Nick Oberthaler

http://www.nickoberthaler.com/

lives and works in Vienna, Austria and Bielefeld, Germany

2000 – 2004
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
École supérieure des beaux-arts Genève, Switzerland
2020 – 2021
Professorship for Painting (MA), École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon


Solo and two-person exhibitions (selection)
2019
M_o_b, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Sequel, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg

2018
Topology, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich
Set de table, VIS, Hamburg (with Pierre-Olivier Arnaud)
Set de table, Néon, Lyon (with Pierre-Olivier Arnaud)
Distinct Oscillations Revisited, Adelaide, Marseille (with Wilfrid Almendra)

2017
Cabrio, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Rome (with Nico Vascellari)
Comfortable Cut, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam

2016
I can see the whole room!...And there is nobody in it!, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich

2015
Distinct Features Of Fast Oscillations..., Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
No Subject No Image No Taste No Matter No Grace No Style, Bianca D'Alessandro, Copenhagen
Piece derivee, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

2014
The blackbird must be flying, Centre d'art bastille/CAB, Grenoble (with Thomas Julier)
Calculated Reserve, Museo H.C.Andersen/Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, Roma (Cur. Pier Paolo Pancotto)

2012
Point de Fuite, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
{…}, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Eventuality of an attempt, KIOSK, Gent
In an Expression of the Inexpressible, WIELS Center for Contemporary Art/Project Space, Brussels

2011
Zweifel und Gnade (le Doute et la Grace) Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

2009
Nothing Ever Happened, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
Der verlorene und wiedergefundene Himmel, Layr Wuestenhagen,Vienna

2006
Warsaw, Texas (with Julien Diehn), CSW Center for Contemporary Art, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warszawa


Group exhibitions (selection)
2021
Dust: The plates of present, Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio, USA
Ganz anders gleich, Galerie CRONE, Berlin / Wien

2020
Dust: The plates of present, Centre Pompidou, Paris

2019
Salon Hang, Kunstverein Amsterdam (with Pierre-Olivier Arnaud)
They had a house of crystal pillars, Belsunce Projects, Marseille (with Victor Yudaev)
Ticket to the Moon, Kunsthalle Krems
Habiter l’Intime, Fondation Thalie, Brussels
La Main gauche du manchot, 8er Salon, Hamburg

2018
MOREpublishers at Brussels Art Weekend, Vanderborght building, Bruxelles (with Johannes Wohnseifer)
Hospitality, NOS - Non Objectif Sud, Tulette, France (curated by Marie de Brugerolle)
Dream'n'Wild, ALASKA Projects, Sydney, Australia (curated by Alexander Jackson Wyatt)
INTOTO 6, Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris
How well do you behave?, Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio, USA (curated by Jo-ey Tang)
Black Pages / Publizieren als künstlerische Praxis, Salzburger Kunstverein
Hazenstraat Biennale - Editions & Multiples, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam

2017
Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox 1989-2017, Kunsthalle Wien (curated by Luca Lo Pinto)
Corporate Fatigue, Neuer Wiener Kunstverein, Wien (with Thomas Julier, Nelly Haliti, Jochen Schmith, Andrea Winkler)
Artists' books for Everything, Weserburg - Museum für moderne Kunst/Zentrum f. Künstlerpublikationen, Bremen
The plates of the present, so far, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris (curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Jo-ey Tang)
Interiors, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich
Temporary Encounters (with Dino Zrnec), Galerija Galzenica, Velika Gorica (curated by Branka Bencic)
Art Club #12/Folies d'hiver, Villa Medici – Académie de France à Rome (Cur. Pier Paolo Pancotto)

2016
Noir dedans, Le Manoir, Martigny (curated by Thomas Julier and Martin Jaeggi)
What kind of bird is this? (with Hugo Scibetta & Laetitia Badaut-Haussmann), LevyDelval, Brussels

2015
Tunguska, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich
Rideaux/Blinds, Institut d'Art Contemporain / FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne/Lyon (curated by Marie de Brugerolle)
Flirting with Strangers, Belvedere/21er Haus, Vienna
A Form Is A Social Gatherer, Plymouth Rock, Zurich
Closed Circuit (with Dino Zrnec), apoteka art space, Vodnjan (curated by Branka Bencic)
N A PRIS LES DÉS, 43 rue des Panoyaux, Paris (curated by Arlène Berceliot Courtin)

2014
Jahresgaben 2014, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
Social Photography IV, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York
Against the Sun, Taylor Macklin, Zurich (invited by Martin Jaeggi and Thomas Julier)
Okonomie der Aufmerksamkeit, Kunsthalle Wien (curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Vivien Trommer)
It ain't whatcha write, it's the way atcha write it, MANIFESTA Foundation, Amsterdam
Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam (with Dieuwke Spaans)
Beyond the process/Werke aus der Sammlung Lenikus, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
konkret–abstrakt, Parlament der Republik Österreich, Wien

2013
Vers une hypothese, CAC Fort du Bruissin, Francheville / XII Lyon Biennial (curated by Andrea Rodriguez Novoa)
De leur temps 4: Nantes, Centre d'art contemporain Le Hangar, Nantes
Die Sammlung #4, Belvedere/21 Haus, Vienna
Young Collectors, Maison Particulière, Bruxelles
Drawing Quote, Pigna Project Space, Roma
Works on Paper, CCA/Center for Contemporary Art Andratx, Mallorca
Finisce e Continue, Gesso, Wien

2012
Minimal Myth, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (curated by Francesco Stocchi)
Le Prince des Rayons, Galerie VidalCuglietta, Brussels
Behind the Light, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon (curated by Jorge Pallarès)

2011
WYSIWYG, Rosenblum Collection, Paris
The Last Decade, Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitao/Lisbon (curated by Alexandre Melo)
Control, Magazin 4 Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz (curated by Carsten Fock)
Wallpaperism, Motel Campo, Genève
The Garden View, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest

2010 Both Ends Burning, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
Groupshow (with Marcus Gundling, Isabelle Fein, Sabine Reitmaier), Berlin
Mallorca (with Carsten Fock), Galerie Eva Winkeler, Cologne
in passing 10 (with Christoph Meier und Ute Müller), Künstlerhauspassage, Vienna

2009
The Last Session, Vlaams Cultuurhuis, Amsterdam (curated by Jan van Woensel)

2008
The Line is a lonely hunter, New Jerseyy, Basle
Landscope (Part I & II), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris and Salzburg (curated by Matthieu Poirier)
Taking Harbours, Les Galeries Bains-Douches, Marseille (curated by Marie Rotkopf)
Young at Heart (Remix), Centro Cultural de Cascais, Cascais (curated by Alexandre Melo)
Manual CC 2 (mit Julien Diehn), CSW Center for Contemporary Art Z. Ujazdowski, Warszawa

2007
Vacuum, CCC Centre de Création Contempraine, Tours
Manual CC 1 (with Julien Diehn), Galeria Kronika, Bytom
Pollenflug, Art Cologne Soderschau, Köln (curated by Caroline Nathusius)


Curatorial Projects
2018 – 2019 co-curating and programming of the non-profit exhibition space VIS in Hamburg (together with Nadine Droste)
www.vis20539.com
since 2017 member of the board of the Association of Visual Artists, Vienna Secession


Grants / Artist in Residence
2018 NOS / Non Objectif Sud, Tulette, France
2014 Anton-Faistauer Award for Painting, Region of Salzburg
2011 Artist in Residence, WIELS Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels
2009 Studio Grant BMUKK, ESAC Cesky Krumlov
2007 Studio Grant BMUKK, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
2006 Artist in Residence, CSW Center for Contemporary Art Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw


Public Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de la Haute-Vienne, Rochechouart, France
Belvedere/21er Haus, Vienna
Landesgalerie Linz/Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz
Cabinet of Drawings and Prints, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Caldic Collection, Rotterdam
Albertina, Vienna
Rosenblum Collection, Paris