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Otto Zitko
Biography
Otto Zitko (Linz, 1959). He lives and works in Viena. From 1977 to 1982, he studied in University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1996 he won the Msgr. Otto Mauer Award and in 2004 he is awarded with the City of Vienna Award for Fine Arts prize.
He has had numerous exhibitions, in galleries and museums, as Museum Angerlehner, Thalheim/Wels (2022); Leopold Museum, Vienna (2021); Albertina Modern Museum, Vienna (2021); Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus/Suha (2021); CRONE BERLIN, Berlin (2020 y 2021); LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz (2019); Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna (2017); Heinrich Ehrhardt Galerie, Madrid (2015); Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (2015); 21er Haus, Vienna (2015); Wien Museum, Vienna (2015); MUSA, Vienna (2015); Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (2015); The State Hermitage Museum – General Staff Building, St. Petersburg (2014); Kunsthalle zu Kiel (2014); Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal (2013); artroom Würth-Austria, Böheimkirchen (2013); Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (2013, 2003); Art Museum, Sotschi (2012); 21er Haus, Vienna (2012); Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten (2012); The Essential Collection, Zurich (2012); Haus der Kunst St. Josef, Solothurn (2012); The Brno House of Arts (2012); Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz (2011); Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2011); Tresor bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna (2011); Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz (2011); Arnolfini, Bristol (2010); Leopold Museum, Vienna (2010); MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2010, 2005); MARTa Herford (2010, 2005); Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2009); LAAC / FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque (2009); Sala Terrena, Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt (2009); arte-ria, Locarno (2008); Kunsthalle Bern (2008); Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig (2007); Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano (2007); Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (2006); Salzburger Kunstverein (2006); La Colección Jumex, Ecatepec (2006); Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2005); Tucson Museum of Art, AZ (2005);
Shanghai Art Museum (2005); National Art Museum of China Beijing (2005); Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xi’an (2005); Guangdong Museum of Art (2005); Novosibirsk State Art Museum (2005); Austrian Cultural Forum Prague (2004); Cheim & Read, New York (2003); Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (2003); Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2003); Cultural Capital of Europe, Graz (2003); MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA (2002); Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City (2001); Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (2000); Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (1999); Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (1999); dAPERTutto, Biennale di Venezia, Venice (1999); Secession, Vienna (1998, 1992, 1987, 1986); 9th Triennale India, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (1997); Frankfurter Kunstverein (1997); Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (1996); Künstlerhaus, Vienna (1996); Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (1996); École d’Architecture, Rouen (1995); Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstraße, Munich (1995); Raum aktueller Kunst, Vienna (1995); Kunsthalle Bern (1994); Kunstverein in Hamburg (1994); Culturcentrum Wolkenstein, Stainach (1994); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (1990); BWZ, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (with Herbert Brandl and Franz West) (1990); De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (1990); Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (1989); Graphic Art Collection Albertina, Vienna (1988); Bonner Kunstverein (1988); Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (1987); Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna (1986); Aperto, Biennale di Venezia, Venice (1986); Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (1986); Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna (1985); Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (1984); Forum Stadtpark, Graz (1984). Su trabajo se encuentra en instalaciones permanentes como Premium Point, Bukarest (2009); Skopik & Lohn Restaurant, Vienna (2006); MMCA, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (2003); Parish church St. Andrae, Graz (2003); University Hospital, Innsbruck (2001); Grand Hyatt, Berlin (2001); University of Innsbruck (1999); Grand Hyatt, Berlin (1998); S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (1996); Business-Park Vienna (1994).
His work is included in major collections, both public and private, such as Essl Museum – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Landesmuseum Niederösterreich, St. Pölten, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Sammlung Ploner, Vienna, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Mezzanin Stiftung für Kunst, Schaan or Fundación Barrié – A Coruña , A Coruña.