Artists

Aeschbacher was specified in painting and drawing adding sculpting in 1936. Inspired by Greek and Egyptian sculpture, he initially created portraits, figures and torsos in bronze and later in stone.

The sculptor, painter and draughtsman of Greek descent was a student of R. C. Andersen and F. Wotruba. He became a member of the Secession in 1968 and was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1968 to 1992.

Tom Carr's themes are architecture and sculpture and their connection with light, movement and openness.

In 1992, Damisch taught the master class for graphic art as a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he was given a full professorship five years later.

Born and raised in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, in 1970, he researches the history of his family. Dejanoff set up a foundation for the general and artistic exploration of this topic.

Attended the HTL Ortweinschule in Graz and studied under Bruno Gironcoli. Erjautz works in the fields of sculpture, installation, graphics and photography and is also intensively involved with public space.

The artist duo works in the fields of performance, happenings, photography, video installation and watercolor painting.

Fegerl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Peter Kogler, Birgit Jürgenssen) and at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Karel Dudesek, Thomas Fürstner, Peter Weibel).

The former punk musician sees himself as a painter, draughtsman, sculptor and object artist.

The graphic artist acquired his artistic skills as a self-taught artist. From the early 1960s onwards, he worked artistically with words and images and was regarded as a pioneer and representative of "visual poetry".

In 2003, Gironcoli was Austria's official representative at the Venice Biennale, which also made him internationally known.

From 1987 onwards, his artistic oeuvre centered on the confrontation with history and memory.

Hartlauer pursued his path with strict consistency and attempted to depict a world-embracing, universal system, in the differentiation of which he wanted to illustrate the basic scheme of world religions.

Karin Hazelwander's work is characterized by the close connection between science and art and the resulting synergies.

Jeppe Hein became internationally known through numerous exhibitions - such as his participation in the Venice Biennale in 2003 - and made a name for himself above all with his strictly geometric and interactive works.

After nature studies, he created his first larger works in stone and wood, mostly with Christian motifs. Höfinger transferred to Fritz Wotruba's master class in 1961, which was a turning point for him.

Hollein was an architect, theorist, urban planner, designer, freelance artist and teacher.

 From 1990 to 1995 she attended Bruno Gironcoli's class at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Comparable to the moment of photography, his sculptures only capture a moment of an event.

Landscape architect of the Austrian Sculpture Park

His works include sculptures, installations and drawings in which he deals with themes such as space, time and compression. Michael Kienzer has been working with found materials for years.

Universal motifs such as the brain, ants or the globe as well as tubular and net structures form the basis of many of his works.

Othmar Krenn worked as a painter, actionist, draughtsman and sculptor. His trademarks include monumental yet elegant sculptures made of metal and stone.

Kupelwieser has always been interested in pushing the boundaries of materials in contemporary sculpture.

Leinfellner's apartment and studio were meeting places for the intellectual Vienna of the 1940s and 1950s. In 1947, he founded the Vienna Art Club.

Bernhard Leitner's work goes back to his artistic research work during his early years in New York, where his physical-acoustic investigations (from 1969-1974) about experiencing spaces took place.

Lissy's sculptures communicate - with the highest degree of perfection in their conception and realization - tense contrasts between sensitivity and aggression.

Long has been based in southern Styria, among other places, since the 1970s, but he is a cosmopolitan on both a geographical and artistic-intermedia (science, literature, art) level.

Maderna likes to see her works integrated into natural spaces - by observing nature, she arrives at her own view of things.

After many years of working with conceptual photography, painting, computer-controlled works and the world of media, the former fashion photographer now deals with questions of image technology between painting, photography and experimentally obtained new carrier materials.

The depiction of movement in its geometric abstractness is just as decisive for Moswitzer's sculptures as their formal and material simplicity.

Matt Mullican studied under John Baldessari at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1970s. His oeuvre defies conventional art categorizations and is difficult to classify.

Oberhuber is regarded as one of the most brilliant figures in Austrian post-war art, acting as a gallery owner, university professor and director, painter, draughtsman, sculptor, stage designer, furniture and fashion designer.

Franz Xaver Ölzant's artistic roots lie in the 1950s, when the young generation of artists began to orient themselves within the diverse models of classical modernism.

The works of the American-Japanese artist, filmmaker, composer of experimental music and singer Yoko Ono are diverse and reflect the mood of artistic awakening, particularly in the 1960s.

Perrin prefers to use industrially manufactured materials, electrical wires, cables, building materials or ceramics and translates them into an ambiguous visual language.

Pichler works primarily with spatial objects. At the beginning of the 1980s, he developed colorful spatial symbols based on constructivism.

From 1954 to 1970 he was a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and in 1970 Pillhofer was appointed head of the master class for sculpture in Graz.

In addition to the visual arts, the artist is also involved in literature and regularly issues publications.

The Austrian-Dutch composer, painter, author and media artist acquired many of his artistic skills through self-tuition.

His projects are primarily concerned with the design of public squares, railroad stations, offices and private residences. His designs include the University Square in Salzburg and Piazza Tartini in Piran.

Rehberger is one of the most discussed artists of his generation internationally. He poses questions about the production and presentation of art and its function in society.

Werner Reiterer's artistic position since the mid-1980s can be seen as a bold balancing act, thematizing phenomena of the ephemeral, the immaterial, and linking them to the concept of sculpture.

Mandla Reuter's works often consist of interventions that change the surrounding architecture in a more or less direct way and connote its perception.

In her works, she experiments with the principles of gravity and movement, resulting in almost free-standing or hanging sculptures.

His work ranges from minimalist light installations to expansive modular architecture in public spaces.

Schlick formulated his artistic ideas in every form available to him: Music, film, ballet, theater, multiple, woodcut, installation, text, collage, history and stories.

Schnur "paints" with the welding torch, creating a new kind of synthesis of sculpture.

The focus is always on the conditions of perception in terms of media, technology and everyday culture. 

In his artistic work, Hartmut Skerbisch has dedicated himself to the nature and possibilities of sculpture. One of his best-known works is the lightsaber (1992/94) on the Opernring Graz.

Her works illustrate the ambivalent function of the volume-forming boundaries or skin of the sculpture.

Beeinflusst durch ihr intensives botanisches Studium entwickelte Sommerer ein künstlich-natürliches System aus unterschiedlichen floralen Mustern, das in verschiedenen Medien durchgeführt wird.

The artist consciously works with symbols that link history and myth with the present.

The constant exploration of nature themes is characteristic of Stimm's oeuvre, which deals with the issue of modern society's alienation from nature.

Ingeborg Strobl arbeitet mit verschiedenen Medien wie Fotografie, Film, Grafik, Comics, Künstlerbuch, Installation, Film oder Objektkunst.

In the early 1970s he began to plan and realize exhibitions, garden projects and works for public spaces.

The artist does not limit himself to a single medium, but is a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, performer and installation artist in one person.

The draughtsman, poet, sculptor, writer, actionist, object and conceptual artist describes himself as a "total artist" and comments on this by saying: "Total art is life itself".

Geometric form always occupies a special position in his works; his works should have no meaning other than pure form and presence.

The installation artist and singer works in the fields of spatial and video installation, electronic music, painting, computer animation and performance.

He began working on sculptures as a self-taught artist in 1980.

The relationship between material and sculpture and the reciprocal influence of sculpture and space play a key role in his works.

The search for nature and so-called "border zones" are an essential part of his artistic work.

He works primarily with concrete, a material whose specific ability to be shaped, its processing and its inherent design potential fascinate him.

In his works, the artist dealt intensively with the art world and its possibilities and limitations.

Lois Weinberger adopts a particularly idiosyncratic position within Austrian sculpture. He operates at the interface between art and nature, nature and sculpture, art and life.

Due to his affinity for archaic cultures, he cultivates a primitive technique and enjoys "doing everything you're not allowed to do in art."

Wilfling's works are based on a precise observation of their optical qualities. Phenomena of the representational world are taken to an artistic level.

The artist received the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1958 and the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art in 1971.

Volume, space, weight and concepts such as extension and expansion define his sculptures. Erwin Wurm is characterized by the consistent use of irony in his thematization of sculptural instructions.

Moving thematically between space, color and text, Zobernig uses the entire spectrum of artistic forms of expression.