Walter Gschwandtner
Walter Gschwandtner (* 1956 in Niederneukirchen ) is an Austrian sculptor and textile artist .
Live and act
Gschwandtner studied sculpture with Erwin Reiter at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz until 1986 . He lives and works in Leonding and has been a member of the artists' association MAERZ since 1984 , where he actively participated in the association's activities in the mid-1990s.
He is active as the spokesman for the Narrenschyff cultural initiative, which he launched in 2010 together with Elke Sackel and Herbert Christian Stöger . Since 1982 he has presented his work in solo and group exhibitions and in symposia.
Between 2006 and 2010, Gschwandtner organized the “ Schöner Ring” work days in Wilhering, and in 1994, 2003 and 2009 worked on the international exhibitions as part of the International Textile Symposium Graz . Between 2001 and 2008 he worked on setting up a private school.
Exhibitions (selection)
- Walter Gschwandtner - Textile Sculptures. Wilhelm Schwind - New Mixed Techniques. Kuri Tsujimoto - Hard-Edge-Graphics , Cselley Mühle , Oslip , 1983
- Walter Gschwandtner. Robert Mittringer. Ewald Walser , Galerie im Traklhaus , Salzburg, 1988
- Sculptures and spatial concepts - 75 years of MAERZ , Museum Francisco-Carolinum , artists' association MAERZ, Linz 1989
- Walter Gschwandtner. The sweet death , Open House of Culture Upper Austria , Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, 1991
- ObjectTextilBild , Linz State Gallery at the Upper Austrian State Museum, Linz, 1994
- Entities , March Gallery, Linz 2000
- Wegmarken, March 1952–2002 , afo architekturforum oberösterreich , Linz, 2013
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| SURNAME | Gschwandtner, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor and textile artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederneukirchen |