Martin Praska

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Mar­tin PRASKA was born in Wies­loch near Hei­del­berg in 1963. 1985 to 1990 stud­ies at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts Vien­na. 1986 sil­ver Füger­preis. 1987 work­ing schol­ar­ship from Invest Kred­it AG, 1993 painter sym­po­sium Wer­fen, Salzburg, 1994 for­eign schol­ar­ship Kru­mau, Czech Repub­lic, 1998 for­eign schol­ar­ship Lon­don. Since 1995 mem­ber of the artists’ asso­ci­a­tion MAERZ. 1999 Foun­da­tion of the artist group Die Halbe Truth. 2002 to 2004 chair­man of IG BILDENDE KUNST Aus­tria. 2008 co-founder of the artist group ks Unit­ed Painters. Numer­ous exhi­bi­tions and par­tic­i­pa­tion in exhi­bi­tions at home and abroad, includ­ing in Aus­tria, Ger­many and Lux­em­bourg. In Praska’s for­ays into the his­to­ry of paint­ing, there are con­scious recourse to Old Mas­ters, Popart, Fluxus and Expres­sion­ism. The artist has lived and worked in Vien­na since 1992. 2008 – first exhi­bi­tion in the gallery Welz.

Mar­tin PRASKA was born in Wies­loch near Hei­del­berg in 1963. 1985 to 1990 stud­ies at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts Vien­na. 1986 sil­ver Füger­preis. 1987 work­ing schol­ar­ship from Invest Kred­it AG, 1993 painter sym­po­sium Wer­fen, Salzburg, 1994 for­eign schol­ar­ship Kru­mau, Czech Repub­lic, 1998 for­eign schol­ar­ship Lon­don. Since 1995 mem­ber of the artists’ asso­ci­a­tion MAERZ. 1999 Foun­da­tion of the artist group Die Halbe Truth. 2002 to 2004 chair­man of IG BILDENDE KUNST Aus­tria. 2008 co-founder of the artist group ks Unit­ed Painters. Numer­ous exhi­bi­tions and par­tic­i­pa­tion in exhi­bi­tions at home and abroad, includ­ing in Aus­tria, Ger­many and Lux­em­bourg. In Praska’s for­ays into the his­to­ry of paint­ing, there are con­scious recourse to Old Mas­ters, Popart, Fluxus and Expres­sion­ism. The artist has lived and worked in Vien­na since 1992. 2008 – first exhi­bi­tion in the gallery Welz.

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