ARTIST NAME Johannes Schweiger
TEAM NAME
GROUP Group XXXIV, Apr 2012 - Sep 2012
DISCIPLINE Art
WEBSITE www.fabrics.at
BIO Born in Schladming, Austria
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, The Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria (MK Arnulf Rainer, Peter Kogler)
Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

2013
- “Applications of Not," nid, Shibuya/Tokyo, Japan
- “Textiles: Open Letter," Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Germany

2012
- “Johannes Joan Schweiger," LWZ Projekte, Vienna, Austria
- “Rock of Ages / The Celik Method”, Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria
- “In Former Times," Pøst, Los Angeles, USA
- “A Wavy Line is Drawn Across the Middle of the Original Plans," Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
- “Reflecting Fashion, Art & Fashion Since Modernism," MUMOK Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria
- “Wearing Skirts - The Staging of Clothes in Contemporary Photography," MdM, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
- “Independence Days / SMS Total Recall”, Villa Noailles / Hyères, France

2011
- “Wiener Glut,” KIT / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- “Augusts Llen / Artclub," Intercontinental, Vienna, Austria

2010
- “Originalfunktional,” Artfoundation, Vienna, Austria
- Bags/Purses from the MAK Collection, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
- “(The) A-Norm: Classic Standards in Styles of Radical Will," Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- “__ho is No Substitute for Anything,” Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria
- “Even Break Hershey Highway,” Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- “Pro Choice," Kunstverein, Schattendorf, Austria

2009
- “Archive 98-08,” Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris
- “Straight Edge,” Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris
- “Twilight Zone,” Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna
- “Too Much of Everything," Y3K gallery, Melbourne, Austria
- “Flüchtige Zeiten,” Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
- “Provisorisches Yoga," Steirischer Herbst, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
- “Latte Mama," Tokyo Fashion Week, Museum at Tamada Project, Tokyo
- “Pièces Montrées," Galerie Joyce, Paris

2008
- “Orlanding the Dominant – A Queer Burlesque," costume-design/props, Brut/Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
- “Hietzing Reform,” Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- Festival for Fashion and Photography, Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
- Manifesta, European Biennial for Contemporary Art, Alto Adige, Italy
- “Dominant Design,” Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- “In-between: Austrian Contemporary Art,” Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2007
- “Döbling Reform: Panier & Biobourgeoisie,” Grazer Kunstverein, Austria
- “Modern Vögeln: Panier & Biobourgeoisie,” Gallery Michael Hall Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
- “Dysfashional – Adventures in Post Style,” Rotonde 1, Luxembourg, Germany
- “Paper from Reims: 5 years with Encens,” Place Museux, Ancient Collège des Jésuites, Reims, France
- Fashion Biennale, Arnhem, Netherlands
- “Ende Neu,” PARK, Vienna, Austria
- “Lange Nicht Gesehen. Begegnungen Mit dem Museum auf Abruf," MUSA, Vienna, Austria
- “Frankie Goes to Hollywood,” INOVA, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, USA
- “Döbling Reform,” Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris

2006
- “One Person Alone in a Room with Coca-Cola Coloured Walls,” Grazer Kunstverein, Austria
- “Abierta Pasarela 06,” Fundacion Murcia XXI – Diseno y Moda, Murcia, Spain
- “Entering a Strange Field – Surface: Tapisserie n°1,” Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, Austria
- “You Wear it Well,” Cinespace, Los Angeles; Aupperclub, San Francisco; FFI, Modenatie, Antwerp, Belgium
- "O–Dorf," Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France

2005
- "Science Fiction," Espace Saint Martin, Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- “Living and Working in Vienna II,” Austrian Cultural Institute, NYC, USA
- “Living and Working in Vienna II,” Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
- “Wie Wien”, Galerie de Gele Rijder – Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Arnhem, Netherlands
- bbb studio01.gallery, Fira de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- bbb studio01.gallery, Kabelwerke, Berlin, Germany
- "Product Placement," L´espace Pierre Cardin, Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- "Fresh Trips,” Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria

2004
- 3rd Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
- "Adhocracy," Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs/Ucad, Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- "Atelier Europe : A Small Post-Fordist Drama,” Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
- "Adhocracy Performance," 3rd Biennale for Contemporary Art, Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany
- “Off the Record / Sound Arc,” Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
- “Detox,” Crossover Jam Culture, Quart04 Festival, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
- "Turbomoedels," Studio 101, Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- “Ehe,” Auto / New Space for Contemporary Fine Art, Vienna, Austria

2003
- "MENOpause / Economics of tTme," Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France
- "Party Within Party,” Selfware / Politics of Identity, Helmut List Halle, Graz, Austria
- “Berlin M´exite” Andrea Crews, Heeresbaeckerei, Berlin, Germany
- "Tupperware," Theatre de la Gaité Lyrique, Prêt-à-Porter Fashionweek, Paris, France

Teaching

2009-2011
- Professor at the University for Art and Industrial Design, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria

Workshops

- Swiss Institute, NYC
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
- University of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
- Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
- ONE Smart Space, Vienna, Austria
- Stedelijkmuseum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Kunsthalle/HfK, Bremen, Germany
- Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
- Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
- Academy of Fine Arts, Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
- University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
PORTRAIT
Johannes Schweiger portrait
© Maria Ziegelboeck
FINAL PROJECT
EXCAVATION, “Los Angeles Notebook – The Celik Method”, 2012 Wooden 8-Harness-Loom, industrial crafted denim - doubled, 140 x 130 x 110cm

© MAK Center / Mark Escribano

Project Details...
JURY
Andreas Hapkemeyer
Dorit Margreiter
Karolin Schmidbaur
Florian Waldvogel
Martina Kandeler-Fritsch