in Vienna, and in 2022 at Documenta Fifteen in Kassel. As early as 2020, his pieces were exhibited both in the show Insectopia at Villa Romana in Florence and at the Bergen Assembly in Bergen.