Peter Zizka

'''Peter Zizka''' (born 16 December 1961) is a German designer and [[conceptual art]]ist. {{Infobox artist | name = Peter Zizka | image = Peter Zizka photo Thomas Koy.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Peter Zizka giving a design talk in Berlin | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | field = conceptual art | training = [[Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach]]<br/>[[Städelschule]]<br/>[[Bruce McLean]] | movement = MEMORY | works = [[Virtual minefield|The Virtual Minefield]]<br/>MEMORY 1–24 | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected = German Designers Club | website = }}

== Life ==

Zizka is the younger son of politician Walburga Zizka ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany]]) and Cyril Zizka, of Czech descendant. Initially trained as an art restorer, Zizka studied graphics, design and visual communication at the [[Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach]] in 1983. He also attended the [[Städelschule]] in Frankfurt and studied under [[Bruce McLean]], among others.

In 1989, together with Achim Heine and Michael Lenz, Zizka founded the design company Heine/Lenz/Zizka.<ref>[https://www.hlz.de/en/start] Heine/Lenz/Zizka</ref> In the early 1990s, Zizka and Olaf Rahlwes explored the interface between art and design with their ''MEMORY'' [[conceptual art]] exhibitions.

He then created ''[[Virtual minefield|The Virtual Minefield]]'',<ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/art-against-land-mines/a-1796258] [[Deutsche Welle]] about the virtual minefield</ref><ref>[http://symbiosisproject.de/Symbiosis/United_NAtions.html] virtual minefield</ref> a floor-based installation spanning art and design. Zizka won the gold award from the European [[Art Directors Club]] for ''The Virtual Minefield.'' It was shown at the [[Kunsthal]] Rotterdam, the [[Foreign Office]] in [[Berlin]] and the [[German Hygiene Museum|Hygiene Museum Dresden]] among others.

In 2008, Zizka won the design competition for the [[Kiel Week]] corporate design,<ref>[https://www.kieler-woche.de/service/corporate_design/cd2008/sieger2008.php] [[Kiel Week]] 2008</ref> following the likes of [[Wim Crouwel]] (1998), [[Fons Hickmann]] (2002), and [[Klaus Hesse]] (2006).

In 2010 he started an art project in Burundi about the weapons of the [[Hutu]] [[Tutsi]] conflict. In 2011, he received the fellowship of the Deutsche Akademie Rom [[Villa Massimo]].

Zizka writes about design for the Swiss [[BILANZ|Bilanz]] magazine<ref>[http://www.bilanz.ch/kontributoren/Peter-Zizka/5008] swiss bilanz magazine contributor peter zizka</ref> and is a freelance curator for the [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt]].

Zizka works and lives in [[Frankfurt am Main]] und [[Berlin]].

== Curated exhibitions == [[File:WORTFUSION ZIZKA.jpg|thumb|celebrations of 25 years German reunification, typographic Installation of Peter Zizka on the St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt]] 2016

* »[[Stefan Sagmeister]]: The Happy Show«, [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt]], Frankfurt. This exhibition was originally organized by the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia]] and curated by [[Claudia Gould]].<ref>[http://www.museumangewandtekunst.de/en/museum/exhibitions/stefan-sagmeister-the-happy-show.html] [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt]], Happy Show</ref> * »New Everything! A Century of New Typography and New Graphic Design in Frankfurt am Main«, together with Prof. Dr. Klaus Klemp, Prof. em. Friedrich Friedl and Matthias Wagner K, [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt]], Frankfurt.<ref>[http://www.museumangewandtekunst.de/en/museum/exhibitions/new-everything-a-century-of-new-typography.html] New Everything! [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt]], A Century of New Typography and New Graphic Design in Frankfurt am Main</ref>

== Selected solo and group exhibitions ==

2016 * »Under Arms. Fire & Forget 2«, curated by Ellen Blumstein, Dr. Daniel Tyradellis und Matthias Wagner K, [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt]], Frankfurt<ref>[http://www.museumangewandtekunst.de/en/press/under-arms-fire-forget-2.html] Under Arms. Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, Fire & Forget 2</ref>

2015

* »Secret Compartments«, [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt]], Frankfurt * »Favourites. Favourite pieces from the private collections of Beckers and Landau«, Galerie Braubachstrasse9, Frankfurt

2013

* »Symbiosis - 1,5 Tonnen globale Verwicklung«, Kunsthalle E-werk, Freiburg * »For a mine-free world«, [[United Nations]], Main Gallery, New York * »Open View«, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden<ref>[http://www.kunstverein-wiesbaden.de/en/exhibitions/exibition-details/open-view-adam-jankowski-and-artists-of-his-class-for-painting-at-the-offenbach-university-of-art-and-design-1987aEUR2013dirk-baumanns-dorothee-diebold-bea-emsbach-goekhan-erdogan-oliver-flassel-parastou-forouhar-sebastian.html] Kunstverein Wiesbaden »Open View«</ref>

2012

* »Night of the Villa Massimo«, [[Martin-Gropius-Bau]], Berlin<ref>[http://www.villamassimo.de/de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen-2012/die-nacht-der-volla-massimo-im-martin-gropius-bau] Villa Massimo, »Night of the [[Villa Massimo]]«,,</ref> * »Abwehr. Überlebensstrategien in Natur, Wirtschaft, Politik und Alltag«, Stiftung Charles und Agnes Vögele, Zürich-Pfäffikon

2011

* »Symbiosis – 1.5 Tons of Global Entanglement«, ZKM [[Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe]], Karlsruhe<ref>[http://zkm.de/en/event/2011/11/symbiosis-15-tons-of-global-entanglement] Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, »Symbiosis – 1.5 Tons of Global Entanglement«</ref> * »Festa del‘ estate«, German Academy Rome Villa Massimo, Rome

2009

* »War and Medicine«, [[German Hygiene Museum]], Dresden

2005

* »De soldaat die nooit slaapt«, [[Kunsthal]], Rotterdam * »The virtual Minefield«, Stadthalle (Freiburg im Breisgau), Freiburg * »The virtual Minefield«, [[Schauspiel Frankfurt]], Frankfurt * Lew Kopelew Forum, Cologne

2004

* »The virtual Minefield«, [[Auswärtiges Amt]], Lichthof, Berlin

1997

* »Memory« with Olaf Rahlwes, Kunst Halle St. Gallen, St. Gallen

Further exhibitions of the »Memory«-Group from 1985-1994 include Fisherman's Studios, London, Kunstraum Konstantin Adamopulos, Frankfurt, Galerie AK, Hans Sworowski, Frankfurt, Galerie Lukas & Hoffmann, Berlin, Galerie Single 74, Amsterdam, Galerie Vorsetzen, Hamburg und Galerie Schneider, Konstanz.

== Works == * ''MEMORY 1-24'' * ''Der Frankfurter Bankstuhlgang'' (performance) * ''Bois de Boulogne'' (fotoinstallation) * ''The Virtual Minefield'' (installation) * ''IPRAY'' (2006) * ''Outliner'' (2008, installation) * ''Symbiosis/Burundi'' (2010/11, installation) constructed from weapons which have been rendered unusable <ref>[http://www.theater-panoptikum.de/en/2016/04/symbiosis-2/] theater [[PAN.OPTIKUM]] about »symbiosis«</ref>

== Bibliography == {{unsorted list|reason=MOSLOW|date=November 2016}} * ''Memory 30 – a book'', Walther König: Frankfurt * ROGUE, Konstantin Adamopoulos: MEMORY, a sign of intelligence * Page Designmagazin 10/95 a perfect triangle, Page Verlag * FrancoForte, Verlag: Schaden u. Schaden {{ISBN|3-932187-31-8}} * Horizont 18/2002 ''colors of taste'' * Horizont 23/2002 ''Das Werkzeug als Auge sensibler Stars'' * Welt am Sonntag, 24. November 2002 ''Objektive Schönheit'' * TAZ, 2. Dezember 2004 ''Der falsche Tritt kann tödlich sein'' * Gestalte / Create – Design Medien Kunst, Hrsg. v. Bernd Kracke 2007,HFG of–main, Wir die Kommunikationannimateure {{ISBN|3-89986-092-6}} * Hundert t-Variationen, editor Jan Teunen, Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz, {{ISBN|3-87439-544-8}} * form 213, Hasta la Vista Baby!, Verlag Form {{ISBN|3-936560-50-1}} * Padamm, Verlag otto Lembeck, die Zweiweltenoper, {{ISBN|978-3-87476-520-6}} * ''Design Walk'', Psyrri, Greek Graphic Designers Association * Page Designmagzine 06/07 Wertvolles Dazwischen, Page Verlag * Form 219/2008 "Peter Zizkas Graphic blows" {{ISBN|3-7643-8615-0}} * Beef 03/2008 (interview) ''Designer geben den Takt vor'' ISSN 1866-1890 * Lookbook 2.0 2009 ''Simple, Multiple'' * ''Designing the Brand Experience'', {{ISBN|981-245-732-1}} * Revision 1/2009 "Design-lotto easy going" * Egokollektiv. Peter Zizka«, edited by Anna Duque y González and Matthias Wagner K, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln 2018, {{ISBN|978-3-96098-364-4}}.

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110103220715/http://www.kunsthal.nl/22-324-De_soldaat_die_nooit_slaapt.html Kunsthal Rotterdam] * [http://www.medico-international.de/kampagne/minen/rdm/katalog.asp medico international anti landmine campaign] * [http://www.digital-revolution.de Workshop Vitra Design Museum] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070828041607/http://www.ddc.de/Interview_Zizka.htm Interview of Deutschen Designer Clubs with P.Zizka] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080203050526/http://netzradio.kisd.de/nonstereo.html talk] with [[Stefan Sagmeister]] at the [[Köln international school of design|KISD]] * [http://www.symbiosisproject.de Projectpage of Symbiosis/Burundi]

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