Organized by Rainer and Ezara Spangl, in cooperation with the Institute of Fine Arts, Abstract Painting.
Martin Vesely was born 1974 in Vienna.He completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the class of Eva Shlegel and Matthias Herrmann between 2000-2007.From the Bmukk-Kunst, Vesely has been awarded the Rom-Stipendium für künstlerische Fotografie (2005), the Paris-Stipendium für künstlerische Fotografie (2007) and the Staatsstipendium für künstlerische Fotografie (2008).Vesely founded the Ve.Sch - Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst located at Schikanedergasse 11/3, 1040 Vienna.
A selection of his exhibitions This is Happening 2, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, curated by Fiona Liewehr (2011), Die Fotografie in Referenz…, Fotohof Salzburg, Salzburg (2011), Lebt & arbeitet in Wien III.-Stars in a Plastic Bag, Kunsthalle Wien, kurated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Raphaela Platow, Olga Sviblova (2010), Materialisierungen, Fotogalerie Momentum, (Solo) (2010), Triennale Linz 1.0, Landesgalerie, Linz (2010), Breathless, curated by Adam Budak as part of curated by (2009), Miete Strom Gas oder Brasilien Wax, Institut [for contemporary art], Q21, Vienna, curated by Michael Hall (2009),Diplomausstellung Akademie of Fine Arts Vienna, Semperdepot, Vienna(2007), Wazz up, Monat der Fotografie, Fotogalerie Wien, (2006), Ursprüngliche', Galerie Österreichisches Kulturforum, Berlin (Solo)(2006), I can see clearly now, Projektraum Krinzinger, Vienna (2005), Translation alternatives, Aula - Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (2005), Zurich, Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna (2002), Endlich Sechsundzwanzig, Westlicht, Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna (2002), En suite - aktuelle junge österreichische Fotografie, Fotohof Salzburg (2001).
The Artist Lecture Series Vienna is a program conceived to present the occasion for artists to speak on their work to an audience of peers and interested parties in Vienna.Organized by Rainer and Ezara Spangl and running since 2010, the Artist Lecture Series Vienna presents the lecture program in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in cooperation with the Class of Abstract Painting.
Upcoming lectures:
March 2012: Marina Faust
April 2012: Veronika Dirnhofer
May 2012: Florian Schmidt
June 2012: Svenja Deininger
http://www.artistlectureseriesvienna.com/
Previous lectures:
Ivo Kocherscheid, 26.01.2012
Presently, Kocherscheidt works as a freelancer with a special emphasis on underwater photography for magazines such as Mare, Universum, Geolino, Achtung, Vorn, Scubadiving Magazine among others.He exhibits his work in Germany and Austria. Since 2009 Kocherscheidt is a member of the exhibition space Ventilazione in Vienna. He lives and works in New York and Vienna.
Maria Bussmann, 14.12.2011
Maria Bussmann was born 1966 in Würzburg. Presently Bussmann lives in Vienna and New York.
A selection of Bussmann's solo exhibitions include: Vogerlhochzeit, ortart, Nürnberg (2011); Long Beach, NY, Graphisches Kabinett, Secession, Wien (2010/11); Himmelfart /ascension, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Wien (2010); Ich war nie in Japan, Jesuiten Foyer, Wien (2010); praying project 2, Galerie Altnöder, Salzburg (2009); and Japanische Übungen with Tei Kobayashi at Kunsteverin Baden, Baden (2008).
A selection of Bussmann's group exhibitions include: Zacherlfabrik,Wien (2011); Familien-erb-teil, Kunstraum, Engländerbau, Vaduz, Lichtenstein (2011); Querbeet, Galerie Altnöder, Salzburg (2011); Lebt und arbeitet in Wien III - Stars in a Plastic Bag, Kunsthalle Wien (2010); Österreichische Zeichnung von 1990 bis 2010, RLB Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck (2010); Open Studios, ISCP, New York (2009); Zauber der Zeichnung, Zeichnungen in Österreich von 1946-2009, Galerie im Ansitz Lanserhaus, Eppan (2009); landscape contemporary - die Landschaft in Veränderung, NÖ-Art (Niederösterreich Gesellschaft für Kunst und Kultur), St.Pölten (2009); Hommage an die Zeichnung, Österreichisches Parlament, Wien (2009); dessin figuratifs - dessins d'artistes français et autrichiens, Musee d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne (2009); expended lines, Galerie 5020, Salzburg (2009); The Studio Visit Show, Exit Art, New York (2006); Soleil Noir - Depression und Gesellschaft, Salzburger Kunstverein (2006); Praying Project - Performance of Drawing Litanies, Exit Art, New York (2005); Mapping of Being: Selections Winter 2003, The Drawing Center, New York (2003).
From 2002-2004 Bussmann was awarded an Erwin - Schrödinger Fellowship as a visiting scholar from the Austrian Science Fund at the Stony Brook State University of New York (SUNY).In 1999 she compled her PhD in Philosophy and Cultural Studies through the Universtiy of Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Between 1987 and 1993 Bussmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nürnberg the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Lisa Ruyter, 22.11.2011
Lisa Ruyter was born 1968 in Washington DC, USA. Presently living in Vienna Ruyter is a University Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Since 1993 Ruyter has been exhibiting internationally.A selection of Ruyter's recent solo exhibitions include at Leeahn Gallery, Soul and Daegu, Korea (2011), Georg Kargl, Vienna (2008), Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo (2008), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (2008), Mimmo Scognamiglio Arte Contemporanea, Naples, Italy (2007), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (2006), Team Gallery, New York (2006), Arndt & Partner, Berlin (2005), St. Wolfgang Church, Regensburg, Germany (2005), Leo Koenig, Inc, New York (2002), Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich (2001).
Group exhibitions include Kawaguchiko Museum, Yamanashi, Japan (2011), Alan Cristea Gallery, London (2010), gdm galerie de multiples, Paris (2010), Engholm Galerie, Vienna (2010), The Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (2010), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2010), Belvedere Museum, Vienna (2009), Leo Koenig Inc., New York (2009), Kunstahalle Krems, Krems (2009) and many more.
In Vienna, Ruyter runs the art space • . Reviews of Ruyter's work are published, among others, in EXIT Express (2010), Falter (2010), Der Standard (2010), Die Presse (2010), Playboy (2009), International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Bulletin (2009), The New York Times (2009), Artnews (2009), Art in America (2008), artnet magazine (2008), Modern Painters (2008), Artkrush (2008), The Saatchi Gallery Online Daily Magazine (2008).