ARTIST PROFILE

Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair

  • Russian Federation (b. 1980 in Moscow)
  • Currently in Vienna, Austria.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair and Anu Vahtru, Chimera Project Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair and Belinda Kazeem, Friedl Kubelka Fotoschule at the Parallel Vienna, Alte Post, Vienna, Austria.

2013

  • Free Collection Vienna #5, them and us, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria.

2012

  • Talk to the Driver, so that he does not Fall Asleep!, Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
  • us and them, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria.

2011

  • Parallel Actions 1, Gallery na Vspolnom, Moscow, Russian Federation.

2010

  • Salon systémique, Start Gallery in MUSA – Museum on Demand, Vienna, Austria.

2008

  • Mental Rotations (together with Wolfgang Obermair), SWINGR, Vienna, Austria.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Mission W, Public Space ( Biosphere Park in the Vienna Woods), Vienna, Austria.
  • Beyond the Obvious – Contemporary Women Artists from CEE, Deák Erika Galéria, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Canvas, GPLcontemporary, Vienna, Austria.
  • Silk Road Love, Kunstsalon Seidenstrasse, Vienna, Austria.
  • Tales of Two Cities, Jewish Museum Judenplatz, Vienna, Austria.

2014

  • Anton Faistauer Preis 2014, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
  • GOD IS NOT ENOUGH, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, Austria.
  • FLUXUS – An Exhibition as Performance, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria.
  • [silence] – A Holocaust Exhibition, Ludwig Múzeum Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Tales of Two Cities, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Urban View, periscope, Salzburg, Austria.
  • SAY IT. RU> vol.1, Hans Knoll Project Space, Vienna, Austria.
  • Electronic Relationships, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

2013

  • DIS-PLAY-PRATER-STERN – How we like to live, Fluc, public space on Praterstern, Vienna, Austria.
  • last time bevor Sommer break, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria.
  • An enlarged social horizon will bring advantages, Schneiderei, Vienna, Austria.
  • The Eschaton Reviewed: Tomorrow is Another Day, BLACKBRIDGE OFFSPACE, Beijing, China.

2012

  • Burnning with Passion, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic Of.
  • Sculpture Garden , Strombad, Kritzendorf, Austria.
  • Predicting Memories, Former K. K. Telegraph office, Vienna, Austria.
  • The Art on your Wall, artclub1563, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of.
  • Critical Alliances, Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU), Zagreb, Croatia.
  • re turn, Halle 20 Auf AEG, Nuremberg, Germany.

2011

  • Dienstag Abend edition release, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria.
  • 32. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Antidepressiva, Gallery Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria.
  • in effigie, Seidlgasse 14, Vienna, Austria.
  • 32. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Future Garden, kunstbunker – forum für zeitgenössische kunst, Nueremberg, Germany.
  • NeoSI: neue Situationistische Inter…nationale, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf, Austria.
  • The Days of This Society Are Numbered, Abrons Arts Center NY, New York City, United States.
  • Die Fotografie in Referenz…, Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria.

2010

  • Aquarellhappening 2000–2009, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • The Merger – by following this 1 easy rule…, Venue Display, Chicago, United States.
  • Double Volley, Gallery Area 53, Vienna, Austria.
  • Appartment Exhibition. Vienna Entourage, ArtRaum, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Where do we go from here?, Secession, Vienna, Austria.

LOCATION

  • Born 1980 in Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

EDUCATION

  • 2006 - 2009
    Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Master in Sculpture ( Monica Bonvicini, diploma by Manfred Pernice)
  • 2005 - 2006
    University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Master in Sculpture (Erwin Wurm)
  • 1999 - 2005
    Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
    Meisterschülerin in Painting and Object Art (Rolf-Gunter Dienst)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Annual grant
    Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New-York, United States
  • 2013
    Grant
    Anni and Heinrich Sussmann Foundation, Vienna, Austria
  • 2010
    Start-Award
    Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture Austria, Vienna, Austria
  • 2009
    Appreciation prize
    Federal Ministry for Science and Research, Austria, Vienna, Austria
  • 2009
    Appreciation prize
    Federal Ministry for Science and Research, Austria, Vienna, Austria
  • 2009
    Appreciation prize
    Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria

RESIDENCIES

  • 2014
    Studio Istanbul, suppoted by the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture Austria, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2012
    Studio Budapest, suppoted by the city of Vienna and the city of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2011
    Residency, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic Of

COLLECTIONS

  • Collection Stolitzka, Graz, Austria
  • Free Collection Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • Artothek des Budes im 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
  • Budapest History Museum Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
  • Tiroler Landesmuseum, Innsbruck, Austria
  • MUSA, Vienna, Austria