Magdalena Frey
Magdalena Frey (born March 26, 1963 in Graz ) is an Austrian photographer and video artist. Her focus is on the life and work of women in society with a focus on female role models and clichés.
Life
Frey is a trained nurse and began her career as a photographer as a self-taught artist. Since 1985 she has addressed the appearance of femininity in a series of pictures. In 1996 she began to digitally post-process her works.
Frey lives and works in Vienna and Ladendorf . She is married to the photographer Heinz Cibulka .
Works
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2012 City Museum Wiener Neustadt / A, Kunstverein Baden
- 2011 Reumannplatz id Westbahnstrasse, Vienna / A, Museum Center Mistelbach / A
- 2010 Art Garden, Graz / A
- 2009 Künstlerhaus, Vienna / A, Stadtgalerie, Ternitz / A, Budapest Gallery / HU AFZ, Linz / A, forumschlosswolkersdorf, Wolkersdorf / A
- 2008 Museum Center Mistelbach / A
- 2007 Austrian Cultural Forum, New York / USA, Museum M, Mistelbach / A
- 2006 Piekary Gallery, Poznań / PL, City Museum Graz / A, City Gallery Wozownia, Toruń / PL, Art and Commerce Gallery, Graz / A, Ernst Museum, Budapest / H
- 2005 Backlight05, Museum Center Vaprikkii, Tampere / FIN
- 2004 Galerie Hofstätter, Vienna / A, Museum M, Mistelbach / A, Lepont Galerie, Aleppo / Syria
- 2003 Galerie Feichtner-Mizrahi, Vienna / A, Kunsthalle Krems / A,
- 2002 Photo Gallery Vienna / A, Arsenal Gallery, Poznań / PL, Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw / PL
- 2001 Museum M, Mistelbach / A,
- 1999 Small Art Palace, Meran / I Galerie Pohlhammer, Steyr / A
- 1998 Design Center, Linz / A, Shed-Halle, St. Pölten / A, Austria. Cultural Institute, London / GB
- 1997 Photography from Austria, Dortmund / D
- 1996 Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp / B
- 1995 Fotoforum Bozen / I
- 1994 Rupertinum , Salzburg
- 1993 Liget Gallery, Budapest, HU, Galerie Hummel, Vienna / A
- 1991 Gallery of the City of Prague / CZ, City Gallery Iglau / CZ, Minoritenkirche Krems / A, Museum M, Mistelbach / A
- 1990 Künstlerhaus, Graz / A
- 1989 Photo gallery Vienna / A, City Museum Graz / A
- 1988 Photo Gallery Vienna / A; Museum d. Photography in Helsinki / FIN
- 1987 Faber Gallery, Vienna / A
Awards
- 1988: Provincial Promotion Prize of Styria
- 1999: Acknowledgment Prize from the Province of Lower Austria
literature
- Frey, Magdalena . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 44, Saur, Munich a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-598-22784-1 , p. 518.
Catalogs:
- Landmeter, Gallery Pohlhammer
- From my grandfather's portfolio
- shame
- Plot, DEA publishing house
- Roma
- girls cut
- digital collages 1999–2003, Hofstätter Gallery
- Maria M, with quatrains by Günter Brus
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Frey, Magdalena |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian photographer and video artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |