Klaus Wanker
URL: http://www.klauswanker.com
Biographie
*1969, Graz, Austria
1989-96 studying civil engineering-economy (dipl ing)
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 Duesseldorf
1998 with Prof. Sue Williams
1999-00 with Prof. Adi Rosenblum
6/2000 Diploma at the Academy
Solo Exhibitions
2012
-extrahierter hypothalamus , Kunsthaus Mürzzuschlag
2011
-„Klaus Wanker“ newWall, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
-viennaartfair solopräsentation Galerie Eugen Lendl
-methamorphose, loders backstube
2008
-Goldener Engl, Hall, Österreich (curated by Florian Steininger, BA-CA Kunstforum Wien)
2007
-Enjoy Your Trip of Illusions, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
-Illusion Unlimited, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
-Lost on the threatening island of shine and glory, Strabag ArtLounge, Wien
2006
-Coolness forever, 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 mit Galerie Adler
2003
-ISTAR 03/04, Galerie Adler (BigArt project), Frankfurt am Main, 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
-cuts.Schnitte, Semperdepot Vienna, Austria
Group Exhibitions
2008
-Jubiläumsausstellung, Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany
-7 paral(l)el 7, MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art, Artexpo, Bukarest, Romania (curated by , Ileana Pop Dubovan, Diana Dochia)
2007
Kustförderpreis Strabag Artaward/07
-Resumee, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
-Family Viewing: The Teenage Kicks Episode, Vegas Gallery, London, UK
-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, curated by Max Presneill (with Nancy Baker, Kendell Carter and Jennifer Nehrbass)
kunstlicht, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York City, USA
-Coolhunters. Youth cultures between the media and the market', Budapest Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Hungary
2005
-Collection Mayreder, Austria (curated by Eugen Lendl)
-Figur und Wirklichkeit, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria (curated by Florian Steiniger, Kunstforum Vienna), 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 / Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany (curated by Birgit Richard, Klaus Neumann-Braun, Sabine Himmelsbach, Peter Weibel)
2004
-Holländer, Kern, Leikauf, Petz, Wanker' Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
-face to face, Galerie Walker, Kärnten, Austria,
-Summer exhibition, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LV Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
-Spektrum Kunstlandschaft’, Hessische Landesvertretung, Berlin, Germany
2003
-Heimspiel2, Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
-Sotheby´s, Vienna, Austria
2002
-art position, Messe junger Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2000
-Auswahl Ankäufe, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
-I spy, Gallery 97-99, London / Vienna, Schleifenmühlg.17, Austria
-Muster, ars.mobilis, Vienna, Austria
-body.fluids, Station 3, Vienna, Austria
-How beautiful, U, Vienna, Austria
1998
-academies, spices, diversities, Semperdepot Vienna (curated by Harald Szeemann), Austria
1997
-Kupferstichkabinett, Albertina Vienna, Austria
Preise
-Goldener Fügerpreis
-Strabag Art Award 07
Artfairs
-Art Dornbirn 2003
-scope London 2004
-Kunstmesse Frankfurt 2005
-Scope Miami 2005
-Scope NEW YORK 2006
-Kunstmesse Wien VIENNAFAIR 2011
Collections
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
Collection Rickert, San Francisco, USA
City Graz, Austria
Collection Helmut Marko
Federal Chancellery Vienna, Austria
Telekom Austria, Austria
Friends of the Vienna Academy of Arts, Austria
Collection Humanic, Graz, Austria
Knolle Societät, Offenbach, Germany
Howard A. Tullman Collection, USA
Collection Strabag
Collection Joanneum Land Steiermark
*1969, Graz, Austria
1989-96 studying civil engineering-economy (dipl ing)
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 Duesseldorf
1998 with Prof. Sue Williams
1999-00 with Prof. Adi Rosenblum
6/2000 Diploma at the Academy
Solo Exhibitions
2012
-extrahierter hypothalamus , Kunsthaus Mürzzuschlag
2011
-„Klaus Wanker“ newWall, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
-viennaartfair solopräsentation Galerie Eugen Lendl
-methamorphose, loders backstube
2008
-Goldener Engl, Hall, Österreich (curated by Florian Steininger, BA-CA Kunstforum Wien)
2007
-Enjoy Your Trip of Illusions, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
-Illusion Unlimited, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
-Lost on the threatening island of shine and glory, Strabag ArtLounge, Wien
2006
-Coolness forever, 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 mit Galerie Adler
2003
-ISTAR 03/04, Galerie Adler (BigArt project), Frankfurt am Main, 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
-cuts.Schnitte, Semperdepot Vienna, Austria
Group Exhibitions
2008
-Jubiläumsausstellung, Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany
-7 paral(l)el 7, MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art, Artexpo, Bukarest, Romania (curated by , Ileana Pop Dubovan, Diana Dochia)
2007
Kustförderpreis Strabag Artaward/07
-Resumee, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
-Family Viewing: The Teenage Kicks Episode, Vegas Gallery, London, UK
-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, curated by Max Presneill (with Nancy Baker, Kendell Carter and Jennifer Nehrbass)
kunstlicht, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York City, USA
-Coolhunters. Youth cultures between the media and the market', Budapest Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Hungary
2005
-Collection Mayreder, Austria (curated by Eugen Lendl)
-Figur und Wirklichkeit, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria (curated by Florian Steiniger, Kunstforum Vienna), 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 / Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany (curated by Birgit Richard, Klaus Neumann-Braun, Sabine Himmelsbach, Peter Weibel)
2004
-Holländer, Kern, Leikauf, Petz, Wanker' Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
-face to face, Galerie Walker, Kärnten, Austria,
-Summer exhibition, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LV Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
-Spektrum Kunstlandschaft’, Hessische Landesvertretung, Berlin, Germany
2003
-Heimspiel2, Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
-Sotheby´s, Vienna, Austria
2002
-art position, Messe junger Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2000
-Auswahl Ankäufe, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
-I spy, Gallery 97-99, London / Vienna, Schleifenmühlg.17, Austria
-Muster, ars.mobilis, Vienna, Austria
-body.fluids, Station 3, Vienna, Austria
-How beautiful, U, Vienna, Austria
1998
-academies, spices, diversities, Semperdepot Vienna (curated by Harald Szeemann), Austria
1997
-Kupferstichkabinett, Albertina Vienna, Austria
Preise
-Goldener Fügerpreis
-Strabag Art Award 07
Artfairs
-Art Dornbirn 2003
-scope London 2004
-Kunstmesse Frankfurt 2005
-Scope Miami 2005
-Scope NEW YORK 2006
-Kunstmesse Wien VIENNAFAIR 2011
Collections
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
Collection Rickert, San Francisco, USA
City Graz, Austria
Collection Helmut Marko
Federal Chancellery Vienna, Austria
Telekom Austria, Austria
Friends of the Vienna Academy of Arts, Austria
Collection Humanic, Graz, Austria
Knolle Societät, Offenbach, Germany
Howard A. Tullman Collection, USA
Collection Strabag
Collection Joanneum Land Steiermark