Stefan Korinek

Stefan Korinek
Born in Austria, in the Weinviertel region, he lives and works in Gars am Kamp (Waldviertel).

Stefan Korinek’s artistic practice operates within the dynamic interplay of material transformation, temporality, and light. The point of departure for his works is copper — a metal understood not as a mere carrier, but as an autonomous acting entity.

Korinek deliberately refrains from using traditional paints. Instead, he initiates chemical reaction processes that allow the material itself to generate color. Oxidation becomes a formative principle, patina a painterly event. In this context, the artist does not perceive himself as the controller of the material, but rather as the catalyst of an open-ended process.

The resulting surfaces are characterized by unpredictability, density, and organic structure. In a second, consciously applied intervention, the copper plates are manually perforated using hammer and burin. These penetrations create space for integrated light sources, allowing the works to radiate from within.

Materiality and immateriality, heaviness and light, control and chance enter into a dialogical state. Korinek’s works address transience not as loss, but as continuous transformation.

Conceptually, his p...

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KOSTART GOES GERMANY
PICTURES IN THE DARK
GALERIE M BECK
NOV. DEC. 2018
HOMBURG / SAAR ( D )

KOSTART GOES FRANCE
LE CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE
OCTOBER 2018
PARIS ( F )

KOSTART GOES ESPAÑA
IBIZA ART FAIR 2018
SEPTEMBER 2018
IBIZA ( E )

KOSTART GOES GERMANY
MANDALAS
GALERIE BECK
MÄRZ 2018
HOMBURG / SAAR ( D )

DIE DESTRUKTION ALS URSACHE DES WERDENS
GALERIE BURN IN
NOV. 2017
1040 WIEN (A )

LICHT(E)PUNKTE
GALERIE CONTEMPLOR
NOV. 2016
1010 WIEN (A )

KOSTART GOES GERMANY
LICHT(E)PUNKTE
GALERIE MARZIART
OKT. / NOV. 2016
HAMBURG ( D )

LICHT(E)PUNKTE
GALLERY STEINER
APRIL / MAI 2016
1010 WIEN ( A )

KOSTART GOES SWIZZERLAND
GALERIE 100
NOV. / DEZ. 2015
AFFOLTERN / ALBIS ( CH )

KOSTART GOES CESKY
AUSSTELLUNG BEIM KULTURSALON BRECLAV
MAI / JUNI 2015
BRECLAV ( CZ )

KOSTART FAILING FORWARD
GALERIE GUIDANCE
MÄRZ 2014
1010 WIEN ( A )