Gabriele Berger
Gabriele Berger (born July 3, 1955 in Vienna ) is an Austrian sculptor .
Live and act
Gabriele Berger grew up in Vienna and Linz . From 1974 she studied German at the University of Salzburg, from 1976 sculpture at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Ruedi Arnold and from 1983 at the Hochschule für Gestaltung with Erwin Reiter , where she graduated in 1986 with a diploma.
From 1989 to 1993 she was an assistant at the master class for sculpture. In 1991 she directed the summer academy in Hohenems .
The artist, who has lived and worked in Aigen-Schlägl since 1991 , was accepted as a member of the Künstlerhaus Wien in 1984. Since 1992 she has been a member of the artists' association MAERZ .
She processes and splits granite from her own quarry and thus creates new connections. She created works in the context of exhibitions, for art in public spaces and sculptor symposia and is active in theater, performances and actions at home and abroad.
Awards
- In 1987 she received the Upper Austrian Talent Promotion Prize for fine arts.
Works
- Now a granite installation from the art collection of the State of Upper Austria, permanently installed in the garden of the Ulrichsberg jazz studio since 2014 .
- Thrones , granite sculptures in Aigen-Schlägl, 1992
- Hillinger memorial stone at the urn cemetery in Linz , 1992
- Sculpture , park of the Johannes Kepler University Linz , 1993
- Granite fountain , Ing.Stern-Strasse retirement home, Linz, 1995
- Divided equals the whole , sculpture park in the Landesgalerie Linz , 1995
- Baptismal site , parish church St. Franziskus Wels , Wels, 2005
- Design of the chancel and glass windows , Parish Church of St. Vitus , Katsdorf, 2009
- Woman's sculpture constricted , Vienna, Oswald-Redlich-Strasse 36, 1982 to 1984
Exhibitions
Since 1923, Berger has presented her works in solo and group exhibitions exclusively in Austria.
- New recordings , Künstlerhaus Vienna , 1980–1988, Vienna, 1989
- Peripheral aspects of drawing , Galerie März , Linz 1998
- Space-related. Artists' rooms , Professional Association of Visual Artists Salzburg , Salzburg, 2003
- INSTALLATION / PLASTIC. Auer - Baier - Berger - Mittringer , Gallery March, 2004
- "NORDSTEINE" - one of the Payer-Weyprecht Islands - Kunstgarten Graz , 2007. kunstGarten Graz
- "BESENREIN" - Installation in the kunstGarten together with Ines Höllwarth Kunstgarten Graz , 2008. kunstGarten Graz
- Wegmarken, March 1952–2002 , afo architekturforum Oberösterreich , Linz, 2013
- Art pieces , Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, 2015
media
- Irene Gunnesch: Commemoration, carved in stone in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of April 22, 2011
Web links
- Gabriele Berger , in: Basis wien website
- Gabriele Berger , in: Web presence of the art collection of the province of Upper Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gabriele Berger: Now, granite installation in the garden of the Jazzatielier in: Web presence of the Jazz-Atelier Ulrichsberg queried on January 2nd, 2016
- ↑ Gabriele Berger in: Web presence of the city of Linz queried on January 2, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Berger, Gabriele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |