ORNAMENT IS NOT DECORATION.
IT IS A SYSTEM THAT ORGANIZES BEHAVIOR.
Nina Schrödl is an Austrian artist whose work investigates ornament and surface as structures of power, repetition, and disappearance within domestic and public space.
Surface Systems
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Automotive surface intervention
Hand-drawn ornament applied to an automobile, reframing the vehicle as a mobile spatial surface rather than a branded object.

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Interior Surface System
Ceramic cups fitted with Barbie doll legs transform a familiar domestic object into a fragile, gendered body. The work stages an imbalance between care and power, revealing how everyday design embeds systems of domination, consumption, and the illusion of progress.
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Untitled (Barbie Legs Cups)
By attaching Barbie doll legs to ceramic cups, the work exposes the gendered power structures embedded in everyday domestic objects. Ornament and function collapse into a fragile system where consumption, control, and progress reveal their instability.
Nina Schrödl is an Austrian artist working with ornament, pattern, and surface as cultural systems—investigating how decoration operates as a structure of power, repetition, and disappearance in domestic and public space.