Born in Vienna in 1938. Lives and works in Vienna.
The relationship between himself and the world has been, like for other artists of the Wien Aktionismus group - Arnulf Rainer, Gunther Brus, Otto Muehl e Rudolf Schwarzkogler – protagonist of Hermann Nitsch’s actions since 1962. The human and animal “ritual” body should come in touch with the “originariety” of the being identified with the extreme physicality of blood, flesh and body fluids. His performances, fast always interrupted by the police in the ‘60s, took place in Prizendorf’s castle near Wien at the presence of spectators/actors/followers and involved sadomasochist rituals. The elaborated ritual lasting a few days should recover through animal sacrifice the tragic sense of life. The rituality involved the use of elements common to many religions – the sacrificial procession, the dressed up animals, the music – the actors’ bodies were covered with the victims’ organs in an orgiastic and tragic atmosphere in the research of the cathartic and palingenetic effect.
Mostre personali e collettive
2007
Sammlung Essl, Kunsthaus, KlosterneuburgNiederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, St. Pölten
Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna
GALERIE FREY, Vienna
Central House of Artists, Mosca
2006
recommended institution, Galerie Ernst Hilger, ViennaGalerie Heike Curtze, Berlino
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlino
Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. - KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlino
Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
recommended institution Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlino
Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Monaco di Baviera
recommended institution, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
recommended institution ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING, Berlino
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcellona
MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig im MQ, Vienna
Galerie 422, Gmunden
recommended institution, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING Projektroom: WHITE SPACE, Pechino
EMB Contemporary Art, Balzers
IKOB – Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Eupen, Eupen
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Brema
Galerie Fred Jahn, Monaco di Baviera
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2005
Galerie 422, GmundenPAN - Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Napoli
Galerie Jünger, Baden
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salisburgo
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL
Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
PAC - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Cannaviello, Milano
Lattuada Studio, Milano
Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
The Station Museum, Houston, TX
PAN - Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Napoli
Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz
National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucarest
Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Slought Foundation, Filadelfia, PA
Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Francoforte sul Meno
recommended institution, The Saatchi Gallery, Londra
recommended institution, Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Vienna
2004
Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, GrazVilla Croce Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Genova
m Bochum / m Fotografie, Bochum
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salisburgo
Gallerie Susanne Ottesen, Copenaghen
International Biennial Exhibition Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Francoforte sul Meno
Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
DCA Gallery, New York, NY
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
Galleria d´Arte Moderna - GAM, Bologna
Galleria de' Foscherari, Bologna
2003
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, KlosterneuburgLentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna
Galerie H.S. Steinek, Vienna
2002
Galerie 422, GmundenColby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londra
recommended institution Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
2001
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruckrecommended institution Galerie Lindner, Vienna
Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena
Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurigo
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Galerie Fred Jahn, Monaco di Baviera
2000
Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, PassauGalerie Maulberger, Monaco di Baviera
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcellona
Galerie Ariadne - Thomas Netusil Kunsthandel, Vienna
recommended institution, Galerie Henze & Ketterer & Triebold, Riehen
1999
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, LinzSammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
Galerie Johannes Faber fine photographs, Vienna
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
Raab Galerie, Berlino
Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Monaco di Baviera
MUSEION - Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano
ZELLERMAYER Galerie Berlin, Berlino
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Lipsia
1998
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, BarcellonaCentro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbona
MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Anversa
MOCA THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY, Los Angeles, CA
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
