Wolfgang Temmel
Wolfgang Temmel (* 1953 in Deutschlandsberg ) is an Austrian multimedia artist.
Career
Temmel studied painting in Graz, stayed for a long time in New York and London and now lives in western Styria. He works with different media and art forms, such as painting, drawing, photography, installation, video, sound and music. Temmel's works are now in public and private ownership.
Temmel took part in national and international exhibitions and festivals with his visual, acoustic and olfactory works (Austria - Ars Electronica , Albertina , steirischer herbst , Wiener Festwochen , Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Germany, England, France, Sweden) . In the 1980s and 1990s he worked on audio pieces for ORF-Kunstradio (e.g. radio tunnel for the Berlin radio play days). From 2003 to 2014 Temmel had a teaching position on the information design course at the FH Joanneum .
His most important art projects include the project sinnlos , which came about as part of the 2003 cultural capital of Graz , and the world music project The Bonsai Garden Orchestra , realized in 2008 , which made it onto the long list for the best world music newcomer production of the Grammy with its debut album Take One in 2008 Awards . The formation performed at the Glatt & Verkehrt World Music Festival in Krems an der Donau in 2009 . In 2013 Temmel initiated the fundraising campaign 22,000 per Fedo . Since spring 2015 Temmel has been working on his current band project Lenins Wheelchair on the second album, which is due to appear in 2015/16.
Collaboration with other artists
- 1985–1992 TEER: artist duo with Fedo Ertl († 2014)
- 1989 founding of the Stille Post Orchestra
- 1991 Foundation of the artist group ensemble acoustic resource (ear)
- 2001 Foundation of the artist collective sinnlos
Exhibitions (selection)
(E) solo exhibitions, (B) participations, (I) installations, (A) audio, (IN) interdisciplinary work
- 1974 Forum Stadtpark, Graz / AT (E)
- 1976 Künstlerhaus, Vienna / AT (E)
- 1979 europe '79, Stuttgart / DE (B)
- 1979 Biennale expansion, Vienna / AT (B, I)
- 1980 A Collection of Angels, New York / USA (I)
- 1980 Gallery Krinzinger, Innsbruck / AT (B)
- 1981 Aljofre Barocco, Siracusa / IT (B)
- 1981 gallery H, Graz / AT (E)
- 1983 Start of the project Eine Kunstgeschichte, London / GB (I)
- 1984 Styrian cultural initiative, Graz / AT (B)
- 1984 Palais Pálffy, Vienna / AT (E, I)
- 1985 Steirische Kulturinitiative / steirischer herbst, Forum Stadtpark, Graz / AT (I)
- 1986 animal art, steirischer herbst, Graz / AT (TEER)
- 1986 Styrian cultural initiative, galerie H, Graz / AT (TEER / I)
- 1987 Signs of Power, Styrian Cultural Initiative, Graz / AT (TEER / I)
- 1987 Artist workshop Lothringerstraße, Munich / DE (TEER / I / B)
- 1989 heartbeats, Ars Electronica / ORF-kunstradio, Linz / AT (A / B)
- 1990 Radiotunnel 2, Berliner Hörspieltage / ORF-Kunstradio, Berlin / DE (A / B)
- 1990 Werkstadt Graz, Graz / AT (E)
- 1991 Galleria Civica Contemporanea, Trento / IT (B)
- 1992 x-panded art, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna / AT (TEER / I)
- 1992 Albertina graphic collection / ORF-Kunstradio, Vienna / AT (EAR / A / I)
- 1994 Styrian Window, Neue Galerie Joanneum, Graz / AT (B)
- 1995 Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart / DE (TEER / I / B)
- 1996 Thurn and Taxis Gallery, Bregenz / AT (E)
- 1996 Kärntner Kunstverein, Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt / AT (B)
- 1997 Recycling the Future, ORF-Radiokulturhaus, Vienna / AT (A / B)
- 1998 Immersive Sound, Bregenz / AT (with Norbert Math-EAR / A / B)
- 1998 Ars Electronica, Linz / AT (B)
- 1999 Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz / AT (E)
- 1999 Gallery Passagen, Linköping / SE (E)
- 2000 liquid music, Judenburg, AT (with Norbert Math - EAR / A)
- 2000 re-play, Generali Foundation / ORF-Kunstradio, Vienna / AT (A / B)
- 2002 devolve into II, ORF-Klangtheater / ORF-Kunstradio, Vienna / AT (A / B)
- 2002 intermedium II, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE (A / B)
- 2002 Western Front, Vancouver / CDN (A / B)
- 2002 liquid music, Judenburg / AT (IN / I / A)
- 2002 FLUSS / Lower Austria Photo Initiative / ORF-Kunstradio, Wolkersdorf Castle, Wolkersdorf / AT (A / B / I)
- 2002 Galeria Likovnih Umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec / SLO (B)
- 2003 pointless: the art, the bodies, the foreign bodies, Graz 2003 EU Capital of Culture, Künstlerhaus Graz / AT (A / E / B / I / In)
- 2003 senseless: art, bodies, misfits, Blue Coat Gallery, Liverpool, GB (A / E / B / I / In)
- 2003 Galeria Likovnih Umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec / SLO (E)
- 2004 Lisi Haemmerle Gallery, Bregenz / AT (E)
- 2005 Lisi Haemmerle Gallery, Bregenz / AT (E)
- 2006 digital transit, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, ARCO, Madrid / ES (B)
- 2007 un / fair trade, Neue Galerie Joanneum, Graz / AT (B)
- 2008 Orientation at regional08, Kunsthalle, Feldbach and Gerberhaus, Fehring / AT (B)
- 2008 art on air - radio art in transition, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen / DE (A / B)
- 2008 DaDa Fest, a-space and public space, Liverpool / GB (B)
- 2008 cpu, ESC Gallery, Graz / AT (B)
- 2009 Galerie Fluss / Lower Austria Initiative for Photo and Media Art, / ORF-Kunstradio, Wolkersdorf Castle, Wolkersdorf / AT (E)
- 2010 art joke, ESC Gallery, Graz / AT (E)
- 2012 Wolfgang Temmel Personale, Galerie remixx, Graz / AT (E)
- 2013 22,000 .-- Pro Fedo, sales exhibition, Forum Stadtpark, Graz / AT (B)
- 2015 VVW Landkunst, Wies Town Hall, Wies / AT (B)
- 2015 North Korean Landscapes, Neue Galerie Joanneum, Graz / AT (E)
- 2017 The exhibition, Knielyhaus, Leutschach / AT (B)
Publications
- 1981 A Collection of Angels, Droschl Verlag, Graz, ISBN 3-85420-024-2
- 2004 sinnlos / senseless, Springer Verlag, Vienna-New York, ISBN 3-211-21949-8
- 2009 ARBEITEN / WORKS 2009–2002, Provincial Library, ISBN 978-3-900000-14-1
- 2010 Art Joke, pumpkin edition, ISBN 978-3-900965-42-6
Discography
- 1991 Stille Post Nr.1 - Stille Post Orchester, extra plate EX 135-CD
- 2003 Talking Crosswalk, Pumpkin Records pump 09-2003
- 2008 TAKE ONE - Bonsai Garden Orchestra, extra plate EX 835-2
- 2010 DEAR GRZ - Wolfgang Temmel & The Unidentified Others, Pumpkin Records, pump 43-2010
- 2012 DOMOVINA - Lenin's Wheelchair, Pumpkin Records, pump 66-2012
Web links
- Website by Wolfgang Temmel
- New Gallery Graz
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Temmel in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ North Korean Landscapes ( Memento from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Temmel, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian multimedia artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |