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Foto: Kay Walkowiak
Kay Walkowiak
Foto: Kay Walkowiak
Foto: Kay Walkowiak

Kay Walkowiak

geb. 1980 in Salzburg
https://kaywalkowiak.com/

lebt und arbeitet in Wien

2010 - 2005 Universität für angewandte Kunst, Wien, Bildhauerei & Multimedia (Erwin Wurm), Diplom
2009 - 2003 Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Kunst und kommunikative Praxis, (Werner Feiersinger, Tanja Widmann), Diplom
2008 Tokyo Zokei University, Japan, Expanded Expression (Koki Tanaka, Masanori Sukenari)
2008 - 2003 Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien, Bildende Kunst (Eva Schlegel)
2008 - 2002 Universität Wien, Philosophie und Psychologie


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2019
Kay Walkowiak. Anonymous Objects, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, Austria (upcoming)
Kay Walkowiak. Island / Ocean, Schloss Goldegg, Goldegg, Austria
Kay Walkowiak. Minimal Vandalism, Kunstverein Biberach, Biberach, Germany
Kay Walkowiak. Primary Structures, WOP, Vienna, Austria
Kay Walkowiak. The Shape of Absence, BKKSR, Bangkok, Thailand

2018
Kay Walkowiak. Melancholia, Sotheby´s Artist Quarterly, Vienna, Austria
Kay Walkowiak. If colours could speak, Collectors Agenda, Vienna, Austria
Given: The Haunting Ghost, Bangkok Biennial 2018, Cho Why, Bangkok, Thailand
Kay Walkowiak. Island, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Kay Walkowiak. Given: The Haunting Ghost, fünfzigzwanzig, Salzburg, Austria

2017
Specific Objecthood, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, Austria
Wedge of Worship, Soiree Berkson, Vienna, Austria
Requiem of Lost Forms, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna, Austria

2016
Given: The Haunting Ghost, Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan
The City Beautiful, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, Germany
Forms In Time, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Divine Monochromes, Galerie Crone Wien, Vienna, Austria
Supreme Forms, Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna, Austria

2015
Habitat, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna, Austria
Abstraction Rhapsody (together with Anna-Sophie Berger), wellwellwell, Vienna, Austria

2014
Minimal Vandalism, Antimatter Media Art Festival, Legacy Art Gallery, Victoria, Canada
A Different Order (together with Nandita Raman), FJK3, Vienna, Austria
Ritual Union, Feldbuschwiesner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Making Sense Out of Abstraction, Feldbuschwiesner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Minimal Vandalism, Feldbuschwiesner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Making Sense Out of Abstraction, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria

2013
Stages of Rest, Kunstquartier, Hospiz am Arlberg, St. Christoph, Austria
Transtone (together with Nazim Yilmaz), Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2012
The Mechanics of Form, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, Austria
Rectangles, The Lust Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2010
Kay Walkowiak, MAGAZIN, Vienna, Austria

2008
Toko doesn´t want to sleep alone, Node Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2020
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of the planet, Vienna, Austria (upcoming)

2019
AIR 2019. 10. Jahresausstellung, Stadtgalerie Mozartplatz, Salzburg, Austria (upcoming)
Like Home - Arbeiten aus der Sammlung froh(n)berg, Stadtgalerie Salzburg, Austria (upcoming)
Slow Down, KEX OPEN, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria (upcoming)
Kay Walkowiak. Eternal Return, Globart, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Salzburg – Oberösterreich PreisträgerInnen, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Kunstankäufe Land Salzburg 2017-2019, Kunst im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
36. Österreichische Grafikwettbewerb, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria

2018
The Culture Collider – Post-Exotic Art, Manggha, Kraków, Poland
Smooth Chromatics, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden, Germany
Zeitgeistlos. curated by_Eszter Lázár and Edina Nagy Knoll Galerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
Out of State. Funny Things happened on the Way, fAN Kunstverein Vienna, Austria
Sexy and Cool. Minimalismus goes emotional, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany
N is for Nature, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Lahore Biennale 01, Alhamra Art Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
In die Stadt, MMKK Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria

2017
Aktion & Malerei, Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Spuren der Zeit, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
don´t call it off-space!, das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria
Qualia, FJK3, Vienna, Austria
Color Fields, LLLLLL, Vienna Austria
ZONE 1, Vienna Contemporary / Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, Austria
Park, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, Germany
Ich Weiss Nicht - Growing Relations between Things, MAK / Vienna Biennale, Vienna, Austria
The Brutalism Appreciation Society, HMKV (Hartware MedienKunstVerein), Dortmund, Germany
Mitgebracht III, Kunst im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Images Of Things Remaining, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2016
Saló, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Away - Stories from abroad, Das Weisse Haus, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna, Austria
The High Wire Act, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna, Austria
Coral North, easy!upstream, Munich, Germany
Performing Spaces, EVN Collection, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
curated by_ CINEMA, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Nonstreaming Artifacts, easy!upstream, Munich, Germany

2015
Now, At The Latest, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Kunstankäufe des Landes Salzburg (Part1), Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg, Austria
Die Stadt die es nicht gibt, City Leaks, Cologne, Germany
curated by_ Special Project, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Auratic and Other Phenomena, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
100, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg, Austria
Test Exposure, WRO Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, Poland
Conditio Urbana, Bäckerstrasse 4, Vienna, Austria
No Risk, No Fun, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, Austria

2014
Conditio Urbana, Stadtgalerie Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Die Glorreiche 7, Fluc, Vienna, Austria
33. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Haus der Kultur, Bozen, Italy
The Faintest Idea, OBEN, Vienna, Austria
Die Eigenheit der Dinge, FJK3, Vienna, Austria
33. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Stadt Galerie Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

2013
Für die Fülle, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
21 Posters by 21 Artists, MAGAZIN, Vienna, Austria
Performance Fetish, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom
(of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects...), PARALLEL VIENNA, Vienna, Austria
33. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Galeri im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
The Abortion of Tragedy, Show Room 170, New York, United States
Jeune Création Européenne Biennal, Museu Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal
Present Tense Future Perfect, Feldbuschwiesner Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2012
The Artist´s View, Salon für Kunstbuch, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
21er Klub, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
A Sense of Place, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria
Junge Römer, The Lust Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Kunstankäufe des Landes 2010-2012, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg, Austria
Kann es Liebe Sein? III, Künstlerhaus Wien, k7haus Passage, Vienna, Austria
Kann es Liebe Sein? II, Circlé Cite, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Kann es Liebe Sein? I, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Hidden Collection – Collection of Jacques Carrio, Bäckerstrasse 4, Vienna, Austria
Jeune Création Européenne Biennal, Salzburg, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg, Austria
Jeune Création Européenne Biennal, Pécs, M21 Gallery, Zsolnay Quarter, Pécs, Hungary
Jeune Création Européenne Biennal, Bratislava, City Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Jeune Création Européenne Biennal, Hamburg, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jeune Création Européenne Biennal, Klaipeda, KCCC, Klaipeda, Lithuania

2011
Lark/Plunge, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Alter Space, Fluc, Vienna, Austria
Jeune Création Européenne Biennal, Montrouge, La Fabrique 51, Paris, France
A vol d´artiste - Salzburg/Luxemburg, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg, Austria
A vol d´artiste - Luxembourg/Salzbourg, Espace Monterey, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Death by Candy, The Lust Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Die Nächste Generation III, Das Weisse Haus, Galerie im Traklaus, Salzburg, Austria
Partizipation, Minoriten, Graz, Austria

2010
Sweet Anticipation, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Der Alte Mann und das Meer, NÖ DOK für Moderne Kunst, St. Pölten, Austria

2009
Taboo, Galerie Clairefontaine / Deloitte, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The Essence 2009, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

2007
Unité, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, Austria
Burn Baby, Burn!, Kunstverein Ettlingen, Ettlingen, Germany

2006
The Essence 2006, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
separate connections, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Empfehlungen, Kunstraum NOE, Vienna, Austria
Fred Adlmüller Scholarship Exhibition, Heiligenkreutzerhof, Vienna, Austria

2005
The Essence 2005, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Letzte Versuche, Gallery Hohenlohe & Kalb, Vienna, Austria

2004
Hot sun & cold snow, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand


FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS (SELECTION)
2019
Kay Walkowiak: Anonymous Objects, MIACA, Hong Kong, China (upcoming)

2018
Cinema Next Special, Salzburg, Austria
Kay Walkowiak, Bangkok Biennial 2018, The Yard, Bangkok, Thailand
artSPEAK, Lahore Biennale 01, Alhamra Art Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

2017
Altered Route, AdHock Artspace, Vienna, Austria
Kay Walkowiak. Dislocated Traces, Austrian Cultural Forum, New Delhi, India

2016
Focus Direct Urbanism , Austrian Cultural Pavilion, Open Arts Foundation, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
BNL Media Art Festival, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, Italy

2015
Le Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Backup, 17. Kurzfilmfestival Weimar, Weimar, Germany
WRO 2015 on Tour, Tatsuno Art Project Festival, Tatsuno, Japan
WRO 2015 on Tour, KCUA, Kyoto, Japan

2014
Open Member´s Club, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Kay Walkowiak, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
Kay Walkowiak, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna, Austria
Cinephemere, FIAC, Paris, France
Le Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
Cinema Next, Salzburg, Austria
Diagonale, Graz, Austria
OFF 22, Fiorano Modena, Italy
31. Kasseler Dok Fest, Kassel, Germany
Dizzyland, Kino International, Berlin, Germany
Festival International du Livre d'Art et du Film, Perpignan, France
Experimental Film & Video Festival Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Open Your Eyes, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany
Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, United States
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, United States

2013
Kay Walkowiak. Smriti, Austrian Cultural Forum, New Delhi, India
Kay Walkowiak. Smriti, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi, India


ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
2013
TMAX Art Festival, Galaxy Soho, Beijing, China
DIS PLAY PRATER STERN, Fluc, Vienna, Austria

2011
Kay Walkoiwiak. Freistil, FLUC, Vienna, Austria

2010
Kay Walkowiak. Please Leave Quietly, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, Vienna, Austria
Kay Walkowiak. Cascade Crystalline, Various public spaces, Vienna, Austria

2006
Kay Walkowiak. Trial and Error, FLUC, Vienna, Austria



AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2019
Artist in Residency Grant, Bangkok, Thailand
One year Stipend, Federal State of Salzburg, Austria

2018
Artist in Residence Grant, Sardegna, Italy

2017
State Stipend, Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture, Austria
Artist in Residence Grant, Varanasi, India

2016
Artist in Residence Grant, Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan

2015
Artist in Residence Grant, Varanasi, India

2014
Artist in Residence Grant, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada

2013
Artist in Residence Grant, Beijing, China
Artist in Residence Grant, Varanasi, India

2012
START Stipend, Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture, Austria
Artist in Residence Grant, Kunstquartier am Arlberg, St. Christoph, Austria
Postgraduate Stipend, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Austria

2011
Kulturfonds Salzburg Stipend, Austria
Heinrich and Anni Sussmann Stipend, Austria

2010
Emanuel & Sofie Fohn Stipend, Austria
Theodor Körner Award, Austria
Skulpturenachse Maissau Prize, Austria
Wiener Wasserkunst Prize, Vienna, Austria

2008
Emanuel & Sofie Fohn Stipend, Austria
Otto Prutscher Award, Vienna, Austria
International Scholarship Tokio Zokei University, Japan
Kulturfonds Salzburg Stipend, Austria

2006
Fred Adlmüller Stipend, Vienna, Austria


COLLECTIONS
LBBW Collection, Stuttgart
EVN Collection, Maria Enzersdorf
MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art Vienna
Belvedere 21, Vienna
Artothek, State of Austria
MUSA Artothek, City of Vienna
Collection of the Federal State of Salzburg
Collection of the Federal State of Tirol
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