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Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
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Artist Details
Multidisciplinary artist Gottfired Helnwein was born in 1948 in Vienna, Austria. He studied at the Höheren Graphischen Lehr in Vienna, Austria. He has been the subject of several solo exhibitions, including at the Städtische Galerie Forum, Wels, Austria (1979); Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany (1983); Museum für Fotografie und Zeitkunst, Bremen, Germany (1987); Goethe Institut Centre Culture Allemand, Paris, France (1992); Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland (1998); and Museum for Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey (2011). He has participated in many group exhibitions, including Wien Arena 70/11, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria (1970); Orwell und die Gegenwart, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria (1984); Fotografie, Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (1990); It's Only Rock'n Roll - Rock and Roll Currents in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (1995); Magic Vision, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR (2001); and Inferno of the Innocents, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (2011). Helnwein currently lives and works between Ireland and California.
Bio and website updated as of 2024.
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