Elisabeth Weissensteiner's path into arts started by studying German language and art history at the University of Vienna. She obtained her PhD on a topic in literature under Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler in 1983. These intellectual roots are still characteristic for her approach to art: a subtle investigation of sense, of the space in-between is present in all her art work. Also a curiosity and a desire to explore is driving her, being suspicious towards default paths. Her art is often leaving us uncomfortable, being ourselves questioned in our certainties.
Elisabeth worked as an artist since her PhD. She soon became member of the Künstlerhaus, Austria's oldest artist association, and is now also a member of the Grazer Autorinnen Autorenversammlung (GAV), Austria's largest writer association. She obtained a work study grant of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Maine, USA, 1988), and is also a trained graphic designer (WiFi Designzentrum Pöchlarn (TAFE), Austria, 1995). Elisabeth has exhibited and studied in many countries (USA, China, France, Denmark, Germany, Hungary). Her work is represented in federal, state and regional public collections. She maintains links to academia as visiting lecturer and reviewer (Akademie der Künste, Vienna; RMIT University, Melbourne) and in projects linking science and arts (The University of Melbourne; University of Bremen).
Elisabeth can be contacted via:
Galleries:
kunstraumarcade
Hauptstrasse 79
2340 Mödling
Austria
Tel +43 2236 860457
arcade@artprint.at
http://www.artprint.at
Galerie Michaela Stock
Schleifmühlgasse 18
1040 Wien
Austria
phone: +43 1 920 7778
info@galerie-stock.net
http://www.galerie-stock.net
Solo Shows (selected)
| 2019 | Die Prinzessin mit ihrem Spielzeug, Werkstätte für maßgeschneidertes Sehen, Wien (4 June - 6 July) |
| 2015 | Open Mind and Bound Mind. Shown at Arnold Leibler Bloch October-December 2015 |
| 2015 | Three Yellow Dancers Floating. Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, October-December 2015 |
| 2015 | The Other Me - An Inverse Mirror. Interactive installation shown at TU Vienna Beginner's Day September 2015 |
| 2014 | Bodies and Spirits. Solo show, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (November-December) |
| 2014 | Presented by Anna Pappas Gallery at Art Athina, Athens, Greece (May) |
| 2014 | The Blindfold Game oder Das Wissen der Welt: Art-science project with Michael Schmitz (xm:lab, HBK Saarbrücken) and Antonio Krüger (DFKI, Saarbrücken) and students. Interactive installation, sculpture and props. Dachatelier, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Saarbrücken, Germany (April) |
| 2014 | Mirror Brain. Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken, Germany (March-April) |
| 2012 | Mirror Brain. Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne (16 November to 21 December) |
| 2012 | Mirror Brain: Entre Deux |
| 2012 | Mirror Brain: Perception - Cognition Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria (18 June to 8 September) |
| 2011 | Mirror Brain Art-Science Project at the Centre for Cognitive Sciences (Cognium), University of Bremen, in collaboration with Dorothea Brückner |
| 2011 | Fragments and Dances Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2009 | What Remains Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2009 | Wolkenkuckucksheim ("Cloud Cuckoo Land") Interactive computer installation 22 screen and 860 random image transitions permanently installed at Cognitive Systems, University of Bremen (supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies) (detail, 2MB) |
| 2009 | Verknüpfungen Photo-based work and sculpture, Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst, Germany (pdf) |
| 2009 | Verknüpfungen Photo-based work and sculpture, Art-Station Kollmitzberg, Lower Austria |
| 2007 | Verknüpfungen Photo-based work and sculpture, Galerie am Lieglweg, Vienna, Austria |
| 2006 | Introspectatio Über Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2006 | I See - I Site - I Sight Two Lines Gallery, Beijing, China (with Maggie McCormick and Tony Scott) |
| 2005 | Pink Pouches Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2005 | Within Without Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2004 | New Work Gallery Chapman&Bailey, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2004 | Lebzelter / Weissensteiner Galerie Ulrike Hrobsky, Vienna (with Georg Lebzelter) |
| 2001 | Herz-Schmerz Galerie kunstraumarcade, Mödling, Austria (with Flora Zimmeter and Kerstin Cmelka) |
| 2000 | Dingfest Kunstwerkstatt Tulln, Austria |
| 1999 | Gallery Cachet, Vienna (with Helga Cmelka) |
| 1998 | Museum der Stadt Lienz, Austria (with Christine de Pauli) |
| 1997 | Galerie Tiller, Vienna (with Helga Cmelka) |
| 1996 | Schalen-Weise Blaugelbe Galerie, Vienna, Austria |
| 1995 | Galerie Inge Freund, Klagenfurt, Austria |
| 1994 | Galerie kunstraumarcade, Mödling,Austria |
| 1994 | Galerie Unart, Villach, Austria |
| 1992 | Meine Augen durchwandern ... ATP Architekten & Ingenieure, Vienna, Austria (with Brigitte Lang) |
Juried Shows (selected)
| 2006 | De Natura Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria |
| 2005 | Sculpture by the Sea International sculpture exhibition, Sydney, Australia |
| 2004 | Sculpture by the Sea International sculpture exhibition, Sydney, Australia |
| 1997 | Fiberart International 97 International Biennale, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, USA |
| 1995 | Fiberart International 95 International Biennale, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, USA |
| 1990 | International Felt Symposium, Aarhus, Denmark |
| 1990 | Textile Arts Festival '90, Bradford, UK |
Invited Shows (selected)
| 2020 | Zeitfenster - Hang on to what keeps you going, kunstraum arcade, Mödling, Austria (May - September) |
| 2020 | Secret Art Lounge: Maggie McCormick, Chris Bold and Elisabeth Weissensteiner, Northcote, Australia (16 February) |
| 2019 | Notationen, verdichtet (16 November 2019 - 25 Januar 2020) |
| 2018 | Perchtoldsdorf, Austria () |
| 2017 | Jeremy Bakker und Elisabeth Weissensteiner, Kunstverein Baden, Austria (22 September - 29 October) |
| 2013 | in.print.out, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria |
| 2012 | Show White. Group exhibition by blackartprojects, Cremorne, Victoria, Australia (19-30 September) |
| 2011 | Korean International Art Fair Exhibited by Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2006 | Global Fusion Close UP International group show, Palais Porcia, Vienna, Austria |
| 2006 | Melbourne Art Fair Represented by Über Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2005 | Artists Curate Artists My space basement, Vienna, Austria |
| 2004 | Licht und Schatten Blaugelbe Galerie Zwettl, Austria |
| 2002 | Sehsession #1 Projekttheater Studio, Jazzfest Wien, Vienna |
| 2001 | Work with Paper NÖ Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst, St. Pölten, Austria |
| 1998 | 7 Vitrinen Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria |
| 1998 | Kunst in der Landschaft Gut Gasteil, Austria |
| 1998 | 14th Symposium International Fiber Art, Graz, Austria |
| 1998 | Knot as They Seam: Puns and Permutations in the
Fiber Arts Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, USA |
| 1997 | Papier, Textil und andere Materialien Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, Germany |
| 1995 | Lebens-Kunst Barcelona, Spain |
| 1994 | Fahnenfestival Krems, Austria |
| 1991 | Ineinander Musee du Feutre, France |
Curated Shows
| 2005 | Wandering between the Worlds. 10 artists between Austria and Australia, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria |
| 2004 | Egremont - A Show in a Suitcase. Group show of Australian artists, Galerie kunstraumarcade, Mödling, Austria |
Public Commissions (selection)
| 2011 | Arcadian Dances Ubertas Property Management Pty Ltd. |
| 2010 |
Linking Laverton, Hobsons Bay City Council (shortlisted) |
| 2009 |
Cognitive Systems, University of Bremen, Germany |
| 2009 | Cyril Curtain Reserve, Hobsons Bay City Council (shortlisted) |
| 2009 | St Kilda Memorial Hall
Redevelopment, CH
Architects, Melbourne
(Finalist "Best Contribution to Urban Art", City of Port Phillip Design Development Awards 2010) |
| 2008 | Clarinda Community Center, City of Kingston, Melbourne |
| 1999 | Fruchtkapseln, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Austria |
| 1998 | Puzzle, Gerstnergasse, Kindergarten of the City of Vienna, Austria |
| 1998 | Füllhorn, Bank Austria, Austria |
| 1996 | Flügel, Bank Austria, Austria |
Public Collections (selection)
| Department of Arts, Republic of Austria | |
| Museum of Lower Austria | |
| Musee du Feutre, Mouzon, France | |
| City of Lienz, Austria | |
| City of Mödling, Austria |
Art Related Activities
- Video and text for Gerlinde Thuma, Danube Dialogs, Novi Sad, 2018
- Artist in Residence and visiting lecturer at xm:lab, Hochschule für Bildenden Künste, Saarbrücken, Germany (2014)
- Elisabeth Weissensteiner, Dorothea Brückner: MIRROR BRAIN: Picture and Experience, Leonardo 47(3), 2014.
- Elisabeth Weissensteiner, Christian Freksa: Wolkenkuckucksheim: Art as Metaphor of the Mind, LEONARDO 45(5), 2012.
- Examiner/Master of Arts, Art in Public Space, RMIT University (2010, 2011, 2013)
- Artist in Residence at Bee Research Unit, Center for Cognitive Science, University of Bremen, Germany (2011)
- Art and Space. Presentation for CH Architects, Melbourne (2010)
- Panel discussion member: Creating Art in Public Spaces. Art and Social Space, Architects for Peace, RMIT University (2010)
- Wolkenkuckucksheim - Where Art and Science Find Common Ground. Fellow Lecture at Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany (2009)
- Artist in Residence, Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies, Bremen, Germany (2009)
- Artist in Residence, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China (2006)
- Visiting Lecturer, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (2005)
- Visiting Lecturer, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
- Member, Künstlerhaus Wien, Austria
- Founder, conTEXTILES, Vienna, Austria
- Monica Karpinski: review: elisabeth weissensteiner's 'mirror brain'. Lip magazine, Dec 2012
- MIRROR BRAIN Bremen, solo catalog, Vienna 2012
- MIRROR BRAIN Wien, solo catalog, Vienna 2012
Insekten im Krabbelalter, Wiener Zeitung Online, 8.8. 2012 - ArtSscience, Schaufenster, Presse
- Blick in Gehirnschale legt Gedanken offen, Stadtteil-Kurier, Bremen, 27. 10.2011
- Look
at me! Art and geomatics project has collaboration in sight.
Melbourne University Staff/Student E-News, Issue 36, May 2010.
(local copy) - Joy and Grief in St Kilda. Xth City of Port Phillip
Design Development Awards 2010
(local copy) - Intelligente Türschilder: Kunst und Infos an den
Cartesium Türen. Bremer Uni-Zeitung No. 109, p. 5, 2009
(local copy) - I See, I Site, I Sight.
NY Arts Magazine, November-December 2006.
(local copy) - Interview by Ella Mudie in Nothingmagazine, Issue 12,
2006
(local copy) - Art & Australia Magazine 44(1) 2006
(local copy) - Profile: Dr Elisabeth Weissensteiner
SBS Radio, interview by Christian Froelicher, broadcasted on 28 October 2006
(mp3 | real) - "Elisabeth Weissensteiner: Intro-Spectatio",
absolutearts.com
(local copy) - On the front page of Port Phillip Leader, 14.11.2006
(local copy) - Internationale Ausstellung Palais Porcia: Global
Fusion - Close Up 2006.
Wiener Zeitung, 14. September 2006 - Interview.
Metropolis, Beijing, China, August 2006, page 16 - Khadija Carroll (2005): Within Without. Sculpture
Magazine 24(3), web supplement.
(local copy) - Coming up rose. Herald Sun, 30 November 2005, page
64.
(local copy) - Wandering between the Worlds
Kurier 15.7.2005
(local copy) - Dagmar Travner, Platons Mythos.
Morgen, Kulturzeitschrift aus Niederösterreich, 05/2004 - Zeitgenössische Textilkunst im Wirkungsbereich Deutschland-Österreich-Schweiz.
Verlag Hollinek, Wien 1995 - Fiberarts Design Book 3, Larkbooks 1987
