ABOUT
Mia Tešić (born 2001) is a speculative designer and interdisciplinary artist based in Vienna. Her practice explores contemporary topics through material experimentation, hands-on processes, and tangible experiences. Central to her work is the creation of dialogue, inviting new perspectives through objects and narratives that engage both mind and body.

Mia’s approach blends craft, performance, and storytelling, often incorporating participatory elements that encourage shared experiences and active observation. Whether through collaborative making or immersive installations, her work speculates on future possibilities while remaining grounded in the physicality of materials and the act of creation.

mia.tesic01@gmail.com
@miatesic (instagram)



Education
2025 -  exchange 
Design Academy Eindhoven - Studio Do-Make (Nacho Carbonell)

2023 - guest semester 
University of Applied Arts Vienna - Industrial Design 1 (Prof. Stefan Diez)

2020 -  ongoing university
University of Applied Arts Vienna - Design Investigations (Prof. Anab Jain)

2015 – 2020 high school
HTBLVA - Spengergasse - Interior- & Surfacedesign

Internships

Stephanie Winter - Salon Hybrid
performance and experimental art studio
Vienna, AT
2022 may/june

Dear Human
design studio
Montreal, CA
2019 august

Amity Design Studio
jewelry design
Vancouver, CA
2017 july/august  

FABRIKA
advertising agency
Sarajevo, BIH
2016 august 

Exhibitions

2021  Angewandte Festival         
2022 Viktoria Wien                       
2022 Angewandte Festival          
2023 Angewandte Festival           
2024 Angewandte Festival            
2024 Vienna Design Week 
2024 Schwindel LLC - Coorporate Unwellness 
2025 Schwindel LLC - Lucky Loop
2025 Net Rijet
02 RENUNCIATION REBELLION

2021/22

In collaboration with 
Julia Hahnl
Leo Mühlfeld
Stefan Schönauer
Angewandte Performance Lab

Photos: Leo Mühlfeld
Video: Felix Lenz Renunciation Rebellion is a project presenting a performance piece which displays an accedence ritual for a fictional religion based on anti consumerism.
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Sigmund Freud advocated the thesis that man is always subject to his innermost drives and incapable of any permanent rational action. His nephew Edward Bernays was fascinated by this thesis and constructed communication practices that became known as public relations. Linking products with our identities, we started worshipping them.
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Replacing devotion to religion with devotion to consumption, this new kind of religion grew to be one of the main pillars of society. However, increasing social problems and climate change expose this model as unsustainable and bring to light a desocialized and selfish society. How will people find their inner peace in a sustainable world of tomorrow?
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This performance shows the rite of passage of the renunciation rebellion, an antithesis to the religion of consumerism. In the course of the plot, the protagonist experiences a personal ascent in the midst of the community. The diary of the ascending one is burned. In the following rite, the ascendant will confess their sins and wash them away. Finally, they are granted the ceremonial garment, stride through the portal of waiver and put on the ascetic headpiece. They are now perceived as an equal member.
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What do you buy? Why do you buy? What do you really need? 











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