Lila-Zoé Krauß (*1994) is a multimedia artist, performer and musician. In her work the artist develops a transdisciplinary operatic practice, to address questions regarding (post-)modern subjectivity and its relationship to media, trauma and memory. Interweaving music, video, performance, textiles, collage and computer art, Krauss arranges theatrical constellations, in which normative perception of reality is being destabilized and questioned, particularly in the field of mental-health. Her long-term research driven projects are presented as exhibitions, video-plays, (theater) performances and musical publications.
Krauss studied Fine Arts at HFBK Hamburg, CalArts Los Angeles and Sound Studies at UDK Berlin. Since 2020 she has released two vinyl albums under the alias L Twills and performed at numerous venues including Kampnagel (Hamburg), NAVEL (Los Angeles), Popkultur Festival (Berlin), Forum Stadtpark (Graz), Documenta15 (Kassel), Secession
and Volkstheater (Vienna).
In 2024 Kunsthaus Hamburg presented Krauss‘ first institutional solo exhibition with the large-scale installation of her multimedia opera [After her Destruction]. The project was subsequently included in the group shows: if you follow the river long enough (2024; Dietikon project space, Zurich), Shifting (2025, Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf) and not yet yours to imagine (2025, DAS WEISSE HAUS, Vienna), In Zukunft Schreiben (2025-2026, ICAT, HFBK Hamburg).
She has been awarded various grants including the Start Stipendium for Performing Arts, Austria (2023); Initiative Musik Artist Funding (2022) and most recently the Annual Working Grants for Visual Arts in Hamburg (2025). All 10 recipients were featured in the group show Future Continuous (12/2025-01/26) at Kunsthaus Hamburg and an accompanying publication published by Mousse Magazine.
Krauss produced and performed music for theater productions at Thalia-Theater, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Schauspiel Hannover, Staatstheater Kassel, Volkstheater Vienna, Schauspielhaus Vienna and Schauspielhaus Graz, where she worked with Marie Bues and Luk Perceval, among others.
