Christian Eisenberger
Biography
Christian Eisenberger's provocative works have taken the Austrian art scene by storm. Born in Graz, Austria in 1978, the artist now lives and works in Vienna. Widely known as an "enfant terrible," Eisenberger enjoys the freedom of breaking the rules and covenants of the established art world. City streets, forests, and meadows are used as places of inspiration and creation. His playful approach to the creative act throws convention overboard to make room for his own ideas.
1978 Born in Graz, Austria 1999 Studied painting at the Ortweinschule Graz
2000 Studied Transmedial Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna under the guidance of Brigitte Kowanz
2002 In collaboration with the K2 Kunsthalle in Semriach, Austria, Eisenberger runs a tiny exhibition with loans from international museums2006 Awarded the Special Prize of the Province of Steiermark for Contemporary Art2008 Awarded degree in fine arts
Exhibitions
2002 Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt
Galerie Engelhorn, Vienna
2003 “Stoneage“ with Jimmie Durham, Galerie Engelhorn, Vienna
Kunstpavillon Innsbruck
2004 Kunst Meran
Workshop with Rikrit Tiravanija, Venice
2005 Group show, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2006 Participant in “VIENNAFAIR”, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
Participant in “scopeLONDON”, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, London
Participant in “ARTCOLOGNE”, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Cologne
“Eisenberger, dies ist doch kein Porno!!“, Galerie Lisi Hämmerle,
Bregenz
„Eisenberger Teil II” – zweite Kunstauktion, Werftgalerie, Vienna
2007 “Down To Earth”, Austrian Cultural Institute, Krakow
Contemporary Austrian Sculpture, VILLA MANIN – Centre for
Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy
“Almost 39° of Fever, Marco“, DISPARI&DISPARI PROJECT, Reggio
Emilia, Italy
“Metastasen – tief”, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
2008 “URBI ET ORBI – HUNTERS & DEVILS”, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich
Galerie Arve Opdahl, Berlin
Minimal Biennale, Serbia
Kunsthaus Graz
2009 Gallery van Seggelen, London
Galerie der Deutschen Schule, Istanbul
Rauchsalon, Vienna
Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Eisenberger and the Tintography
In November 2010, Eisenberger spent a week in an improvsed cellar studio in Frankenthal. Armed with inks, foils, metal plates and a PrintoLUX system, with a mattress on the floor, a coffee machine and the phone number of a pizza delivery service, he set to work. He did not hold back with his enthusiasm for the artistic possibilities offered by the PrintoLUX® printing system: “It’s crazy! Thanks to the absolutely endless possibilities for subsequent manipulation of a basic motif, I get a fantastic multi-dimensionality that I had never even dreamed could be done.” And with that he got back to his ink tubes, printer and thermo unit, running back and forth like a child who has been allowed into the kitchen to bake Christmas cookies for the first time.
