Patricia Karg

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Art in architecture (1991) in the district hospital St. Johann in Tirol

Patricia Karg (born December 7, 1961 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian sculptor and painter .

Life

Patricia Karg is the daughter of the master builder Ludwig Karg, from whom she learned how to relate to the craft, and his wife Gertraud. Patricia learned to sew from her grandmother, a handicraft teacher who awakened her creativity.

After compulsory school, Karg attended the technical school for wood and stone carving at the HTL Bau und Kunst Innsbruck from 1976 to 1980 and graduated in 1981 with the journeyman's examination. From 1980 to 1987 she studied sculpture at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and was a master student of Hans Ladner . She finished her studies with a diploma. She has been working as a freelancer since 1987.

Karg works with wood, stone, artificial stone, cast bronze, iron and glass. She paints with acrylic, oil, watercolor and does graphics. Her artistic motto is: “Through my work I want to build and expand the spirit of the people. My works should be food for the soul. "

Patricia Karg lives with her daughters in Thaur in Tyrol . She designed her house, called “Atelierhaus” and moved into in 1995, and had it built by Innsbruck architect Wolfgang Martin Miess.

Awards

  • 1981: City of Innsbruck Prize
  • 1981 and 1983: Prize from art didacta innsbruck - International Summer Academy for Fine Arts
  • 1983: Prize of the International Summer Academy, Innsbruck
  • 1984: Prize of the 88th Katholikentag, Munich
  • 1985: 1st prize for the redesign of the St. Philipp Neri Church in Munich
  • 1987: 1st prize of the city of Innsbruck for painting with purchase by the state of Tyrol
  • 1987: 2nd prize from the city of Innsbruck in the "Cemetery Chapel Competition"
  • 1988: Award for a small sculpture by the International Art Competition, New York
  • 1988: Art Prize of the City of Innsbruck 3rd Prize for Painting
  • 1992: 1st prize for the Hahnenkam m poster Kitzbühel
  • 1993: 3rd prize for the design of the Barbara Bridge in Schwaz . Purchase for the 23rd Austrian graphics competition
  • 1997: 2nd prize in the poster competition Alpenzoo Innsbruck
  • 2002: Acknowledgment prize for painting, Milser Kulturtage
  • 2004: 1st prize, rail car competition, designing with children
  • 2005: 2nd prize of the Palm Art Award, Leipzig
  • 2007: 2nd place, art competition for residential and commercial buildings in the Neue Heimat Tirol, Schwaz project
  • 2009: 1st prize for a sculpture at the international Syrlin Art Prize, Germany, 1st place for sculpture “Muse”, Stuttgart
  • 2011: 1st place ideas competition Land ART, way to Arzler Alm, Innsbruck
  • 2014: 1st prize Tigewosi, outdoor housing project, Reutte

Publications

  • with Alisa Stadler: A place in paradise. Hasidic stories. With pictures by Patricia Karg, Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1990, ISBN 3-7022-1740-1 .
  • Burn out. Sculpture painting graphic. Monograph and illustrated book, numbered and signed by hand, Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2010, ISBN 978-3-7022-2788-3 .

Web links

Commons : Patricia Karg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Publicly performed works by Patricia Karg. , Directory from 1984 to 2005. Retrieved on January 31, 2011.
  2. ^ Patricia Karg: National and international exhibitions. , Directory from 1984 to 2004. Retrieved on January 31, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Karg, Patricia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 7th December 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck