Bernhard Wolf (artist)
Bernhard Wolf (* 1965 in Klagenfurt , Carinthia) is a visual artist from Austria.
life and work
From 1992 to 1996 Wolf studied at the Free Academy Moscow with Aleksander Petlura . Wolf is a member of the Free Academy Moscow, the Forum Stadtpark Graz, the FOND Graz and the Art Association of Carinthia . Together with Carola Peschl he headed the Forum Stadtpark Graz from 2007 to 2010. He works in Graz and Vienna .
In his painting, Wolf deals with logo culture, visual communication and archetypes of pop culture.
Wolf also realized and realizes numerous temporary and permanent works in public spaces inside and outside Austria.
A distinctive point of his work is the exchange with the contemporary art scene in Russia and the Ukraine, among others in group exhibitions with Aristarch Chernyshev , Wladislaw Jefimow , Aleksander Petlura , Bronislava Dubner. Oleg Kulik , Artem Filatov, Vova Chernyshev.
In 2003, Wolf, together with Judith Schwentner and Herwig G. Höller, organized a festival on the contemporary art scene from St. Petersburg, Russia, as part of "Graz 2003 - European Capital of Culture "
Publications (selection)
- Public art. Volume 1 / Institute for Art in Public Space Styria since 2012, editors: Elisabeth Fiedler, Dirck Möllmann, German / English, ISBN 978-3-86984-546-3 . (Texts by Elisabeth Fiedler, Dirck Möllmann, Markus Bogensberger, Reinhard Braun, Christian Egger, Krist Gruijthuijsen, Veronica Kaup-Hasler , Barbara Pichler)
- Bernhard Wolf, works 1993 - 2013. Editor: Forum Stadtpark Graz, 2013, ISBN 978-3-901109-38-6 . German English. Texts by Judith Laister, Herwig G. Höller and Peter Weibel .
- parallel info russia: usa, direct news channel Russia / USA, publisher: edition selene , Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85266-175-7 .
Projects (selection)
- If you don't give the mind something to do, the mind will give you something to do. Kunsthaus Graz , Austria 2015
- GORA-ZIRKA / MOUNTAIN-STAR, Mala Galleria, Mistetskij Arsenal , Kiev, Ukraine 2015
- DIQIU / EARTH, public space interventions, group - exhibition: "Desiring the real. Austria contemporary", University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong , China 2015
- ERDE / ZEMLYA, NCCA - National Center for Contemporary Art , Moscow / Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 2014
- “Focus collection 04. Animals”, Carinthia Museum of Modern Art , Klagenfurt, Austria 2013
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolf, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt , Carinthia |