Name: Ovidiu Anton
Nationality: RO
Place of Birth: Timişoara
Year of Birth: 1982
Areas of Work: sculpture, video, drawing
Webseite: www.ovidiuanton.com

 
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

Education:
2003-2004 
School for Artistic Photography - Friedl Kubelka, Vienna
2008-2009 
Studies at École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Marseille
2004-2010 
Studies at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Performative Arts and Sculpture, Monica Bonvicini

Solo exhibitions:
2015 New Positions; Art Cologne
2014 Sub Fuckin Versive; Tabacco 001 Cultural Centre, Ljubljana
2013 Sauve qui peut!; Christine König Galerie, Wien
2011 Weiße Wände?; Galerie 5020, Salzburg
2010 Diploma Exhibition; Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Selected group exhibitions:
2016
Vienna on the Move; Lightbox Studio, Tokyo

2015
High Performance; arlberg1800, St. Christoph am Arlberg  
Südlich; Kunstraum haaaauch-quer; Klagenfurt    
Relational Changes, curated by_Cointemporary; Galerie Christine König; Vienna
Vienna Biennale 2015; MAK, Vienna
A Set of Lines, A Stack of Paper; Karst Projects, Plymouth/UK   
Destination Wien 2015; Kunsthalle Vienna    
Off-Biennale Budapest        
Stepping Over the Borders; EMAA Capital Art Center, Nicosia
subversiv - Raum für Alternativen; GrazMuseum; Graz    
Year Exhibition Open Systems 2-01-04/14; WUK Projektraum; Vienna
The Enigma of the New and the Modern; MUMOK Cinema; Vienna

2014      
Street Cat Deluxe; screening on Vdrome
Territorien; Steirischer Herbst / <rotor>, Graz
You Are Being Timed; ZAN Gallery, Paris
On Paper / curated by Sepp Auer; Christine König Galerie, Vienna
Wiener Postproduktion; MAK Forum, Vienna
Sessel, Stuhl, Hocker in der Kunst; Galerie Tracklhaus, Salzburg
White Cube, Open Mike / Parcours (with Marusa Sagadin); Forum Stadtpark, Graz    

2013
DIS-PLAY-PRATER-STERN – Wie wir leben wollen; Praterstern, Vienna      
Chic Boutique Chic.ago;  ADDS DONNA, Chicago  

2012
Sorry for not standing still; pietmondriaan.com at Kunstvlaai; Amsterdam
Grüße aus Balkonien; The Smallest Gallery, Graz
the transit-issue; Parabol; curated by Christiane Meyer-Stoll; Vienna
To keep us in the dark ages of color; curated by Elsa König; Die Ausstellungsstraße, Vienna
Das Chic Boutique Café; Die Ausstellungsstraße, Vienna
(NO) STANDING ANYTIME; Graz
Die Chic Boutique - Kunst mit Funktion; Die Ausstellungsstraße, Vienna

2011
Le Choix de Paris; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Territories; Frappant E.V., Hamburg
Contemporaryarchive; Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz 
Heute malen, morgen mehr; MOE, Wien 
Wilde Zeichen, Kunsthalle Krems / Forum Frohner 

2010
Mit uns ist kein (National) Staat zu machen; Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
Diploma Exhibition; Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

2009
minus20plus; Kulturdrogerie, Vienna
Beautiful ètranger – étrangement autre; Galerie Montgrand, Marseille 

2008
Fünf Stühle sind auch eine Bank; Galerie Kulturhof, Feldkirchen
Archive in Residence Vienna/Bucharest; VBKÖ, Vienna, Galeria UNA, Bucharest

2007
Künstler auf Landpartie 2; Unteroberndorf

2006
Take Five; Tanzquartier, Vienna
top to bottom, end to end; Westbahnhof, Vienna

2005
Rückverortung des Sozialen; VBKÖ, Vienna

2004
IN-EX, WUK

Curatorial practice:
2011 Heute malen, morgen mehr; MOE, Vienna
2009 Beautiful ètranger – étrangement autre; Galerie Montgrand, Marseille
2008 Archive in Residence Vienna/Bucharest; VBKÖ, Vienna and Galeria UNA, Bucharest

Awards, Residences:
2015 Residence at Oberliht Chișinău, Republic of Moldova  
2015 1st prize at idea competition Create Your Bucharest (in collaboration with Alexandru Bălășescu)
2014 Artist in Residence / Ljubljana (Tabacco 001 Cultural Centre)
2013 Studio grant in Istanbul by Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
2011 Studio grant in Paris by Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
2010 Styrian Award for Fine Arts