Christian Sery
Christian Sery (* 1959 in Linz ; artist name: Sery C ) is an Austrian artist and has been a professor at the Dresden University of Fine Arts since 2003 , where he was rector from 2005 to 2012.
biography
Christian Sery was born in Linz in 1959. After graduating from high school in 1973 , he first studied at the Higher Technical College in Krems on the Danube and graduated in 1978 as an engineer for structural engineering. From 1978 to 1984 he studied painting at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz , which he completed with a diploma. In 1984 Sery moved to Germany and worked as a freelance artist in Düsseldorf . In 2003 he was appointed professor for interdisciplinary and experimental painting at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts .
Christian Sery is married and has lived in Dresden since 2004.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1985: Galerie Kleinsimlinghaus “Kongo Mania - Sinking Ships”, Düsseldorf
- 1986: Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum I New Gallery of the City of Linz “Austrian Contemporary Art No. V”, Linz
- 1987: Galerie Kleinsimlinghaus “Studio Ewig”, Düsseldorf
- 1987: Galerie Decalage “Hierarchy of Images”, Milan
- 1987: Galerie Ariadne "No composition in camp No. I", Vienna
- 1988: Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf / Forum Bilkerstraße (with Liz Bachhuber), Düsseldorf
- 1990: O.Ö. Landesmuseum Francisco Carolinum “Red Saloon and Revolving Doors”, Linz
- 1990: Art Museum Thun "Red Saloon and Revolving Doors", Thun
- 1991: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus I art forum "Tongue to tongue - You Know", Munich
- 1992: Museo d 'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci Prato “Congress of Spaces - Carta Bianca IV”, Prato
- 1992: Art Fund Bonn , Bonn
- 1993: Musee Curtius "Blue Giant", Liège
- 1993: Kunstraum Wuppertal "Open Gate", Wuppertal
- 1994: Portikus - Frankfurt am Main "Ladies & Gentlemen" ("To the Museum Management - Letter No. 2"), Frankfurt am Main
- 1994: Kunstverein Freiburg (Black Monastery) "Vertical-Angel", Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1994: Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia “Vertical Angle”, Düsseldorf
- 1994: Staten Galerie “could you lift your skirt please”, The Hague
- 1995: Wewerka Pavilion "Sekante - Glass Appendix", Münster
- 1995: Municipal exhibition hall at the Hawerkamp "Headquarters - Paintings", Münster
- 1995: De Paviljoens “Letter no. 1/2 ", Almere
- 1996: Kölnischer Kunstverein "Kölner Bilder-Lock up!", Cologne
- 1996: Stifterhaus - O.Ö. State museum “Ready-to-wear for the second hand stars” (“To the museum management” - final presentation), Linz
- 1996: City Art Museum Bonn “Bonjour Monsieur No. V - letter no. 2 ", Bonn
- 1996: New gallery at the Landesmuseum Johanneum “Ready-to-wear for the second hand stars” (“To the museum management” - final presentation), Graz
- 1997: Stadtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn “Ready-to-wear for the second hand stars” (“To the museum management” - final presentation), Bonn
- 1997: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn "Julius in Pink", Bonn
- 1998: City Gallery Gladbeck “Blendwerke”, Gladbeck
- 1999: Kunstverein Ulm "Hüllen fall - pillars stand", Ulm
- 2000: Kunstverein Ruhr “Himmelschwere”, Essen
- 2001: Museum van Bommel van Dam Venlo "bad girls and rubber" (with Martina Jess), Venlo
- 2001: Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck “Ermalte Architektur Paintings I – V”, Bahnhof Rolandseck near Remagen
- 2001: Krips Gallery “Captured Wall No. II”, Cologne
- 2002: Salvador Diaz Gallery “Captured Space”, Madrid
- 2004: Fundación COAM Madrid “Coma captured Amoc”, Madrid
- 2005: Arp Museum Rolandseck "Open Arp Gate - Versión Final", Rolandseck train station near Remagen
- 2007: Domus Artium Salamanca 2007 DA2, Salamanca
- 2008: Salvador Diaz, Madrid
- 2010: European Center for the Arts Hellerau , Festspielhaus Hellerau , Dresden , Lipstick traces re.cover (with Martina Jess)
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1984: Trakl House, Salzburg
- 1984: Ars Electronica , Linz
- 1985: Kunsthalle Nürnberg “Third International Triennial of Drawing”, Nürnberg
- 1987: Parz moated castle “Slightly elevated temperature 4000 D”, Grieskirchen
- 1987: Landesmuseum Francisco Carolinum “Drawing tastes good painting”, Linz
- 1990: Sculpture project Stadtlohn "Wood Sculptures - Structures", Stadtlohn / Münster
- 1990: New gallery of the city of Linz “O.Ö. Avant-garde 1900–1990 ”, Linz
- 1990: PS II New York “ATW Past Present Future”, New York
- 1990: Museo de Arte Moderne "ATW Past Present Future", Rio de Janeiro
- 1990: Museo de Arte Plasticas “ATW Past Present Future”, Montevideo
- 1990: Sculpture Museum Glaskasten "ATW Past Present Future", Marl
- 1991: Bochum Art Museum "Young Art Forum", Bochum
- 1991: Kunsthalle Kiel "Young Art Forum", Kiel
- 1991: City Gallery Wolfsburg "Young Art Forum", Wolfsburg
- 1992: Gallery Mosel and Chekhov "C'est ne pas une sculpture II", Munich
- 1992: Kunstpalast Düsseldorf “Jumbo”, Düsseldorf
- 1993: Museo Casa Bianca "Al Limite", Malo
- 1993: Galeria Leonardi "Al Limite", Genoa
- 1993: Goethe-Institut / Brussels “Transfer Brussels – Düsseldorf”, Brussels
- 1993: Sint Pietersabdij “Transfer Germany – Belgium”, Gent
- 1993: Kunsthalle Recklinghausen “Transfer Germany – Belgium”, Recklinghausen
- 1993: Musee des Beaux Arts “Transfer Germany – Belgium”, Charleroi
- 1994: Kunsthalle Kiel "3x Painting", Kiel
- 1994: Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia “Conclusion”, Düsseldorf
- 1995: New gallery of the city of Linz "Positions", Linz
- 1995: Landesmuseum Palais Thurn und Taxis "Positions", Innsbruck
- 1995: Museo Contemporanea "Al Limite", San Martino di Luperi
- 1995: O.Ö. Landesmuseum Stifterhaus Linz "Malwerke", Linz
- 1996: ID gallery "Surface - Color - Space - Structure", Düsseldorf
- 1997: Art Association Cologne "Ca-Ca-Poo-Poo", Cologne
- 1998: European Culture Month September 1998 - Linz "Poseidon's Eye", Linz
- 1999: Ethnological Museum Lübeck "Kopffüßler", Lübeck
- 1999: Palais Thurn und Taxis "Intended Painting" (with St. Gritsch, I. Meller, M. Milloff, C. Teissiere), Bregenz
- 2000: Kunsthalle Hamburg "Arranging / Rooming - Working in the Museum", Hamburg
- 2000: Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle Lingen "Cabinet of Drawings", Düsseldorf and Lingen (Ems)
- 2001: Kunstmuseum Chemnitz, Kunstverein Stuttgart "Cabinet of Drawings", Chemnitz and Stuttgart
- 2001: Gallery Parade “Illusie”, Amsterdam
- 2001: Art Museum Ratingen “Art on Prescription”, Kraft Collection, Ratingen
- 2001: Kunsthalle Erfurt “Art on prescription”, Erfurt
- 2001: Galeria Salvador Diaz “transformaciones en el espacio” (with F. Marcaccio, M. Walde), Madrid
- 2002: Krips Gallery “Paintings and sculptures”, Cologne
- 2002: Städtisches Museum Zwickau , Städtisches Museum Gütersloh, Berlin medical-historical museum of the Charité “Art on Prescription”, Kraft Collection, Zwickau , Gütersloh and Berlin
- 2003: Vorgebirgsparkskulpturen IV "Kaiser-plastics No. I-IV", Cologne
- 2003: O.Ö. Landesmuseum Francisco Carolinum “Archetypes”, Linz
- 2003: Lentos - Art Museum for Modern Art Linz "Spatial Intervention - Elements of Painting No. IV", Linz
- 2003: Wilhelm Fabry Museum “Art on Prescription”, Kraft Collection, Hilden
- 2004: Kunstverein Kiss - Art in Untergröningen Castle “What you see is what you get”, Untergröningen Castle
- 2004: Private Green Cologne "Cover", Cologne
- 2004: Styrian Autumn 2004 - Minorite seminary “Antichambre - Divorce”, Graz
- 2004: Arp Museum Rolandseck, Bahnhof Rolandseck
- 2005: Domus Artium 2002 "Barrocos y Neobarrocos - el infierno de lo bello", Salamanca
- 2005: Museum of the City of Ratingen "deep river", Ratingen
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Sery in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sery, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |