NICK OBERTHALER
*1981 in Bad Ischl, Austria
lives and works in Vienna
1999 – 2004
University of Vienna
2000 – 2001
University of Art and Design, Lin
2001 – 2004
Academy of fine Arts, Vienna
2002/2003
Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts Genève (ESAV)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Liste 15, Basel (CH), presented by Layr Wuestenhagen
Mallorca, Galerie Eva Winkeler, Cologne (D), with Carsten Fock
2009
Nothing Ever Happened, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam/NL
Der verlorene und wiedergefundene Himmel, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, 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 Zamek Ujazdowski & lokal_30, Warsaw/PL
Saufen bis zur Besinnlichkeit (with Daniel Megerle), spaceinvasion, Vienna/A
2005
We are the new underground aren’t we?, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
Where do we go from here?, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2010
Both Ends Burning, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (NL)
"Mike, Alec or Rufus?" ("Tom, Dick or Harry"), Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna
in passing 10, Künstlerhaus Passagegalerie, Vienna, with Christoph Meier and Ute Müller
2009
The Last Session, cur. by Jan van Woensel, Vlaams Cultuurhuis / De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
Schnitzel, Schmiss und Wiener Auster (with Carsten Fock and Svenja Deininger), Bauernmarkt 9, Vienna
Splits, Bellstreet Project Space (curated by Ezara Hoffman), Vienna
Jahrhundertsturm, Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz
2008
The Line is a lonely hunter, New Jerseyy, Basle/CH
Landscope (Part II), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg (curated by Matthieu Poirier)
Landscope, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/F (curated by Matthieu Poirier)
Taking Harbours, Les Galeries Bains-Douches, Marseille/F (invited by Marie Rotkopf)
Young at Heart (Remix), Centro Cultural de Cascais, Cascais/POR (curated by Alexandre Melo)
Manual CC 3 (with Julien Diehn), uqbar, Berlin/D (curated by Marianna Dobkowska)
Manual CC 2 (with Julien Diehn), CSW Center for Contemporary Art Z.Ujazdowski, Warsaw/PL
Unnatural Disaster (with Julien Diehn), University of Texas, Dallas/USA
Under the Pain of Death, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York /USA (curated by G.Matt/A.Orden)
Salz der Helden (with Daniel Megerle/Marie Rotkopf), OÖ Landesausstellung 2008, Deutschvilla Strobl/A
2007
Tombola, KJUBH Kunstverein, Cologne/D (invited by Caroline Nathusius)
Vacuum, CCC Centre de Création Contempraine, Tours/F Manual CC 1 (with Julien Diehn), Galeria Kronika, Bytom/PL
La Boum, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna /A
Pollenflug, Art Cologne Soderschau, Cologne/D (curated by Caroline Nathusius)
Shabla Transfer (with Karine Fauchard, Lazar Lyutakov and Svenja Deininger), Shabla/BUL Biurokawiarnia
Umpolen! (with Julien Diehn), Freiraum MQ, Vienna/A (curated by Sebastian Cichocki)
2006
Demolition, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna/A
Eine Teller Elend, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna/A
Speed, Galerie Staubkohler, Zürich/CH
2005 Home at Tent, TENT Centrum vor beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam/NL
Jahresausstellung 04/05, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg/A
2003
popbeschleunigung, art a.t.o.m., Vienna/A (curated by Karin Pernegger)
die bücher der künstler II, Kupferstichkabinett, Vienna/A
do it yourself, galerie nomadenoase, Hamburg/D
position a, Ecole supérieure des beaux arts Genève, Genève/CH
2002
wahrscheinlichkeiten, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn/A (curated by Severin Dünser)
GRANTS
2009 Studio Grant, Austrian Ministery of Culture, ESAC Cesky Krumlov/CZE
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 curated by Marianna Dobkowska (Residency together with Julien Diehn)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Im natürlichen Mittelpunkt, von Markus Mittringer in: Der Standard / 10.5.2009
Viennafair 2009, von Daniel Kalt in: www.shift.co.jp / Mai 2009
Zittrige Worte, vibrierende Linien, von Anne-Kathrin Feßler in : Der Standard / 9.4.2009
Darin Zeit und Ewigkeit, von Nina Schedlmayer in: artmagazine.cc / 9.4.2009
Gegen das Gähnende, von 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, 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