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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