Michael Kienzer

Exhibition in the gallery Artelier Contemporary in Graz in February 2012

Michael Kienzer (* 1962 in Steyr ) is an Austrian artist.

Life

From 1977 to 1979 Michael Kienzer attended the sculpture department of Josef Pillhofer at the Graz School of Applied Arts . From 1981 to 1985 he studied sculpture with Bruno Gironcoli at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna .

In his works he deals with objects, installations and drawings and addresses concepts such as space, time, surface and compression. His succinct interventions, which work with the means of space, shift and concentrate the action of physical forces, disturb and change the seemingly immovable structures of the place.

In the old arsenal of Weikendorf , a cultural and social center was set up through a competition based on a design by Michael Kienzer.

Michael Kienzer taught as a visiting professor for art and communicative practice at the Institute for Fine and Media Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 2005/2006 and has been exhibiting at home and abroad since 1984.

Kienzer lives and works in Vienna.

Awards

1985 Promotion Prize of the State of Styria for contemporary art, 3rd prize
1989 Prize of the City of Graz for Art
1989 Prize of the State of Upper Austria for the fine arts
1990 Promotion Prize of the State of Styria for fine arts, 3rd place
1993 Prize for Fine Arts of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau
1993 main prize at the Austrian graphics competition in Innsbruck
2000 art prize of the city of Graz
2001 Otto Mauer Prize
2008 Viktor Fogarassy Prize
2010 Lower Austrian Culture Prize for Art in Public Space
2011 International studio & curatorial program (iscp) New York
2012 Austrian Art Prize for Fine Arts
2015 City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts

Solo exhibitions

2011 double bind Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck
2011 Salon, ISCP, New York
2011 Office Project, Bratislava
2012 Kunsthaus Graz
2012 Artelier Contemporary, Graz
2012 Gallery Jordan Sedoux, Berlin

Individual evidence

^ Nextroom.at - opening of the art space in Weikendorf by Michael Kienzer

↑ Minister of Culture Claudia Schmied announces the winners of the Austrian Art Prize 2012 on December 27, 2012, accessed on December 28, 2012

literature

Eva Badura, Elisabeth Schlebrügge: Interferences I - The animated space. Michael Kienzer. Museum of Modern Art, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-900776-09-1 .
Martin Hochleitner: Michael Kienzer. Scattered forms. Linz, Upper Austrian State Museum 2003, ISBN 3-85474-100-6 .
Peter Noever (Ed.): Michael Kienzer - New Real Estate. Publication for the exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Applied Arts, MAK Vienna , February 23 - June 12, 2005. MAK, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-900688-68-0 .

Web links

Commons : Michael Kienzer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Kienzer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Steyr

[1] Nextroom.at - opening of the art space in Weikendorf by Michael Kienzer