Klaus Wanker - Biography

 
Biography
* 1969, Graz

1996 Begin of Studies of Painting and Graphics at the Vienna        
        University of Arts
1997 scholarship abroad with Prof. Siegfried Anzinger at
        the academy of arts in Düsseldorf
1998 with Prof. Sue Williams
1999-00 with Prof. Adi Rosenblum
6/2000 Diploma at the Academy

 
   

Solo Exhibitions
2008 Klaus Wanker, Galerie Glacis, Graz, Austria
2007 Enjoy Your Trip of Illusions, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
        Illusion Unlimited, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main
2006 Klaus Wanker, Junge Kunst e. V., Wolfsburg, Germany
        Believe in me, Galerie Steinek, Vienna, Austria
2005 Here we go again, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2004 Scope London, featured artist with Galerie Adler
2003 Istar Collection, 03/04, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main (BigArt-Projekt), Germany
2002 Galerie Arthouse, Dornbirn, Austria
2001 BANG - BANG, Joanneum Ecksaal, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
2000 floating, Galerie Arthouse, Bregenz, Austria
        careless drifting, Steinener Saal, Landhaus Graz, Austria
        AW Corporation, A.T.O.M., Schleifenmühlgasse, Vienna, Austria
1999 realities, Milleniumstower, Vienna, Austria
        cuts.Schnitte, Semperdepot Vienna, Austria


Group Exhibitions

2008 7 paral(l)el 7, MOYA-Museum of Young Art, Wien, Austria
        Jubiläumsausstellung, Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany (with Sonja Alhäuser,
        Kati Barath, Anja Schrey, Matten Vogel)
          
7 paral(l)el 7, MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art, Artexpo, Bukarest, Romania 
        (curated by Kolja Kramer, Ileana Pop Dubovan, Diana Dochia)
2007
Teenage Kicks, Vegas Gallery, London
       
artaward 2007. Kunstförderpreis der Bauholding Strabag SE, Wien, Austria
        rewind<< >> fast forward, Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg, Germany (curated by Silke Bitzer)
2006 ZEITHEIST, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (with Nancy Baker, Kendell Carter and Jennifer
        Nehrbass)
        kunstlicht - artificial lighting, Gallery Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA (with Marc
        Lueders and Mathias Koester)
        Coolhunters. Youth cultures between the media and the market, Budapest Műcsarnok |
        Kunsthalle, Hungary

2005 Collection Mayreder, Graz, Austria (with Aurelia Gratzer, Klaus Wanker, Kurt Stadler, Wolfgang
        Becksteiner; curated by Eugen Lendl)
        Figur und Wirklichkeit - Wie Österreichs Maler die Welt verwandeln, Tiroler Landesmuseum
        Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (curated by Florian Steiniger, Kunstforum Wien), Austria
        Coolhunters. Youth cultures between the media and the market,
Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria
        Coolhunters. Youth cultures between the media and the market, ZKM | Center for Art and
        Media, Museum Karlsruhe, Germany (curated by Birgit Richard, Klaus Neumann-Braun, Sabine  
        Himmelsbach, Peter Weibel)
        Skywatch, K26, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2004 Holländer, Kern, Leikauf, Petz, Wanke', Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
        face to face, Galerie Walker, Kärnten, Austria
        Sommerausstellung, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
        LV Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
        Spektrum Kunstlandschaft, Hessische Landesvertretung, Berlin, Germany
2003 Heimspiel, Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
        Art Position, Vienna, Austria
        Sothebys, Vienna, Austria
2002 art position, Messe junger Kunst, Vienna
        first public sit-on + photo shooting. Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien, 
        Austria
2000 Auswahl Ankäufe, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
        I spy, Gallery 97-99, London / Vienna, Austria
        Diplomarbeiten 2000, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
        Muster, ars.mobilis Kunstvermittlung, Vienna, Austria
       
'body.fluids. Young line 4 – Meisterklasse Muntean / Rosenblum', Station 3, Vienna, Austria
        How beautiful, U, Vienna, Austria
1998 'diversities, spices, academies', Semperdepot Vienna
(curated by Harald Szeeman), Austria
        Realities. Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, PADAC, Canada
1997 Kupferstichkabinett, Albertina Wien, Austria


Awards and Prices
Scholarship for scientific research
1999 Goldener Fügerpreis
2007 artaward 2007. Kunstförderpreis der Bauholding Strabag SE, Wien, Austria

 

Collections
Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany
Collection Rickert, San Francisco, USA
City Graz, Austria
Federal Chancellery Vienna, Austria
Telekom Austria, Austria
Friends of the Vienna Academy of Arts, Austria

Collection Humanic, Graz, Austria
Knolle Sozietät, Offenbach, Germany



Three o'Clock in the Morning and two Speed, 2004, Oil on canvas, 70 x 220 cm

 
 
 
 
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