Alfredo Barsuglia
b. 1980
Alfredo Barsuglia, born in Graz in 1980, lives and works in Vienna. From 1999 to 2004 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Applied Arts and the University of Vienna, and at the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych in Kraków. Barsuglia works across painting, drawing, objects, video, performance and interventions in public space; his work addresses economy, ecology, our relationship with nature and the function of art. His awards include the Msgr. Otto Mauer Prize (2019), the Austrian State Grant for Fine Arts (2017), the City of Vienna Art Promotion Prize (2015) and the Theodor Körner Prize (2013). He has had solo exhibitions at venues including the Bank Austria Kunstforum Vienna, the MAK Vienna, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles and the Grazer Kunstverein. His works are held by institutions including the Leopold Museum, the MAK, the Wien Museum and the Lentos Kunstmuseum.
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Biography
Alfredo Barsuglia 1980 born in Graz, Austria; lives and works in Vienna Education 1999–2004 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Applied Arts and the University of Vienna, Vienna 1999–2004 Studies at the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Kraków Solo exhibitions (selection) 2025 Omega, CNA – Centre national de l’audiovisuel, Waassertuerm, Dudelange, Luxembourg 2025 Gitum, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich 2023 Wohnkultur, museumkrems (Dominikanerkirche) and donaufestival, Krems 2022 Phone, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz 2021 The Outer Space, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz 2020 Fremdenzimmer (with Peter Sandbichler), Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt 2019 Take On Me, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna 2019 Daily Golem (with Gelitin), Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns 2018 Jack-in-the-Box, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna 2018 The Visitor (with Alice Könitz), MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles 2015 Cabinet, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna 2010 Not at Home, Kunst bei Wittmann and mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna, Vienna Group exhibitions (selection) 2025 Mädchen* sein!? Vom Tafelbild zu Social Media, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz 2023 Bye-bye Confidence, MUSA Museum, Vienna 2023 Follow the Rabbit, Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus 2022 Denkraum Deutschland: Love & Peace, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich 2021 Steiermark Schau: was sein wird. Von der Zukunft zu den Zukünften, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz 2021 A Playground Guide to Getting Lost, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 2021 Oasis, Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia 2019 Vienna Biennale for Change 2019, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna 2015 Vienna for Art’s Sake!, Belvedere, Winter Palace, Vienna 2014 die zukunft der malerei, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg 2011 The Excitement Continues, Leopold Museum, Vienna 2011 Facing Kremlin, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow Awards 2024 Artist in Residence, Bridderhaus, Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 2021 Work grant as part of the Art Promotion Prize of the Province of Styria, Graz 2019 Msgr. Otto Mauer Prize, Vienna 2018 STRABAG Artaward International, recognition award, Vienna 2017 Austrian State Grant for Fine Arts, Vienna 2016 Art Promotion Prize of the Province of Styria (con-tempus Prize), Graz 2015 City of Vienna Art Promotion Prize, Vienna 2014 Austrian Studio Grant, Rome 2013 Theodor Körner Prize, Vienna 2010 Art Promotion Prize of the Province of Styria (Humanic Prize), Graz 2007 City of Graz Art Promotion Prize, Graz 2006 MAK Schindler Artists and Architects in Residence, Los Angeles Collections Austrian Federal Collection (Sammlung des Bundes), Austria Leopold Museum, Vienna MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Wien Museum, Vienna Dom Museum, Vienna Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz Neue Galerie / Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz Collection of the Province of Styria, Graz Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus vorarlberg museum, Bregenz STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna Publications 2023 April, Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2022 Suahtsnuk, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz 2016 Rosa, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna 2007 Oralhygiene, basis wien – Archiv und Dokumentationszentrum, Vienna 2006 Esthetic Dentistry in Los Angeles – An inquiry into the business of dentistry in Los Angeles (no ISBN) 2004 Alfredo Barsuglia. Arbeiten 1999–2003, Verlag Big Bucks