Maria Guggenbichler was born in Munich, Bavaria. She studied both a degree in Performance Research at Gießen Universität, Germany, and graduated in Fine Art’s at Dartington in England. Since 2010, Guggenbichler has been curator for Extrapool in Nijmegen (Netherlands); from which she has organized various art and music events. Guggenbichler’s work frequently blurs what might commonly be considered an artistic, “facilitating”, and/or curatorial practice and openly runs against the ‘lonesome’ or ‘private’ ideals of art, believing in collaboration and dialogue, aimed at opening the artist’s studio.