ARTIST PROFILE

Katherina Olschbaur

  • b. 1983
  • Currently in Vienna, Austria.
  • Is a painter

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Haunted by Strokes, Werkstadt Graz , Graz, Austria.

2015

  • The Opening, Brick 5 , Vienna.
  • Parallel Vienna Artist Statements, Alte Post, Dominikanerbastei, Vienna, Austria.

2013

  • Dickicht (mit Matthias Buch), Büro Weltausstellung Vienna Art Foundation, Vienna.

2011

  • Into deeper Lands at Open Sea (with films by Anna Mitterer, Herwig Weiser and Christoph Brech), Magazin Vienna, Vienna.
  • Wicked Walls, MUSA Start Gallery, Vienna.

2009

  • Yussuf Cermak (with Lorenz Helfer), Gallery Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, Austria.

2008

  • Unsichere Räume , Kunstraum Praterstraße , Vienna, Austria.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • The Katharsis Show, Büro Weltausstellung Vienna Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
  • Buchstabenfest , Zollamt Bad Radkersburg, Austria.
  • Mujeras Alcanzando la Luz , Casa Museo del Banco National , Panama City (PA).

2014

  • On Risk (cancelled), Patras Festival for Contemporary Art , Patras, Greece.
  • Anton Faistauer Prize for Painting, Galerie im Traklhaus , Salzburg , Austria.

2013

  • Picture Show, Alabama Sir, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Triangel, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz , Austria.
  • Wie weit willst Du gehen? , Pinacoteca , Vienna , Austria.

2012

  • Up and Down and Up (with Matthias Buch, Olivia Kaiser), VBKÖ - Vereinigung Bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs, Vienna.
  • Abstraktion und Subtraktion , Gallery Lisa Ruyter , Vienna, Austria.
  • Magic Bus , Museum Gironcoli , Austria.

2011

  • From erewhon to who knows when, Kunstverein Schattendorf , Schattendorf, Austria.
  • Symbiosis? XV Biennale de la Mediterannee, Port Warehouse, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Before the movies the paintings were like the movies, Moe (cur. Christian Bazanz Hegenmark) , Vienna , Austria.
  • Sweet Anticipation , Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria.

2010

  • Georg Eisler Prize - Nominated Artists, BA-Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria.
  • New Painterly Positions, Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Vienna , Austria.

2009

  • Reden ist Silber Zeigen ist Gold, Atelierhof Kreuzberg , Berlin, Germany.

2006

  • REAL , Kunsthalle Krems, Austria.

PROGRAMS

2015

  • Über Grenzen, Presentation, Halle für Kunst und Medien , Graz. together with Hans Jürgen Hafner, Robert Müller, Sandro Droschl, Christian Egger.
    Talk and Conversation in course of the Symposium "Neverending Painting "

2013

  • Über Malerei , Presentation, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna.
    As part of the program "Über Malerei" held at the class of Abstract Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna always one painter is invited to a solo exhibition and lecture series discussing their painting practice with original works. In the end a small catalogue was published. (Invited by Erwin Bohatsch and Luisa Kasalicky)

2012

  • Up and down and Up, Presentation, VBKÖ Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs, Vienna. exhibition project with Matthias Buch, Olivia Kaiser. With a text by Christian Egger..
    "How can the relationship between the intimate conversation and the respective art be displayed? Up and Down and Up exhibits an attempt to visualize the dynamics of a friendship, making them debatable. The arguments and discussions that accompanied the work on these paintings illustrate the interrelationship of the friendship. This correlation shall be put to disposition here." (press)
  • Warum bist du nicht so wie ich dich mir dichte/ Zeichnung Vivante , Libretto , Vienna Art Week "Predicting Memories" K.K. Telegrafenamt , Vienna, Austria. with Anna Mitterer.
    A close reading of an image of Charlotte Salomon, transformed into a small opera libretto - composed and performed by Katharina Ernst, Rèka Kutas und Anna Mitterer, in: Predicting Memories, k.k. Telegraphenamt, Vienna Art Week 2012

2011

  • On Steep Waves (with Ari Amaya Akkermans) , Project, Remap 3 - KM , Athens, Greece.
    A postcard wandering exhibition in dedication to political prisoner Maikel Nabil. With a text written by Ari Amaya Akkermans . Artists were invited to send postcards from a specific place (real or imagined). The postcards were presented openly during the exhibition. Station 1: ReMap 3 KM-Athens (GR) / Station 2: Hotel Aegeon, Thessaloniki (GR) / Station 3: fluc Bar Vienna/ Station 4: Central Park - New York

LOCATION

  • Born 1983.
  • Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

EDUCATION

  • 2001 - 2009
    University of Applied Arts Vienna (Painting, Animation Film, Stage Design)
    Diploma in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2016
    Nomination Kapsch Contemporary Art Award
    Mumok Vienna
  • 2011
    Start-Stipendium
    Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture Austria
  • 2009
    Theodor Körner Prize
    Theodor Körner Foundation
  • 2009
    Grant
    Anni and Heinrich Sussmann Foundation
  • 2007
    Research Scholarship and 4 month residency in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem (IL)
    University for Applied Arts , Vienna
  • 2003
    Honouring Award
    Tricky Women Animation Film Festival

RESIDENCIES

  • 2016
    Studio Residency, Red Gate Gallery Bejing (CN)
  • 2015
    Studio Residency, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
  • 2013
    Hotel Residency, Hospiz Kunsthalle Arlberg (AT)

COLLECTIONS

  • Collection CCA Andratx , Mallorca, Spain
  • Collection Artothek des Bundes, 21 Haus Vienna
  • Illwerke Collection (AT)
  • Collection MUSA Vienna
  • Collection Oskar Kokoschka Center, Vienna
  • Collection Helmut Marko , Graz, Austria