ascher clemens

bauer paul

bohusch wolfgang

bollenberger ulrike

brucic carmen

de keller sandra

del missier renée

freuis catharina

gavrich irina

girardoni johannes

guschelbauer markus

hardegg luise

hosch rainer

klomfar bruno

koller severin

larcher claudia

manfredi anja

monaco julie

nguyen monika

oberndorfer markus

okazaki elsa

oláh stefan

ribarits tina

rodiek romy

sailer gregor

schell moritz

schmid anita

six&petritsch

traxler helga

waldschütz andreas

zeisel magdalena

ziegler laurent

GREGOR SAILER Dipl.-Des.


   

ABOUT THE WORK
Participation at the Exhibition ARCHITECTURE | LANDSCAPE (2012)

In his highly impressive series, the Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer has investigated closed communities in Algeria / Western Sahara, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Chile, Qatar, and Russia.
By means of refined architectural and landscape photography, he has succeeded in giving a face to these otherwise effectively invisible, artificially created urban agglomerations that are hermetically sealed off from the eyes of the world either by walls or by their hostile surroundings. His subjects are raw-material mines, military bases, and refugee camps, as well as gated communities for the wealthy. These temporally circumscribed forms of urban settlement succinctly reflect and reveal a historical turning point that the world is now experiencing at the turn of the 21st century: dwindling resources, climate changes, political conflicts, and the wish for absolute security.




ABOUT THE ARTIST

*1980 in Schwaz/Austria

EDUCATION

2002 - 2007

2001 - 2002
2001 - 2002
since 2005

Studies Communication Design, Focus on Photography and Experimental Film,
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund (D)
Prague School of Photography
School of Photography and Optics, Hall i. Tirol (A)
freelance photographer and designer

AWARDS

2012

2011
2010


2009
2008

2007

Award for Contemporary Art of the State of Tyrol (A)
Art Sponsorship Award, RLB Tyrol (A)
Nomination DEW21 Art Award (D)
Winner_Alps Biennale of the Alpine and Mountains Landscapes (I)
Special Award 4th Int. Marianne-Brandt-Contest (D)
Finalist Iris Award 2010, Perth Centre of Photography (Aus)
Nomination “Durst Photo Art Competition 2009“ (A, I)
Grant Government of Tirol (A)
Nomination “German Photo Book Award 2009“
BEST FILM Fluxus 06, Category E-CINEMA, Brasil
Europaean Prize of Architectural Photography 07
red dot award, communication design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTION

2012

2011

2010


2009

Gallery of Europe, „Ladiz“, Pilsen (CZ)
Krajska vedecka knihovna v Liberci, „Ladiz“, Liberec (CZ)
Ostrava Museum, „Ladiz“, Ostrava (CZ)
Austrian Institute, „Ladiz“, Brno (CZ)
Kunsthalle Wien & Le Meridien, „Subraum“, Vienna (A)
Kunsthalle Wien, „Kokerei Hansa“, Vienna (A)
Rakouske kulturni forum v Praze, „Ladiz“, Praha (CZ)
Galerie im Andechshof, City Gallery of Innsbruck, „Ladiz“ (A)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS | SELECTION

2012






2011




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2008







2007

2006

Paris Photo, „Closed Cities“ (F)
Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, „Visual Traces in the Restless Present“ (D)
Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, „Tage und Nächte“ (A)
Galerie Ostlicht, „Nacht“, Vienna (A)
Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, „Alter, Situation!“ (A)
Galerie Fotohof Salzburg , „On Screen“, Contemporary Austrian Photography (A)
Kunsthaus Mürz, „Ground Control“ (A)
Austrian Cultural Forum New York/Belvedere Wien, „Alpine Desire“, NYC (USA)
Palazzo Firmian, „Ecopoli vs. Metropli“, Trento (I)
Museum Residenzgalerie Salzburg, „The Alps – Theatre of Longing“ (A)
Museum fuer Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, DEW21 Art Award (D)
RLB Kunstbrücke, „Mythos Berg“, Innsbruck (A)
Folkwang Museum „Next 1“, Essen (D)
Triennale Linz 1.0, „update“, State Gallery Upper Austria (A)
Edinburgh Art Festival, ‚Shelf Life‘, a biblio-sideshow (GB)
Marianne-Brandt-Award, Sächsisches Industriemuseum Chemnitz (D)
IRIS AWARD 2010, Perth Centre of Photography (AUS)
Galerie Taxispalais, State Gallery Tyrol, „The World as a Backdrop“, Innsbruck (A)
Fotomuseum Winterthur, plat(t)form 08 (CH)
Epson Kunstbetrieb, „Digital Romantic“, Düsseldorf (D)
vhs-Photogalerie, EPAP, Stuttgart (D)
Architekturzentrum im Kulturbahnhof, EPAP, Kassel (D)
Galerie Fotohof, Sailer-Steinbacher-Ziegler, Salzburg (A)
Photokina, EPAP, Köln (D)
Goethe-Institut, EPAP, Singapur
OMC Gallery, „How I see Germany“, Huntington Beach, California, USA
European Prize of Architectural Photography, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (D)
Red Dot Design Museum, Kokerei/Zeche Zollverein, Essen (D)
feldstärke 06, Kokerei/Zeche Zollverein, PACT, Essen (D)

COLLECTIONS

Fotomuseum Winterthur
Ferdinandeum, Tyrolean State Collection
Tyrolean Archive for Photographic Art & Documentary
Belvedere Vienna, Austrian State Gallery
Wienerberger AG, Kunsthalle Wien, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Videoarchive
Raiffeisen Landesbank Alto Adige, Austrian State Collection, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria

CONTACT

info@gregorsailer.com
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