Michael Niemetz obtained his MFA (Mag.art) from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna in 2007. He received a fellowship by UDK Berlin from 2006 to 2007 and Sul Ross University, Alpine in 2007. Niemetz was co-Founder of DieAusstellungsstraße, a Vienna-based curatorial project and exhibition space from 2009 to 2012. From 2009 to 2011 he was co-Founder of the Vienna-based collaborative alternative Art fair JennyFair. Since 2012 he is co-Founder and producer of the international exhibition exchange program Club Chic. His work is part of the public collections 21er Haus / Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Vienna; Rupertinum / Museum der Moderne, Salzburg and Luciano Benneton Foundation.
Education
| 2000 - 2007 | Mag.art (equivalent to MFA), University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria Department of Transmedia Art |
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| 2006 - 2007 | UDK - University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany Department ID5 |
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| 2007 | Sul Ross State University, Alpine / TX, U.S.A. School of Art and Science / Fine Arts and Communication |
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Honors & Awards
| 2017 | Nominated for the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship 2018, Grant from the The Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria for a project with Tiger Strikes Asteroid (New York) |
| 2016 | Artist in Residence, Centre Pompadour, France |
| 2014 | Artist in Residence, Los Angeles (Eastside International Los Angeles) |
| 2013 | Artist in Residence, Chicago (Grant School of Visual Arts & Austrian Consulate Chicago) |
| 2011 | Artist in Residence Chicago (School of the Art Institute of Chicago - SAIC,AIR Krems) Koschatzky (Nomination), MuMoK-Stallungen, Wien |
| 2006 - 2007 | Sokrates Scholarship, Berlin |
| 2001 | Sussmann Foundation Fellowship |
Projects
| 2013 - | Co-Founder of Club Chic – Verein zur Förderung der Gegenwartskünste und ihrer Vermittlung (engl. Association for the Promotion and Communication of Contemporary Arts) | |
| 2012 - | Die Chic Boutique - Kunst mit Funktion Co-Founder/Organizer (www.diechicboutique.com) |
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| 2009 - 2011 | Jennyfair Co-Founder/Organizer (autonomous art fair Vienna; www.jennyfair.at) |
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| 2009 - 2012 | DIEAusstellungsstrasse Co-Founder and Curator/Organizer (Ausstellungen & Projekte; www.dieausstellungsstrasse.com) |
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| 2003 | Wasser – Voda – Víz - international art symposium international Art Symposium Fischau, Schloss Bad Fischau |
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| 2002 | Metallwerkstatt - Metal Symposium, Ybbsitz | |
Exhibitions (selected)
| 2020 | SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles Fully Furnished Room, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2019 | Boomerang, OMG Gallery, Vienna (curated by Daniela Hanh & Andrea Lehsiak) BA-LA Connect, HilbertRaum, Berlin Afterglow, The Front, New Orleans A Platform Here’s a Train of Thought, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles Co/lab 4, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance - CA |
| 2018 | Nor Heat Nor Gloom of Night, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, Los Angeles Imago Mundi – Join the Dots/Unire le distanze, Salone degli Incanti (ex Pescheria), Trieste |
| 2017 | Your Lucky Charm: The Greece Release, YAMA, Athens (with Johanna Braun) Die Erinnerung des morgigen Tages, Kunstverein Baden, Baden Where We Meet, Großes Palmenhaus Schönbrunn, Vienna do be do be do, Kunstverein Baden, Baden Tractatus Locus, Wittgensteinhaus, Vienna |
| 2016 | PRIÈRE DE TOUCHER – Der Tastsinn der Kunst, Museum Tinguely, Basel UNDER MY SKIN, Charim Events, Vienna (Duo with Dan Steinhilber) WE GAVE OUR BEST (...) TO THE HOPE CHEST, imersten, Vienna SALVATION (AT THE) GAS STATION, Die Brause, Düsseldorf (produced by Hannah Bruckmüller) Eyes Open to the Night, Museum Night 2016, Belgrade The Gong Show, Club Pro, Los Angeles (curated by Molly Jo Shea) Lucy, Lichtintervention Office-Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna An Intimate Affair: Be Our Guest if you Dare, Cecil Hotel, Los Angeles (in cooperation with WAS Biennale) |
| 2015 | Blühendes Gift/Prosperous Poison, MUMOK, Vienna Vienna for Art Sake, Winterpalais Prinz Eugen, Belvedere, Vienna (curated by Peter Noever) Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice WE GAVE OUR BEST, NOW THE REST IS UP TO THE HOPE CHEST, Penelope, New York City WE GAVE OUR BEST (...) TO THE HOPE CHEST, Austrian Culture Forum DC, Washington D.C WE GAVE OUR BEST (...) TO THE HOPE CHEST, ESXLA, Los Angeles Artist-Run, The Satellite Show Miami Beach, Miami (curated by TSA-NY) |
| 2014 | Gott ist nicht genug, Drachengasse, Wien Die Chic Boutique - Home Office / Design_Raum_Kunst, Vienna ESXmasLA, ESXLA, Los Angeles |
| 2013 | Die Chic Boutique / S-W-D-Z, Wien Parallel Vienna, Telegrafenamt, Wien The Chic Boutique - Chic.ago, ADDS DONNA, Chicago |
| 2012 | Schaufenster zur Sammlung II, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg Das Chic Boutique Café, DieAusstellungsstrasse, Wien Home Improvement, DieAusstellungsstrasse, Wien (Solo) Superposition, S-W-D-Z, Wien Die Chic Boutique – Kunst mit Funktion, DieAusstellungsstrasse, Wien |
| 2011 | Day One, DieAusstellungsstrasse, Wien (Solo) _011, Jennyfair, Wien Painting Show, Studio 336, SAIC, Chicago (Solo) Der kleine Kunstsalon, Kaiserstrasse, Wien |
| 2010 | S/W, Celeste, Wien Neubaudisko, Showroom-Reumannplatz, Wien Pratersauna, Vienna Biennale, Wien BERLIN CALLS 0043, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin Degeneration, Jennyfair, Wien MAK-Night, Vienna Biennale, Wien group_show, Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Wien |
| 2009 | SPOTLIGHT, Museum der Moderne - MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg 1st, Jennyfair, Wien Personae, Atelier Operngasse, Wien Floorpictures, DieAusstellungsstrasse, Wien (Solo) Thriller at Jennyfair, DieAusstellugsstrasse, Wien |
| 2008 | Home as Transformation and Identity, Landhausgallery Ausstellungsbrücke, St.Pölten F.T.E., Artwalk, Alpine, TX, U.S.A. (Solo) ArtKino#5, KONSTNÄRSHUSET, Stockholm, Schweden |
| 2007 | MANIFESTEsommer_07, WeissesHaus, Westbahnhof, Wien Friendship –Ticket, Prospekthof, Semper Depot, Wien |
| 2006 | ID5, UDK Berlin All Night Long, Christine König Galerie, Vienna |
| 2005 | Bétonsalon, MuseumsQuartier, Wien Stiegenhaus, MuseumAngewandterKunst, Wien |
| 2004 | facing Galerie Westlich, Wien WV, Galerie Medium, Bratislava Kunst Fou, Kulturzentrum Amthof, Feldkirchen |
| 2003 | Wasser – Voda – Víz, International Art Symposium, Schloss Bad Fischau; Fischau Mensch in Bewegung, Technisches Museum, Wien WVV, Semper Depot, Wien |
| 2002 | Metallwerkstatt, Metal Symposium Ybbsitz, Museum Ybbsitz IN(N)´s TAL L´AcTION, Kunstpavillion, Innsbruck |