Markus Bless
Markus Bless (* 1963 in Seewalchen am Attersee ) is an Austrian music and media artist .
Life
Bless studied visual media design, music and media technology with Adelhard Roidinger , Gerald Wolf and Andreas Weixler at the University for Artistic and Industrial Design Linz and algorithmic composition with Karlheinz Essl at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz . Since 1999 he has been a member of the artists' association MAERZ . He lives and works in Schörfling am Attersee .
In 1998 he was the first Austrian photo artist to take part in the international festival for contemporary photography Photosynkyria 98 in Thessaloniki . In 2000 he was represented at the Wien Modern Festival with an audiovisual spatial sound installation in the Essl Museum .
Works
Markus Bless' works can be assigned to different areas of audiovisual composition such as photography , video , graphics , music and room installation .
- Graphics
Graphics are, for example, in the art collection of the State of Upper Austria and in the Lentos Art Museum Linz.
- Primordial Soup , 2010
- Glade , 2011
- Paths , 2011
- media
- the door - entrance to the image , premiered in the Alte Schmiede in Vienna's Schönlaterngasse, 1996
- Chromatic Variations , 2006
- Fossils , film, 2011
Exhibitions and presentations
Bless presented his works in exhibitions and presentations in Vienna , Brussels , Chengdu , Glasgow and Pusan .
- Selection of Austrian exhibitions and participation in exhibitions
- Nordico , City Museum Linz, Linz, 2000, 2007
- Essl Collection , Klosterneuburg, 2000/2001
- Catholic Theological University , Linz, 2001
- March Gallery , Linz, 1999, 2002, 2009
- Lentos Art Museum Linz , Linz, 2009
- Linz State Gallery at the Upper Austrian State Museum , Linz, 2010
- Selection of Austrian performances with electroacoustic music and video
- Alte Schmiede , Vienna, 1996
- Anton Bruckner Private University , Linz, 1997, 1998
- Gallery March , 1999, 2000, 2003
- Ars Electronica Center , Linz, 2003
- Landesgalerie Linz at the Upper Austrian State Museum, Linz, 2005
- Essl Collection , Klosterneuburg, 2007
Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Promotion prize for music to Markus Bless in: Der Standard online from November 15, 2007 queried on January 3, 2016
- ↑ Promotion Prize for Music 2006 to Markus Bless in: Press release of the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture dated November 8, 2007, requested on January 3, 2016
- ↑ Markus Bless in: Web presence of the Art Collection of the State of Upper Austria queried on January 3, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bless, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian music and media artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schörfling am Attersee |