Alexander Viscio

*in New York—lebt und arbeitet in Wien

ALEXANDER VISCIO Easy Killer 2000
Instant soup mix with poison and enamel paint on glass.30 x 80 cm. From the show, "Easy Killers and other Softwear".

"My work is a fusion of traditional form and new media. It references art history with critical humor and acknowledges the visual component as the carrier of content and functions well into the dictum of painting and sculpture. It sustains a responsiveness to the moment that is more akin to promote doubt and instability in the psychological main frame we use to “figure things out” rather than endorse its own authenticity. My art retains a hybrid between Houdini, (ism), and Court Jester strategies that involve the mechanics to induce an aesthetically/conceptual provocative state."

Alexander Viscio

Biographie

Ausbildung

1983 California Inst. of the Arts, MFA.
1981 Kansas City Art Institute, BFA.
Lehrtätigkeit

1989-93 Jersey City State College, 3D-Design.

Ausstellungen

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)

2005 Die Demolierte Literatur, Antonio Ferrara Galerie, Wien, AUT.
2003 Fussabstreifer, MAK, Museum für angew. Kunst Wien, Kurator, Andreas Kristof
2002 A COCKTAIL BEFORE DINNE, Palais Epstein, Wien, Kurator, Norbert Brunner.
1999 JOHNNIE WALKER’S SOBRIETY TEST, Semper Depot, Akadmie der bildenden Künste , Wien, Kurator: Franz Graf.
1984 POSITIVE RE-INFORCEMENT, Randolf Street Gallery, Chicago, Ill. curator: Randy Alexander.
1982 LA SPECTTECOL, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, Mo. curator: Sheri Lacy

Gruppenausstellungen / Events (Auswahl)

2006 SAL, Satellites, Outposts and a Ridiculous Leap of Faith, LUME Mediakeskus, Helsinki,.

Curator, Mauri Via- Kotola.
SAL, Satellites, Outposts and a Ridiculous Leap of Faith MAK, Museum of Cont./Applied Arts,Vienna, curator, Andreas Kristof.

2004 Vienna Coffee Table, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany, curator, Hertbert Hinteregger.
2003 Fussabstreifer, Georg Kargl Galerie, Vienna, AUT.
2002 Day Tripping to the South Fork, SOHO in Ottakring. Vienna, AUT. curator, Claudia Luenig.

FIAT,( Fear Is Always Threatening), Tar-Beach, Vienna, AUT

2001 VAL, Vehicles for Another Landscape, ORF television, Kunst Stücke, Vienna AUT.
2000 EASY KILLERS and other SOFTWARE, Edberg Galerie, Family Bernsteiner, Vienna, AUT.

Kampfzone, (A Sobriety Test), Vienna , AUT. curator: Kunst Büro.
JIFFY, Commerce Street Gallery, Houston, TX. curator: Ramzy Telly.

1998 Hell Raiser Afflictions of the Central Nervous System, The Kitchen, NYC, curator: Anne Bonney.
1996 Works from the Permanent Collection, Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y.

Can We Talk, Basilico Fine Arts, NYC. Curators: Bloodgood/Friedman.
ATE-BALL, The KITCHEN; N.Y. curator: Katherine Greene.
The LIMON TWINS, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J. curator: Stacy Smith.

1995 BENCH-WARMER, The KITHCHEN, NYC, curator: Katherine Greene.

LIMB to LIMB, The KITHCHEN, NYC, curator: Katherine Greene.

1994 The Definitive Decade, Aljira Gallery, Newark, N.J. curator: Victor Davson.

Hell-Raiser, Mostra d’ Atre Contemporanea, Monte Carrasso, Switzerland. curator: Stefano Jermini.
A WARM SPOT, Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y. curator: Catherine Valenza.

1993 Twisted State, NYC. Curator: primary Projects.

Ebb Tide Shell Gathering, CCA, Martigny, Switzerland. curator: Stefano Jermini.
Zoo Extract", Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y. curator: Primary Projects.
FERTILE GROUND, Rushmore Outdoor Sculpture Festival, Upstate, N.Y. curator: Bill Arning.
PRIME CUT, David Zwirner Gallery, water-bar. curator: Erik Oppenheim.
Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, N.J. curated by: PPOW NYC.

1992 Essential Structures, Aljira Gallery, Newark, N.J. curator: Karl Hazelwood.

VIEWER MALE, BlumHelman Warehouse, NYC. water-bar curator: Erik Oppenheim.

1992 THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, Dooley le Cappellaine, NYC. curator: Dooley le Cappellaine.

Under Thirty, Galery Metropol, Vienna, Austria. curator: Erik Oppenheim.

1986 MR WINTER’S MEAT MARKET WINDOW DISPLAY, Kansas City. Mo.
1985 ARTIST AT YOUR SEVICE; Oak Street Beach, Chicago. Ill.
1983 THE HEAT’S ON, California Inst. of the Arts, Valencia, Ca.

MY POSITION WITH RESPECT TO MY AUDIENCE; Cal Arts, Valencia, Ca.

1981 RECENT FETISHES, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, Mo. curator: Sheri Lacy.

Preise und Stipendien

2007 Federal Assistance Grant, US Embassy, Austria.
2007 Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC.
2002 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York City, N.Y.
2002 Franklin Furnace, New York City, N.Y.
2000 Pollock/Krasner Foundation, New York City, N.Y.
1999 Artist in Residence, Austrian Chancellery, Vienna, Austria.
1994-95 Artist Fellowship, New Jersey Council on the Arts, Jersey City, N.J.

Publikationen

(Auswahl)
"Superkünstler", (MAK NITE), Katalog, Kurator, Andreas Kristof. 2004

Schwabsky, Barry. "Twisted State" Katalog, "Do the Twist", by, NYC. 1993

Weblinks

Homepage des Künstlers
http://www.dadaway.at



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