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Untitled, 2017, Acrylic on canvas

Untitled, 2017

Acrylic on canvas

78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches
200 x 200 x 4.5 cm

(HZ 21/010)

Heimo Zobernig -  - Viewing Room - Petzel Gallery

Maximilian Pramatarov/Collectors Agenda.

Heimo Zobernig was born in 1958 in Mauthen, Austria and now lives and works in Vienna. He has mined various art historical moments and movements, specifically Modernism, post-Modernism, Geometric Abstraction, and Minimalism with a rigorous and interrogatory spirit. His often playful approach also includes a keen and abiding affinity with modes of display, set design, and theatricality.

Zobernig studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, and later at the University of Applied Arts, both in Vienna. After two visiting professorships in Germany, he has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna since 1999. In 1997, he received the Prize for Fine Art by the City of Vienna. 

In 2015, Zobernig represented Austria at the Venice Biennale. He was also included in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 1988 and 2001. He has additionally participated in documenta, Kassel, Germany (1992 & 1997); Skulptur Projekte Münster (1997); Istanbul Biennial (1992); and Skulpturenpark Cologne (2001 & 2007).

One person exhibitions of his work have taken place at Kunsthalle Basel; Kunsthalle Zurich; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria; Kunsthaus Graz, Austria; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Mudam, Luxembourg; mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago; and Secession, Vienna, among others.

In 2016, Thomas Borgmann donated a major collection of works by Zobernig as part of his gift to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam – the second largest in the institution’s history. His pieces are also included in the collections of the Albertina, Vienna; Art Institute of Chicago; Belvedere, Vienna; Centre Pompidou, Paris; MAMCO Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva; Mudam, Luxembourg; Museion, Bolzano, Italy; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Madrid & Vienna; and Schaulager, Basel, among others.

Piet Mondrian: A Spatial Appropriation, Albertinum, 2019  Installation view

Piet Mondrian: A Spatial Appropriation, Albertinum, 2019

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Heimo Zobernig: nework, Petzel Gallery, 2018  Installation view

Heimo Zobernig: nework, Petzel Gallery, 2018

Installation view

Heimo Zobernig: chess painting, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2017  Installation view

Heimo Zobernig: chess painting, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2017

Installation view

All the World’s Futures, The Austrian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2015

All the World’s Futures, The Austrian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2015

Installation view

Heimo Zobernig, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2012  Installation view

Heimo Zobernig, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2012

Installation view

Heimo Zobernig, Petzel Gallery, 2008  Installation view

Heimo Zobernig, Petzel Gallery, 2008

Installation view