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Ernestine Faux ́s art practice ranges from drawing, painting, relief work, three-dimensional sculptures or objects as room or outdoor installations and sound productions. Her paintings and artifacts are abstract, non- representational, acrylic or oil paintings based on the colour surface, which are realized with a brush on the canvas. The artist consciously understands colour as an emotional language that is not only perceived through the eyes, but also reaches the mind and the whole body! In the works of art she succeeds in bringing the inner essence, the actual being, to the surface and making it visible. Just as the artist lives between Asia and Europe, there are also gaps and space- between inside her pictures, the meaning of which is not „either – or“, rather the „here aswell as there“, which reflects her personal and current world mood through her colour paintings.
bio
1958 Born in Graz, Austria
Lives and works in Graz
1972 – 1977 Academy for Fashion and Arts, Hetzendorf- Vienna, Austria
1978 – 1986 Balances her career as a fashion Designer and visual Artist, working and living in Germany, Africa, Middle East Indonesia
1986 – 1994 Resident and working in Bali
1994 Dedicating herself full-time to her calling as an artist
1996 – 1999 Splits her creative working time between Austria and Bali.
2000 The artist moves back to live in Austria
2001 – 2016 Yearly a two months work – residences trip to Asia and Bali
2017 – 2018 Research Trips to Japan -Tokyo and America – Santa Fee and Miami
2019 – 2020 Research Trips to Asia – Bali and Australia – Gold Coast
Solo Exhibitions I selection
2019 Disk & Frame I permanent sculptures in the public park I Feldkirchen bei Graz I A
2018 Chromatics I MIR Gleisdorf I Museum in the townshall I Gleisdorf I A
2017 Spring Fair Graz – Artist Pavillon I Graz I A
2013 Gallery St. Salvator I Graz I A
2012 Mall Gallery I Krone Center I Graz I A
1999 Künstlerhaus Graz I house of art I Stmk. Werksbund Kunstverein I Graz I A
1998 Künstlerhaus Graz I house of art I Stmk. Werksbund Kunstverein I Graz I A
1996 Creative Gallery I Vienna I Stmk. Werksbund Kunstverein I Vienna I A
Group Exhibitions I selection
2021 London Contemporary Art Fair 2021 I GB
2021 Borders Venice 2021 I Fragmented Identities I IT
2021 ArtEhrenhausen I sacrisART „Alte Tenne“ I Ehrenhausen I A
2020 Arttime Gallery I Abstract Lyrics I Udine I IT
2020 ArtEhrenhausen I Indoor-Outdoor „Steinhaus“ I Ehrenhausen I A
2019 Danube Art Line I Art Symposium Szent András Kastély I Bölcske I HU
2017 Artmark Gallery I Lichträume I Rooms of light I Vienna I A
2017 Ressler Kunst Auction I Auction 5 I Vienna I A
2014 Artfactory I Graz I A
2008 Donna Mobile I Gleisdorf I A
2007 Austrian Cultural Forum Bratislava I Donna Mobile I Bratislava I SK
2006 Kunsthaus Weiz I house of culture I Weiz I A
2005 Austrian Foreign Trade Office Krakow I Donna Mobile I Krakow I PL
2004 Austrian Cultural Forum Milano I Donna Mobile I Milano I ITA
2004 Austrian Cultural Forum Bled I Donna Mobile I Bled I SVN
2004 ORF I Austrian Television Gallery I Graz I Donnal Mobile I Graz I A
2003 Austrian Cultural Forum Marburg I Donna Mobile I Marburg I SVN
2003 Künstlerhaus Graz I house of art I Stmk. WB KV I Cultural City of Europe 2003 I A
2002 Gallery house of Telecommunication I Graz I Stmk. WB KV I A
1999 Künstlerhaus Graz I house of art I Stmk. WB KV I Graz I A
1998 Künstlerhaus Graz I house of art I Stmk. WB KV I Graz I A
1996 Creative Gallery I Vienna I Stmk. WB KV I Vienna I A
Selected Collections and Commissions
2020 INSIGHT MDI® I Scheelen AG Institut for Mgmt. Diagnostik I Waldshut-Tiengen I D
2019 COCOON – pyroll red I sculptural installation I Szent András Kastély Bölcske I HU
2019 SCULPTURE – DISK – saffron & iron I installation public park Feldkirchen – Graz I A
2019 SCULPTURE – FRAME – saffron & iron I installation public park Feldkirchen – Graz I A
2017 SQUARES – red I Scheelen GmbH Institut for Mgmt. Diagnostik Graz I A
2017 SCULPTURE – DISK – cadmium I installation I Garten der Seele I Güssing I A
2017 SCULPTURE – DISK – green I Installation I Garten der Seele I Güssing I A
2013 FOUR COLOURS I Scheelen GmbH Institut for Mgmt. Diagnostik Graz I A
2012 GREEN GATE I Bitepoets GmbH Software & App Developer Graz I A
2008 EARTH I Art collection I LKH Deutschlandsberg I Public Hospital I Styria I A
2006 PELEANGI I Art collection I Privat Medical Center Ragnitz I Graz I A
2006 MASMILLENIUM 1-5 I Tony Romas Restaurant I Bangkok / THAI
2005 SEVEN CIRCLES I Die Brücke I Event Center I Vienna I A
2005 MELTING CONTRAST – orange 1 I CPK Restaurant I Singapore / SING
2005 MELTING CONTRAST – orange I CPK Restaurant I Kuala Lumpur I MAL
2005 LUMINOUS LIGHT 1 I CPK Restaurant I Kuala Lumpur I MAL
2004 LUMINOUS LIGHT 2 I CPK Restaurant I Restaurant I Shanghai I CHN
2004 KAMASUTRA I Tony Romas Restaurant I Shanghai I CHN
2003 HEART RHYTHM I CPK Restaurant I Hong Kong I CHN
2001 LOTUS CIRCLE I Die Brücke I Event Center I Vienna I A
1998 YESTERDAY & TOMORROW I Tony Romas Restaurant I Berlin I D
1997 CIRCLE OF LIGHT I Art collection I Privat Medical Center Hansa I Graz I A
1996 FORTUNATE BLESSINGS I Tony Romas Restaurant I Hong Kong I CHN