Stefan Esterbauer
Stefan Esterbauer (* 1978 in Burghausen ) is a German - Austrian sculptor .
Live and act
Stefan Esterbauer trained as a carpenter from 1993 to 1997 and then worked in a Bavarian carpenter's workshop . From 2000 to 2003 he attended the Austrian Federal College for Sculpture in Hallstatt . He then studied from 2003 to 2008 in Austria at the Art University Linz in the field of sculpture with Renate Herter and Wolfgang Kirchmayr and in 2007 also in Greece at the Academy of Arts in Athens with Professor George Lappas .
Esterbauer has been a member of the Innviertel Artists' Guild since 2005 . In 2008 he was given a teaching position at the Federal School for Sculpture in Hallstatt. Since 2003 Esterbauer has participated in numerous exhibitions and symposia in Austria and abroad; among other things, he has from June 2008 to June 2009 as part of the art project ARCOgARTen a solo exhibition of wooden sculptures under the title pairings on a free site on the "Linz's art and culture mile" Donaulände , near the Bruckner House in Linz ( " European Capital of Culture 2009 ").
In his artistic work as a sculptor, Esterbauer deals, among other things, with smaller sculptures ("models") made of wood and plaster, and above all with sculptures made of wood, stone, metal and other materials. One of the main topics is simple basic geometric shapes , which he works on by “splitting, cutting, spreading, bending open, breaking through, stacking on top of one another ” and with “exhausting the resilience of the material [...] new approaches to form and further to the possibility of content expression” .
Esterbauer is committed to social issues and questions about a humane future for society; Among other things, he participates as an artist in aid projects of “ Pro Mente Upper Austria ”, which campaigns for mentally disadvantaged and disabled people, and is active in the regional future project “Innd 'Zukunft”.
He lives and works in Austria in Linz and Hochburg-Ach .
Awards
- Miloslav Chlupáč scholarship for stone sculptors at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts Salzburg
- Domus Artium scholarship in the foreign studio of the federal state of Upper Austria, in the Egon Schiele Center in Český Krumlov (Krummau) in the Czech Republic
- Vivatis Award 2006 from Vivatis Holding AG in cooperation with the Linz Art University
Works (selection)
Sculptures by Esterbauer that are permanently installed in public spaces are currently located in the “Star Sign Park” in Großschönau in Lower Austria and in Switzerland on the “ Art Sculpture Path in Sur En” in Sur En in the Lower Engadine and on the “Sculpture Path Davos-Frauenkirch - Stafelalp” near Davos .
- "Models"
- Coat , spruce wood
- Opening , plaster of paris
- Mating , plaster of paris
- Wooden sculptures
- Bow , 250 × 250 × 500 cm, spruce boards
- Reflection , 40 × 40 × 160 cm, pear wood
- Column , 55 × 55 × 350 cm, redgumwood
- Spread , 150 × 150 × 600 cm, spruce wood
- Division 2 , 40 × 40 × 200 cm, walnut
- Paths , altar design of the Lehmscheidkapelle, total 250 × 180 × 100 cm, lime wood and boulder
- PAIRINGS , exhibition "ARCOgARTen", Linz, up to 450 cm in height, oak
- Stone sculptures
- Tangent circular segments , 30 × 30 × 60 cm, Pentelic marble
- Torso , 30 × 40 × 70 cm, Bayerwald granite
- Openwork cube , 60 × 60 × 70 cm, Lasa marble
- Metal sculptures
- Graduations , each 10 × 10 × 50 cm, iron
- Linear structures , each 70 × 70 × 1 cm, iron
Exhibitions (selection)
- Solo exhibitions
- 2008/2009: “PAARungen”, ARCOgARTen art project, Linz
- 2008: "Open Monument Day", basement in Freistadt (Austria (Austria))
- 2007: "Overlaps", tower gallery Schloss Rosenberg , Zell am See (Austria)
- Participation in exhibitions
- 2008: "Galerie G", with the Ars Communicat group , Olomouc, Czech Republic (CZ)
- 2008: "Galerie Patro", with the Ars Communicat group , Prague (CZ)
- 2008: "Leonardo", Art Museum Walter , Augsburg (Germany (D))
- 2008: "Museum Pachen", exhibition on the Georg Kanweiler Prize for Sculpture, Rockenhausen (D)
- 2008: "Fortress Eggenfelden", bronze castings, Eggenfelden (D)
- 2008: "Raitenhaslach Monastery", with the artist group Die Burg , Burghausen (D)
- 2007: "Ars Communicat", Arcotel Nike, Linz (Austria)
- 2007: "Object 07", gallery in the 44er house, Leonding (Austria)
Web links
- Homepage of Stefan Esterbauer
- Information about Stefan Esterbauer on the website of the Office for Foreign Cultural Relations of the Province of Upper Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Esterbauer at the sculpture symposium in Hochburg-Ach from July 12 to 16, 2006 (accessed on February 26, 2009).
- ↑ Wood art in Großschönau >> Stefan Esterbauer, Austria , art project 2007 “Star Sign” in Großschönau : wooden sculpture “Lion” by Stefan Esterbauer (accessed on February 26, 2009).
- ^ Municipality of Zell am See : Art in the tower gallery: "Overlapping", sculpture exhibition by the Upper Austrian artist Stefan Esterbauer . In: “Der Hippolyt” No. 27 (September 2007), p. 4 ( PDF file; 2.4 MB; accessed on February 27, 2009).
- ↑ Gallery in the 44er house in Leonding about: bend, stack, spread. Stefan Esterbauer ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the exhibition “Objekt 07”, 2007 (accessed on February 27, 2009).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esterbauer, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burghausen |