Anatole Ak

Anatole Ak (born September 1, 1956 in Linz ) is an Austrian painter .

Career

From 1976 to 1980 he studied at the Mozarteum University of Music and Performing Arts in Salzburg. In 1989 Ak was a founding member of the artist group K5 (with Oliver Dorfer , Robert Mittringer , Alexander Netusil and Reinhold Rebhandl ) and has been a member of the artists' association MAERZ in Linz since 1994 . Today Ak lives and works in Engerwitzdorf / Upper Austria.

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Ak paints in oils and mixed media on handmade paper and canvas. His pictures often show linear structures on a monochrome , pasty background. In addition to painting, he also worked as a video and installation artist .

Works (selection)

• Black out , 1980, video installation and performance, 16mm color film
• Skull Views , 1986, oil on canvas, 126 × 110 cm, Art Collection of the Province of Upper Austria
• untitled, 1993, mixed media / handmade paper, 47 × 64.5 cm, art collection of the province of Upper Austria
• Hinterweltwelt , 2009, oil on canvas, 100 × 150 cm, art collection of the State of Upper Austria

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

• 1994: Sala del Paradisino di S. Maria degli Angeli, Galleria Civica Arte Moderna; Modena, Italy
• 2004: Danubiana, Meulensteen Art Museum; Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2009: Art Pavilion Nußdorf, Vienna

Group exhibitions

• 1989: Reverse Angle , Drum Factory; Chicago, USA
• 1991: K5 , museum; Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
• 1992: Decouvertes 92; Paris, France
• 1994: XXVI. Festival International de la Peinture; Cannes sur mer, France
• 1996: Kunst Wien 96, Museum of Applied Arts, Ariadne Gallery Vienna
• 1999: Lavori su carta; Turin, Italy; ACT 99; Moscow, Russia
• 2009: Museum Leopold, Ars Intrinsica; Vienna
• 2014: Villa Seilern; Bad Ischl

Awards

• 1980: Art Prize of the State of Salzburg

literature

• Ak, Anatole . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Addendum 1, Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-22861-9 , p. 145.

Web links

• Anatole Ak in the art collection of the Province of Upper Austria