Manfred Wakolbinger

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Manfred Wakolbinger (born November 6, 1952 in Mitterkirchen im Machland , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian visual artist .

Life

Wakolbinger attended the technical school for metalworking and tool making in Steyr . After graduating in 1972, he worked as an industrial fitter in Berlin. In 1975 he moved to Vienna. Here he began to make jewelry designs with his future wife Anna Heindl (marriage 1979). At the same time he attended seminars with Bazon Brock at the University of Applied Arts .

In 1980 he started working on sculptures as an autodidact. From 1989 he created photo works, from 1995 he also dealt with underwater photography. In 1992 he received the City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts . In 1993 Wakolbinger created the permanent collection for design and architecture at the MAK Vienna.

His works have been exhibited at the Museum Küppersmühle (2006), the Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna) (2003) and the Lentos Art Museum Linz (1999) , among others . Solo exhibition 1997 in the 20erHaus ( Museum Moderner Kunst , Vienna) and numerous works in public space (Vienna, Krems-Stein, Linz, Graz 2003, Salzburg)

Exhibitions

Numerous group exhibitions such as Documenta 8, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Venice Biennale , Vienna Secession , KUNSTradln in Millstatt and solo exhibitions (selection)

Sculpture by Manfred Wakolbinger at the Graz-Köflacher Railway station in Lieboch
Sculpture “Connection” in Salzburg
  • 1983: Forum Stadtpark, Graz
  • 1985: Art dealer Cajetan Grill, Vienna
  • 1986: Galerie Grita Insam , Vienna
  • 1987: Zabriskie Gallery, New York
  • 1988: Krinzinger Gallery , Innsbruck
  • 1989: Carl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica
    • Gallery Grita Insam, Vienna
    • Feszek Galeria, Budapest
  • 1990: Vienna Secession - Graphisches Kabinett, Vienna
    • New gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
  • 1992: Galerie Fortlaan 17, Ghent
    • New gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
  • 1993: Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
  • 1994: Museum Ludwig, Budapest
  • 1996: Galerie Fortlaan 17, Ghent
  • 1997: Museum of Modern Art, 20er Haus, Vienna
  • 2000: Halle Gallery, Linz
  • 2003/2004: Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) , Vienna: Bottomtime
  • 2006: Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg: Current
  • 2007: Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt: Travelers
  • 2012: Zeit Kunst Lower Austria, Dominican Church Krems, Up from the Skies
    • Nexus Kunsthaus, Saalfelden, Placements + Galaxies
  • 2013: Gallery in the forge, Pasching
  • 2016: Artbox, Museumsquartier Wien, Inhale - Exhale
  • 2017: Traklhaus Photo Room, Hohensalzburg Fortress Monsters, Beauties and Galaxies
    • Sculpture installation at the summer days, Vienna, Circulations
    • Grenzkunst-Halle, Jennersdorf, Other Worlds (with Eva Schlegel)

literature

  • Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna (Ed.): Manfred Wakolbinger. > Sputnik. < [Catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the 20er Haus, Vienna, September 19 - October 26, 1997]. Triton, Vienna 1997. ISBN 3-901310-97-5 .
  • Peter Noever (Ed.): Manfred Wakolbinger - Bottomtime [catalog on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the MAK Vienna, December 3, 2003 - February 22, 2004]. Schlebrügge, Vienna 2004. ISBN 3-85160-032-0 .
  • Walter Smerling (Ed.): Flow. Current, Erwin Bohatsch - Manfred Wakolbinger [catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the Museum Küppersmühle for modern art, Duisburg, July 14th to September 10th, 2006]. Foundation for Art and Culture eV, Bonn 2006. ISBN 3-88579-134-X .
  • Galerie Krinzinger / Galerie Grita Insam (ed.): Manfred Wakolbinger - Sculptures [Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in the Krinzinger Gallery, November 18, 1988 - December 24, 1988 and in the Grita Insam Gallery, January 20, 1989 - February 25 1989]. Vienna 1988.
  • Aigner, Carl: Manfred Wakolbinger. 21:79 or: The light of darkness. In: Eikon. International magazine for photography and media art. # 97/2017. [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Wakolbinger, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitterkirchen im Machland , Upper Austria