medial 4. art biennial [2018]
Renate Merzinger-Pleban. austria

  

              

1.Before Night Comes, 2018 pencil on paper 15.5x12 in. | 40x30 cm. US$ 380.00      2.Big Sun left above, 2016 acrylic on paper 39.5x27.5 in. | 100x70 cm. US$ 750.00      3.Blue and Red Tree, 2017 acrylic on paper 20.5x17.5 in. | 52x44 cm. US$ 550.00      4.Dark Autumn, 2017 acrylic on paper 27.5x19.5 in. | 70x50 cm. US$ 700.00      5.Friendly House, 2017 acrylic on paper 23.5x16.5 in. | 59x42 cm. US$ 552.00      6.Group of Trees, 2017 acrylic on paper 23.5x16.5 in. | 59x42 cm. US$ 520.00   7.Inclined Trees, 2017 acrylic on paper 27.5x19.5 in. | 70x50 cm. US$ 700.00   8.Moon -Tree-House, 2017 pencil on paper 15.5x12 in. | 40x30 cm. US$ 550.00      9.Narrow Standing Trees, 2017 pencil on paper 15.5x12 in. | 40x30 cm. US$ 380.00       10.One House behind the other, 2017 acrylic on paper 20.5x17.5 in. | 52x44 cm. US$ 550.00      11.Stormy Weather, 2017 acrylic on paper 25.5x19.5 in. | 65x50 cm. US$ 620.00     12.Up the Hill, 2018 pencil on paper 15.5x12 in. | 40x30 cm. US$ 380.00.
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Born in Vienna (Austria), married, two adult daughters, lives and works in Pressbaum near Vienna

 

Statement:
Lines and strokes by pencil or brush produce form, space, motion. They give clear significance by strength and colour and equally by letting blank the paper. Every stimulation comes from outside. As an answer to this drawings and paintings create the world outside new. It´s a matter of argueing with the world around me. I have to find my position and – possibly – get echo. In my work I reduce nature to landscape. So it becomes concrete, (maybe harmless?) and a place of desire, where emotion and thought may find a place to stay a while. Landscape is everywhere, there doesn´t exist no landscape. You only may fade it in favour to something subjectively important and interesting. For me landscape is a synonym for nature and nature a synonym for indifference. Since ever nature makes me feel committed/abandoned because of it´s capriciousness and fascinated because of it´s beauty. Concerning the approach to humans there is a diversity of sensual and intellectual possibilities at my disposal. So I don´t „need“ the medium of artistic creation. Therefore humans seldom are topic in my work. Face to face with nature for me there only remains the possibility of representation of my highly personal sight of landscapes - always without contradiction: nature doesn´t reply. I put myself against this indifference, make lines and strokes, drawing I leave traces, prefering dark ones on a light base (paper), but also coloured ones. (May 2017)

Studies:
 • "University of Applied Arts" (Vienna)

Member of:
 • "IG Bildende Kunst" (Vienna)
 • "Landesverband der NÖ Kunstvereine" (Lower Austria)
 • "Kulturvernetzung NÖ" (Lower Austria)
 • "Artists in the World" (Rome)
Founder Member of:
 • "Verein für Kunst und Kultur" (Lower Austria)

12 years freelancer in:
 • "Portfolio Kunst AG" (Vienna)
 • "Artware AG" (Vienna)

Publisher:
 • since 1999: www.merzinger-pleban-verlag.at

Exhibitions among others:
 • "Metropole Museum", Tokyo (Japan)
 • "Documentation Center of Modern Art" (solo exhibition), St. Pölten (Lower Austria)
 • "IG Bildende Kunst", Vienna (Austria)
 • "Artotheque" - work on display (mini solo exhibition)
 • "Verein für Kunst und Kultur" (solo exhibition), Eichgraben (Lower Austria)
 • "Portfolio Kunst AG" (solo exhibition), Vienna (Austria)

2015:
 • "Marziart - Internat. Gallery" (mini solo exhibition), Hamburg (Germany)
 • "Artoteque" - work on display (mini solo exhibiton)
 • "IG Bildende Kunst", Vienna (Austria)
 • "Fassbender Bewerb - pencil drawings", Brühl (Germany)
 • "Kunstraum Super", Vienna (Austria)

2016:
 • "ArtExpo April Rome", Galleria Domus Romana, Rome (Italy)
 • "Stadtgalerie Purkersdorf" (solo exhibition), city near Vienna (Austria)
 • "Fassbender Bewerb - pencil drawings", Brühl (Germany)
 • "ArtExpo Autumn Rome", Galleria Domus Romana, Rome (Italy)

2017:
 • „Biennale Internazionale Peschiera del Garda“, Caserma dell´Artiglieria, Peschiera (Italy)
 • „2nd Bienal de Arte Barcelona“, MEAM Museum, Gomis Palace, Barcelona (Spain)
 • „International Award Francisco Goya“, Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona (Spain)
 • „Art in Lisbon 2017“, Atelier Natália Gromicho Art Gallery, Lisbon (Portugal)
 • „International Award Caravaggio“, Bramante Palace, Rome (Italy)
 • „Premio Internazionale Arte Milano“, Teatro Dal Verme, Milan (Italy)
 • „I Segnalati“, Art Gallery: InArte Werkkunst, Berlin (Germany)
 • „International Biennial of Contemporary Art“, Museum Francesco Gonzaga, Mantua (Italy)

2018:
 • „Art Expo Winter Rome“, Galleria Domus Romana, Rome (Italy)
 • „2nd International Prize Leonardo da Vinci“, Borghese Palace, Florence (Italy)
 • „New York International Art Expo“, Michelangelo Hotel, New York (USA)
 • „Biennale delle Nazioni“, Scuola Grande della Misericordia“, Venice (Italy)
 • „International Prize of Nations - Tribute to Tiziano“, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Venice (Italy)

 

Austria-Forum:
http://austria-forum.org/af/Community/Zeitgen%C3%B6ssische_Bildende_Kunst/Merzinger-Pleban%2C_Renate
Kulturvernetzung NÖ:
http://www.kulturvernetzung.at/de/renate-merzinger-pleban/?highlight=true&unique=1483743782
Artists in the world:
http://www.artintheworld.net/drupal/category/artists/painters/merzinger-pleban-renate
Artoteque (work on display):
http://www.artoteque.com/artotech/artONdisplay3/Renate-Merzinger-Pleban/Merzinger-Pleban.htm
Galleria Domus Romana:
https://www.domus-romana.it/artista/renatemerzingerpleban
Verlag Merzinger-Pleban:
http://www.merzinger-pleban-verlag.at/index.html