Micha Payer *1979 in Wolfsberg, AT
Martin Gabriel *1976 in Linz, AT
Collaboration since 2000
2001 – 2003 | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna/ Conceptual Art, Renée Green, Marina Gržinić
2001 – 2006 | University of Applied Arts Vienna/ Transmedia Art, Brigitte Kowanz
2004/05 | Academy of Arts ArtEZ/ Arnhem, NL
2006 | Diploma at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Transmedia Art
2019 – 2023 | Artistic Research PhD Programme at the Center Research Focus, University of Applied Arts Vienna
represented by Christine König Galerie Vienna, AT
www.christinekoeniggalerie.com
represented by Galerie 3, Klagenfurt, AT
PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS: A ± Z, Abwesenheit – Zufall / Absence – Accidental, Payer Gabriel, Edition Angewandte / De Gruyter, 2023; Cosmic Imperative, Payer Gabriel, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Ed. ZF Kunststiftung, modo Verlag, Freiburg, 2017; Aus Fragmenten…Eine Welt, Payer Gabriel, Schlebrügge.Editors, Wien 2016; Nadelstich ins Universum, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz und Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Ed. Land Salzburg, 2010
CONTRIBUTIONS: Vitamin D3: Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing, Ed. Phaidon Editors, Phaidon London, 2021; 2000m über dem Meer, Ed. K. Dünser und A. Rudigier, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 2021; Erzählen zwischen Bild und Text, Ed. B. Uhlig, G. Lieber, I. Pieper, kopaed, München, 2019; Sterne, Lentos, Ed. Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Wien, 2017; / 2015, Drawing Now, Albertina, Ed. K.A. Schröder und E. Lahner, Hirmer München, 2015; Love and Loss, Lentos Linz, Ed. Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Wien, 2015; Geschichten zeichnen/Drawing Stories, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Ed. Museum Folkwang, Steidl, Göttingen, 2012; Figuration Abstraction, Ed. Strabag Kunstforum, Museum Sotschi, 2012; Fokus Sammlung 02, Ansichtssachen, Menschenbilder, Ed. Christine Wetzlinger-Grundnig, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, 2011.
RESIDENCIES/SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
2023 | 38. Österreichischer Grafikpreis (Land Vorarlberg)
Residency for Art and Research, Örö, FI
2022 | State Scholarship for Visual Arts, BMKOES
2020 | SilvrettAtelier Montafon, AT
2019 | Art Award Erzdiözese Freiburg (Nomination), DE
2018 | Artist in Residence, Centro Cultural Andratx (CCA) Mallorca, ES
2017 | Artist in Residence, Zeppelinmuseum, ZF Art Foundation, Friedrichshafen, DE
2011 | Artist in Residence, BKA, Chicago, USA
2010 | Strabag Art Award of Recognition, AT
Award of Anni and Heinrich Sussmann – Foundation, AT
2009 | BA Art Award, Kärnten, AT
Artist in Residence, BKA, Krumau, CZ
2006 | Emanuel and Sofie Fohn - Scholarship
2005 | Fred Adlmüller - Scholarship
COLLECTIONS
Albertina Collection, Wien, AT
Scharf–Gerstenberg Collection, Berlin, DE
Landesgalerie, Linz, AT
ZF– Art Foundation Friedrichshafen, DE
Artothek des Bundes, AT
Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, AT
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, AT
Kunstsammlung der Stadt Wien, AT
Kunstsammlung des Landes Tirol, AT
About Change Collection, Berlin, DE
Strabag Art Collection, AT
BKS Collection, AT
various private collections