Born 1978 in Graz. Lives and works in Vienna.
Education
1997 – 2002
Institute of Fine Art – Painting, University of Applied Arts Vienna / AT
2003 – 2005
MA Course Fine Art – Painting, Royal College of Art, London / GB
Exhibitions
2021
BEIGE, Brussels / BE
2020
Laurenz, Vienna / AT
Kunstfenster Graz, Graz / AT
2019
Unfinished Culture, Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania / IT
Die andere Seite, Sammlung Sandra & Avram Berkson, Vienna / AT
#13, White Paper Museum, Vienna / AT
2018
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (MUMOK), Vienna / AT (Cat.)
Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo (with Christoph Meier), Tokyo / JP
2017
Künstlerhaus – Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz / AT
Ghost Busters (with Michael Strasser), Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf / AT
2016
One Work Gallery, Vienna / AT
The Canyon (with Zin Taylor), Galleria Collicaligreggi, Catania / IT
Strabag Artforum, Vienna / AT
Galerie Max Hetzler (with Karel Malich), Berlin / DE
2015
Klocker Stiftung Förderpreis (with Theresa Eipeldauer), Kunstpavillon Innsbruck / AT (Cat.)
2014
Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna / AT
M (with Christoph Meier), Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv / BG
2012
Galleria Collicaligreggi, Catania / IT
2011
Frame, Ve.Sch, Vienna / AT
2010
Magazin (with Shingo Inao), Vienna / AT
Despite straight lines (with Benjamin Hirte), Schloss Hollenburg, Hollenburg-Krems / AT
2009
Back in 5 minutes., Galerie Dana Charkasi, Vienna / AT
Volta 5, Galerie Dana Charkasi, Basel / CH
Don‘t worry, I met friends, Kleine Galerie, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt / AT
2008
Ekstasis, SwingR, Vienna / AT
Sala Terrena, Heiligenkreuzerhof (with Heike Schäfer), Vienna / AT
Group Exhibitions
2021
Austrian Expedition. Apeiron 2021, The Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius / LT
Chambre d’amis xes, Laurenz, Vienna / AT
Etablissement d’en face, WAF Galerie, Vienna / AT
Re-Generation 2008, Collica & Partners, Catania / IT
2020
Black Pages, Kunstverein Bielefeld / DE (as Black Pages)
The Home Museum, LagosPhoto20 / NG
2019
Di fuochi e accesi sensi, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels / BE
Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Peking / CN
Cherry Pickers, Podium, Luxembourg / LU
LAX BAR, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna / AT
Everlasting Light, Tim Nolas, Vienna / AT (as Black Pages)
2018
Münster Sculpture Project 2017, Machida / JP
Raymond Controfigura, Museo Civico di Castelbuono, Castelbuono / IT
Ciao2, Galleria Collicaligreggi, Catania / IT
VICE VERSA: Our Earth is Their Moon, Our Moon is Their Earth, m3 festival, Prague / CZ
Black Pages, Salzburg Kunstverein / AT (as Black Pages)
Raymond, Grand Hotel et des Palmes, Palermo / IT
It’s a trap, Significant Other, Vienna / AT
Moon Contemporary, Castello di Carini / IT
2017
Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989–2017, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna / AT
Accentism, Taxispalais – Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck / AT
Temporary 2017, Palais Schönborn-Batthyány, Vienna / AT
Kardinal König Kunstpreis, St. Virgil, Salzburg / AT (Cat.)
Strookoffer, Établissement d’en face, Brussels / BE
Anton Faistauer Preis 2017, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / AT (Cat.)
ba =/= a + b – 10 Jahre Musa. Aus der Sammlung der Stadt Wien, MUSA, Vienna / AT (as Black Pages)
Ich weiss nicht – growing relations between things, Vienna Biennale, MAK, Vienna / AT (Cat.)
Künstlerbücher für Alles, Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen / DE
Maieutics, Kubatur des Kabinetts, Fluc, Vienna / AT
2016
Dilata in maggiore spazio, L’A Project, Palermo / IT
Nuovo sculptura una, Gesso Artspace, Vienna / AT (Cat.)
Subjective Wien, contemporallye, Augsburg / DE
2015
Strabag Artaward International, Strabag Artforum, Vienna / AT (Cat.)
Los Bar, Mackey Apartments / MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles / US
Display of the Centuries. Friedrich Kiesler & Contemporary Art, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York / US (Cat.)
A likeness has blisters, it has that and teeth, Atelierhaus Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna / AT
Lesen [Literatur], Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna / AT (Cat.)
2014
Ciao!, Galleria Collicaligreggi, Catania / IT
La stanza della seta, Museo Palazzo Milio, Ficarra / IT
Notes from Underground, Baba Vasa’s Cellar, Shabla / BG
Der Brancusi Effekt, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna / AT
To continue. Notes towards A Sculpture Cycle | Scale, Nomas Foundation, Rome / IT
Dear Darling, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg / DE
Syllabus #1_talking about art and life, Galleria Collicaligreggi, Catania / IT
Black Pages, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg / DE (as Black Pages)
Anton Faistauer Preis 2014, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / AT (Cat.)
First Emerald, then Sapphire, then Black, Semperdepot, Vienna /AT
2013
Kardinal König Kunstpreis, St. Virgil, Salzburg / AT (Cat.)
szkmr, invited by Rosa, Galerie Kamm, Berlin / DE
21 Posters by 21 Artists, Magazin, Vienna / AT
Diyalog, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul / TR
Der Raum der Etablierung des Versuchs, Kunstraum Super, Vienna / AT
Ephemeral Self – Finite Projections, NTK Gallery, Prague / CZ (Cat.)
Chat Jet, Künstlerhaus – Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz / AT
2012
Drawing Quote, Pigna Project Space, Rome / IT
Keine Zeit, 21er-Haus, Vienna / AT (Cat.)
Antidepressiva 2, Clubschiff Johann Strauss, Vienna / AT
Black Beauty, Apartment Draschan, Vienna / AT
Sleepwalking, Freies Museum Berlin / DE
Black Pages, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna / AT (as Black Pages)
2011
At the end of the rainbow, What the Shop, Vienna / AT
Phase O, Bureau für Angelegenheiten, Vienna / AT
Franzi‘s Choice, Museo Premoderno, Spodnji Hotic / SI
Future Garden, Kunstbunker, Forum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Nürnberg / DE
Antidepressiva, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna / AT
Anton Faistauer Preis 2011, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / AT (Cat.)
Wallpaperism, Motel Campo, Geneve / CH (Cat.)
Dancing to the Rhyme, Kumho Art Museum, Seoul / KR
Polis-Pollis-Politics, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna / AT
2010
Förderpreis des Landes Steiermark für bildende Kunst, Neue Galerie im Künstlerhaus, Graz / AT (Cat.)
Fahrenheit, Kunstraum Schattendorf, Schattendorf / AT
In Passing 10, Passagegalerie, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna / AT
2009
On Escape Salzburg, Koje 38, Salzburg / AT
Physical Reabilitation – Moholy, Rua da Boavista, nº86 R/C, Lisbon / P
Anzengruber Biennale 2009, Café Anzengruber, Vienna / AT
EXPosition of mythology – ELectronic technology, Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul / KR (Cat.)
The Red Thread, Galerie Dana Charkasi, Vienna / AT
Breathless – Qu‘est-ce c’est dégueulasse?, Wien Mitte, Vienna / AT
2008
BA-Kunstpreis 2008, Galerie3, Klagenfurt / AT
2007
Vertauscht 2, K/haus Galerie, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna / AT
Vertauscht, NÖ Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst, St. Pölten / AT
2006
Ware, Wert, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt / AT
2005
A Moment In Time, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin / IE
Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London / GB
Walter Koschatzky Kunstpreis 2005, MUMOK, Vienna / AT
A Sharp Intake of Breath, Beldam Gallery, Uxbridge, Middlesex / GB
2004
Power – clap your hands, sucker, Chambers Project Space, London / GB
X Mas Free Tree, 32, London / GB
Von der Ritzzeichnung zur Knochenflöte, Stadtgalerie Wien, Vienna / AT
Group Show, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London / GB
2003
Malerei und Grafik, Kunstraum Arcade, Mödling / AT
Weltensichten, Soho in Ottakring 2003, Vienna / AT
Achtzehn Jahre Meisterklasse Frohner, St Peter an der Sperr / AT
2002
The Essence, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna / AT (Cat.)
Mann, Frau, Schloss Ulmerfeld, Amstetten / AT
Degree Show, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna / AT
Vel Satis Award, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna / AT
2001
Wir, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna / AT
Junge Kunst, Dorotheum Wien, Vienna / AT
Junger Österreicher – Junge Künstler, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna / AT
Projects
2009 –
Editor and co-founder of the Artist-Zine Edition Black Pages (together with Christoph Meier and Nick Oberthaler) www.blackpages.at, Vienna / AT
Awards, Grants
2018
Kapsch Contemporary Art Prize
2017
Austrian State Grant for Fine Art
Nomination Anton Faistauer Prize
Nomination Kardinal König Art Prize
2015
Advancement prize, Klocker Foundation Innsbruck
Recognition prize, Strabag Artaward International
2014
Nomination Anton Faistauer Prize
2013
Scholarship of the Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture
Nomination Kardinal König Art Prize
2010
Nomination Anton Faistauer Prize
Viktor Fogarassy Prize
2005
Nomination Walter Koschatzky Prize
2004
Fellowship of the Emanuel and Sophie Fohn Foundation
2003
Scholarship of the Premiere advancement program, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Scholarship for graduates of the Universities of the Arts
2002
Fellowship of the Sussmann Foundation
Recognition award of the City of Vienna
2001
Fellowship of the Adelmüller Foundation
Scholarship of the University of Applied Arts
Lectures, Talks
2018
Artist Lecture Series, Vienna / AT
Artist talk, Künstlerhaus Graz / AT
Symposium: Accentism, Taxispalais – Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck / AT
2015
Artist talk, Kunstverein Graz / AT
2014
Artist talk, Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania / IT
2013
Artist Lecture Series, Vienna / AT
Publications, Reviews
2020
Entkunstung III, Ed. Felipe Duque, Maximilian Mauracher, Vienna
2019
Soiree Berkson, No.17 – Ute Müller, Ed. Sandra & Avram Berkson, Vienna / AT
Schizm Magazine #10, Ed. Emma Holmes, Grenada
Artists’ Books for Everything / Künstlerbücher für Alles, Ed.: Dr. Anne Thurmann-Jajes, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen / DE
Artist Lecture Series – Ute Müller, Ed. Artist Lecture Series, Vienna / AT
2018
Ute Müller, Ed. Rainer Fuchs, mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Köln / DE
2017
Up & Coming, Parnass Special – Junge Kunstszene Wien, München & Berlin, Vienna / AT
Anton Faistauer Preis 2017, Ed. Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / AT
K wie Kunst – Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis Salzburg, Ed. Antonia Gobiet, müry salzmann, Salzburg / AT
Vienna Biennale 2017 Guide – Roboter. Arbeit. Unsere Zukunft, Ed. Christoph Thun Hohenstein, VfmK Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna / AT
2016
Ute Müller – A Handbook of Possibilities, Ed. Ute Müller, Harpune Verlag, Vienna / AT
2015
Ute Müller, Ed. Klocker Stiftung, Innsbruck / AT
Strabag Artaward International 2015, Ed. Strabag SE, Villach / AT
Display of the Centuries. Friedrich Kiesler and Contemporary Art, Ed. Christine Moser, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg / AT
lesen [Literatur], Ed. Christiane Krejs, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna / AT
2014
La stanza della seta a Ficarra, Daniela Bigi, Arte e Critica #79, Rome / IT
Experten-Watchlist, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Artinvestor No.02/14, Munich / DE
Anton Faistauer Preis 2014, Ed. Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / AT
2013
K wie Kunst – Der Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis 2013, Ed. Antonia Gobiet, Muery Salzmann Verlag, Salzburg / AT
Ephemeral Self – Finite Projections, Ed. Robert Gruber, Alexandr Puškin, Milan Mikuláštik, Vienna / Prague
2012
Vier Jahre Ve.sch ungefähr …, Ed. Martin Vesely, Ve.sch, Vienna / AT
Moby Dick Filet No.69 – The Funeral, Harpune Verlag, Venna / AT
Keine Zeit – Busy, Ed. A. Husslein-Arco & B. Steinbrügge, Belvedere,
Verlag d. Buchhandlung Walter König, Vienna / AT
2011
Luxe Immo No. 6, Marie Emilie Fourneaux
Wallpaperism, Ed. Nick Oberthaler & Izet Sheshivari, Boabooks, Geneva / CH
EXPosition of mythology – Electronic technology, Ed. Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul / KR
Anton Faistauer Preis 2011, Ed. Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg / AT
2010
Förderungspreis des Landes Steiermark 2010, Ed. Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz / AT
Kunst als Bedingungselement von Raum, Walter Seidl,
www.artmagazin.cc (18.03.2010)
2009
Malerische Montagen, Christa Benzer, in: Der Standard/ Printausgabe (01.10.2009), Vienna / AT
2005
Fine Art RCA 05, Ed. Royal College of Art, London / GB
Malerei in Österreich zu Beginn des 3. Jhtsd, Ed. Krieger-Kramer-Alkier-Einem, Forum Artis Austriae, Vienna / AT
2003
Visionäre Mobilität – Velsatis Award 2002, Ed, Renault Österreich, Vienna / AT
2002
Kunstkalender 2003, Ed. Edition Hausner, Vienna / AT
Meisterklasse Frohner, Ed. Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna / AT
Kunstmagazin Sterz, Ed. Gernot Lauffer, No.: 78/79, 81, 83, 101, Graz / AT
The Essence, Ed. Die Angewandte und das Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna / AT
Collections
mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien / AT
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz / AT
Sammlung Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Wien / AT
Lafayette Anticipation – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Paris / FR
Sammlung der Klocker Stiftung Innsbruck / AT
Sammlung der Osterreichischen Galerie Belvedere / AT
Sammlung des Bundes / AT
Sammlung des Stadt Wien / AT
Royal College of Art London / GB
Verein Stubenring 3 / AT