Gertrude Moser-Wagner
Born at St.Georgen/Murau in Styria, Austria, in 1953.
Lives and works in Vienna as a free-lance artist.
Studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna,
with professor Bruno Gironcoli.
1982-90 Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts for Arnulf Rainer's master class. Summer 1990 artist/lecturer at the Progetto Civitella d'Agliano, Italy.
1990-92 Lecturer at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, in "Interdisciplinary Techniques" for the master class of guest professor Beverly Piersol.
Since 1996 VICE VERSA art projects together with Beverly Piersol.
Since 1993 Workshops and lectures abroad (Bologna, Los Angeles, Munich, Glarus, Plüschow, New York, Owen Sound, Durham etc.)
Adjunct Professor at Webster University, Vienna (1999-2009)
Studios abroad: Rome (1994) and Kraków (1997). Artist in Residence at UMAS, Durham, Ontario (2000)
BMUKK-pilot project on „Mentoring of women by women in the arts“ (2011)
Fields of Artistic Endeavour
Concept, sculpture, video. Since 1979 exhibitions and projects; since 1983 video; since 1985 art in public spaces, interventions, symposia, communication projects, texts; cooperating with artists and scientists from other disciplines
Solo Exhibitions and Project Realizations
2012
gesichtsfeld - campo visivo“ (Initiator together with
Doris Jauk-Hinz), Literaturhaus Graz, Literaturhaus Vienna,
Gallery ZSart Vienna, Fondazione MUDIMA Milano
NISTEN ZIEHEN IRREN, project at the festival REGIONALE12, St.Lambrecht/Styria
2011 art goes science IV, collaboration, co-elaboration,
LET&POJ / FLY&SING (with Marica Radojčić, Belgrade, Serbia),
Art Centre of the University Library „Svetozar Marković“
2010
art goes science III, HALLO IRRGAST, exhibition (curator) and symposium and at University of Natural Resources and
Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
BIRD FLEW FAST, Galerie Splitter Art, Vienna
2009
art goes science II, DREI HÖFE, EIN PFERD, KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT, a walk along art-projects with Elke Krasny, Burghart Schmidt a.o., public spaces in Vienna
art goes science I, OKTOPUS, exhibition (curator) and symposium at Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna
BERINGT UND ABGEFLOGEN, project at the Lower Austria’s Festival, Hohenau; „flugs“ ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio with Martin Leitner
2008
„The World of Performance Art: Ten Years of Asiatopia“, Bangkok Metropolitan Art&Cultural Center, curator Chumpon Apisuk, Bangkok, Thailand, www.asiatopia.org
POLIPOLOGO, Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea,
Rome and DVD-presentations at Formia and Ventotene, Italy
2007
“Undisclosed Territory”, Solo/Java and “Nyepi”, Performance-Art Conference, Bali, Indonesia, curated by Melati Suryodarmo and Boris Nieslony, www.lemahputih.com
Project at Lower Austria’s Festival “grenzen.los”, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2006
FISCHERSTIEGE alter ego, in connecton with art in public space, Vienna, www.publicartvienna.at, project in public space, (concept, curator), Vienna, A
HAUS 29, GELBE STRASSE – ein Fest für Veza, project in public space, (concept, curator), Vienna, A
KÖRPERCHEN, Medienwerkstatt Vienna, in connection with DAS ALTE, DAS NEUE (curator), www.medienwerkstatt-wien.at,
Vienna, A
2005
FINALTASTE, project in public space,
(concept, curator), Vienna, A
FARANG, Thai-Austrian Art and Friendship, Vienna,
(concept, curator together with MACHFELD), A
2004
ASIATOPIA 6, Performance-Art-Festival, Bangkok and Chaing Mai,
curator for the Austrian artists Rolf Hinterecker
TASTE UM DIE ECKE, project in public space, (concept, curator), Vienna, A
O-PLOT-O, (with Michael Delia), ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio/Radiokunst
GLOBAL GARDEN, Lilla Galleriet, KKV Bohuslän, Sweden
2003
Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (with Inge Vavra), Klagenfurt, A
TASTE 0-20, project in public space, (concept, curator), Vienna, A
O-PLOT-O in conjunction with “Stazione di Topoló/Postaja Topolove”, Topoló, Italy
2002
VICE VERSA 2002, project in public space (with Beverly Piersol), Vienna, A
HALALI (with Josef Reiter and Natalie Schellander), ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio/Radiokunst
2001
WOODS-DUMPS-SWAMPS (with Beverly Piersol), Thomas K. Lang Gallery, Webster University, Vienna, A
SINK THE WEB, project in public space, Ibm,
Upper Austrian Festival of the Regions, A
2000
VIA POETI (with Beverly Piersol), Studio D‘Ars, Milan, Italy
ART-METABOLISM, Kentler International Drawing Space,
Brooklyn, NY, USA
SOIL SAMPLE SERIES, IMC at Academy of Sciences
of the Czech Republic, Prague
BLACK NEUTRAL OBJECTS, Durham Art Gallery,
Durham, Ontario, Canada
ARTIFICIAL MOUNTAINS, project in public space for
"Stagione di Caccia" (Boris Bakal), Bologna 2000
1999
VICE VERSA (with Beverly Piersol), Esprit Nouveau, Le Corbusier Pavilion, Bologna, Italy
KRAKÓW/KRAKAU (with Beverly Piersol), Krakaudorf, Styria, A
ACH DAS DORF, ACH DER FLUSS, Ach,
Upper Austrian Festival of Regions
POETI, Palestra de' Poeti, Bologna, and Narrenturm, Vienna, A
ACH POETEN, ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio/Radiokunst
Personale, Videoworks, Medienwerkstatt, Vienna, A
1998
IT'S ALL ONE, Kentler International Drawing Space,
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City, USA
SOIL SAMPLE SERIES, Fotogalerie Wien (with Maria Blondeel)
CRACOVIENSIS (with Beverly Piersol and Héctor Fiore),
ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio/Radiokunst
1997
Galerie Gmünd, Carinthia, A
1996
TIME SHARING (with Beverly Piersol), Experimental Intermedia Huis,
Ghent, Belgium
TIME SHARING (with Amanda Stewart, Beverly Piersol),
ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio/Radiokunst
INDICATORE, Oberrieder Stollen, Künstlerhaus Dortmund,
Germany
"Strange Movies", Galerie bei den Minoriten, Graz, A
1995
HALLO BONSAI, ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio/Radiokunst
1994
VIDEOMAN-SPIEGELRAUB, intervention/installation,
Neidhart-Fresken-Haus, Museums of the City of Vienna and
Galerie Stalzer, Vienna
LUCE/GIORNI, Studio di Via Nota, Milan, Italy
INDICATORE IM RADIORAUM (with Josef Reiter)
ORF-Kunstradio/Radiokunst
1993
15/5 INTERIM, Filling station B95, Madling,
as part of the series of projects "Treibstoff Supernormal"
BAUSTELLE WELTFORMEL, room installation, ESC, Graz
INDICATORE, project/intervention, Indicatore, Italy
1992
LINGUALE BILDHAUEREI, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein,
Aachen, Germany
Kunst am Bau, realization at the Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando Wr.Neustadt, A
1991
DISINNESCARE BOMBE DI LAVA, intervention at the volcano on the island of Stromboli, as part of "Art/Science", Punto Rosso-Arti Visive, Stromboli, Italy
LAVABOMBENPROJEKT, Blaugelbe Galerie, Vienna, A
ERDKABELPROJEKT, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, A
1989
Galerie Arcade, Mödling
Galerie Maerz, Linz
1988
MELTING PLOT (Image/Word/Sound), Theseus temple Vienna, with Ferdinand Schmatz (word) and Peter Böhm (sound)
Galerie Neue Räume, Berlin, Germany
1987
Vienna Secession, Print Room
1986
"MITTE-MAI-PROJEKTE", Fabianihaus and St. Ruprecht's church,
Vienna , A
1985/86
DELEATUR, process/intervention in a public space, Vienna, A
1984
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, A
Group Projects and Exhibitions
2011 IN GESELLSCHAFT ZUR GESELLSCHAFT, artist-group Osmosi, Gallery Splitter art, Vienna
2010
10.10.10., Galerie vor Ort, Vienna
„Fioritura O“, Osmosi at PAC108, sculpture in the park of the Centro Basaglia, Livorno, I
PPROJEKTIONEN 2010, curated by Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten, Heiligenkreuzerhof, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2009
ViennArt09, eop-emergence of projects, MUSA, Vienna, A
ART23-Wir sind Wien, Festival der Bezirke, Vienna, A
KUNST UND WUT: SPRACHE, with Elizabeth McGlynn, Hof/Lokal Praterstraße 17, Vienna; www.taste.at
IN GESELLSCHAFT ZUR GESELLSCHAFT I und II, with Petra Ganglbauer and Lucas Cejpek, Alte Schmiede Vienna and
Hof/Lokal Praterstraße17, Vienna; www.taste.at
2008
OSMOSI 08, Galerie im Hof, Vienna and O’Milano, I
2007
DIE LIEBE ZU DEN OBJEKTEN, aspects on contemporary sculpture, Landesmuseum St. Pölten, A
„Unsere Natur liegt in der Bewegung. (Völlige Ruhe ist der Tod)“, Galerie allerArt, Bludenz/Kunstforum Montafon, A
EIN WIDERSPRUCH – a tribute to Simone Weil, Church of St Anna, in addition to the Long Night of the Churches, Vienna, A
"Introducing" Gallery Geyling, Vienna, A
2006
"I shall illuminate the dark side of the moon", Tesla-Museum and public bath, Curator Marica Radojčić, Belgrade, Serbia
2005
FINALTASTE, project in public space, (concept, curator), Vienna, A
FARANG, Thai-Austrian Art and Friendship", Machfeld-Studio, Vienna
"Prologue", ESC im Labor, Graz
2004
"Verstanden-Missverstanden", Lower Austria
Documentary Center for Modern Art, St.Pölten
"Erasing Project", Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
"Durham revisited", ESC im Labor, Graz, A
"Un cuscino per sognare", Parco Esposizioni Novegro, Milan, and Kultfabrik Munich, Germany
NA/NT.06.04, Centro Culturale Svizzero & O’Artoteca, Milan, Italy
2003
"Spuren im Schnee", Andreas Stalzer Werkstatt für Kunstsiebdruck, Galerie Exner, Vienna, A
2002
SISMA, O'Artoteca, Milan, Italy
"Schleife", ESC im Labor (with Beverly Piersol) Graz, A
M. E. L. Galerie, Vienna, A
2001
"Weinviertler Fotowochen", Schloss Wolkersdorf, A
DAL NON ESISTENTE, Gallery Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, Italy
WOODS-DUMPS-SWAMPS (with Beverly Piersol), basis wien and Thomas K. Lang Gallery, Webster University, Vienna, A
2000
"Counterrhythm/Controritmo", Istituto italiano di Cultura, Vienna, A
"Abitare la Galleria", Massenzio Arte, Rome
"Videostories", Landesgalerie Upper Austria, Linz, A
1999
"Translocation", Galleria Museo, Bolzano, Italy
7th Performance Conference, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
"Counterrhythm/Controritmo", Alte Fabrik, Thalgau/Salzburg, A
1998
"Artomatica", Torre Matilde, Viareggio, Italy
"Nonlieux", Kaskadenkondensator, Basel, Switzerland
"Austrian Artists take Space", Otis Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
"Interim", Schloss Plüschow, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Germany
"Die Handlungsreisenden", cuba-cultur, Münster, Germany
"Tra Scrittura ed Immagine", Villa Gori di Stiava, Massarosa, Italy
"Letter, Word, Sentence", Fort Sztuki, Kraków, Poland
1997
ILLIMITE, Baluardo di San Paolino, Lucca, Italy, and Galerie am Mölkersteig, Vienna, A
"Fort Azimut 2000", Fort Sztuki, Kraków, Poland
TORNASOLE, video installation, as part of "Sauerstoff", Encounter with Artists, St.Lambrecht Monastery, A
"Realtime Artemis", video installation in conjunction with ORF/Ö1 Kunstradio/Radiokunst (Concept by Peter Pessl)
1996
"Fragile-Handle with Care", Picture Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, A
ELABORAZIONI, Galerie Eboran, Salzburg, A
"Passaggi a Nord-Ovest", Biella, Italy
1995
Vux6, Galleria Bastione Fiorito, Trieste, Italy
"Zeichen/Symbole", Galerie Robol, Vienna, A
"OSMOSI", Studio di Via Nota, Milan, Italy
"Immagini dell'Interno", Galleria En Plein Air, Pinerolo, Italy
"The Meridian Crossing", Hermit Foundation, Plasy Monastery,
Czech Republic
SNOWING PRÄSENTIERT BETEILIGTE, Blau-Gelbe Galerie, Vienna, A
1994
Transparent Messenger", Hermit Foundation, Plasy Monastery,
Czech Republic
Diagonale 2, Salzburg, A
VUx6, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium
1993
"Interferenzen VII-Transpositionen", Museum of Modern Art,
Ludwig Foundation Vienna
"Im Raum Schule", Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz, A
"Evocare Colombo" Museo Attivo delle Forme Inconsapevoli,
Genova, Italy
ARTE/SCIENZA ARTE/NATURA ARTE/ARTE, Galerie Maerz, Linz, A
KIOSK, video installation, Blau-Gelbe Galerie, Vienna, A
"SIEBEN LINGUALE", video installation, Diagonale 1, Salzburg, A
"Arte Sella", Centre d'Art de Crestet, Vaison la Romaine, France
1992
Galerie M+, Bratislava, Slovakia
1991
"Arbeiten mit Glas", Galerie Stalzer, Vienna, A
"Arte Natura", Civica Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
"borderline 91", Monteciccardo di Pésaro, Italy
1990
"Arte Sella 90", Borgo Valsugana, Trento, Italy
"Einige topographische Setzungen", (with Verena Thürkauf and
Georg Leutner), Galerie Stalzer, Vienna, A
"Österreichische Skulptur, Sammlung Erste Allgemeine Generali Foundation", Secession, Vienna, A
1989
"Phantasie und Industrie", Technisches Museum, Vienna
"60 Tage Österreichisches Museum des 21. Jahrhunderts",
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, A
1988
"Jugendwerke vom Schillerplatz", Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, A
1987
"Österreichische Graphik II", Secession, Vienna, A
1986
"Meditation", Styrian Autumn, Galerie bei den Minoriten, Graz, A
"Austrian Video", Long Beach Museum, Los Angeles, USA
1984
"Junge Szene Wien", Secession, Vienna, A
1983
"Geist und Form X", Vienna, A
1979
"Geist und Form IX", Vienna (Award), A
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