Heimo Zobernig  Heimo Zobernig

Heimo Zobernig (born 1958 in Mauthen) is one of the best-known, most versatile, and award-winning contemporary Austrian artists. He is a painter, sculptor, performance, and film artist. His oeuvre encompasses a variety of media, from architectural interventions and installations to performance, film and video, sculpture, and painting. Central to his work is the engagement with modernist principles, such as monochrome and grids, but also with constructivism, color theory and geometric abstraction. In doing so, Zobernig undermines the ultra-modern ideal of monochromy by compromising its aesthetic purity in various ways, such as the introduction of the decorative or the functional. Color is so important to him that he developed his own color theory.

Heimo Zobernig has been awarded numerous prizes. His works are represented in public spaces as well as in museums, galleries and biennials - among other things, he redesigned the interior of the Mariendom in Linz in 2017. Zobernig’s paintings, sculptures and installations have been presented in numerous international exhibitions, including documenta X and documenta XI, Venice Biennal 2001, MUMOK Vienna, Kunsthalle Basel, K21 Dusseldorf, Tate St Ives, Museo Del Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, Kunsthaus Graz, Museum Ludwig Cologne, to name just a few. In 2015, Heimo Zobernig represented Austria at the Venice Biennal.