BIOGRAPHY

Born July 3rd, 1957, in Vienna (Austria). Lived 1981-2003 in France. Married. One child.
Director of Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

1962-1967 Lycée français de Vienne, Vienna

1967-1975 Theresianum (college and high school), Vienna

1976-1988 studied history, philosophy and history of art in Vienna, Innsbruck and Paris. Doctorate in political history, University of Innsbruck, Austria 1988 (Artists in the 1848-Revolution in Paris).

1978-1982 assistant in avant-garde galeries in Austria (Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Galerie Krinzinger, Galerie Insam) (exhibition-assistant with Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Robert Filliou, Jochen Gerz, Meret Oppenheim, Mario Merz, etc., assistant at Austrian participations in Europe, Milano 1981/Kowanz-Graf – Garouste – Schnabel, Cologne « Westkunst » 1981, Bienial of Venice 1978-1984).

1981-1986 studied philosophy in Paris, with Gilles Deleuze (1981-1986) and Michel Foucault (1981-1984), Jean Baudrillard, Jean-François Lyotard and Michel Serres.

Since 1982 independent art critic and independent curator. 23 books published, 39 exhibitions curated (beside the exhibitions curated for the Austrian minister of Culture, 1991-1993, and the exhibition program of the ERBAN-Fine Art School of Nantes, France).

1991-1999 french correspondent for the art magazine ART. das kunstmagazin, Hamburg.

1991-1993 official curator appointed by the Austrian minister for Education and Cultre (organized 186 international exhibitions with Austrian artists and an invitation programm for international art critics and curators to Austria).

Since 1994 curator for museum in progress, Vienna.

Since 1996 scientific assistant at Fondation Hans Hartung-Anna Eva Bergmann, Antibes.

1997/98 curator of the exhibition 100 Years Wiener Secession, Wiener Secession, April-June 1998.

1997/98 curator (with Barbara Vanderlinden and Maria Lind) of manifesta 2, the second edition of the new european itinerant biennial for contemporary art, Luxembourg, June-October 1998

1998-1999 director of studies of the international post-graduate program for young artists at ERBAN - Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France

Since 2000 director of ERBAN - Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes (Fine Arts School of Nantes, France) ; founding member of ICA- Institut pour la Culture Autrichienne, Paris

2002-2003 artistic director of the public art project for the new tramway in Paris, France

(chargé de mission pour le programme d’accompagnement artistique du tramway des boulevards des Maréchaux sud, Ville de Paris)

Since 2004 director of Deichtorhallen – International Contemporary Art and International

House of Photography, Hamburg, Germany

Exhibitions (selection)

Ernst Caramelle/Werner Degenfeld/Martin Eiter/Franz Graf:/Brigitte Kowanz/Hannes Priesch/Gerwald Rockenschaub/F.M. Ruprechter/Franz Türtscher/Franz Vana/Hans Weigand, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz 1982 (cat.)

Weltpunkt Wien. Un regard sur Vienne: 1985, Carrefour d’art européen, Strasbourg, Kunsthalle Hummel, Vienna1985 (cat.)

Spielhölle. Esthetics and Violence, Underground-Station Bockenheimer Warte, Frankfurt/Main, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris 1992-1993 (cat.)

Centre Paris. Art in Paris since 1960, Kunsthalle Ritter and Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, art Frankfurt ‘93, Frankfurt/Main 1993-1994 (cat.)

Raymond Hains. Gast auf der Durchreise, Portikus, Frankfurt/Main, Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 1995 (cat.)

On peut bien sûr tout changer. Art Autrichien 1960-1995, Usine Fromage and Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen 1995 (cat.)

La Sculpture de soi, FRAC Aquitaine, Bayonne 1995

Farrell, Faust, Hains, Hoeck, Ono, Sturtevant, Trockel, Centre d’Art La Criée, Rennes 1996 (cat.)

L’Art du Plastique. Artistes contemporains et nouveaux matériaux, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1996

museum in progress, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims 1996

From One Point To Another (with Nathalie Goudinoux and Axel Huber), Atelier Soardi, Nice 1997 (cat.)

The Century of Artistic Freedom - Centenial Exhibition of the Vienna Secession, Secession, Vienna, 1998, City Art Museum, Helsinki, 1998/99 (cat.)

Manifesta 2 - European Biennial for Contemporary Art (with Maria Lind and Barbara Vanderlinden), Luxembourg 1998 (cat.)

Utopia, Château de Beaumanoir, Quintin, 1998

Peter Kogler - Manfred Wolff Plottegg - Elfie Semotan, Atelier Soardi, Nice 1998

Malachi Farrell - Seamus Farrell - Peter Kogler, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Bruchsahl 1998 (cat.)

10 Artists - 8 Monts - Nantes (International Post-Graduate Program, Nantes 1998/99), Communidad de Madrid 1999, Nantes 1999, Glassbox - Paris 1999 (with Philippe Lepeut)

Otto Mühl - Post-Aktionismus, Atelier Soardi, Nice 1999

De Monet à Cognée. La Société des Amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes 1999

B.I.G. Torino 2000 - First Biennial of Torino, Torino 2000 (section “ visual arts ”)

Actif-Réactif. La création vivante à Nantes, Lieu Unique, Nantes 2000 (with Patricia Solini)

Vivent et travaillent à Vienne, Fri-Art, Fribourg, Switzerland 2000

Prodige. Une nouvelle génération d'artistes en France, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris 2000

CIPAC 2001 - French Congress for Contemporary Art, Palais des Congrès, Nantes 2001 (with Chantal Cousin-Berche et Emmanuel Latreille)

ForwArt 02 (with Lynn Cooke, Chris Dercon and Hans Ulrich Obrist), Brussels 2002

And about 30 exhibitions since 2000 at the ERBAN-Fine Art School in Nantes, France

Anri Sala – Wenn Fuchs und Hase sich gute Nacht sagen, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2004
Dokoupil - Painting in the 21st Century, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2005
Helmut Schmidt - Bilder eines Lebens aus dem Bildarchiv des SPIEGEL, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2005
Michel Majerus - Demand the Best, Don't Accept Excuses, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2005
Jonathan Meese - Mamma Johnny, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2005
Hans Haacke - wirklich, Werke 1959-2006 (with Matthias Flügge), Deichtorhallen Hamburg und Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2006

Books (selection)

Avantgarde in Vienna. Galerie nächst St. Stephan 1954-1982, Vienna 1982

Mario Merz (ed.), Vienna 1984

Weltpunkt Wien. Un regard sur Vienne: 1985 (ed.), Vienna and Paris 1985

Equality on the Barricades. The European Revolutions of 1848, Vienna 1991

Can Austria Survive the Year 1994?, Vienna 1991

Centre Paris. Art and Society in Paris since 1960 (german/french), Klagenfurt 1993

What can be shown, cannot be said. Wittgenstein’s Bust of a Young Woman (english/german), Klagenfurt 1994

Art in Austria (ed., with Noemi Smolik), Cologne 1995

Raymond Hains: Gast auf der Durchreise, Stuttgart (Portikus) 1995

Paris, Luzern 1995

Etat des Lieux. La Commande publique en France, Paris 1995

The Century of Artistic Freedom - Vienna Secession, Prestel-Verlag, München-New York 1998 (german, english, french)

Manifesta 2 - European Biennial for Contemporary Art (with Maria Lind and Barbara Vanderlinden), Luxembourg 1998 (french, english)

Y aura-t-il un deuxième siècle de l'art moderne?, Nantes 2002

Die Geschichte der Mühl-Kommune, Cologne 2003

Monographie Yves Klein-Marie Raymond, Angers 2004, Bielefeld 2006

Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Phaidon Monographs, London 2005

Articles, reviews and catalogue contributions, including the publications: “ art. das kunstmagazin ”, Hamburg, “ artforum ”, New York, “ art press ”, Paris, “ Beaux Arts Magazine ”, Paris, “ Flash Art international ”, Milano, “ Forum internationational ”, Brussels, “ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ”, Frankfurt/Main, « Informationsdienst Kunst », Regensburg, “ Kunstforum international ”, Bonn, « Kunstzeitung », Regensburg, “ Parkett ”, Zürich, “ Die Presse ”, Vienna, “ Der Standard ”, Vienna, “ + - 0 ”, Brussels.

Catalogue-essays (selection)

Basis, Wien, Centro d’Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, MAC. Musée d’art contemporain, Marseille, MAK-Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Musée National d’Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Portikus, Frankfurt/Main, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Taiwan Art Museum, Taichung, Tecla Sala, Barcelona.

Teaching since 1982 (selection)

Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Quimper, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, Ecole Régionale Supérieure d’Expression Plastique, Tourcoing, Fine Art School, Colombo (Sri Lanca), Hochschule der Bildenden Künste, Braunschweig, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Royal Academy, Copenhagen, Städelschule, Frankfurt/Main, Universität Klagenfurt, Universität Innsbruck, Universität Lüneburg, Villa Arson, Nice

Lectures since 1982 in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Republic of China-Taiwan, Romania, Slowakia, Sri Lanca, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States.

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, nommé par Mme. Catherine Trautmann, Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris, 6.10.1998

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Visual Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2001