Nick Oberthaler
b. 1981, Bad Ischl/Austria
Education
1999 – 2004 University of Vienna
2000 – 2001 University of Art and Design, Linz
2001 – 2004 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2002/2003 Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts Genève (ESAV)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2012 Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
2012 WIELS Center for Contemporary Art/Project Space, Bruxelles
2012 Eventuality of an attempt, KIOSK, Ghent
2011 Zweifel und Gnade (le Doute et la Grâce), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2011 Solo Präsentation Viennafair, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
2010 LISTE 15, Basle/CH (presented by Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna)
2010 Mallorca (with Carsten Fock), Galerie Eva Winkeler, Cologne
2009 Nothing Ever Happened, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2009 Der verlorene und wiedergefundene Himmel, Layr Wuestenhagen,Vienna
2007 Nous tournons en rond dans la nuit..., Thomas K. Lang Gallery, Webster University, Vienna
2006 Warsaw, Texas (with Julien Diehn), CSW Center for Contemporary Art Z. Ujazdowski, Warsaw/PL
2006 Saufen bis zur Besinnlichkeit (with Daniel Megerle), Vienna
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Pigna Project Space, (Drawing) Quote!, (curated by F. Stocchi & N. Oberthaler), Rome
2012 Biennale de Belleville, Chalet de Belleville, Paris
2012 CCA/Center for Contemporary Art Andratx, Mallorca
2011 Artist in Residence, WIELS Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels
2012 Minimal Myth, Boijmans van Beuningen (curated by Francesco Stocchi)
2012 Le prince des rayons, Galerie VidalCuglietta, Brussels
2012 Behind the light, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisboa (curated by Jorge Pallarès)
2011 WYSIWYG, Rosenblum Collection, Paris
2011 Living on the edge of a silver future III, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
2010 The Garden View, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucarest
2010 Both Ends Burning, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2010 Groupshow (with Marcus Gundling, Isabelle Fein, Sabine Reitmaier), tba, Berlin
2010 Mike, Alec or Rufus? (Tom, Dick or Harry), Layr Wuestenhagen,Vienna
2010 in passing 10 (with Christoph Meier and Ute Müller), Künstlerhaus Passagegalerie, Vienna
2009 Burn Baby Burn, DUVE Berlin
2009 The Last Session (cur. by Jan van Woensel), Vlaams Cultuurhuis, Amsterdam
2009 Schnitzel, Schmiss und Wiener Auster (with Carsten Fock and Svenja Deininger), Vienna
2009 Jahrhundertsturm, Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz
2008 The Line is a lonely hunter, New Jerseyy, Basle
2008 Landscope (Part II), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg (Cur. Matthieu Poirier)
2008 Landscope, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/F (Cur. Matthieu Poirier)
2008 Taking Harbours, Les Galeries Bains-Douches, Marseille/F (invited by Marie Rotkopf)
2008 Young at Heart (Remix), Centro Cultural de Cascais, Cascais/POR (Cur. Alexandre Melo)
2008 Manual CC 3 (with Julien Diehn), uqbar, Berlin/D (Cur. Marianna Dobkowska)
2008 Manual CC 2 (with Julien Diehn), CSW Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
2008 Under the Pain of Death, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
2008 Salz der Helden (with Daniel Megerle/Marie Rotkopf), OÖ Landesausstellung
2007 Tombola, KJUBH Kunstverein, Cologne/D (invited by Caroline Nathusius)
2007 Vacuum, CCC Centre de Création Contempraine, Tours
2007 Manual CC 1 (with Julien Diehn), Galeria Kronika, Bytom
2007 La Boum, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna
2007 Pollenflug, Art Cologne Soderschau, Cologne/D (Cur. Caroline Nathusius)
Residencies and Grants
2012 Artist in Residence, CCA/Center for Contemporary Art Andratx, Mallorca
2011 Artist in Residence, WIELS Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels
2010 Residency Grant, CCA/Center for Contemporary Art Andratx, Mallorca/ESP
2009 Studio Grant, Austrian Ministery of Culture, ESAC Cesky Krumlov
2007 Studio Grant, Austrian Ministery of Culture, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris/F
2006 Residency at CSW Centre for Contemporary Art Zamek Ujazdowski / a-i-r laboratory, Warsaw/PL
Projects
since 2009 co-editor of the monthly releasing and Vienna based artist-fanzine project BLACK PAGES / www.blackpages.at
2009 Visiting Artist / Ecole supérieure des beaux arts Toulouse (Workshop & Lecture)
Bibliography
2012
Estádios da luz, Celso Martins in: Expresso, p. 12 / 11.02.2012
Marianne Rapegno, Alessandra Bellavita / Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. ISBN # 2-910055-47-7
2011
Nick Oberthaler - Le Doute et la Grâce / Zweifel und Gnade; Text by Joanna Fiduccia, Gallien Déjean
Doute Créatif, Francesco Stocchi in: Jalouse, December 2011
2010
Flash Art International (July/August Issue; Interview with Joanna Fiduccia)
Brightest in Show, Quinn Latimer in: Art in America International / 18.06.2010
No Structured Narrative, Fanzine Edition, 300 copies, Vienna 2010
Kunst als Bedingungselement von Raum, Walter Seidl, in: artmagazine.cc / 18.3.2010
2009
Im natürlichen Mittelpunkt, Markus Mittringer in: Der Standard / 10.5.2009
Viennafair 2009, Daniel Kalt in: www.shift.co.jp / Mai 2009
Zittrige Worte, vibrierende Linien, Anne-Kathrin Feßler in : Der Standard / 9.4.2009
Darin Zeit und Ewigkeit, Nina Schedlmayer in: artmagazine.cc / 9.4.2009
Gegen das Gähnende, Stefan Tasch in : The Gap #95 / 2009
QUART #13, Insert, Der Nebel liegt tief, Haymon Verlag/Circus, Innsbruck
Landscope, Black Jack Editions/Les Presses du Réel (ed. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac/Matthieu Poirier), Paris
2007
Under the Pain of Death, (Ed. ACF New York)
MANUAL CC, Galeria Kronika, Bytom (Ed. Sebastian Chichocki/University of Cracow)
What You See Is My Reflection, Used Future #36, Basel
EXKLUSIV Magazine, Insert, Warsaw, Nr. 12 /2007 IdN Magazine Nr. 14/3
A Waltz on the Wild Side, Hongkong/Sydney
ELEND, Jahrbuch des Verlags für moderne Kunst Nürnberg
Collections
Caldic Collectie, NL
Ellipse Foundation, Lisbon/POR
Österreichische Galerie im Belvedere, Vienna
Cabinet of Prints, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
