Maria Anwander | Biography
1980 Born in Bregenz, Austria
Lives and works in Bregenz and Berlin
Education
2002-2003 Theatre-, Film- and Mediascience, University Vienna
2003-2007 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2008 Diploma, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Game Over, Arratia Beer, Berlin
Curing the Creative Crisis, Larry Bar, Berlin, Germany
Just Exploiting Another Creative Crisis, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria
2015 Heimspiel 2015, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz (FL)
Exploiting the Creative Crisis, O.T. Raum für Aktuelle Kunst, Luzern
an artist is an artist is an artist is a female artist, the smallest gallery - steirischer herbst, Austria
Maria Anwander, O.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Luzern, Switzerland
Ruben Aubrecht / Maria Anwander, AllerArt, Bludenz, Austria
2014 In A Certain State Of Uncertainty, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
In Between the Borders of Now (Ruben Aubrecht & Maria Anwander), Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
discrete collection, Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany
out of context, Steve Turner - contemporary, Los Angeles, USA
2013 When emptiness wears a dot of true red, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Using pastel is so uncontemporary, Galerie Hollenstein, Lustenau, Austria
2012 Been Present, Project Room Aquarium at Casino Luxembourg
Analyzing, AC Institute, New York, USA
shortcuts in circuits, 12C Raum für Kunst, Schnifis, Austria
Donations, Medienraum, Hospiz am Arlberg, Austria
2011 Maria Anwander - The Invisible Kiss of the Thief, Gewölbekeller im Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz, Germany
Von der Illusion von Kunst - Kulturredaktion Fernsehen oder: Was soll ich mit diesen Farbklecksen, ORF Funkhaus Dornbirn, Austria
Ruben Aubrecht / Maria Anwander, Mögliches Resultat einer Gemeinsamen Arbeit, MUSA - Startgalerie, Vienna, Austria
2010 Kunst Box, Bregenz, Austria
Kunst am Bau, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria
2009 Hail to the Thief, The General Store, Sydney, Australia
My Most Favourite Art, Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Bilbao, Spain
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 10 Jahre Künstleraustausch Bilbao-Bregenz, Bildraum Bodensee, Bregenz (AT)
Come as you are, Arratia Beer, Berlin (DE)
Zeigen und Verbergen, QuadrART, Dornbirn (AT)
In the open, kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin (DE)
Umeå Konsthall - pop-up exhibition space, Umeå (SE)
Sie müssen keine Meinung haben, seien Sie einfach nur schön! Schau Fenster, Berlin (DE)
We gave our best, now the rest is up to the hope chest, Austrian Cultural Forum, Budapest (HU)
We gave our best, now the rest is up to the hope chest, imersten, Vienna (AT)
We gave our best, now the rest is up to the hope chest, Austrian Cultural Forum in Belgrade (R
The Hilger Collection Part I, Works on paper and wood, BROT Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Contemporaneity & Crisis, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Probieren, Irren, Probieren, Montforter Zwischentöne, Feldkirch, Austria
2015 ArtLine Milano: 30 Projects for the Contemporary Art Park, Palazzo Reale, piazza Duomo 12, Milan
Aufbruch, Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt
Vienna Art Week, Unverkäuflich / Not for Sale, curated by Alexander Felch and Maria Pavlova, mo.ë, Wien
WE GAVE OUR BEST, NOW THE REST IS UP TO THE HOPE CHEST, Austrian Cultural Forum, Washington D.C.
WE GAVE OUR BEST, NOW THE REST IS UP TO THE HOPE CHEST, Gallery Penelope, New York
Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
More Konzeption Conception Now, Museum Morsbroich, Germany
Space Program, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA
2014 Vitraria Glass +A Museum, Vitraria, Venice, Italy
Was Sie Lesen, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Aus Film und Fernsehen, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
2nd Bregenz Biennale (AT)
All in One Party Show, Insitu, Berlin, Berlin Germany
Open Studios, 18th Street, Santa Monica, USA
2013 Episode 3: Cézanne beats Pollock, Insitu, Berlin, Germany
Mum, I just really need to focus on my art right now, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań, Poland
Impossibility vs. Self-Censorship, Matadero Madrid - Center for Contemporary Art, Spain
ÜberMalen, Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, Germany
Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur, Vorarlberger Landhaus and public space, Austria
Stipendium Vordemberge-Gildewart, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein curators’ network, KEX - Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2012 Los irrespetuosos / The Disrespectful / Die Respektlosen, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico D. F., Mexico
MULTImART, Gumpendorferstrasse, Vienna, Austria
variable size #, mo.e, Vienna, Austria
1st Bregenz Biennale - do what you can’t, Bregenz, Austria
Kann es Liebe sein III, Künstlerhaus k/haus Passagegalerie + Studios Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna, Austria
Kann es Liebe sein II, Circle Cité, Luxembourg
Kann es Lieb sein I, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Una Historia Vintage, C/ Alcalá 273, 3º izda, Madrid, Spain
Nach dem Projekt ist vor dem Projekt ist, Abteilung für Alles Andere, Berlin, Germany
HAIR, Hospiz Galerie, Bregenz, Austria
Galerie Chybulski, Ville sur Jarnioux, France
Tiere, Antiquariat Chybulski, Feldkirch, Austria
Ausstieg aus der Ordnung > Neue Situation, Glockengasse 9, Vienna, Austria
die weisse ab-haus-verkaufs-kunstschau, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria
Druck, Künstlerhaus im Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2011 METAmART - Art and Capital.The exhibition, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria
METAmART - Market Model, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
4th Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art. Beautiful view - Nice Perspectives, Moscow, Russia
Call 2011, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Die nächste Generation III - Ein Selbstportrait, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
2010 Not Here, Harlem Studios by Montrasio Arte, New York, USA
Happy Hour, In der Kubatur des Kabinetts, Kunstsalon im Fluc, Vienna, Austria
Alexander Reznikov Award 2008-2010, Brot-Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Is there any Hope for an Optimistic Art?, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Two Part Project: “Liberty” / “Freedom”, Moscow, Russia
Look at me, Stedefreund / Das Weisse Haus, Stedefreund, Berlin, Germany
Reznikov-Award, VIENNAFAIR, Vienna, Austria
Quasi dasselbe...? Dikurse mit poetischer Funktion, Kunstpavillon - Tiroler Künstlerschaft, Innsbruck, Austria
2009 Ostrale 09, Ostragehege, Dresden, Germany
Print Matters, The General Store, Sydney, Austria
Portrait, Künstlerhaus im Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
A Vernacular of Dissent, Champaign-Urbana Independent Media Center, Illinois, USA
Egoileak / Residentes, Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Bilbao, Spain
UnORTnung V, Ankerbrotfabrik, Vienna, Austria
Neue Mitglieder, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2008 Residencies, Fundación Bilbao Arte - Center for Contemporary Art, Bilbao, Spain
Am Sprung, OK-Centrum, Linz, Austria
Kleinstes Gemeinsames Vielfaches, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Kapital - Körper - Konventionen, Forum Schloss Wolkersdorf, Austria
UnOrtnung III, Genochmarkt, Vienna, Austria
FreiWild, DoppelDe, Dresden, Germany
2007 Intervention, Fieldgate Gallery, London, UK
EMAF - Stufo Exhibition, Osnabrück, Germany
Q 202 - Atelierrundgang, St. Balbach - Artproduction, Vienna, Austria
2006 Faktum-Flakturm, Flakturm Arenbergpark, Vienna, Austria
waking doubting rolling shining and musing..., Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Babylon’s Shade, Artos Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
Give me Five, TQW-Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria
Tag der Offenen Tür, Flakturm Arenbergpark, Vienna, Austria
Top to Bottom End to End, Westbahnhof, Vienna, Austria
Zur Zeit I, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn& Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Colore non Solo, Theseus Tempel, Vienna, Austria
2005 n’Kiloton, Biennial satellite project, Venice, Italy
Projects
2015 BEZERKSGEDENKSTÄTTE VERFOLGUNG, WIDERSTAND UND FREIHEITSKAMPF IN HERNALS 1934 BIS 1945, WITH RUBEN AUBRECHT, S45-StationHernals, Vienna
2012 Intervention and performance in public space, supported by AC Institute, New York, USA
Public dancefloor, KÖR - public art Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria
2010 curated: gaming the system rank the ranking or fuck the curator, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis Bregenz Austria
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
art at construction site, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria
2007 Zwillingsbrut, (stagedesign) KosmosTheater, Bregenz, Austria
Residencies and Awards
2015 Internationaler Kunstpreis des Landes Vorarlberg La Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2014 18th Street, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Award of Darmstädter Sezession, Germany
Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium
2012 Officina de Arte, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Casino Luxemburg, Luxemburg
12 C on Air in Schnifis, Austria
Hospiz Art Award, St Christoph am Arlberg, Austria
2011 Startstipendium BM:UKK, Austria
2010 Alexander Reznikov Award, Vienna, Austria
Harlem Studio Fellowship by Montrasioarte, New York, USA
2009 art at construction site, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria
Bilbao Arte Center for Contemporary Art, Bilbao, Spain
2008 Pfann-Ohmann-Group-Award, Vienna, Austria
Exchange-grant: KUB-Kunsthaus Bregenz / Bilbao Arte - Center for Contemporary Art, Austria/Spain
Publications and Catalogs
2013 “Maria Anwander - been present” Published by Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2013
“Starter, Art Magazin”, Nr. 05/2013
“Not Here Not There Part 2” Published by Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 19 Issue 2
“Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium 2013” Published by Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Bucher Verlag
2012 “Maria Anwander - Von der Illusion von Kunst”, Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2012
“Facing Kremlin - Gute Aussichten 2011”, Moscow 2012
2011 “Parabol #6”, Vienna 2011
“unORTnung. Eine Ausstellungsreihe in Wien”, Schlebrügge Verlag, Vienna
2010 “Qui vive?” Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow 2010
“Content / Form / Im-material - 5 Years of Cont3xt.net”, Vienna 2010
2009 “Maria Anwander - my most favourite art”, Bilbao 2009
“Ostrale 09”, Dresden 2009
2008 “Kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches”, Vienna 2008
2007 “European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 2007”, Osnabrück 2007
2006 “waking doubting rolling shining and musing”, Vienna 2006