info@michaelfanta.com​​
*1989 Graz
lives in Vienna and Athens
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Education
2016 Diploma Master of Arts, Class of Daniel Richter, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AT)
2012 Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik (IS)
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Residencies
2024 Foreign Studio Scholarship of the Provincial Government of Styria, Belgrade (SRB)
Kyan Residency, Athens (GR)
2023 Art 11 Residency, Kraskow (PL)
2022 Officina Stamperia del Notaio Residency, Sicily (IT)
2019 Athens Standards Residency, Athens (GR)
2018 Marianne-Defet-Painting-Stipend, Nuremberg (DE)
Scuola di Grafica Internazionale Printmakers Residency, Venice (IT)
2015 Foreign Studio Scholarship of the Provincial Government of Styria, Zagreb (CR)
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Assistant Work
2014 Studio Assistant for Tal R, Kopenhagen (DK)
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Publications
2024 One Hundred Small Oil Paintings, Self Publishing
2019 WC (Watercolor), Self Publishing
2018 Night Out, Institute of Modern Art Nuremberg
Dark Bar, Verlag Forum Stadtpark
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Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2024 Key to the Gate, Kultur in Graz, Graz (AT)
2023 Pushed to the Edge, Fortuna, Vienna (AT)
Rigid Son, Gallery Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
Private View, Rooming Inn, Vienna (AT)
Locus Solus, Berber-Arts Blazek, Graz (AT)
2022 Chewing Gum in Class, Rhizom, Graz (AT)
2020 Zirkusgasse 38 presents: (with Tallal Shammout), Zirkusgasse 38, Vienna (AT)
Babyface, Zeller van Almsick Projects at Konsulat Sudios, Berlin (DE)
2019 Fensterblick (with Gabor Kiraly), Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest (HU)
Michael Fanta and Emelie Sandström, Pina Vienna (AT)
2018 Tiefer Hängen, Gallery Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
Night Out, Institute of Modern Arts, Nuremberg (DE)
2017 Neue Bilder, Startgalerie im Musa, Vienna (AT)
Rock Bottom Show, Gallery Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2016 Artist statement, Parallel Vienna (AT)
Mama fertig (Diploma Exhibition), Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AT)
Stadthallenbad / Norbert geht ins Hotel (with Anna Schachinger), FAN, Vienna (AT)
2015 Private View I, Gallery Crone, Vienna (AT)
Part of the Game, Kunsthalle Graz (AT)
Gallery Statement for Gallery Crone, Parallel Vienna (AT)
2013 14.11.13, Kunstwerkraum Graz (AT)
1.10.13, Ve.sch, Vienna (AT)
2012 Malverk, Artima Galleri, Reykjavik (IS)
2010 Michael Fanta and Mads Westrup, Semperdepot, Vienna (AT)
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Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2023 Hang me up to dry, Schaulager, Vienna (AT)
Wir legen alles Geld zusammen, Kunstverein Schattendorf (AT)
2022 Broken Mirror, Galeria Zucchato, Porec (CR)
The Disorganized Body, Gallery Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2020 Klasse! Richter, Helmuts Art Club, Vienna (AT)
Body Lotion, Gallery Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (AT)
2019 Svart gall, Gallery Port, Reykjavik (IS)
Sternbildgrenzen, Library of the Province of Styria, Graz (AT)
2018 Collectors (1), Kunstraum Super, Vienna (AT)
2016 Absolute Beginnings, Zeller van Almsick Projects, Vienna (AT)
2015 Time to Fill up the Glass, Gallery Crone, Berlin (DE)
To Define and Punish, Galeri Jacob Bjorn, Aarhus (DK)
2014 100 Painters Of Tomorrow, One Art Space, New York City (US)
[malerei], Rhizom, Graz (AT)
The Unwritten, mo.ë, Vienna (AT)
Non-Sequitur, Beers Contemporary, London (GB)
2013 Small Pieces III/2, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz (AT)
London/Vienna Calling, Mile End Art Pavillon, London (GB)
C’est la vie, Federal Ural University, Jekaterinburg (RU)
2012 Off Venue, Listahaskoli Islands, Reykjavik (IS)
2011 Gallery Statement, Gallery Gaudens Pedit at Art Hungary, Budapest (HU)
Turn on Turn off, Gallery Lisa Ruyter, Vienna (AT)
2010 Young Painting, Die Ausstellungsstraße, Vienna (AT)
2009 Status Quo, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna (AT)
Klasse Richter, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)
2008 On the Right, curated by Tal R, Vesch, Vienna (AT)
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