Curriculum Vitae

After my stay in New York in the late 90ies and the work for Ars Electronica Center as head of the web-department I started to work for national museums as scenographer. For the European City of Culture in Linz in 2009 I was in charge of the critical exhibition “Cultural Capital of the Führer” regarding the NS history of the city. Little later I developed and managed the new permanent exhibition at the former concentration camp Mauthausen Memorial. For the Expo Milano in 2015 after consulting the process I managed the visual experience of the Austrian pavilion. Having done more than 30 professional exhibitions for mostly governmental institutions, handling some couple of thousands square meters and budgets of more than 10 millions Euro combined I started an 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

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