Installations, videos and projects in public space


by Oliver Ressler

Biography

Oliver Ressler, born in Knittelfeld, Austria, in 1970, lives and works in Vienna.

Oliver Ressler is an artist who is doing projects on various socio-political themes. Since 1994 he has been concerned with theme specific exhibitions, projects in public space, and videos on issues of racism, migration, genetic engineering, economics, forms of resistance and social alternatives. Many of Resslers works are produced as collaborations: The ongoing project “Boom!” with the US-artist David Thorne, the films “Venezuela from Below” and “5 Factories–Worker Control in Venezuela” with the political analyst Dario Azzellini, and numerous of projects on racism and migration with artist Martin Krenn. Recently the film “What Would It Mean To Win?” in collaboration with the Australian artist Zanny Begg has been finished.

Solo-exhibitions and projects (selected)

Group exhibitions (selected)

2007
“If you see something, say something”, Gallery A4, Sydney (AU)
“Nothing for us. Everything for everyone!”, Galerie IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna (A)
“The Country of the Endangered Body”, Trafo Gallery, Budapest (HU)
“After Neurath: Like Sailors on the Open Sea”, Stroom, The Hague (NL)
Moscow Biennial, Moscow (RUS)
“Free Radicals”, The Israely Center of Digital Art, Holon (IL)
“Cities from Below”, Teseco Foundation for Contemporary Art, Pisa (I)
“Public Views”, Gandy Gallery, Bratislava (SK)
“WORKafFAIR”, Udstillingsstedet rum46, Aarhus (DK)
“Suitcase Illuminated#5”, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana (SI); Mac/Val – Musee d’art Contemporain du Val de Marne, Paris (F)
“New Economy”, Artists Space, New York (USA)
“Außen vor / On the outside”, ACC Galerie, Weimar (D)
“Retracing Territories”, Fri-Art – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Fribourg (CH)
“transRobota”, 7th Baltic Biennial of Contemporary Art, National Museum, Szczecin (PL)
“Work Fiction”, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (D)
“Reality Crossings”, 2. International Photo Festival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg 2007 (D)
“Forms of Resistance. Artists and the desire for a social change”, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
“Land of Human Rights: aise the Voice Here and Now”, <rotor>, Graz (A)
“Why do you resist?”, Center for Contemporary Central European Art, Usti nad Labem (CZ); Forum Stadtpark, Graz (A)

2006
“Capital (It Fails Us Now)”, Kunstihoone, Tallinn (EST)
“Colonialism without Colonies?”, Shedhalle, Zurich (CH)
“The People’s Choice”, Isola Art Center, Milan (I)
“Now to battle! Now to arms!”, remapping Mozart, Vienna (A)
“Not Sheep – New Urban Enclosures and Commons”, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver (CAN)
“World Unlimited”, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
“working_world.net”, Museum Arbeitswelt, Steyr (A)
“Self-Education”, Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (RUS)
“Traurig sicher, im Training”, Grazer Kunstverein / Steirischer Herbst, Graz (A)
“Strategic Questions”, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (A)
“The Shadow Cabinet”, De Appel, Amsterdam (NL)
“The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society”, Second International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville (E)
“Crime and Punishment”, Kunstihoone, Tallinn (EST)
“Street Signs and Solar Ovens”, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles (USA)
“GenderTopia”, TekniKunst 06 – Contemporary Technology Festival, Melbourne (AU)
“for example S, F, N, G, L, B, C – A Matter of Demarcation”, Shedhalle, Zurich (CH)
“A Life Less Glamorous”, O3ONE, Belgrade (SCG)

Video festivals and video presentations (selected)

2006
“Art + Activism”, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto (CAN)
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (A)
Moviemento-Kino, Linz (A)
Junge Normale, Wien (A)
Lichtblick-Kino, Berlin (D)
Okto.tv, Vienna (A)
Interferencia 2006, Barcelona (E)
Teatro Teresa Carreño, Caracas (VEN)
Impakt Festival, Utrecht (NL)
Labor Fest ’06, Roxie Theater, San Francisco (USA)
Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana (SI)
World Social Forum India, Filmfestival program “3 Screens”, Delhi (IND)
YIDFF – Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Yamagata (J)
Queen’s Film Theatre / Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast (GB)
Seoul International Labor Film and Video Festival, Seoul (KR)
Cinema Arsenale di Pisa, Pisa (I)

Videography

Artists publications / books

Curated exhibitions

Teaching in universities (selected)

Selected other activities