Following a residency in New York in the late 1990s and my tenure as Head of the Web Department at the Ars Electronica Center, I began working as a scenographer for national museums. For the European Capital of Culture (Linz 2009), I was responsible for the critically acclaimed exhibition ‘Cultural Capital of the Führer,’ which addressed the city’s National Socialist history. Shortly thereafter, I developed and managed the new permanent exhibition at the Mauthausen Memorial. My work continued with the Austrian Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, where I served as a consultant before managing the overall visual experience. To date, I have realized more than 30 professional exhibitions, primarily for governmental institutions, overseeing thousands of square meters and cumulative budgets exceeding 15 million Euros. This extensive field experience eventually led me to transition into my current academic career.
Artist, Exhibition Designer ::
study Art University Linz 1990-95 Master degree
co-directing AEC Futurelab
residency New York (1y) @ The Kitchen & The Thing
co-directing artspace Transpublic, Linz
founder an chief editor of XING cultural magazine 10y
15y exhibition design for different museums, brands & Expo
founder of argeMarie
State Design Award of the Republic of Austria 2019
PhD @ Art University Linz, Dr. T. Macho
Japan ::
Restoring a traditional Kominka in rural Gunma
Art director of Onishi Art Festival
Teaching ::
Intermedia Laboratory @ Art University, Linz
Tisch School of the Arts @ ITP Institute, New York City
CYBERFAIR’99 – ASCII Foundation @ Cooper Union, New York City
Multimedia art @ University of Applied Science Techno-Z, Salzburg
Exhibitiondesign @ University of Applied Science Joanneum, Graz
Exhibition Mauthausen @ Kulturvermittlung PädaK, Linz
SYP Tokyo – Urban Art and Space in Interwar Japan
My work focuses about the design of remembrance in Japanese museums and the role of the visual arts in the construction of national identity in Asia in reliance to Western technics. Together with researchers from Tokyo Art University I developed an exhibition about the art production under fascist regime Japan and Germany and its cultural interference and exchange.
Work ::
Around 35 Exhibition Designs for State Museums in Austria
Several Exhibitions for World Expo, State Fair and Memorial Sites
Design and Curating of Art Exhibitions in China, Japan, Finland, Switzerland and Italy
Design of Brandworlds and Corporate History Museums for Companies
Details @ Website
Research ::
residencies in Tokyo (3mo) Shanghai (1mo) Taipeh (3mo)
research project on: 研究プロジェクトについて
Design of remembrance 記憶のデザイン
Japanese history 日本の歴史
visual culture and propaganda 視覚文化とプロパガンダ
entanglements to Germanyドイツとのかかわり
display in museums 博物館での展示
contemporary art works 現代美術の作品