Maria Temnitschka
Her favourite techniques: oil painting, drawing, experimental photography, object art.
Works selection 2015 - 2023
Biography
| 1961 | born in Lower Austria |
| 1980-1984 | Studies at the University of Applied Arts, master class for metal design |
| 1994 | Project funding of the BMUK and the BM for Foreign Affairs |
| 1996 | Draft assignment of the Lower Austrian Youth Department |
| 2002-2006 | Studies at the University of Applied Arts with Prof. Frohner and Prof.Müller, Ordinariat for Painting, Diploma with distinction |
| 2004 | Award Art - Museum Hollfeld, Deutschland |
| 2006 | (Würdigungspreis) - Award of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture |
| 2007 | Scholarship of the Emanuel and Sofie Fohn Foundation |
| 2008 | Social Action Art appreciation award (1st prize of the organisation Art for People in Need) Admission to the Austrian Society of Visual Artists, Künstlerhaus Project support Art'ist (graduate support of the University of Applied Arts) |
| since 2009 | lecturer at the University of Applied Arts |
| 2010 | State Scholarship for Fine Arts |
Prices, Awards, Scholarships
| period | Event, Institution, Location |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Entwurfsauftrag des NÖ Jugendreferat |
| 2004 | Förderpreis Kunst - Museum Hollfeld, Deutschland |
| 2006 | Würdigungspreis des Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur |
| 2010 | Staatsstipendium für bildende Kunst |
| 2008 | Social Action Art Würdigungspreis (1.Preis der Organisation Kunst für Menschen in Not) Projektförderung Art´ist (Absolventenförderung der Universität für angew.Kunst) |
| 2011 | Entwurf der neuen Ehrenmedaille für das Künstlerhaus (Ausschreibung 1.Platz) |
| 2013 | Projektförderung Kulturamt Stadt Wien; Anerkennungspreis des Landes Niederösterreich |
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Participation at exhibitions (group / solo)
Galerie Mots&Tableaux Brüssel, AKH-Galerie Wien, Multimedia Arts-Galerie New York, Nibelungengalerie Linz,
Alpha-Galerie Wien, Museum Moderner Kunst Passau – St.Anna Kapelle, Schloß Kittsee Bgld.
Museum of Eastern & Western Art Odessa, New Century Artists Soho/New York, Kunstsalon Lettner Salzburg,
Art-Room Würth NÖ, Femina 2004: Künstlervereinigung Budapest und Parlament Wien, Galerie St.Art Wien,
Stadtgalerie Wien, Schloß Potzneusiedl Bgld., Stadtmuseum Wiener Neustadt NÖ, Galerie Artefakt Wien,
Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Wien, MAK Wien, Kunsthalle Krems, Kunstmuseum Hollfeld D.
Kunstadventkalender Wiener Rathaus 2006,
Galerie Hrobsky Wien (2006 Katalog "up and down", 2008 Katalog "Rost"),
Stadtmuseum Kurashiki Japan, Schloss Batthyany Körmend/H, Technologiezentrum Eisenstadt,
Galerie Pendel Waidhofen/Ybbs, NÖ-Dokumentationsarchiv, "Unter der Brücke" - Galerie Ulrike Hrobsky, Wien
Participation at fairs
Int. art fair at Kiew, "Art Bratislava"(CZ), "Art Karlsruhe (G) 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010", "Liste Köln"(G), "Kunst Zürich"(CH)
At the beginning of her artistic career Maria Temnitschka designed and produced jewellery and objects made of metal. Reorientation to painting - at first abstract, since 2000 figurative representation. Main theme of the last years: Spatial representations like Kafkaesque staircase views and depictions of urban structures (insights into typical Viennese courtyards, industrial buildings, peripheral zones)
Preferred techniques: oil painting, drawing, experimental photography, object art
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Institutional Purchases
| 1991 | Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts |
| 1995 | Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts |
| 1996 | Lower Austrian provincial government (Artothek Krems) Province of Salzburg |
| 1997 | Austrian Association for Psychotherapy |
| 2003 | Collection Würth |
| 2005 | Wiener Neustadt City Museum |
| 2006 | Lower Austrian State Museum |
| 2008 | Federal Ministry for Education and culture Collection of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna |
| 2009 | Danube University Krems City of Vienna |
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Memberships
Austrian Society of Visual Artists - Künstlerhaus (IG)
Study visit at the University of Applied Sciences for Art and Design Cologne with Prof. Peter Skubic, study trips to Paris, Barcelona, Venice.
2008 and 2009 - assistant to Prof. Josef Kaiser, nude drawing course at the University of Applied Arts Cologne.
1991 and 1992 - direction of nude drawing seminars in the context of the cultural festival St.Gallen, Stmk.