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Reinhard Gupfinger

MA PhD

Senior Lecturer for Sculpture / Art EducationDepartment Fine Arts & DesignInstitute for Open Arts

Reinhard Gupfinger is a senior lecturer and post-doc researcher at the Department of Fine Arts & Design, where he is working in the context of sculpture and the "Nexus of textile and sound". He studied at the University of Art and Design in Linz, in his artistic work he pushes the boundaries of hybrid sound art, sculpture and technology to create an awareness of the sonic environment.

Amongst other recognitions, he has received the State Prize for Media Art, Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria (2020) and the Award of Excellence for Dissertation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (2019).

  • 2021: State Prize for Media Art, Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria
  • 2020: Award of Excellence for Dissertation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
  • 2014: STARTStipendium for Video and Media Art, BMUKK, Austria
  • 2013: Talentförderungsprämie, Interdisziplinäre Kunstformen, Upper Austria
  • 2011: LAB.30 Award, Ausgburg, Germany
  • 2011: Alumni Award, University for Art and Design Linz
  • 2009: Art Prize of the City Linz
  • 2008: Grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research

2023  

  • Volume EPO1 / Trutnov, Czech Republic
  • Blind Date / Nordico / Linz, Austria
  • KUNSTLABOR 2 / Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA) / Munich, Germany
  • Artschnitzel Festival / Munich, Germany

2022   

  • BAF Contemporary Art Fair / Bergamo, Italy
  • Landgänge X / Kirchen zu St. Peter St. Peter / Freistadt, Austria

2021   

  • ST.ART European Contemporary Art Fair / Strasbourg, France
  • Linzer Kunstsalon / Schlossmuseum LINZ / Linz, Austria
  • Experimentierfeld celebrates 10-year birthday / KLUCKYLAND / Vienna, Austria

2020   

  • Quartier-Parcours Gaswerk / Augsburg, Germany
  • GRAFFITI & BANANAS / NORIDICO Stadtmuseum / Linz, Austria
  • Es ist MAERZ / MAERZ / Linz, Austria
  • Kultur Braucht Kunst! / Schlossmuseum / Linz, Austria
  • UNTITLED / Studiogalerie der KUNSTSAMMLUNG / Linz, Austria
  • zu Egon Hofmann / MAERZ / Linz, Austria

2019   

  • Kunstankäufe Land Salzburg / Kunst im Traklhaus / Salzburg, Austria
  • MADATAC X / Madrid, Spain

2018   

  • Kunst Labor / MUCA / Munich, Germany
  • Galerie výtvarného umění v Chebu / Na dosah 3 / Cheb, Czech Republic
  • Sound Shifting / galerie 20gerhaus / Ried, Austria
  • Galerie města Plzně / Na dosah 3 /Greifbar nah 3 / Plzně, Czech Republic
  • It Sounds Devicive! / Bath, UK?
  • Athens Digital Arts Festival / Athens, Greece
  • STROKE ART FAIR / Munich, Germany

2017   

  • Sound Shifting / MAERZ / Linz, Austria
  • Sound Shifting / Traklhaus / Salzburg, Austria
  • every which way / Galerie Beate Berndt / Augsburg, Germany

2016   

  • kristallin #37 / Experimentierfelder 2015 / Salzamt / Linz, Austria
  • Silent House of Prayer / Galerie Beate Berndt / Augsburg, Germany
  • Silent House of Prayer / Kulturhaus Abraxas / Augsburg, Germany
  • DEIN VIERTEL DEINE LEINWAND / Gärtnerplatzviertel / Munich, Germany
  • ARTMUC / Praterinsel / Munich, Germany
  • Interface Culture Pop Up Show / Ars Electronica Center / Linz, Austria
  • MINIFESTA #2 / Atelier Suterena / Vienna, Austria
  • Der Brand meines Hauses ist Unheil und Flamme zugleich / MAERZ / Linz, Austria

2015   

  • The Wrong / New Digital Art Biennale / online and in selected locations worldwide
  • MINIFESTA / Salzamt / Linz, Austria
  • UmFunktionssystem / periscope / Salzburg, Austria
  • Experimentierfeld Aarau / Die GARAGE / Aarau, Swiss
  • Chasing Max Mustermann / Designhalle / Graz, Austria
  • tage des elektronischen bewegtbildes / Munich, Germany
  • kristallin #8 / Salzamt / Linz, Austria

2014   

  • Sonar+D / Sonar Festival / Barcelona, Spain
  • Linzer Kunstsalon / Landesgalerie Linz / Linz, Austria
  • Das Absolute Objekt / Raumschiff / Linz, Austria

2013   

  • Supersummativ / Gallery Maerz / Linz, Austria
  • Preise und Talente / OÖ Kulturquartier / Linz, Austria
  • Kryptophonie / Salzburg, Austria      
  • Ukradena Galerie / Český Krumlov, Czech Republic      
  • Politischer Stillstand / NORDICO Stadtmuseum / Linz, Austria
  • Architektur und Klang / afo architekturforum oberösterreich / Linz, Austria
  • Linz Impuls, Import, Export, Salzamt / Linz, Austria

2012   

  • Centre for Sound Art and Experimental Music / Seydisfjördur, Iceland       Künstlervereinigung MAERZ / Linz, Austria

2011   

  • LAB30 Festival / Augsburg, Germany
  • Coded Cultures Festival / Vienna, Austria
  • LeonArt Festival / Leonding, Austria
  • Ars Electronica Festival / Linz, Austria
  • IIE / Oktogon HFBK Dresden / Dresden, Germany
  • PlayFace InterCult / Museumsquartier 21 / Vienna, Austria
  • Speculum Artium / New Media Art Festival / Trbovlje, Slovenia
  • Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ / U/Hof / Linz, Austria

2010   

  • Amber Art and Technology Festival / Sanat Limanı / Istanbul, Turkey
  • Playful Interface Cultures / Ars Electronica Exhibition / Linz, Austria
  • Graduate exhibition of the Institute of Advanced Media Arts / Ogaki / Gifu, Japan