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Alexander Viscio
email: viscio_2000@yahoo.com
Education:
1983 Cal Arts, MFA.
1981 Kansas City Art Institute, BFA.
Teaching:
1989-93 Jersey City State College, 3D-Design.
Awards:
2007 Federal Assistance Grant, US Embassy, Austria.
2007 Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC.
2002 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, N.Y.
2002 Franklin Furnace, New York City, N.Y.
2000 Pollock/Krasner Foundation, New York City,
1999 Artist in Residence, Austrian Chancellery, Vienna.
1994-95 Artist Fellowship, New Jersey Council on the Arts, Jersey City, N.J.
Curatorial projects:
Currently:
R-Town Extended, A weekly column on the work of international artists at, www.thenewyorkoptimist.com
2007
Through the Night Softly, Nestroyhof, Vienna.
1994-99
R-Town(s), Brooklyn, NY.
Selected solo shows:
2010
Hang Gliding with a Lazy Boy, Michaela Stock Galerie, Vienna, Aut.
Strange Positioning Systems, "Inside Islam", Outpost, Queens, NY. USA, curator, Caterina Verde.
2005
Die Demolierte Literatur, Antonio Ferrara Galerie, Vienna, AUT.
2003
Fussabstreifer, MAK, Museum of Cont./Applied Arts, Vienna, curator, Andreas Kristof
2002
A COCKTAIL BEFORE DINNER, Palais Epstein, Vienna, curator, Norbert Brunner.
1999
JOHNNIE WALKER’S SOBRIETY TEST, Semper Depot, Akadmie der bildenden Künste , Vienna, curator: Franz Graf.
1984
POSITIVE RE-INFORCEMENT, Randolf Street Gallery, Chicago, Ill. curator: Randy Alexander.
1982
LA SPECTTECOLO, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, Mo. curator: Sheri Lacy
Group shows and Events:
2009
A Book About Death, Queens Museum, Queens, N.Y. curator, Louise Weinberg
2006
SAL,Satellites, Outposts and a Ridiculous Leap of Faith, LUME Mediakeskus, Helsinki, Curator, Mauri Via Kotola.
SAL, Satellites, Outposts and a Ridiculous Leap of Faith, MAK, Museum of Cont./Applied Arts,Vienna, curator, Andreas Kristof.
2004
Vienna Coffee Table, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany, curator, Hertbert Hinteregger.
2003
Fussabstreifer, Georg Kargl Galerie, Vienna, AUT.
2002
Day Tripping to the South Fork, SOHO in Ottakring. Vienna, AUT. curator, Claudia Luenig.
FIAT,( Fear Is Always Threatening), Tar-Beach, Vienna, AUT
2001
VAL, Vehicles for Another Landscape, ORF television, Kunst Stücke, Vienna AUT.
2000
EASY KILLERS and other SOFTWEAR, Edberg Galerie, Family Bernsteiner, Vienna, AUT.
Kampfzone,(A Sobriety Test), Vienna, AUT. curator: Kunst Büro.
JIFFY, Commerce Street Gallery, Houston, TX. curator: Ramzy Telly.
1998
Hell Raiser Afflictions of the Central Nervous System, The Kitchen, NYC, curator: Anne Bonney.
1996
Works from the Permanent Collection, Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y.
Can We Talk, Basilico Fine Arts, NYC. Curators: Bloodgood/Friedman.
ATE-BALL, The KITCHEN; N.Y. curator: Katherine Greene.
The LIMON TWINS, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J. curator: Stacy Smith.
1995
BENCH-WARMER, The KITHCHEN, NYC, curator: Katherine Greene.
LIMB to LIMB, The KITHCHEN, NYC, curator: Katherine Greene.
1994
The Definitive Decade, Aljira Gallery, Newark, N.J. curator: Victor Davson.
Hell-Raiser, Mostra d’ Atre Contemporanea, Monte Carrasso, Switzerland. curator: Stefano Jermini.
A WARM SPOT, Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y. curator: Catherine Valenza.
1993
Twisted State, NYC. Curator: primary Projects.
Ebb Tide Shell Gathering, CCA, Martigny, Switzerland. curator: Stefano Jermini.
Zoo Extract, Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y. curator: Primary Projects.
FERTILE GROUND, Rushmore Outdoor Sculpture Festival, Upstate, N.Y. curator: Bill Arning.
PRIME CUT, David Zwirner Gallery, water-bar. curator: Erik Oppenheim.
Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, N.J. curated by: PPOW NYC.
1992
Essential Structures, Aljira Gallery, Newark, N.J. curator: Karl Hazelwood.
VIEWER MALE, BlumHelman Warehouse, NYC. water-bar curator: Erik Oppenheim.
1992
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, Dooley le Cappellaine, NYC. curator: Dooley le Cappellaine.
Under Thirty, Galery Metropol, Vienna, Austria. curator: Erik Oppenheim.
1986
MR WINTER’S MEAT MARKET WINDOW DISPLAY, Kansas City. Mo.
1985
ARTIST AT YOUR SEVICE, Oak Street Beach, Chicago. Ill.
1983
THE HEAT’S ON, California Inst. of the Arts, Valencia, Ca.
MY POSITION WITH RESPECT TO MY AUDIENCE, Cal Arts, Valencia, Ca.
1981
RECENT FETISHES, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, Mo. curator: Sheri Lacy.
Collections:
Bank Austria, AUT.
Sabine Kofler, Vienna, AUT.
Freunde der bildenden Kunst, Vienna,
Georg Kargl Galerie, Vienna, AUT.
Bundeskamzerlamt, Vienna, AUT.
Family Bernsteiner, Vienna, AUT.
Gunter Brodar,Vienna, AUT.
Oliver Stebich, Crozier Fine Arts, NY
Katrin Ridder, SRI International, NY
Dr. James P.D.Lynch, N.Y.
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Gregory S. Smith/Issacs Fine Art, NJ
Myra Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.
Bibliography:
Die Presse, SCHAUPLÄTZE, von Johanna Hofleitner, 25.6.10
“FALTER”, Through the Night Softly, pg. 14, Sept. 20th, 2007
"Superkünstler”, (MAK NITE), Catalogue, Curator, Andreas Kristof. 2004
“PROFIL”, Kunst Sektion , 14-01-03, pg. 129. Wien, AUT.
DER STANDARD, “Sobriety Test”, Sektion 2, pg.2 5/30/2000
NEW YORK TIMES, “A Cocktail with Your Reading”, Section C, 12/24/95
NEW YORK TIMES, The Definitive Decade”, Section C, pg.12, 11/13/94
NEW YORK TIMES, “A Warm Spot”, Section 13, pg.16, 7/24794
NEW YORK TIMES, “Three Wise Men”, Section 13, pg.12, 6/5/94
Schwabsky, Barry. “Twisted State” Catalogue, “Do the Twist”, by, NYC. 1993
Art In America, “Zoo Extracts”, Section 13, pg.12. 5/8/93
THE NEW YORKER, “By Proxy”, pg.10. column 3, 7/20/92
NEW YORK TIMES, “Essential Structures”, Section13, pg.16. 5/24/92
NEW YORK TIMES, “Small Works”, Section C, pg.16, 1/19/92
CHICAGO TRIBUNE; “Pop Art”, “Artist at Your Service”, Front page. 7/14/85
HIGH PERFORMANCE magazine. Issue #22, pg.128, 1983
HIGH PERFORMANCE magazine. Issue #17, pg.166, 1982
HIGH PERFORMANC magazine. Issue #14, pg.85, 1981
KANSAS CITY STAR, “Audience On Exhibit”, “Plaza Perform. Front pg. 10/4/80
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