February 14 – March 15, 2014
Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present Out of Context, a solo exhibition by Berlin-based artist Maria Anwander whose work explores the role that institutions play in the art world. Her latest works deal with issues of collecting, ownership, and authorship in connection to local museums, especially the Los Angeles County Museum of Art which is located directly across the street from the gallery. There is a facsimile LACMA banner on the exterior of Steve Turner Contemporary; some altered photographs of VIP guests at a past LACMA gala where the VIPs were photographed against a backdrop that showed the logos of sponsors (the VIP has been erased so only his/her outline remains); and a photograph that relates to her ongoing series, My Most Favorite Art, in which Anwander steals wall labels from museums. There also is a video and a photograph that result from an intervention where Anwander surreptitiously added her name to the plaque at LACMA that acknowledges large donors. Lastly she has presented a group of spreads from Flash Art Magazine that featured articles about the Los Angeles art scene where Anwander erased all of the images and left intact the text together with the erasure dust.
Maria Anwander (born Bregenz, Austria, 1980) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (2008). Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the United States since 2009, with this her first solo exhibition at Steve Turner. She lives and works in Berlin.
Maria Anwander (born Bregenz, Austria, 1980) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (2008). Her work has been featured in a number of solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States since 2009 and she will have her first solo exhibition at Steve Turner Contemporary in February 2014. She lives and works in Berlin.
Born 1980, Bregenz, Austria
Lives and works in Berlin
Education
2008
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2003
Theatre, Film and Media Science, University of Vienna
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Out of Context, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
2013
When emptiness wears a dot of true red, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Using Pastel is So Uncontemporary, Galerie Hollenstein, Lustenau, Austria
2012
Been Present, Project Room Aquarium at Casino Luxembourg
Analyzing, AC Institute, New York
Shortcuts in Circuits, 12C Raum für Kunst, Schnifis, Austria
Donations, Medienraum, Hospiz am Arlberg, Austria
2011
The Invisible Kiss of the Thief, Gewölbekeller im Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz
Von der Illusion von Kunst – Kulturredaktion Fernsehen oder: Was soll ich mit diesen Farbklecksen, ORF Funkhaus Dornbirn, Austria
Ruben Aubrecht / Maria Anwander, Mögliches Resultat einer Gemeinsamen Arbeit, MUSA Startgalerie, Vienna
2010
Kunst Box, Bregenz, Austria
Kunst am Bau, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria
2009
Hail to the Thief, The General Store, Sydney
My Most Favourite Art, Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Bilbao
Group Exhibitions
2013
ViennaFair (with Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles)
Episode 3: Cézanne Beats Pollock, Insitu, Berlin
Mum, I just really need to focus on my art right now, Galeria Miejska Arsena, Pozna, Poland
Impossibility vs. Self-Censorship, Matadero de Madrid Center for Contemporary Art, Madrid
ÜberMalen, Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, Germany
Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur, Vorarlberger Landhaus and public space, Austria
Stipendium Vordemberge-Gildewart, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtentstein
curators’ network, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
2012
Los irrespetuosos / The Disrespectful / Die Respektlosen, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
MULTImART, Gumpendorferstrasse, Vienna
variable size #, Mo.e, Vienna
do what you can’t, 1st Bregenz Biennale, Bregenz, Austria
Kann es Liebe sein III, Künstlerhaus k/haus Passagegalerie + Studios Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna
Kann es Liebe sein II, Circle Cité, Luxembourg
Kann es Liebe sein I, Grimmuseum, Berlin
Una Historia Vintage, C/ Alcalá 273, 3º izda, Madrid
Nach dem Projekt ist vor dem Projekt ist, Abteilung für Alles Andere, Berlin
HAIR, Hospiz Galerie, Bregenz, Austria
Galerie Chybulski, Ville sur Jarnioux, France
Tiere, Antiquariat Chybulski, Feldkirch, Austria
Ausstieg aus der Ordnung > Neue Situation, Glockengasse 9, Vienna
die weisse ab-haus-verkaufs-kunstschau, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna
Druck, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
2011
METAmART – Art and Capital. The exhibition, Künstlerhaus Vienna
METAmART – Market Model, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Beautiful view – Nice Perspectives, 4th Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Call 2011, Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia
Die nächste Generation III – Ein Selbstportrait, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
2010
Not Here, Harlem Studios by Montrasio Arte, New York
Happy Hour, In der Kubatur des Kabinetts, Kunstsalon im Fluc, Vienna
Alexander Reznikov Award 2008-2010, Brot-Kunsthalle, Vienna
Is there any Hope for an Optimistic Art?, MMOMA, Moscow
Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Two Part Project: “Liberty” / “Freedom”, Moscow
Look at me, Stedefreund / Das Weisse Haus, Stedefreund, Berlin
Reznikov-Award, VIENNAFAIR, Vienna
Quasi dasselbe…? Dikurse mit poetischer Funktion, Kunstpavillon – Tiroler Künstlerschaft, Innsbruck, Austria
2009
Ostrale 09, Ostragehege, Dresden
Print Matters, The General Store, Sydney
Portrait, Künstlerhaus im Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
A Vernacular of Dissent, Champaign-Urbana Independent Media Center, Illinois
Egoileak / Residentes, Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Bilbao
UnORTnung V, Ankerbrotfabrik, Vienna
Neue Mitglieder, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2008
Residencies, Fundación Bilbao Arte – Center for Contemporary Art, Bilbao
Am Sprung, OK-Centrum, Linz, Austria
Kleinstes Gemeinsames Vielfaches, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Kapital – Körper – Konventionen, Forum Schloss Wolkersdorf, Austria
UnOrtnung III, Genochmarkt, Vienna
FreiWild, DoppelDe, Dresden
2007
Intervention, Fieldgate Gallery, London
EMAF – Studio Exhibition, Osnabrück, Germany
Q 202 – Atelierrundgang, St. Balbach – Artproduction, Vienna
2006
Faktum-Flakturm, Flakturm Arenbergpark, Vienna
waking doubting rolling shining and musing…, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Babylon’s Shade, Artos Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
Give me Five, TQW-Tanzquartier, Vienna
Tag der Offenen Tür, Flakturm Arenbergpark, Vienna
Top to Bottom End to End, Westbahnhof, Vienna
Zur Zeit I, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Colore non Solo, Theseus Temple, Vienna
2005
n’Kiloton, Biennial satellite project, Venice
Projects
2012
Intervention and performance in public space, supported by AC Institute, New York
Public dancefloor, KÖR – public art Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria
2010
curated: gaming the system rank the ranking or fuck the curator, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis Bregenz, Austria
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
art at construction site, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria
2007
Zwillingsbrut(stagedesign), KosmosTheater, Bregenz, Austria
Grants/Awards/Residencies
2013
Award of the Darmstädter Sezession, Germany
Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium Grant, Liechtenstein
2012
Officina de Arte residency, Mexico City
Casino Luxemburg residency, Luxembourg
12 C on Air in Schnifis residency, Austria
Hospiz Art Award, St Christoph am Arlberg, Austria
2011
Startstipendium BM:UKK Grant, Austria
2010
Alexander Reznikov Award, Vienna
Harlem Studio Fellowship by Montrasioarte, New York
2009
Art at Construction Site, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria
Bilbao Arte Center for Contemporary Art residency, Bilbao
2008
Pfann-Ohmann-Group-Award, Vienna
Exchange-grant: KUB-Kunsthaus Bregenz / Bilbao Arte – Center for Contemporary Art, Austria
Publications
2013
Maria Anwander: Been Present, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (catalog)
Starter, Art Magazine, Nr. 05/2013 (magazine)
Not Here Not There Part 2, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 19 Issue 2 (catalogue)
Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Bucher Verlag (catalog)
2012
Maria Anwander – Von der Illusion von Kunst, Bucher Verlag, Hohenems (catalog)
2011
Facing Kremlin – Gute Aussichten, Moscow (catalog)
Parabol #6, Vienna (magazine)
unORTnung. Eine Ausstellungsreihe in Wien, Schlebrügge Verlag, Vienna (catalog)
2010
Qui vive?, Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, July (catalog)
Content / Form / Im-material – 5 Years of Cont3xt.net, Vienna (catalog)
Ruben Aubrecht. Concept Art is Boring, Salzburg (catalog)
2009
Maria Anwander – My Most Favourite Art, Bilbao (catalog)
Ostrale 09, Dresden (catalog)
2008
Kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches, Vienna (catalog)
2007
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück (catalog)
2006
waking doubting rolling shining and musing, Vienna (catalog)
Die Bildende, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, November