Martina Steckholzer

Martina Steckholzer (born 1974 in Sterzing, South Tyrol, Italy) is an artist based in Vienna. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna with Prof. Gunter Damisch and Heimo Zobernig. In 2007 she was selected Artist in Residence in London.

Work

Steckholzer focuses on capturing the visual aesthetics of contemporary art and on finding new grounds for the conceivement of abstract art in the 21st century. In her current exhibition at Galerie Meyer Kainer Steckholzer creates caleidoscopic fields of different aesthetical references and theoretical contexts. Using a distinguished painterly technique she undermines the arthistorical strategy of appropriation and opens a new space for abstract painting. Steckholzer has shown work internationally in exhibitions including Superflat at Dreizehnzwei in Vienna, Block at ApexArt in New York, The Triumph of Painting at the Saatchi Gallery in London and Extension Turn at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tokyo. She is represented by Galerie Meyer Kainer in Vienna and Wilkinson Gallery in London.

Exhibitions

• 2010: Passion fruits picked from the Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin; Martina Steckholzer, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
• 2009: How to be a player, Gregor Eldarb, Martina Steckholzer, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems; 42 Bolzano, Italy; Martina Steckholzer, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Austria (solo)
• 2008/09: Pictorial Space, Györ, Poprad, Beograd
• 2008: Martina Steckholzer,Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo); In And Out Of, Art in Architecture, Brixen, Italy (solo); Peripheral Vision and Collective Body, Museion, Bolzano, Italy; abstrakt/abstract, MMKK, Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt, Austria
• 2007 Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria
• 2006 Austria: 1900-2000, Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, Austria; Narrations, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria; Dejavu, Augarten Contemporary, Vienna; Martina SteckholzerWilkinson Gallery, London (solo); Austrian Cultural Forum, Tokio; Noise, State Opera House, Vienna; Painting, Schloss Damtschach Gallery, Wernberg, Austria
• 2005 Set, Galerie Museum, Bolzano, Italy (solo); The New 2, Atelier Augarten, Belvedere Collection, Vienna; Expanded Painting, Prague Biennial 2, Prague
• 2004 messe, Meyer Kainer Gallery, Vienna (solo); studio, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
• 2003 hybrid, Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg; superflat, Dreizehnzwei, Vienna
• 2001 Galerie 5020, Salzburg; Hommage à Louise Bourgeoise, Prints and Drawings Collection, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
• 2000 Die Bücher der Künstler, Library, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna; block, Apexart, New York
• 1999 Galerie Station 3, Vienna
• 1998 Galerie der Stadt Salzburg, Salzburg

External links

• Martina Steckholzer on ArtFacts.Net
• Martina Steckholzer – Saatchi Gallery
• Galerie Meyer Kainer

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