Born 1962 in Hamburg, Germany, raised in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Education: Visual Media Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Class of Prof.
Peter Weibel. Hamburg School of Photography. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

 

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2004
Zwischen Original, copy art show with Georgia Creimer, Petra Egg, Herwig Kempinger,
Willi Kopf, Michaela Math, Katarina Matiasek, Mina Mohandes, Erich Praschak, Rini Tandon,
Simon Wachsmuth and others, art space PRAXIS, Vienna, Austria (multiple book edition)
Virtual Frame, in collaboration with Constanze Ruhm, group show at the project space/Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

2003
Von Hedwig bis Theodor, group show at PRAXIS, Vienna, Austria
Operation Figurini, a traveling show in public spaces, art and science project by
Christoph Steinbrenner, multiples and text, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
>Natu®al Pa®tne®s in Sto®ytelling<, with Gerhard Himmer and others at Klaus Engelhorn Gallery – Depot, Vienna, Austria

2002
Interieur/Exterieur, with Simon Wachsmuth, Art Association-Remise Bludenz, Bludenz, Austria
Flüchtig Daheim, at the annual SOHO Ottakring Art Festival, Vienna, Austria
In liebe dein, group show, art space Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Vampiric Signatures, project curated by Judith Fischer, at IGBildendekunst, Vienna, Austria

2001
Metro Legends, Show at the annual SOHO Ottakring Art Festival, with Gabriele Steidinger,
Gerhard Himmer and others
Berlin Project, with Gabriele Steidinger, Berlin, Germany
VideoTalk&Tea, with Alexandra Berlinger, Heimo Zobernig, Rudi Molacek, and others, Graz, Austria

2000
The Emerging Artists, with LUX FLUX and Simon Wachsmuth, emerging artists show at the Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria
Tweak, curated by Michael Buckland, group show at Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
Live Auction, Love Parade02, Berlin, Germany
Kampfzone, at the Futuregarden Art Association, Vienna, Austria
Antirasisstische Öffentlichkeiten – Feministische Perspektiven, project for Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria

1999
Mars, group show at the Post Gallery, Los Angeles, California (as artist and curator)
Europa spielt New York in Berlin, group show hosted by Philip Grötzinger, Berlin, Germany
Group show, with Julia Schnitzer, Philip Grötzinger and others, Pan Tappert Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wild Life, curated by Adi Rosenblum, Markus Muntean, Anthony Auerbach and David Burrows Austrian Cultural Institute in London, with Cameron Jamie, Ulli Knall, Elke Krystufek, Peter Lloyd Lewis, Ines Lombardi, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Muntean & Rosenblum, Giorgio Sadotti, D. J. Simpson, Jemima Stehli, Calliope Travlos, Elizabeth Wright, London, UK

1998
Sincerly Yours – videoart in Austria, video screenings, Sofia Municipal Gallery, Sofiya
and TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
Exhibition with Photography, group show, Kunstraum Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
Kompression, at the temporary art space - Schallautzerstraße 4, Vienna, Austria
At Alcatraz Gallery, Part Three, Hallein, Austria (catalogue)
media.art., The Federal Collection – Arthotek, Salle de Bal, Institut Français de Vienne, Vienna, Austria

1997
Contribution to Permanent Food – Art Magazine, published by Maurizio Cattelan, Italy
Sound and music contribution to Audio Arts - Magazine, published by William Furlong, UK
Äste of die ARTS, video screening at Stammheim Art Research, Kassel, Germany
Strange Encounters, group show, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria (video coompilation)
Museum Passage, public space installation and multiple edition for Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria
The Perfect Audience, Styrian Fall- festival, group show curated by Hermann Glettler with Iris Andraschek, Heiner Blum, Thomas Grünfeld, Urban Grünfelder, Thilo Heinzmann,
Martin Kippenberger, Jörg Schlick, Johannes Schweiger, Gustav Troger, Michael Zinganel, at Farrach Palace, Zeltweg, Graz, Austria.
grey matters/white matters, with Fatih Aydogdu, Anja Bakker, Edgar Honetschläger, Orlan, Plank/Poschauko, Josef Ramaseder, Jeanette Schulz, Stelarc, Susa Templin, Violet Suk & Martin Koch, and others, Linz, Austria (catalogue)

1996
Mission Impossible, video exhibition at Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
The Blind Spot, Atelier im Augarten, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria (Catalogue)
Künstlerhouse, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria

1995
D.O.G_Radio, internet radio project for the Diagonale Film Festival (Hypermedia), in cooperation with Public Netbase, Salzburg and Vienna, Austria
Lebendige Vergangenheit – Living Past, group show at Liechtenstein Palace, Feldkirch, Austria
Concrete Visions, group show with Fatih Aydogdu, Ricarda Denzer, Franz Graf, Michaela Math, Martin Kusch, "You Never Know" and others, Istanbul, Turkey
Do Yourself a Xmas Favour, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria

1994
IOI, group show, media - art at the Orangerie, Eisenstadt, Austria.
Lokalzeit - Wiener Material im Spiegel des Unbehagens, Fondazione Querini Stampalia "Premio Furla", Venezia / Italia - Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana / Slovenija & Raum Strohal, Vienna

1993
Genetik Art – Artificial Life, Ars Electronica ´93, stereolithographic objects, video and text installation, Linz, Austria (catalogue)

1992
Refraktion, Neue Galerie-Studio, Graz, Austria (catalogue)
100 X Video-Arte na Åustria, screening, organized by the Medienwerkstatt Wien, Serravles, Portugal (catalogue)
OCCIDENT EXPRESS, contemporary film/video works from Austria at the Visual Communications Lab, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Zeitschnitte 92, at Messepalast, Vienna, Austria
CVC, group show, Grita Insam Gallery, with Christoph Nebel, Simon Wachsmuth, Constanze Ruhm and others (catalogue)

1991
Multiplex, Kaplanhaus, with Tuncay Boztepe and Miriam Rhomberg, Dornbirn, Austria

1990
2e biennale internationale du film sur l´art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Bibliotheque municipale de Lyon, France (catalogue)
Young Austrian Sculpture, Gallery Griss, Graz, Austria

1989
Museum des 21. Jahrhunderts, Video Sampler
Skulpturenzeichnungen, videoscreening, with Johanes Zechner, Heike Curtze Gallery, Vienna,
Skulpturenzeichnungen, with Johanes Zechner at the Artsalon, Cologne, Germany (Video-Edition)

1988
Lichtboard am Europaplatz – Wiener Festwochen, LED screening, computer animation,
curated by Roy Ascott, Vienna, Austria

1987
Logokultur, group show curated by Peter Weibel, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
Cultura Digitalis, project by Zelko Wiener and Roy Ascott, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

 

   

 

  • Hands, VHS 20’
  • Hey Rank, VHS 5’
  • Listen, VHS 2’
  • OX, U-Matic Lowband 2’
  • The New Level, U-Matic Lowband 7’
  • Skulpturenzeichnungen, Semi-documentary, 2e biennale internationale du film sur l´art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Bibliotheque municipale de Lyon. U-Matic Lowband 5’
  • Lords of the New Church, Music clip, with Dieter Hasan, Constanze Ruhm, Simon Wachsmuth.
    U-Matic Lowband 54’
  • KUNSTSTÜCKE, ORF-Signation and jingle, 2 Clips, MII. each 10’’
  • Untitled, 3 Clips for the show Mission-Impossible, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, 2’ each,
    with soundtrack composition
  • Lights'N'Sirens, found footage video clip,for the exhibition "V6" in Vienna. BetaSP approx. 12’.
  • DownBy, Wild At & Strange, 3 Clips for Strange Encounters, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
  • INTERIEUR, loop approx. 30’. Soundtrack composition, 12"-CD

 

   

 

Exhibitions at the artspaces brasilica (some with Simon Wachsmuth, Romana Scheffknecht, Iro Goldblat*) and arc Vienna and in Los Angeles

At brasilica:

  • V6 - We six, group show *
  • Through_Video, with Michael Buckland, Katharina Copony, Colin Cook, Heidrun Holzfeind, Jasmine Ladenhaufen, Kristin Lucas, Axel Stockburger (Vienna/Los Angeles/NY/Canada)
  • The Candidates, with Ruth Honegger, Marino Pascal (Los Angeles) *
  • Rise & Fall, with Yoshua Okón, Pablo Vargas – Lugo, (Mexico)
  • Sugar Sex Magik, with Siggi Hofer, G.B. Jones Pierre Klossowski, Michaela Math, Johanes Zechner *
  • Mnemonique HiFi, with Mnemonique (NY) *
  • Play Hard, with, Marek M.C. Banek, Philip Grözinger, Special Guest: DATEC-1/2 Rechenzentrum (Berlin)
  • Doping, with DAG, Rechenzentrum (Berlin) *
  • Semi Casual, with Michael Buckland, Jill Henderson, Stacey Lancaster, Sally McKay, Daniel Olson, Alan Smith, John Velveeta (Canada) Nicole Kidman (NY)
  • Conpaintorary, with Martin Eiter, Monika Huber, Susanne Lenca, Vivian Klagsbrun, Miriam Moss, Clemens Stecher, Anita Witek *
  • Mars, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, with Ricarda Denzer, Christine Gloggengiesser, Martin Hanf, Christoph Hinterhuber, Muntean/Rosenblum, Constanze Ruhm, Arye Wachsmuth, Simon Wachsmuth

At arc:

One woman/man shows:

  • Stefan Hirsig, DAG, Deborah Sengl, Susanne Lenca, Alexandra Berlinger

Group shows:

  • From Scratch, with Steven Steinman, Russel Maltz, Corrina Peipon, Simon Wachsmuth, Sharon Louden, Axel Stockburger
  • Venus, with Skip Arnold, Andrea Bowers, Miriam Dym, Hilja Keading, Charles Labelle, Tina Marrin, Yunhee Min, Joseph Santarromana
  • fitONScreen, with Friedrich Biedermann, Eva Jantschitsch, Reiner Mandl, Wolfgang Otto, Span (M. Del Campo+S. Manninger), Grischenka Teufl
  • freestyle, with dB, Nikolaus Gansterer, Florian Schmeiser/Susanne Shuda, Ines Weber/Manuel Maxl(Plan-C)
  • [IM]possible Rooms, transformations from daniel liebeskinds drawing, leakage, a concept by Dr. Anita Aigner, a project with students from the Technical University, Vienna
  • Life Goes On, works by: Adi Rosenblum + Markus Muntean, Constantin Luser, Simon Wachsmuth, Constanze Ruhm, Christian Tinkhauser, Christoph Hinterhuber, Stefan Hirsig, Axel Stockburger
  • Words by: Judith Fischer, Patricia Grzonka, Friedrich Tietjen, Manisha Jothady, Franziska Lesak, Carola Platzek (art+medical flyers)

Other:

  • Enthusiastic Partners, together with Brigitte Felderer at the law firm of Lansky, Ganzger & Partner, a show for students of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
  • Hotel Utopia, art, film and video festival, curated by Constanze Ruhm and Arye Wachsmuth, with works by Vito Acconci, Chris Marker, Uli Aigner, Elke Krystufek, Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, Michael Blank, Mike Kelly, Èder Santos, Robert Cahen, Rea Tajiri, René Beckman, Harun Farocki, Chris Burden, Kristin Lucas, Pierre Huyghe, Colin Cook, Jessica Bronson, Wolfgang Schmidt, Bill Seaman, Mark Lewis, Adam Chodzko, Jean-Luc Godard, Seoungho Cho, Bill Viola, Sophie Calle and Gregory Shepard, Tony Cokes, Fiona Tan, Olaf Breuning and many others, Summerstage Independent Festival, Vienna (catalogue)
  • star_project01, for The Karajan Center, Concept and organization for a new media – art award, with Sigrit Fleiß, Götz Bury and others, art direction with Sekulic&Niemetz, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

 

   

 

On the artist:

  • Marc Ries: ''Zeitschnitte 92'', catalogue text, 1992.
  • Peter Weibel (ed.): ''Österreichische Medien-Kunst'', 1992.
  • Michael Buckland: ''Tweak'', text for Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada, 2002
  • Friedrich Tietjen: ''Interieur/Exterieur'', text for the show at Remise Bludenz, Bludenz, Austria, 2002
  • Grabher Ariane: ''Space as Enviroment'', Vorarlberg News,12.12.2002
  • Kristian Sotriffer: ''Blitzlichter und Dialoge'', Die Presse, Wien, 26.05.2000
  • Judith Fischer: ''Arye Wachsmuth. Artist'', news feature on work as curator, Der Standard, 13.02.1998

By the artist

  • Arye Wachsmuth: ''Genetic Art - Artificial Life'', ars electronica ´93, catalogue text, 1993
  • Arye Wachsmuth: ''star_proejct01. senso_and visionary_links'', catalogue text, 2001
  • Arye Wachsmuth: ''Life Goes On'', conceptual flyer text, (as editor), 2001
  • Arye Wachsmuth: ''The Transformation of a Plaster Head into a Bucket or how a Plaster Head can turn into a Bucket'', text on work, Operation Figurini, 2003
  • Arye Wachsmuth: ''Der Mensch in Bewegung im Kontext zukunftsweisender und innovativer Technologie'', text on works, MIB 03, a project with students, the University for Applied Arts & The Technical Museum, Vienna, 2003