IEEB4l has the privilege of welcoming two important curators, from Austria and Poland, Eva Moseneder and Marta Raczek, responsable with the selection of artists, taking into account the relation between technique and concept, tradition and innovation with the accent on experiment.
Eva Möseneder is an important name in the field of engraving, an artist and remarkable technician coming from the well-known medium of the city of Salzburg, concentrated around the printmaking studio TraklHouse. Marta Raczek is vice-president of the International Printmaking Triennial in Krakow, active curator and art historian, interested in the problematic of contemporary art theories and practices. This curatorial formula is actually based on this particular relation between tradition and experiment, both curators having different experiences and connections to the field of printmaking, but whose interests meet the unifying concept of the Biennial focused on promoting the contemporary dimension of engraving.
For the parallel exhibition Romanian Printmaking Experiment from the ‘70s and ‘80s, the Romanian curator Adrian Guta, important art critic and historian, took the challenge of selecting relevant Romanian artists, active in the 80s, who included in their works experimental printmaking solutions. This exhibition has the purpose of recovering and encouraging the Romanian experiment in graphic art, and also making it better known to the local and international public.
Marta Raczek [POL]
born in 1979; graduated from Art History and Media & Culture Studies, both at the Jagiellonian University. At present is PhD in Humanities (Discipline: Arts). She is assistant professor at Frycz-Modrzewski’s Krakow Academy (Faculty of Humanisties, Department of Culture Studies). She is art critic and theoretician, as well as free-lance curator. She is the Vice-President of the International Print Triennial in Krakow. She cooperates with the Sektor Art Foundation in Katowice Audio-Art Festival in Krakow and Gdynia and with the New Music Society „avantgarde tirol“ in Schwaz. She gives lectures at the Media & Culture Studies, Postgraduated Culture Studies and Postgraduated Gender Studies (all at the Jagiellonian University), as well as visiting lectures concerning art history and theory. As a curator she organised more than 20 solo and group exhibitions of artists from Poland and abroad in many important galeries and culture institutions like BWA Gallery in Katowice, Upper Silesian Culture Centre in Katowice, Kloster Bentlage in Rheine (Germany), Contemporary Art Gallery „Elektrownia“ in Czeladz and Gallery Container in Rome (Italy). As an art critic, she permanently cooperates with „Exit. New Polish Art“ quarterly and „Obieg“ Magazine. She also wrires in the following art and culture magazines: „Odra”, „Opcje”, „Arteon”, „Zadra“ and „Sztuka.pl”. She writes texts to catalogues of different exhibitions, as well as articles related to film and new media.
Eva Möseneder [AUT]
1957 Born in Ried in Innkreis. Since 1976 Living in Salzburg. Studied at the Mozarteum, Salzburg. Painting and Printmaking with Prof. Peter Prandstetter
Since 1978 Working at the Graphic Workshop in the Traklhaus. 1988 Establishment of an own printmaking studio. Assistant Teacher at the International Summer Academy Salzburg. 1980/81 Etching with Rudolf Hradil. 1982/85/88/99 with Uwe Bremer, Etching, Woodcut, Drawing. 1990/91 Graphic Workshop with Konrad Winter, Anton Drioli and Martin Gredler. 1992 Conducted the Graphic Workshop with Anton Drioli. 1994 Conducted the Graphic Workshop with Anton Drioli and Uwe Bremer. 1986 Slavi Soucek Prize - Salzburg Provincial Government. 1986/87 Lectureship at the Art History Department of Salzburg University. 1987 Artist’s symposium in Vilnius, Lithuania. 1987-2000 Teacher at the Northern Illinois University. Salzburg College Printmaking, Drawing and Painting. Since1990 Lectureship at the Mozarteum, University of Salzburg. Graphic class with Prof. Stejskal. Member of the ODD artist group, with Anton Drioli, Martin Gredler, Rupert Gredler and Steve R. Mathewson. 1992 - 98 Conducted ”Etching“ course for the Salzburg Artist’s Workshop Association. 1995 Conducted the etching course at symposium ”Kunstleben“, Kloster Irsee with Uwe Bremer. 1998 Artist in residence, City of Budapest. 1999 Board member of the Graphic Workshop in the Traklhaus/Salzburg. 2000 Board member of the youth centre ”Corner“ Itzlng/Salzburg. 2001 Artist in residence City of Dresden/Graphic Workshop Dresden. 2002 Artist in residence in Cape Town, South Africa at the Hardground Printmaking Studios. 2003 Mural commission from the City of Salzburg. 2005 Participant at graphic symposium ”Printed Affairs“ Central Asia-Tajikistan / Austria-Wallsee. 2007 Board member of ”Dialog Central“ Association for the Encouragement of Dialogue with Central Asia. Graphic workshop at the Hacettepe –University Ankara Turkey. Participant at the artist symposium at Aba – University of Mersin, Turkey. Participant at the 2.EGEART of EGE- University Izmir Turkey.
Publications
”Female Artists in Salzburg“, Barbara Wally Salzburg 1991 ISBN 3-901014-08-X. Catalogue for the exhibition ”Zeitzeichen –Sign of the Times“, Text Vicky Weiss, 1995. „ODD – A Magazine“, Hadernverlag 1995. Catalogue for the exhibition ”ODD“, Westwendish Art Association, 1997. “Naturalien“, Etchings by Eva Möseneder, Text Elisabeth Rath, Salzburg 2001. Catalogue for the Exhibition ”Sudden Death“, Westwendish Art Association, 2004. Catalogue for the Exhibition, ”Knoten Salzburg – Krumau“, Text Karl- Markus Gauss, Salzburg 2007. ”Mit Hand und Fuß“ (With Hand and Feet), Catalogue, Text Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt, Salzburg 2008
Adrian Guta [RO]
born on January 17, 1956 in Cluj, Romania. Lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. Art historian and art critic, art curator. PhD in art history. Main fields of research: international and Romanian art since World War II, international and Romanian contemporary visual arts.
Olivia Nitis [RO] - IEEB4 consultant curator
art critic and curator. She is a PhD student in art history at the Faculty of Art and Design of the University of West in Timisoara. Member of The International Association of Art Critics (AICA) since 2009 and regional coordinator for The Feminist Art Project (Rutgers University, New Jersey) since 2008. She is currently a research assistant at the Institute of Art History “G.Oprescu” of the Romanian Academy. She is the author of the volume: Oglinda in fata femeii. Masti si structuri interioare ale femeii in artele vizuale (Publised by Triade, Timisoara, 2004). She curated and organized the first major international contemporary feminist art project in Romania, Perspective 2008. She has been published with texts on feminist art and contemporary art in important local and international publications, catalogs and collective volumes. She published a paper on Material Histories. Feminism and Feminist Art in Post-Revolutionary Romania in volume in 2009 in the only international feminist art journal in the world n.paradoxa.
