OSWALD OBERHUBER

Oberhuber quickly established himself as an artist and a connoisseur of art. In 1964/65, he became the artistic advisor to Otto Mauer for Galerie nächst St. Stephan, which he took over in 1973 and directed until 1978. He also was a professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna from 1973 to 1998 and served as rector of the university from 1979 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995.

In 1972, Oswald Oberhuber represented Austria at the 38th Venice Biennale. He participated in documenta 6 in 1977 and documenta 7 in 1982 in Kassel. In 2013, he designed the Iron Curtain for the Vienna State Opera. His works have been shown in numerous solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including in 1973 at Kunsthalle Basel, in 1987 at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, in 1987 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, in 1993 at Kulturhaus Graz, in 2006 at the Secession, Vienna, in 2006 at the Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck and in 2016 at Belvedere 21, Vienna.

In recognition of his work, he received the City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts in 1978, the Tyrolean State Prize for Art and the Austrian State Prize for International Cultural Exchange in 1990, the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1st class in 2004 and in 2016 the Austrian decoration of honor for Science and Art.