Eva Moosbrugger

Eva Moosbrugger

Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria

About Eva Moosbrugger

My inspiration is the beauty inherent in nature, f. e. a sunrise, plants, animals, pebbles I find in the vegetable patch in my garden… Playing with form, colour and light, I reinterpret with a contemporary approach what has been defined as a medieval ‘aesthetics of light’, based on the visual perception of material things whose luminosity could encounter the luminous nature within the human being. Using medieval glassmaking traditions, I explore the different properties and perceptions of the material, particularly Murano glass. I am generally interested in genesis and the nature of all, and influence: Philosophical, religious and social approaches, doctrines and systems as well as approaches to a natural scientific comprehension of the world or to its artistic interpretation. I'm working in cycles, exploring an idea, image or allegorical reference through a number of related pieces that provide differing approaches. I like using glass. It allows me to combine subtle coloration with formed shapes. By removing successive layers at crucial points, I create openings which draw the attention of the eye and the mind to what is going on deep inside the object. Awards: 2017 German Design Award, Winner. The German Design Council’s International Premier Prize for Excellent Product Design. http://www.german-design-award.com/en/the-winners/gallery/detail/7496-final-peace-fine-art-urns-by-eva-moosbrugger.html 2016 Art Aurea: International competition for all sections of the applied arts: Winner 2015 focus open, Int. Designprice, Germany: Winner 2009 cartazini Biennial Art Award, semifinalist www.cartazini.com/links

Education:

Born 11th April 1957 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Austrian. I live and work in Dornbirn, Austria and Venice, Italy.
Since 1974 autodidactic studies of painting and material techniques.
Since 1981 various exhibitions and exhibition participations in Europe, USA, China and Japan.
1984 Change to three-dimensional art; creation of wall- and room-installations made of wood, iron, photography, concrete and stones.
1985 Studies of Raku-Ceramics. Integration of ceramic objects in the installations.
1989 First stone sculptures.
1992 Summer Academy Salzburg, teacher: Jim Dine.
1995 Initiation of glass art.
2008 Initiation of large-sized sculpture for public space.
2015 Launches the label Memory Objects by Eva Moosbrugger

Events:

February 5, 2020 –January 31, 2021
WHO DOES THE BÖDELE BELONG TO?
To understand a cultural landscape
STADTMUSEUM DORNBIRN
Austria, 6850 Dornbirn, Marktplatz 1
Opening Hours: Tu – Su from 10am – 5pm

Exhibitions:

2020 Stadtmuseum Dornbirn: WHO DOES THE BÖDELE BELONG TO? To understand a cultural landscape. Dornbirn AT
2020 MESOCOSMOS. Individual Exhibition.
Hirschenau, Schwarzenberg. Bregenzerwald AT
2019 and 2020 Notojima Glass Art Museum: International Exhibition Of Glass. Kanazawa, Japan
2019 The Venice Glass Week. Venice IT
2019 Glass Museum Lette, Germany: New Acquisitions
2018 Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design Nürnberg, Germany: Glass - Vessel - Object
2018 The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, presented by Saatchi Art
2017 Austrian Glass Core, Venice, Italy
2016 Museum of the Arts, Bornholm Denmark: European Glass Context
2014 Veste Coburg, European Museum for Contemporary Glass, Coburg, Germany
2013 A.E.I.O.U. – Austrian Art in the Collection Würth, Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
2013 5ème Biennale Internationale du Verre, Strasbourg, France
2012 Edsvik Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden: European Sculpture
2010 Grand Palais des Champs Elysées, Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Paris, France
2010 Martini Arte Internazionale, Nave Gallery, Torino, Italy: Contemporary European Sculpture – 30 Positions.
2009 cartazini Biennial International Art Award – voted amongst the best 100 artworks
2009 Int. Sculpture Triennial ragARTz, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
2009 Romanischer Keller, Hypo Galerie, Salzburg AT: Individual exhibition
2008 Museum of the Arts, Bornholm DK: European Glass Context 2008
2008 International Design Festival Hangzhou, PR China
2004 Notojima Glass Art Museum, Japan
2004 Hilton Hotel, Vienna, AT: Permanent Installation in Joe Zawinul's Bar Birdland and in the Restaurant
2002 USA, SOFA Chicago
2002 Glass Ways, Museo d’ Aosta, IT: European Glass from it’s origins until present
2002 and 2004 The Corning Museum of Glass, N. Y. USA: New Glass Review 23 and 25
2002 Glassmuseet Ebeltoft DK: Glass and Poetry
2001 and 2003 Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Hokkaido, Japan
2001 and 2004 The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
1998 Biennale “Venezia Aperto Vetro”, Venice IT
1998 Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg GE
1997 Museum of Contemporary Art Het Paleis, The Hague NL

COLLECTIONS
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin GE, Glasmuseum Frauenau GE, Stiftung Würth Künzelsau GE, Sammlung Würth Künzelsau GE, Collection Claire et Giovanni Sarti Paris FR, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft DK, Sammlung Uwe Holy Ermatingen CH, Artothek Bundeskanzleramt Wien AT, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum Bregenz AT, Stadt Dornbirn AT, Sammlung Jürg und Edda Zumtobel Dornbirn AT, Sammlung Otten Hohenems AT