Richard Kriesche

'''Richard Kriesche''' (born 28 October 1940 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist. He is considered one of the most productive and influential contemporary artists in Austria.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/10671200/gesellschaft-als-leinwand-medienkuenstler-richard-kriesche-wird-75|title=Gesellschaft als Leinwand: Medienkünstler Richard Kriesche wird 75|date=October 23, 2015|website=Tiroler Tageszeitung Online}}</ref>

== Life and work== Source:<ref name="auto"/>

From 1958 to 1963 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the University of Vienna. In 1991 Kriesche was appointed to the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach. In 1995-96 he took over a guest professorship at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1996 he was appointed deputy head of the science department in the Office of the Styrian Provincial Government and in 1998 was appointed to the culture department. From 2003 to 2005 Kriesche worked at the Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz.

His artistic fields of work include photo art, video art, computer art, net art, installations, performance and multimedia art. In his works, Kriesche attempts to bridge the gap between the genetic micro-worlds and the macro-worlds of the universe. With his sculptures and installations, Kriesche has been represented at numerous major media and art events. (Documenta, Biennale etc.).

For his lifetime achievements, he was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kultur/4852873/|title=Jubilar: Gesellschaft als Leinwand: Medienkünstler Richard Kriesche wird 75|date=October 27, 2015|website=www.kleinezeitung.at}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommunikation.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/11694223/374565/|title=Bundesauszeichnungen für besondere Verdienste|last=Markus|first=Gruber|website=www.kommunikation.steiermark.at}}</ref>

== Exhibitions== Sources:<ref name="Kunstaspekte Künstlerkatalog">{{Cite web|url=https://kunstaspekte.art/person/richard-kriesche?hl=en|title=Richard Kriesche|website=kunstaspekte.de}}</ref><ref name="ars electronica">{{cite web|url=https://ars.electronica.art/press/files/2010/09/Richard-Kriesche_Unterlage_EN.pdf|title=Richard Kriesche – Featured Artist 2010|publisher=ARS Electrontics}}</ref> * Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1968, 1986, 1995 (Honorable Mention)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9198410.html|title=Kunst: Brüste am Pflaumenbaum |newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=11 June 1995 }}</ref> * documenta 6, Kassel, 1977<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.documenta.de/de/retrospective/documenta_6|title=documenta 6 - Retrospektive - documenta|website=www.documenta.de|access-date=2021-01-09|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055120/https://www.documenta.de/de/retrospective/documenta_6|url-status=dead}}</ref> * documenta 8, Kassel, 1987<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.documenta.de/de/retrospective/documenta_8|title=documenta 8 - Retrospektive - documenta|website=www.documenta.de}}</ref> * Ars Electronica, Linz, 1989, 1994, 2003 ("featured artist")<ref name="ars electronica" /> * Musée d'art moderne, Paris * Centre Pompidou, Paris * Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1978<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/71978|title=Richard Kriesche |website=The Museum of Modern Art}}</ref> * Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lu7KPDCfcXMC&q=%22Institute+of+Contemporary+Art%22+%22richard+kriesche%22&pg=PA287|title=Performance Anthology: Source Book of California Performance Art|date=January 9, 1989|publisher=Last Gasp|isbn=9780867193664|via=Google Books}}</ref> * Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mumok.at/de/richard-kriesche|title=Richard Kriesche|website=www.mumok.at}}</ref> * Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/richard-kriesche-cultech-artist-residence|title=Richard Kriesche: CULTECH (Artist-in-Residence)|date=April 11, 2014|website=MIT List Visual Arts Center|access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119215226/https://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/richard-kriesche-cultech-artist-residence|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Washington Project for the Arts<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/22/arts/a-group-that-invests-sweat-equity-in-arts.html|title=A Group That Invests 'Sweat Equity' in Arts |first1=Barbara|last1=Gamarekian|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 22, 1985}}</ref> * trigon 73, Graz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artmagazine.cc/content39492.html|title=Rewind, Fast Forward - Videokunst aus der Sammlung der Neuen Galerie Graz von 1970 bis heute: Im Magnetfeld der Medien Avant Garde|website=www.artmagazine.cc|date=25 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000023601235/barackenplakat-erinnert-an-armensiedlung|title=Barackenplakat erinnert an Grazer Armensiedlung - derStandard.at|website=Der Standard}}</ref> * Artsat - Mir, 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/astronomie-himmlisch-geschweisster-donauwalzer.732.de.html?dram:article_id=307941|title=Astronomie - Himmlisch geschweißter Donauwalzer|website=Deutschlandfunk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/50-jahre-raumfahrt-kunstausstellung-wien-die-barbie-im-mond-1.1084031|title=Die Barbie im Mond|website=Süddeutsche.de|date=12 April 2011 }}</ref>

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