Prélude Eternal
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul (TR)
14 September 2024 – 15 August 2025
Fort Biennale_01. In the body of language
Franzensfeste Fortress, Franzensfeste | Fortezza (IT)
06 July 2024 – 10 November 2024
BLIND DATE
Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus (AT)
28 April 2024 – 31 October 2024
NEON, LED & CO.
Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen (DE)
07 July 2024 – 10 August 2025
Light Sound Senses
Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna (AT)
20 September 2024 – 23 March 2025
The World in my Hand
Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich (DE)
18 April 2024 – 31 October 2024
Unknown Familiars. The Vienna Insurance Group Collections,
Leopold Museum, Vienna (AT)
08 May 2024 – 06 October 2024
remember the future
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, 2024
realm of experience – out of the blue
LVM, Münster, 2021
ALWAYS A WAY ALWAYS AWAY
Zurich SBB, Europaallee, 2019–2021
Lost under the Surface
Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zurich, 2020
poetics of reality (encoded)
max goelitz, Munich, 2021
ISTR
Schlossmuseum Linz, 2022
Lichtkreise
Libelle, 2011-2020
Infinity and Beyond
la Biennale di Venezia, Austrian Pavilion, Venice, 2017
In vivo - In vitro
Max-Planck-Institute, Münster, 2006
Again different, different than before
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, 2020
Light Never Stays/Knows No Place/Is Continually Changing/With Its Environment
DKV, Cologne, 2003-2005
Position – N 46°38′47″ E 14°53′31″
Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus, 2007/2008
Fountain
Glanzstoff, St. Pölten, 2015-2017
Secession
Vienna, 1993
Light Steps
1990
Now I See
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 2010
In light of light
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 2011
Proclamation of the Republic 12.11.1918
Austrian Parliament, Vienna, 2022
Morse Alphabet
Post am Rochus, Vienna, 2016-2017
Expo Line
Expo 2020, Austrian Pavilion, Dubai Exhibition Centre, Dubai, 2020
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Biography
Light and space, media and information are central elements in the multi-layered work of Brigitte Kowanz (1957 – 2022), one of the most significant artistic pioneers of her generation. Brigitte Kowanz’s position in recent art history is a distinctive one. Since the 1980s, her work has centred on light as an artistic medium that she investigated in relation to space and in combination with signs, codes and language. She used light as a means of transcending and adding precision in order to question the conventional concept of image and painting and to hone a new, integrated relation between work, space and viewer.
Estate Brigitte Kowanz builds on the legacy of Brigitte Kowanz by maintaining, preserving and promoting her works, archive and library. In keeping with this mission, Estate Brigitte Kowanz supports exhibitions, conducts necessary restorations, supports research and contextualizes not only her work, but also the concepts that have shaped or intersected her practice. Within this framework, Estate Brigitte Kowanz aims to widen the understanding of the artist’s oeuvre and to promote an active, interdisciplinary and boundary-crossing dialogue as a tribute to her unwavering endeavors.
Works by Brigitte Kowanz have been shown in more than 500 exhibitions worldwide, including the Venice Biennale in 2017 (Austrian Pavilion) and 1984 (Aperto). Other major biennial contributions and institutional exhibition participations include São Paulo Biennial (1987), Biennale of Sydney (1990), Cairo Biennale (2019), Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (2015), Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London (2013), MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma (2012), Shanghai Art Museum (2001) and Fondation Beyeler (2000). The artist has had extensive solo exhibitions at Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich (2020), Galerie im Taxispalais in Innsbruck (2011), Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna (2010) and Secession Vienna (1993). Kowanz has also developed well over 50 installations for public spaces.
Brigitte Kowanz studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna from 1975 to 1980. From 1997 until 2021, she held a professorship at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
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Contact
Contact
ESTATE BRIGITTE KOWANZ
Director
Adrian Kowanz
+43 664 392 59 19
adrian@kowanz.com
Studiomanagement
George Rusalin
+43 676 633 07 44
+43 1 913 89 07
Team
Matthias Borowski, Alexandra Corodan, Peter Hoiss, Sebastian Scholz
Galleries
GALERIE KRINZINGER
Seilerstätte 16, 1010 Vienna
+43 1 513 300 6
info@galerie-krinzinger.at
galerie-krinzinger.at
GALERIE RON MANDOS
Prinsengracht 282, 1016 HJ Amsterdam
+31 20 320 7036
mail@ronmandos.nl
ronmandos.nl
max goelitz
Munich
Maximilianstrasse 35, 80539 Munich
Berlin
Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse 26, 10969 Berlin
+49 89 89063944
gallery@maxgoelitz.com
maxgoelitz.com
Häusler Contemporary
Stampfenbachstrasse 59, 8006 Zurich
+41 43 810 04 26
zuerich@haeusler-contemporary.com
haeusler-contemporary.com