Biography Alfredo Barsuglia
1980 born in Graz, Austria, lives and works in Vienna
1999–2004 Academy of Fine Arts, University of Applied Arts and University of Vienna in Vienna and Akademia Sztuk Pięknych in Cracow, Poland
2019, 2022/23 Professorship: Public Spaces and Media, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2026
Hausing, Kunstraum SMAC, Berlin (upcoming)
2025
All we ever wanted, together with Philip Grözinger, Galerie 422, Gmunden
Ma, together with Edgar Honetschläger, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
Omega, CNA – Centre national de l’audiovisuel, Waassertuerm, Dudelange, Luxembourg
Ansiin, Galerie3, Vienna
Engagement, Korridor – Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Vienna
Gitum, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich
2023
Wohnkultur, museumkrems (Dominikanerkirche) and donaufestival, Krems
Hero, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
Girlfriend, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich
Pille, Galerie3, Klagenfurt
2022
The Last Human Habitat, MQ Art Box, Museumsquartier, Vienna
Phone, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Beispiel, Galerie 422, Gmunden
2021
Allgemeinplatz, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich
Grid, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
Weh, Kunstfenster Gnas, Hochsommer 2021, Gnas
The Outer Space, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
Forma, together with Veronika Dirnhofer, Kunstraum flat1, Vienna
2020
Fremdenzimmer, together with Peter Sandbichler, Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt
Nothing, Kunstpavillon, Künstler:innen Vereinigung Tirol, Innsbruck
2019
Daily Golem, together with Gelitin, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns
Drawing Into the Void, Bildraum Bodensee, Bregenz
Take On Me, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
Double-Check, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
Horizont, bell tower, Schlossberg, Graz
2018
Jack-in-the-Box, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna
Does it Matter, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
The Visitor, together with Alice Könitz, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
2017
The Boy Who Didn’t Touch the World, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz @ Parallel Vienna, Vienna
Storyboard Entry, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
Well Done!, Galerie Trapp, Salzburg
I Rarely Eat Herring, But I Like To Be In Fehring, Gerberhaus, Fehring-
2016
Brihdy, unttld contemporary, Vienna
Exponential Decay, together with Rafał Wilk, Austrian Cultural Forum Warsaw, Poland
2015
Cabinet, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
I’ll Build Myself a House With a Garden and Everyone is Welcome, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs
2014
Fragmente, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
Land, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
2013
Breaking the Fourth Wall, Hospiz Galerie Bregenz / Kunstvilla, Bregenz
2012
Unwritten Stories, Zsófi Faur Galéria, Budapest
2010
Its Very Artificiality Becomes an Attraction, Künstlerhaus, Passagegalerie, Vienna
Diving Through Realities, Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna
Mobile Retreat Space, Austrian Cultural Forum, Washington D.C., USA
Not at Home, Kunst bei Wittmann and mumok Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna
2009
You are Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna
2008
The Importance of Being Beautiful, Gironcoli Museum, Herberstein
2007
Open Mouth, MAK NITE, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Oralhygiene, Zsófi Faur Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2006
Caroline, Helene, Yona, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Graz
Working Title: Oral Hygiene, Werkstadt Graz / Graz Kunst, Graz
2004
Loop, togehter with Christian Eisenberger, raumimpuls, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs
2003
Slot Machine, Arts Center, Andrychów, Poland
2001
Alfredo Barsuglia, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2025
Mädchen* sein!? Vom Tafelbild zu Social Media, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz
Perspektiven Attersee, Festival, Atterseehalle, Attersee
Like an Open Door, NOS Visual Arts Production, Fondazione IU Rusconi Ghigi, Bologna
2024
Art & Play, Zoom Children’s Museum, Vienna
Analog!, European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024, Bad Goisern
Treasur Hunt, Galerie3, Vienna
Paper Unlimited, museumkrems, Krems
2023
Fremde, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz
Bye-bye Confidence, MUSA Museum, Vienna
Systemrelevanz, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Autumn Leaves, Kunsthaus Köflach
Stone, Kunstraum Super, Vienna
Like an Open Door, < rotor > Center for Contemporary Art, Graz
Parallel Sculpture Park, Toscanapark, Gmunden
To the NeXt Decade, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich
Follow the Rabbit, Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus
Branched – Trees in Photographs from the SpallArt Collection, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, Germany
Past Present Future, Galerie 422, Gmunden
People / Diversity, Galerie Kovacek & Zetter, Vienna
2022
Denkraum Deutschland: Love & Peace, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Fragile Phantoms, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
Wall Newspaper #50: Eins zu hundert, Kunstraum Steinbrener/Dempf & Huber, Vienna
Maria Sibylla Merian, Stadtturmgalerie, Gmünd
Im Wald der Fiktionen, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs
2021
A Playground Guide to Getting Lost, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Showing Styria: what will be. Towards a Plurality of Futures, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
JTHAR 15-Year Anniversary, San Bernardino County Museum, California, USA
Oasis, Estonian Museum of Architecture, Tallinn, Estland
25 Years, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns
Schau…7, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt
2020
Schaufenster 1, Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Our Favorite Animal, Galerie 422, Gmunden
2019
Cardinal König Art Award, St. Virgil, Salzburg
Inside Out, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
36th Austrian Graphic Award, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck
Vienna Biennale for Change, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
A Room Without Books is a Body Without a Soul, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Something We Haven’t Been Able to Part With So Far…, Werkstadt Graz / Graz Kunst, Graz
Best of 20 Years, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
2018
Encounter #02, together with Hans Schabus, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna @ Parallel Vienna, Vienna
Oh…fabelhaft!, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna
Strabag Artaward, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna
Papier.Karton.Pappe., Kulturverein kulm / Kulturstock K3, Pischelsdorf am Kulm
Drawing now Paris / Vienna, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
In die Stadt, MMKK Museum of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt
2017
Aesthetics of Change, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Demontage, Werkstadt Graz / Graz Kunst, Graz
Sinnesrausch: Alice Twisted World, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
Raumkonzepte, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
Where are We Going?, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
SilvrettAtelier Montafon, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn and Taxis, Bregenz and Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns
2016
Art Award of the Province of Styria, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
AWAY exhibit – Stories from Abroad, Vienna
The Adventure of Reality, Forum Frohner / Kunstmeile Krems, Krems
2015
High Performance, Kunsthalle arlberg1800, St. Christoph am Arlberg
Querschnitt, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
Und die Rechnung geht an Martin K., Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Vienna for Art’s Sake!, Belvedere, Winter Palace, Vienna
Rejection, unttld contemporary, Vienna
2014
Biennale Martelive, MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Testaccio, Rome
The Future of Painting, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
Natural Studies, Zsófi Faur Galéria, Budapest-
Mit Modellcharakter, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
2013
Vienna Calling, Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb
Common Ground Barrier, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
BrandSchutz / Mentalitäten der Intoleranz, Stadtspeicher, Jena, Germany
2012
Small Pieces II, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz
Point Blank, Mikser Festival, Belgrad, Serbia
2011
Nur die Guten kommen in den Garten, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg
The Excitement Continues, Leopold Museum, Vienna
Facing Kremlin, 4th Moscow Biennal of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Anton Faistauer Art Award for Painting, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
Walter Koschatzky Art Award, mumok Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna
Das Mehr am See, Hospiz Galerie Bregenz / Kunstvilla, Bregenz
2010
Art Award of the Province of Styria, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Glob(E)Scape, 2nd Moscow Biennial for Young Art, Artplay Design Centre, Moscow, Russia
The Next Generation, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
Inversion of the Ideal, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
Walk the Line, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
NO-ISBN, GfZK Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
A Touch of Reality, Edition 15, HangART-7, Salzburg
2009
New Painting Positions, Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna
Transgressing Transience, Kunstraum flat1, Vienna
2008
Georg Eisler Art Award, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
2007
Criteria, Galería Perdida, Los Angeles, USA and Projektraum Schalter, Berlin, Germany
Dental Oral, Projektraum Legion@Sensei, New York, USA
2006
New acquisitions to the collection, Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Center, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
bAby’S aLL gRoWn Up, Project Space Marvimon, Los Angeles, USA
2005
Skin, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2004
Disorder, together with Christian Eisenberger and Michael Gumhold, Galerie Centrum, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz
Art in Public Space and Art in Architecture (selection)
2025
The Breathing House, Fondazione IU Rusconi Ghigi, Bologna and Bridderhaus, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2024
Allo – The Fairy Tale of the Lendhafen, Lendhafen, Klagenfurt
Back to Now, European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024, Bad Goisern
Wind Clock – The Life a Breath, ARWAG and KÖR Institute for Art in Public Space Vienna (permanent)
2023
Portal, Klanglicht Festival Graz; Lichtfestival Ghent (2024); Bright Festival Brussels (2024)
2022
Star Zone, Esterházy Palace Court, Eisenstadt (permanent)
Crashed Into the Big Green, Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen
2021
The Big Promise (Lucky Fountain), Neue Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz-
Abriss :: Alfredo Barsuglia and the Collection of the City of Graz, Graz
Suahtsnuk, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
2020
To the Golden Branch, Reininghausgründe, ÖSW Gemeinnützige Wohnbauträger AG, Graz (permanent)
The Miracle, Kulturdrogerie, Vienna and Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
2019
Orignial Copy, Theater Akzent, Vienna (permanent)
Leap in Time, Grünanger, Graz (permanent)
2018
Mariainsel, 6th Water Biennal, KiöR Institute for Art in Public Space Styria, Fürstenfeld (permanent)
2017
FBK – Freie Badekultur, Kunstzelle, WUK, Vienna
2014
Social Pool, Mojave Desert, in cooperation with MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
2013
Hotel Publik, KÖR Institute for Art in Public Space Tyrol, Innsbruck
Spa, billboard project, Chamber of Labor, Vienna
Kunstgastgeber Gemeindebau, KÖR Institute for Art in Public Space Vienna
2008
Oderfla Beauty Resort, in cooperation with Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Yucca Valley, California (permanent)
Kultur macht Mensch, billboard project, Kulturservicegesellschaft Steiermark, Graz
2006
Transfer of Knowledge, CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences, Graz (permanent)
Oderfla Dental Office, MAK Center – Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles, USA
2005
Subway Graz :: A project within the system, Graz
MDAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, billboard project, Mestre/Venice, Italiy
2004
Loop, together with Christian Eisenberger, raumimpuls, Stadtgalerie Waidhofen/Ybbs
Performances (selection)
2025
Ten dozen breaths, Perspektiven Attersee, Festival, Attersee
2023
Skimmer, donaufestival, Krems
2022
From the Origins, ImPulsTanz, Research Project, Vienna
2020
The artist is always present, Artist Statement, Parallel Vienna, Vienna
Nothing, Kunstpavillon, Künstler:innen Vereinigung Tirol, Innsbruck
2019
Drawing Into the Void, Bildraum Bodensee, Bregenz
Statement #3 – Spracheist, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt
2018
Spracheist, DerBlödeDritteMittwoch, Rhiz, Vienna
2017
L’aringa – The Herring, Blickle Raum Spiegelgasse, Vienna
Loss, together with Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, ImPulsTanz Festival, Leopold Museum, Vienna;
brut Theater, Vienna; Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz; RIMI/IMIRSceneKunst, Stavanger, Norway (2018)
2016
Brihdy, unttld contemporary, Vienna
2015
Setup Example, Kunsthalle arlberg1800, St. Christoph am Arlberg
2014
Next to Nothing, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna
2012
Herr F. verkauft Realität, Atelier Kaserngasse, Judenburg
Stage Design and Scenography (selection)
2025
Transient Shifts, concept: Akemi Takeya, ImPulsTanz Fesitval, Odeon Theater, Vienna
Roll Over and Over and Over, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, brut Wien, Vienna-
2024
Cloth Ball Square, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
2023
The Weather is Nice, Let’s Picnic, Parasol, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
2022
Sleeping Duty, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
2020
Beauty of Mess, Trash and Unknown Desires, Concept: Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, brut Wien, Vienna
2019
Origins, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
2016
Wish You Were Here, concept: Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, IntAkt, WUK, Vienna
2014
The Dance I Don’t Want To Remember, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
2010
Beauties for your Imagination, concept: Mikkel Hess, Club Nublu, New York, USA
2009
Easy Come, Easy Go, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
2007
Elegy for the Brave, concept: Oleg Soulimenko, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
Awards and Scholarships (selection)
2027
Austrian Studio Scholarship, ISCP, New York (upcoming)
2024
Casa Natali, Artist in Residence, NOS Visual Arts Production and MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna
CCA Andratx, Artist in Residence, Center for Contemporary Art, Mallorca
Bridderhaus, Artist in Residence, Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2021
Work grant from the Province of Styria, Graz
2019
Monsignor Otto Mauer Art Award, Vienna
Cardinal König Art Award, Nomination, St. Virgil, Salzburg
Dagmar Chobot Sculpture Award, Nomination, Leopold Museum, Vienna
36th Austrian Graphic Award, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tyrol, Innsbruck (Award of the Province of Carinthia)
2018
Strabag Art Award International, Recognition Award, Vienna
Kulturverein kulm, Artist in Residence, Pischelsdorf am Kulm
2017
Austrian State Grant for Fine Arts, Vienna
Neptun, Austrian State Grand for Water, Vienna
2016
Art Award of the Province of Styria, Graz (con-tempus Award)
Scientific-Research Scholarship, Vienna
SilvrettAtelier, Artist in Residence, Montafon, Austria
Pact Zollverein, Artist in Residence together with Jasmin Hoffer and Oleg Soulimenko, Essen, Germany
2015
Art Award of the City of Vienna
2014
Austrian Studio Scholarship, Artist in Residence, Rome
2013
Theodor Körner Art Award, Vienna
2012
Artist in Residence of the City of Judenburg
2011
Walter Koschatzky Art Award, Recognition Award, Vienna
Arlberg Hospiz Art Award, Kunsthalle arlberg1800, St. Christoph am Arlberg
Anton Faistauer Art Award for Painting, Nomination, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
2010
Art Award of the Province of Styria, Graz (Humanic Award)
Foreign Scholarship of the Province of Styria, New York
2008
JTHAR Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, California
2007
Art Award of the City of Graz-
2006
MAK Schindler Artists and Architects in Residence, Los Angeles
Monographs (selection)
2023 April, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7774-4333-1
2022 Suahtsnuk, Kunsthaus Graz, ISBN 978-3-903179-57-8
2016 Rosa, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Wien, ISBN 978-3903004535
2007 Oralhygiene, basis wien – Archiv und Dokumentationszentrum, Wien, ISBN 978-3-9502252-6-6
2006 Esthetic Dentistry in Los Angeles – An inquiry into the business of dentistry in Los Angeles, No-ISBN
2004 Alfredo Barsuglia, Works 1999–2003, Verlag Big Bucks, ISBN 3-9501104-2-9
Public Collections
Austrian State Collection
BKS Bank Collection, Klagenfurt
CCA Andratx Collection, Mallorca
Collection of Dietrich Mateschitz, Salzburg
Collection of the Chamber of Labor, Vienna
Collection of the City of Graz
Collection of the Government of Styria
Collection of the Government of Tyrol
Collection of the STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna
Collection of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Collection of the VIG – Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna
Dom Museum, Vienna
Esterhazy Private Foundation, Eisenstadt
Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz
Leopold Museum, Vienna
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus
Neue Galerie / Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz
SpallArt Collection, Salzburg
Vorarlberg Museum, Bregenz
Wien Museum, Vienna
Wolf Collection, Gleisdorf
