SHORT BIOGRAPHY/STATEMENT:

1955 Born in Aigen, Upper Austria, lives in Haslach, Upper Austria
1975–1980 University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz
1981–1985 artist-in-residence at Bing & Grøndahl, Copenhagen
1985 own studio in Austria
1991 studio and showroom with Alois Hain in Haslach
2001 4th International KAHLA kreativ Workshop, Kahla, Germany
2003 artist-in-residence in Seto, Japan
2006 artist-in-residence in Tajimi, Japan

GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection):

1996
„Keramik aus Europas Mitte“, Collection Thiemann, Schloss Reinbek, Hamburg

1997
Looshaus, Vienna (SE)
Kunstindustrimuseet Copenhagen (SE)
Keramik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Collection Welle, Paderborn

1999
Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach (SE)

2000
Galerie Slavik, Vienna (SE)

2001
Keramik aus Österreich, Galerie Handwerk, Munich
Kahla kreativ 2001, Museum of Applied Arts, Gera

2001-2004
Grassi Fair, Leipzig

2002
„KAHLA kreativ 2001“, Deutsches Porzellanmuseum, Hohenberg an der Eger

2003
„The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art”, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu

2004
„Faszination Porzellan“, Galerie Handwerk, Munich
„Artist-in-Residence-in-Seto”, Gallery 1 One, Tokyo
„Coloured Porcelain”, St. Joseph’s Gallery, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

2005
„Artist-in-Residence-in-Seto”, Seto City Art Museum

2006
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (SE)
Contemporary Ceramics from Austria, MAK, Vienna
“l’autriche en vue”, Carlin Gallery, Paris

2007
Transparenz und Masse, Museum Eckernförde
Ab Ovo: alle origine della manualita, AbOvo Gallery, Todi
Mathematical ceramics, St. Joseph Gallery, Leeuwarden

CONFERENCES AND LECTURES:

2003
Seto City Cultural Center
Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein, Halle

2005
International Ceramic and Glass Art Festival Seto, Japan

2006
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu

AWARDS (Selection):

1997
3rd prize, Kiwanis Small Sculpture Competition

1998
2nd prize, Salzburg Ceramics Award

2002
Grassi Award

2005
Special Judges Award and Honorable Mention for Design, 7th International
Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan
City of Rohrbach Cultural Award
Upper Austria Margret Bilger Scholarship

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (Selection):

MAK, Vienna; Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; Collection Thiemann, Hamburg; Keramion, Frechen; Gifu Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Tajimi-City; Villach City; Landesgalerie Oberösterreich, Linz; Collection Welle, Paderborn; Kunstindustrimuseet Copenhagen; Collction Bambus & Fächer, Werl; Museum of Modern Ceramic Art Gifu, Mino; MAK, Gera; Lentos, Linz; Grassimuseum, Leipzig; Seto City Art Museum.

BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS AND ARTICLES, Selection):

1993
Keramik-Preise
Keramik - Neue Positionen, NÖ-Art, Wien

1993/98
Land Salzburg, Salzburg

1996
Keramik aus Europas Mitte, Sammlung Thiemann, Hamburg
Keramik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sammlung Welle/Ekkart Klinge, Köln

1997
Gabriele Hain, Haslach
Selected Works from Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu,

2002
Tajimi City

2003
The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Tajimi City
500 Bowls, Lark Books, Asheville

2004
Porcelain and Bone China, Sasha Wardell, The Crowood Press, Ramsbury
The 7th International Ceramics Competition Mino 2005, Ceramics Park Mino, Tajimi City, Japan

2006
Handle with Care - Contemporary Ceramics from Austria, MAK, Vienna

2007
Slipcasting, 2nd edition, Sasha Wardell, A & C Black, London
Ines Kohl, Am Übergang zum Nichts, KeramikMagazinEuropa, Frechen