Talos Kedl

Talos Kedl (born November 15, 1967 in Vienna ) is an Austrian artist with a focus on sculptors .

Life

As the son of the sculptor Rudolf Kedl and the academic painter Christine Elefant-Kedl, he grew up in Markt Neuhodis in Burgenland and learned the artistic techniques of metal and stone processing at an early age. From 1990 to 1995 he studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business . Recognized as a freelance artist from 1999, he worked in a studio supported by the City of Vienna in Davidgasse, and from 2004 he moved into the studio in Heumühlgasse. From 2010 he built the 15,000 m² artificial meadow in Markt Neuhodis. He is a member of the KGB artist group Burgenland. Talos Kedl's work includes paintings, reliefs, stone sculptures and, above all, large copper sculptures. Exhibitions in Austria and internationally, for example in Hamburg , Basel , Berlin , Tokyo and Taipei , as well as permanent sculpture installations in public spaces, in Eisenstadt and on the Kunstwiese in Markt Neuhodis. He lives and works in Vienna and Markt Neuhodis.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

1997: Exhibition in Atelier Bergmayer , Vienna
1999: Space objects / Blickfang International designer fair in Stuttgart, Hamburg and Munich
2000: Exhibition at the Kulturfestival Literatur & Wein , Göttweig Abbey, Lower Austria
2003: Exhibition in the Pannoniahaus , Breitenbrunn
2004: Exhibition at the Romanian Cultural Institute, Vienna
2005: Exhibition at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France
2005: Exhibition at VOEST-Linz , Linz
2005: Ferestre at the Artis Gallery, Bucharest
2006: Talos Kedl , Galerie Gans, Vienna
2006–2019: Sculpture Instrument , loan to the Haus der Musik, Vienna
2007: Sculpture Park - park sculptures in the area of Hetzendorf Palace, Vienna
2007: All sheet metal in the ÖBV atrium, Vienna
2008: Presentation of large sculptures Galactic Guardians , Life Ball, Vienna City Hall
2008: Square design with five large sculptures ,
2009: Talos Kedl - Freelance Gallery, Vienna
2010: Establishment of the Neuhodis Art Meadow
2011: Presentation of two large sculptures , Circus Louis Knie, Vienna
2012: Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin ,
2013: Sound waves , pricing for sound design at Diagonale, Graz
2013: Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest ,
2014: Talos Kedl , Schattendorf, Burgenland
2014: Heavy Metal , Kunsthalle Feldbach, Styria
2015: Erection of the Eleganza sculpture , Strasshof residential complex on the Nordbahn
2017: sculpture rock ,
2018: Sculpture Pannonia Montis , GEDESAG residential complex, Hainburg ad Donau

Group exhibitions (selection)

2002: First International Miniature Sculpture Exhibition Taiwan 2002 , National Museum of History, Taipei
2003: Young Generation , Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
2004: Nord-Art Büdelsdorf, Germany
2004: Participation in the International Artist Symposium, Faget, Romania
2005: Gallery of the Artist's Union Bucharest, Romania
2008: Thetis Environment , Hana Hiroo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009: Smart minds together at the lake , Galerie Rimmer, Velden; accessed on April 8, 2020.
2011: The cross in sculpture - symbol religion, myth, Lower Austria art traveling exhibition, Neulengbach
2012: Participation in GZ-ArtBasel, Switzerland
2014: Sculptures in the park , Halbturn Castle, Burgenland
2015: Kedl & Kedl - Figur & Natur , Galerie Straihammer and Seidenschwann, Vienna
2019: KGB-Polychrom , Open House Oberwart, Burgenland
2019: Kedl & Kedl - Metal and Paper , Museum Langenzersdorf
2019: Art traffic , Stadtgalerie Wiener Neustadt
2020: The nature of the Kedl family , ORF-Funkhaus Eisenstadt

Film portraits

1998: TV portrait Talos Kedl , Burgenland cable television
2004: Film portrait of Talos Kedl by Joerg Burger
2007: Film portrait Talos Kedl - Alles Blech by Willi Gaube
Collection of films about the work of Talos Kedl

Works

Werkovits, Petra / Vukics, Peter (2018): Paradise on the Pinka. The Oberwart district. Photos of the Kunstwiese, pp. 74–75, 80, Schmidbauer GmbH
NöART (2015): Exhibition series of the NöART - Lower Austrian Society for Art and Culture in 2015 in Lower Austria. P. 58, ISBN 978-3-9503446-9-1
Knack, Hartwig: (2015) Kedl & Kedl. Figure and nature. Report on the exhibition in autumn 2015 in the gallery Streihammer und Seidenschwann, 1010 Vienna. In: Parnass Art Magazine, issue 3/2015. PARNASS Verlag Ges.mbH, GZ02Z032769M
Maltrovsky, Eva et al. (2012): Intersection Burgenland. Paths of Art into the 21st Century. P. 80, WAB, Volume 145, Eisenstadt. ISBN 978-3-85405-195-4
Strunz, Gunnar (2012): Burgenland. Nature and culture between Lake Neusiedl and the Alps. P. 195 Trescher Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 978-3-89794-221-9
NöArt, Dagmar Chobot (ed.) (2011): The cross in sculpture. Symbol religion myth. , Pp. 18ff, 39, 63, 69, 74, 80, 90, ISBN 978-3-9502874-3-1
Schmögner, Petra / Vukics, Peter (2011): The artist village Neumarkt an der Raab. P. 235 Residenz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7017-3254-8

Unger, Günter (2006): Burgenland mon amour. Coordinates of a cultural and art landscape. P. 241, Edition Kenad & Danek, Hornstein. ISBN 3-901783-11-3

Diocese of Eisenstadt (2004): Be a conversation Figure copper relief (trilogy) p. 104f, ISBN 3-900120-03-X

Art catalog: (2002) The 1st International Miniature Sculpture Exhibition Taiwan 2002. Illustration (Abstract Bone), p. 78 ISBN 957-01-2298-6

Unger, Günter (1999): The atmosphere is poetry. Art in Burgenland yesterday and today. P. 194 Edition Tusch. Neudörfl, ISBN 3-85063-216-4

Schmeller, Alfred (1978): Visual battle on the Grand Canal. Essays and Reviews. , Portrait sketch by Talos Kedl, p. 4 Jugend und Volk, Vienna. ISBN 3-7141-6931-8