Martin Praska
Martin Praska (* 1963 in Wiesloch near Heidelberg ) is a German - Austrian painter and graphic artist .
From 2002 to 2004 he was chairman of the IG Bildende Kunst .
Live and act
Praska graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1985 to 1990 , earned the diploma with distinction and was honored with the silver Füger Prize in 1986 .
In 1987 he received a working scholarship, in 1993 he took part in the painters' symposium in Werfen . He took up scholarships abroad for Krumau (1994) and London (1998).
He has been a member of the MAERZ artists' association since 1996 . In 1999 he founded with Bury Götz , Matthias Hammer and Sebastian Weissenbacher the artist group The Half Truth and in 2008 he co-founded the artist group k2 United Painters, which also includes Ahmed Borai , Jan Eeckhout, Johannes Kriesche and Rainer Landeck .
He has lived and worked in Vienna since 1985 . In his works he consciously makes use of Old Masters , Pop Art , Fluxus and Expressionism .
Exhibitions
Praska presents his works in solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad.
- 1993 painter symposium in Werfen
- 1994 gallery in the Traklhaus
- 1996 Advent calendar , public space, Vienna
- 1996 Collections , Salzburg Art Association
- 1997 Martin Praska, Gallery March
- 2000 Beautiful Life , Burgenland State Gallery
- 2000 new acquisitions , Neue Galerie Linz
- 2001 Windfall , Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
- 2002 Young artists from the artLab collection Siemens , Lower Austrian Documentation Center for Modern Art
- 2006 For two - Annerose Riedl and Martin Praska , Kubin-Haus, Zwickledt
- 2006 permanent 06 , Essl-Museum, Klosterneuburg
- 2007 a tribute to 35 years of the Essl Collection , Essl-Museum, Klosterneuburg
- 2011 Festival of Animals , Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
- 2013 Younger than Yesterday. Josef Böhm office , Museum der Moderne Rupertinum
- 2013 Wegmarken, March 1952–2002 , artists' association MAERZ
Art in public space
- 2001–2014 adult education with route descriptions in various degrees of difficulty at the Hietzing adult education center
- 2003 Art design of the state pensioners' home and state nursing home in Zistersdorf
Publications
- How I will improve the world , catalog, 52 p. 40 ills ., Texts also by Johanna Hofleitner
- Die fetten Jahre 2008-2010 , catalog, 64 p. 65 fig., Texts by Martin Praska and Peter Baum, ISBN 978-3-200-02148-8
- Black book Frohsinn , text & drawing, Landstrich extra, 2014, with foreword by the editor Franz Hamminger , 136 p., ISBN 978-3-9502858-8-8 .
- Women used to be softer , catalog, 72 p. 77 fig., Text by Martin Praska
literature
- Johanna Hofleitner: Martin Praska: Warhol and Würstel in: Die Presse from August 13, 2007 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Wenzel Müller: An artist must have the courage to fail, visit the painter Martin Praska , in: Doctors Week, Springer-Verlag, 20/2010
- Cornelia Plieger: The world is explained by contrasts , in Parnass 03/2009 http://www.martinpraska.at/E3/07/pdfs/Parnass.pdf
- http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/kunst/galerie/799401_Martin-Praska.html
- Claudia Aigner: There are sexist feminists in Wiener Zeitung June 28, 2016 http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/kunst/828190_Kunst.html
Web links
- Martin Praska's website
- Martin Praska , in: Basis wien website
- Selection of works by the artist on the website of Galerie Welz
Individual evidence
- ↑ W ebpräsenz the artist group k2 United Painters interrogated on 10 January 2016
- ↑ Martin Praska, biography , in: Web presence of Galerie Welz queried on January 10, 2016
- ↑ Painting and abseiling action Volkshochschule Hietzing photos
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Praska, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesloch near Heidelberg |