Ursula Mayer, born in Austria, lives and works in London
- 1990/1996: Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 1995 Royal College of Art, London
- 2004/2005: Ma Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
www.ursulamayer.com
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2010:
- Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Monitor, Rome
2009:
- Frame, curated by Daniel Baumann and Sarah McCrory, Frieze Art Fair, London
- Ellipse in Time, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg
- Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
- The Lunch in Fur/Le Déjeuner en Fourrure, Gallery Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam, NL
2008:
- Nought to Sixty, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
2007:
- The Crystals of Time, Lentos, Museum of Modern Art, Linz, AT
- Ursula Mayer, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
- Ursula Mayer, Gallery Monitor, Rome, IT
2003:
- Fallen Imperial, Contemporary Art Collection Essl, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, AT
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2010:
- Projections, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
- Psychoanalysis, Tokio Wonder Site, Tokio
2009:
- Contemporary artifices and Baroque difformities, curated by Claudia Gioia,
Arcos-Sannio Musem of Contemporary Art, Benevuto, IT
- 100 Years (version #2, ps1), curated by Klaus Biesenbach, RoseLee Goldberg PS1, New York
- 100 Years (version #1), Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf
- Video! - Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden
- It’s hard to find the beginning, and impossible to fathom the end - Trafo House of Contemporary Art, Budapest
- Art in the Auditorium - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
- Art in the Auditorium, Contemporary arts center of La Boca, Buenos Aires
- The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame, Tirana International Art Biennale, Tirana
- Travesties&Masquerades, curated by Gianni Jetzer, Swiss Institute, New York
- The Blood of a Poet, curated by Adam Budak, FRAC des pays de la loire, Estuaire Biennale Nantes
- Cabinet Afrique, Cell projects, London
- Just in the Dark, Archeaological site of the Mercati de Traiano, Rome
- Contested Ground, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London
- HEAVEN, Athens Bienniale, Athens, GR
- EASTinternational, Norwich University College of the Arts, Norwich, UK
- Concept Film, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, AT
2008:
- Rooms look back, Basel Kunsthalle, Basel, CH
- Pierotting, Gallery Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam, NL
- Modern Ruin, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
- Held Together with Water, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, TK
- Cabinet of Imaginations, Network, Aalst, Belgium
- Module Play & Box Promenade, Cell projects, London, UK
- The Unfair Fair, 1:1 projects, Ines Musumeci Greco, Loto Arte, Rome, IT
- True Romance, Villa Stuck, Munich, and Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, DE
2007:
- Venetian, Atmospheric, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
- Boston Consulting & Belvedere Contemporary art award, Augarten Contemporary, Vienna, AT
- True Romance, Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute, Kunsthalle Vienna, AT
- Invisible Mend, Lux, Lounge Gallery, London, UK
- Held together with water, Art from the Verbund Collection, Mak Museum, Vienna, AT
- MUSA, Museum on Demand - Austrian contemporary art in Vienna, AT
- Frauhaus, Agency Gallery, London, UK
- Double A Side, Stedelijk Museum, Hertognebosch and Artis den Bosch, NL
- Depiction, perversion, repulsion, obsession, subversion, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
2006:
- Facts and Fictions, RCM Art Museum, Nanjing, China,
- Mise en scène, Mama, showroom for media, Rotterdam, NL
- No space is Innocent, steirischer herbst, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AT
- Everybody comes to Hollyrood, Atticsalt, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Props & Prostheses, Schloss Kodeljevo, Ljubljana, SI
- EuroPart. 25 peaces - Contemporary art from Europe, Vienna, AT
2005:
- Faites vos Jeux, Shedhalle, Zurich, CH
- Videos Viennoise, Betonsalon, Paris, FR
2004:
- a room of one's own, 3. Berlin Biennale at Kunstwerke Berlin, DE
- Breaking the Visual, steirischer herbst, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Graz, AT
- Instruction for actions, permanent Installation, Kunsthalle Vienna, AT
- Born to be a star, k-haus, Vienna, AT
- Wiener Linien, Wienmuseum, Vienna, AT
2003:
- Mothers of Invention, with a room of one's own, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, AT
- Love/Hate, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Germany, DE
- Go Johnny Go!, Kunsthalle, Vienna, AT
- 21er, with fem text rapid, with Justin Hoffmann and Nina Stuhldreher, 20erhaus, Vienna, AT
2002:
- Das Experiment 2B: a room of one´s own, Secession, Vienna, AT
- Let's twist again, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, AT
- Earworm, fem text rapid, with Justin Hoffmann and Nina Stuhldreher, Künstlerhaus, Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2001:
- Das Experiment 2A: a room of one's own, Secession, Vienna, AT
- We are a rock group, Oskar von Millerstraße, Frankfurth/Main, DE
Selected Screenings:
2010:
- Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts, Glasgow
2009:
- Modernologies, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
- The Angels of Anarchy, Cornerhouse, Manchester
- Cinemaniac 09. Architektur in Film, Luka, Pula
- International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, with Lux, London
- Get under my skin, CCS Bard, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
2008:
- Modern Shorts selected by Terence Gower, New Museum New York, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
- Art Basel Films, curated by Marc Gloede, CH
- Play Forward, International Film festival Locarno CH
Selected Awards:
2010:
-Atelier / artist-in-residence Rome, bm:ukk
2009:
-Sponsorship prize for Fine Arts, bm:ukk, Vienna
2007:
- Mrsg. Otto Mauer Preis for Fine Arts
2006:
- Atelier / artist-in-residence in London/GB, bm:ukk
2003:
- Staatsstipendium für bildende Kunst
Selected Bibliography:
- Coline Milliard. Focus London, Flash Art International, 2008 no. 262
- Scharrer, Eva. Rooms look back, Artforum International, 2008
- J.J. Charlesworth. Voodoo Modern, ArtReview, 2008
- Lack, Jessica. Lorna Macintyre & Ursula Mayer, ICA London, The guardian 08/08, London
- Probst, Ursula. Sammeln als Identitatspolitik, Kunstforum International 2008, Bd.190
- Probst, Ursula. True Romance, Kunstforum International 2008, Bd.190
- Stief, Angela. Crystalline Structures and Temporal Images, 2008, Eikon, international magazine for photography and media art # 61, Vienna 2008
- Scheyerer, Nicole. Sprechende Wände, Falter, 46/07, Vienna, 2007
- White, Ian. Crystal Gazes, for Lentos Museum of Modern Art, Linz, 2007
- Clark, Robert. Frauhaus, The guardian 04/07, London
- Farinati, Lucia. Architectures/Fictions/Re-enactments, Interview with Ursula Mayer June 2006, MALMOE n.34, Graz, 2006
- Seidl,Walter. International emerging artist, Annual 2006, Contemporary Magazine, London
- Probst, Ursula. Zoom, W-art 007, magazine, 2006
- Probst, Ursula. Go Johnny Go! Kunstforum International 2003, Bd.168
- Schedlmayer, Nina. Goldflames out in the Sky, Fieber 2003
- Benzer, Christa. Springerin, Let´s twist again, Dec. 2002
- Gau, Sönke. Let´s twist again, Flash Art, Nov. 2002
- Scheyerer, Nicole. Vienna is burning, Falter, Oct. 2002
Selected Publications:
- Neuschwander, Simone. Rooms look back, argobooks, Berlin, (Hrsg.) Kunsthalle Basel
- Trummer, Thomas. Ursula Mayer, Interiors, Boston Consulting & Belvedere Contemporary art award, Augarten Contompary, Vienna, (Hrsg.) Agnes Husslein-Arco, 2007
- Schafhausen, Nicolaus, and Janssen, Renske. Changing Roles, Witte de With, Rotterdam, 2007
- Seidl, Walter. Held together with water, Art from the Collection Verbund; Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
- Angela, Serino. Ursula Mayer, catalogue Impakt, 2007, Centraal Museum Utrecht
- Schedlmayer, Nina. Characteristic interrelationship of rooms, Potential Dialogue, RCM Museum, Nanjing, 2007 (Hrsg.) Kunstraum NOE
- Koether, Jutta. Acoustic Mirror, Pernegger, Karin. Glamour was my first sexy therapy, born to be a star, Verlag SCHLEBRUEGE, (Hrsg.) Ursula Probst, k-haus, Wien
- Stief, Angela. Love/Hate, Triton Verlag, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, 2003
- Hoffmann, Justin. Go Johnny Go!, Steidl Verlag, (Hrsg.) Kunsthalle, 2003
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