Biography |
Alfredo Barsuglia |
| 1980 | born in Graz, Austria, lives and works in Vienna |
| 1999–2004 | Academy of Fine Arts, University of Applied Arts and University of Vienna in Vienna and Akademia Sztuk Pięknych in Cracow, Poland |
| 2019, 2022–23 | Professorship: Public Spaces and Media, University of Applied Arts, Vienna |
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
| 2023 | Wohnkultur, museumkrems (Dominikanerkirche) and donaufestival, Krems Hero, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna Girlfriend, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich Pille, Galerie3, Klagenfurt |
| 2022 | The Last Human Habitat, MQ Art Box, Museumsquartier, Vienna Phone, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz Beispiel, Galerie 422, Gmunden |
| 2021 | Allgemeinplatz, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich Grid, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna Weh, Kunstfenster Gnas, Hochsommer 2021, Gnas The Outer Space, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz Forma, Kunstraum flat1, together with Veronika Dirnhofer, Vienna |
| 2020 | Fremdenzimmer, Kunstverein Eisenstadt, together with Peter Sandbichler, Eisenstadt Nothing, Kunstpavillon, Künstler:innen Vereinigung Tirol, Innsbruck |
| 2019 | Daily Golem, together with Gelitin, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns Drawing Into the Void, Bildraum Bodensee, Bregenz Take On Me, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna Double-Check, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna Horizont, bell tower, Schlossberg, Graz |
| 2018 | Jack-in-the-Box, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna Does it Matter, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz The Visitor, together with Alice Könitz, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2017 | The Boy Who Didn't Touch the World, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz @ Parallel Vienna, Vienna Storyboard Entry, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz Well Done!, Galerie Trapp, Salzburg I Rarely Eat Herring, But I Like To Be In Fehring, Gerberhaus, Fehring |
| 2016 | Brihdy, unttld contemporary, Vienna Exponential Decay, together with Rafał Wilk, Austrian Cultural Forum Warsaw, Poland |
| 2015 | Cabinet, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna I’ll Build Myself a House With a Garden and Everyone is Welcome, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs |
| 2014 | Fragmente, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna Land, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz |
| 2013 | Breaking the Fourth Wall, Hospiz Galerie Bregenz / Kunstvilla, Bregenz |
| 2012 | Unwritten Stories, Zsófi Faur Galéria, Budapest |
| 2010 | Its Very Artificiality Becomes an Attraction, Künstlerhaus, Passagegalerie, Vienna Diving Through Realities, Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna Mobile Retreat Space, Austrian Cultural Forum, Washington D.C., USA Not at Home, Kunst bei Wittmann and mumok Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna |
| 2009 | You are Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna |
| 2008 | The Importance of Being Beautiful, Gironcoli Museum, Herberstein |
| 2007 | Open Mouth, MAK NITE, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Oralhygiene, Zsófi Faur Galéria, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2006 | Caroline, Helene, Yona, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Graz Working Title: Oral Hygiene, Werkstadt Graz / Graz Kunst, Graz |
| 2004 | Loop, togehter with Christian Eisenberger, raumimpuls, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs |
| 2003 | Slot Machine, Arts Center, Andrychów, Poland |
| 2001 | Alfredo Barsuglia, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna |
Group Exhibitions (selection)
| 2024 | Play, Zoom Children’s Museum, Vienna Analog!, European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024, Bad Goisern Treasur Hunt, Galerie3, Vienna Paper Unlimited, museumkrems, Krems |
| 2023 | Fremde, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz Bye-bye Confidence, MUSA Museum, Wien Systemrelevanz, Künstlerhaus, Vienna Autumn Leaves, Kunsthaus Köflach Stone, Kunstraum Super, Vienna Parallel Sculpture Park, Toscanapark, Gmunden To the NeXt Decade, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich Follow the Rabbit, Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus Branched – Trees in Photographs from the SpallArt Collection, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, Germany Past Present Future, Galerie 422, Gmunden People / Diversity, Galerie Kovacek & Zetter, Wien |
| 2022 | Denkraum Deutschland: Love & Peace, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich Fragile Phantoms, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz Wall Newspaper #50: Eins zu hundert, Kunstraum Steinbrener/Dempf & Huber, Vienna Maria Sibylla Merian, Stadtturmgalerie, Gmünd Im Wald der Fiktionen, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs |
| 2021 | A Playground Guide to Getting Lost, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz Showing Styria: what will be. Towards a Plurality of Futures, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz JTHAR 15-Year Anniversary, San Bernardino County Museum, California, USA Oasis, Estonian Museum of Architecture, Tallinn, Estland 25 Years, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns Schau...7, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt |
| 2020 | Schaufenster 1, Konschthal Esch, Esch, Luxemburg Our Favorite Animal, Galerie 422, Gmunden |
| 2019 | Cardinal König Art Award, St. Virgil, Salzburg Inside Out, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz 36th Austrian Graphic Award, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck Vienna Biennale for Change, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna A Room Without Books is a Body Without a Soul, Künstlerhaus, Vienna Something We Haven't Been Able to Part With So Far..., Werkstadt Graz / Graz Kunst, Graz Best of 20 Years, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna |
| 2018 | Encounter #02, together with Hans Schabus, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna @ Parallel Vienna, Vienna Oh...fabelhaft!, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna Strabag Artaward, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna Papier.Karton.Pappe., Kulturverein kulm / Kulturstock K3, Pischelsdorf am Kulm Drawing now Paris / Vienna, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna In die Stadt, MMKK Museum of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt |
| 2017 | Aesthetics of Change, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Demontage, Werkstadt Graz / Graz Kunst, Graz Sinnesrausch: Alice Twisted World, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz Raumkonzepte, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna Where are We Going?, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz SilvrettAtelier Montafon, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn and Taxis, Bregenz and Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns |
| 2016 | Art Award of the Province of Styria, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz AWAY exhibit – Stories from Abroad, Vienna The Adventure of Reality, Forum Frohner / Kunstmeile Krems, Krems |
| 2015 | High Performance, Kunsthalle arlberg1800, St. Christoph am Arlberg Querschnitt, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz Und die Rechnung geht an Martin K., Künstlerhaus, Vienna Vienna for Art’s Sake!, Belvedere, Winter Palace, Vienna Rejection, unttld contemporary, Vienna |
| 2014 | Biennale Martelive, MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Testaccio, Rome The Future of Painting, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg Natural Studies, Zsófi Faur Galéria, Budapest Mit Modellcharakter, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna |
| 2013 | Vienna Calling, Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb Common Ground Barrier, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz BrandSchutz / Mentalitäten der Intoleranz, Stadtspeicher, Jena, Germany |
| 2012 | Small Pieces II, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz Point Blank, Mikser Festival, Belgrad, Serbia |
| 2011 | Nur die Guten kommen in den Garten, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg The Excitement Continues, Leopold Museum, Vienna Facing Kremlin, 4th Moscow Biennal of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Anton Faistauer Art Award for Painting, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg Walter Koschatzky Art Award, mumok Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna Das Mehr am See, Hospiz Galerie Bregenz / Kunstvilla, Bregenz |
| 2010 | Art Award of the Province of Styria, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz Glob(E)Scape, 2nd Moscow Biennial for Young Art, Artplay Design Centre, Moscow, Russia The Next Generation, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg Inversion of the Ideal, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz Walk the Line, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna NO-ISBN, GfZK Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig A Touch of Reality, Edition 15, HangART-7, Salzburg |
| 2009 | New Painting Positions, Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna Transgressing Transience, Kunstraum flat1, Vienna |
| 2008 | Georg Eisler Art Award, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna |
| 2007 | Criteria, Galería Perdida, Los Angeles, USA and Projektraum Schalter, Berlin, Germany Dental Oral, Projektraum Legion@Sensei, New York, USA |
| 2006 | New acquisitions to the collection, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz Center, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA bAby’S aLL gRoWn Up, Project Space Marvimon, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2005 | Skin, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2004 | Disorder, together with Christian Eisenberger and Michael Gumhold, Galerie Centrum, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz |
Art in Public Space and Art in Architecture (selection)
| 2024 |
Allo - The Fairy Tale of the Lendhafen, Lendhafen, Klagenfurt Back to Now, European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024, Bad Goisern Wind Clock - The Life a Breath, ARWAG and KÖR Institute for Art in Public Space Vienna (permanent) |
| 2023 | Portal, Klanglicht Festival Graz; Lichtfestival Ghent (2024); Bright Festival Brussels (2024) |
| 2022 |
Star Zone, Esterházy Palace Court, Eisenstadt (permanent) Crashed Into the Big Green, Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen |
| 2021 |
The Big Promise (Lucky Fountain), Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz Abriss :: Alfredo Barsuglia and the Collection of the City of Graz, Graz Suahtsnuk, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
| 2020 |
To the Golden Branch, Reininghausgründe, ÖSW Gemeinnützige Wohnbauträger AG, Graz (permanent) The Miracle, Kulturdrogerie, Vienna and Konschthal Esch, Luxemburg |
| 2019 |
Orignial Copy, Theater Akzent, Vienna (permanent) Leap in Time, Grünanger, Graz (permanent) |
| 2018 | Mariainsel, 6th Water Biennal, KiöR Institute for Art in Public Space Styria, Fürstenfeld (permanent) |
| 2017 | FBK - Freie Badekultur, Kunstzelle, WUK, Vienna |
| 2014 | Social Pool, Mojave Desert, in cooperation with MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2013 |
Hotel Publik, KÖR Institute for Art in Public Space Tyrol, Innsbruck Spa, billboard project, Chamber of Labor, Vienna Kunstgastgeber Gemeindebau, KÖR Institute for Art in Public Space Vienna |
| 2008 |
Oderfla Beauty Resort, in cooperation with Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Yucca Valley, California (permanent) Kultur macht Mensch, billboard project, Kulturservicegesellschaft Steiermark, Graz |
| 2006 |
Transfer of Knowledge, CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences, Graz (permanent) Oderfla Dental Office, MAK Center - Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2005 |
Subway Graz :: A project within the system, Graz MDAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, billboard project, Mestre/Venice, Italiy |
| 2004 | Loop, together with Christian Eisenberger, raumimpuls, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs |
Performances (selection)
| 2023 | Skimmer, donaufestival, Krems |
| 2022 | From the Origins, ImPulsTanz, Research Project, Vienna |
| 2020 |
The artist is always present, Artist Statement, Parallel Vienna, Vienna Nothing, Kunstpavillon, Künstler:innen Vereinigung Tirol, Innsbruck |
| 2019 |
Drawing Into the Void, Bildraum Bodensee, Bregenz Statement #3 - Spracheist, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt |
| 2018 | Spracheist, DerBlödeDritteMittwoch, Rhiz, Vienna |
| 2017 |
L'aringa - The Herring, Blickle Raum Spiegelgasse, Vienna Loss, together with Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, ImPulsTanz Festival, Leopold Museum, Vienna; brut Theater, Vienna; Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz; RIMI/IMIR SceneKunst, Stavanger, Norway (2018) |
| 2016 | Brihdy, unttld contemporary, Vienna |
| 2015 | Setup Example, Kunsthalle arlberg1800, St. Christoph am Arlberg |
| 2014 | Next to Nothing, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna |
| 2012 | Herr F. verkauft Realität, Atelier Kaserngasse, Judenburg |
Stage Design and Scenography (selection)
| 2025 | Transient Shifts, concept: Akemi Takeya, ImPulsTanz Fesitval, Odeon Theater, Vienna (upcoming) |
| 2024 | Cloth Ball Square, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna |
| 2023 | The weather is nice, let’s picnic, Parasol, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna |
| 2022 | Sleeping Duty, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna |
| 2020 | Beauty of mess, trash and unknown desires, Concept: Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, brut Wien, Vienna |
| 2019 | Origins, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna |
| 2016 | Wish You Were Here, concept: Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, IntAkt, WUK, Vienna |
| 2014 | The Dance I Don’t Want To Remember, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna |
| 2010 | Beauties for your Imagination, concept: Mikkel Hess, Club Nublu, New York, USA |
| 2009 | Easy Come, Easy Go, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna |
| 2007 | Elegy for the Brave, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna |
Awards and Scholarships (selection)
| 2024 |
Casa Natali, Artist in Residence, NOS Visual Arts Production and MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna CCA Andratx, Artist in Residence, Center for Contemporary Art, Mallorca Bridderhaus, Artist in Residence, Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
| 2021 | Work grant from the Province of Styria, Graz |
| 2019 |
Monsignor Otto Mauer Art Award, Vienna Cardinal König Art Award, Nomination, St. Virgil, Salzburg Dagmar Chobot Sculpture Award, Nomination, Leopold Museum, Vienna 36th Austrian Graphic Award, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tyrol, Innsbruck (Award of the Province of Carinthia) |
| 2018 |
Strabag Art Award International, Recognition Award, Vienna Kulturverein kulm, Artist in Residence, Pischelsdorf am Kulm |
| 2017 |
Austrian State Grant for Fine Arts, Vienna Neptun, Austrian State Grand for Water, Vienna |
| 2016 |
Art Award of the Province of Styria, Graz (con-tempus Award) Scientific-Research Scholarship, Vienna SilvrettAtelier, Artist in Residence, Montafon, Austria Pact Zollverein, Artist in Residence together with Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, Essen, Germany |
| 2015 | Art Award of the City of Vienna |
| 2014 | Austrian Studio Scholarship, Artist in Residence, Rome, Italy |
| 2013 | Theodor Körner Art Award, Vienna |
| 2012 | Artist in Residence of the City of Judenburg |
| 2011 |
Walter Koschatzky Art Award, Recognition Award, Vienna Arlberg Hospiz Art Award, Kunsthalle arlberg1800, St. Christoph am Arlberg Anton Faistauer Art Award for Painting, Nomination, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg |
| 2010 |
Art Award of the Province of Styria, Graz (Humanic Award) Foreign Scholarship of the Province of Styria, New York |
| 2008 | JTHAR Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, California |
| 2007 | Art Award of the City of Graz |
| 2006 | MAK Schindler Artists and Architects in Residence, Los Angeles |
Public Collections
| Austrian State Collection |