Veronika Dirnhofer

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Veronika Dirnhofer (born October 22, 1967 in Horn , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian artist . She works with painting and ceramics as well as with texts .

Life

Veronika Dirnhofer was born in Horn in 1967 and grew up in Vorarlberg . Her younger brother is the cameraman and director Thomas Dirnhofer .

In 1987 she began studying at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts ; her academic teacher was Markus Prachensky . In 1991 she went to New York City to study . She received a work grant from the Federal Ministry for Science and Research . In 1992 Dirnhofer completed her studies with a diploma with distinction. Since 1993 she has been working as a university assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts with Gunter Damisch .

From 2002 Veronika Dirnhofer held a visiting professorship at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz . In the same year she was awarded the cultural promotion award of the state of Vorarlberg. In 2004 she was awarded the Lower Austrian Culture Prize (recognition prize for visual arts).

From 2006 she was artist in residence at the Art Institute of Chicago . She later became a professor at the Institute for Fine Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Dirnhofer is the founder of the refugee aid association "solidarity matters". She has two children and lives and works in Lower Austria, Vienna and Vorarlberg.

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Veronika Dirnhofer works with painting, paper works and ceramics and often refers in her work to literature, which always played a special role in her work. She works with text that Dirnhofer uses on paper and on canvas. Dirnhofer's large-format abstract paintings are strictly structured by - often shrill, luminous - colors and gestural lines. The large formats of her pictures are based on her body size; they have to be at least as big as Dirnhofer himself so that the pictures can emerge as a dialogue between her and the canvas. Dirnhofer's fragmentary, abstract ceramic sculptures show a close relationship to her paintings. Her work is characterized by references to current political and social issues.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2003: Gallery Art-house, Bregenz
  • 2005: Galerie frey, Vienna
  • 2006: Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz
  • 2006: Galerie 422, Gmunden, with Markus Prachensky
  • 2006: Campus Cultur, Krems
  • 2006: Gallery Art-house, Dornbirn
  • 2007: Galerie frey, Vienna
  • 2008: Antonella Cattani Gallery, Bozen
  • 2008: Silvretta Atelier, Illwerke Vorarlberg
  • 2008: Art fair, Milan
  • 2008: Art fair, Cologne
  • 2009: “condition of risk” gallery frey, Vienna
  • 2009: Vienna Fair
  • 2009: Hittisau Women's Museum
  • 2009: Art Fair, Cologne
  • 2010: Vienna Fair
  • 2015: Galerie Gaudens Pedit, Kitzbühel
  • 2018: Gallery 3, Klagenfurt
  • 2018: Galerie Art-house, Bregenz

literature

  • Veronika Dirnhofer. Bucher, Hohenems 2007, ISBN 978-3-902525-69-7 .
  • We all hope for this land and this sea / Veronika Dirnhofer (catalog of works). Edited by Veronika Dirnhofer, texts by Andreas Spiegl, Claudia Voit. Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-903269-22-4 .
  • Dankmar Trier, Wolfgang Hilger: Dirnhofer, Veronika . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 27, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22767-1 , p. 550.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Veronika Dirnhofer biography . In: artepari.com, accessed April 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Ölz: Uniqueness of the moment: pictures and objects by Veronika Dirnhofer . In: neue.at of July 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Ao.Univ.-Prof. Doz. Mag. Veronika Dirnhofer . In: akbild.ac.at, accessed on April 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ Saskya Rudigier: Art and children - I wanted both! . In: igbildendekunst.at from May 2016.
  5. ↑ a b c d Veronika Dirnhofer. We all hope in this land and this sea . In: vfmk.org, accessed April 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ Peter Niedermair: Veronika Dirnhofer - The human being is the measure. Bohemia is by the sea . In: Kulturzeitschrift.at from July 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ Sonja Traar: Veronika Dirnhofer . In: kunstmarkt.com, accessed on April 23, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Dirnhofer, Veronika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Horn , Lower Austria , Austria