Helmut Swoboda

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Hel­mut SWOBODA was born on Jan­u­ary 1st, 1958 in Amstet­ten / Low­er Aus­tria. From 1975 to 1979, he grad­u­at­ed from the Höhere Graphis­che Bun­deslehr- und Ver­such­sanstalt in Vien­na. From 1979 to 1984 he stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na (mas­ter class Wolf­gang Hol­legha). Nature is a source of inspi­ra­tion for Hel­mut Swo­bo­da. His paint­ings show the rough­ness of the moun­tain land­scapes that fas­ci­nate the artist. In his recur­ring motifs, he tries to repro­duce the move­ments of water, to cap­ture the rhythm and trans­fer it to the can­vas. He works with brush­es, brooms, sponges, scraps and mate­ri­als that he finds in nature. Swo­bo­da’s art thrives on the dialec­tic between ref­er­ence to nature and the auton­o­my of the some­times quite mono­chrome con­densed image (Peter Weier­mair). Since 1984, the artist has par­tic­i­pat­ed in exhi­bi­tions and art fairs in Aus­tria and abroad and has received numer­ous hon­ors, prizes and awards, includ­ing the “trend art spec­trum” prize (1985), the Low­er Aus­tria Pro­mo­tion Prize for Fine Arts (1988), the San­doz Art Prize (1995) and the Cul­tur­al Prize of the City of Amstet­ten (1998). Hel­mut Swo­bo­da lives and works in Amstet­ten and Vien­na. 1999 – first exhi­bi­tion in the gallery Welz.

Hel­mut SWOBODA was born on Jan­u­ary 1st, 1958 in Amstet­ten / Low­er Aus­tria. From 1975 to 1979, he grad­u­at­ed from the Höhere Graphis­che Bun­deslehr- und Ver­such­sanstalt in Vien­na. From 1979 to 1984 he stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na (mas­ter class Wolf­gang Hol­legha). Nature is a source of inspi­ra­tion for Hel­mut Swo­bo­da. His paint­ings show the rough­ness of the moun­tain land­scapes that fas­ci­nate the artist. In his recur­ring motifs, he tries to repro­duce the move­ments of water, to cap­ture the rhythm and trans­fer it to the can­vas. He works with brush­es, brooms, sponges, scraps and mate­ri­als that he finds in nature. Swo­bo­da’s art thrives on the dialec­tic between ref­er­ence to nature and the auton­o­my of the some­times quite mono­chrome con­densed image (Peter Weier­mair). Since 1984, the artist has par­tic­i­pat­ed in exhi­bi­tions and art fairs in Aus­tria and abroad and has received numer­ous hon­ors, prizes and awards, includ­ing the “trend art spec­trum” prize (1985), the Low­er Aus­tria Pro­mo­tion Prize for Fine Arts (1988), the San­doz Art Prize (1995) and the Cul­tur­al Prize of the City of Amstet­ten (1998). Hel­mut Swo­bo­da lives and works in Amstet­ten and Vien­na. 1999 – first exhi­bi­tion in the gallery Welz.

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