Elisabeth
Weissensteiner
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Elisabeth Weissensteiner was born on January 24,
1958 in Vienna. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, and Mödling,
Lower Austria. After finishing her studies in Germanic Languages and
Art History (PhD) at the University of Vienna she spent two years in
the USA where first shows took place. During the following years she
traveled, studied and exhibited in England, Denmark and France. She
had solo- and group-shows in Austria and in other countries. She received
public commissions, and she is member of the Künstlerhaus Wien,
Vienna, and the International Sculpture Center. Besides she has completed
training as a professional graphic designer and has built up a feltmaking
business.
Elisabeth
Weissensteiner became a member of urbanart in 2005.
Shows
in Austria (selection):
Galerie Hrobsky, Vienna; Projekttheater Studio, Vienna; Niederösterreichisches
Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst, Lower Austria; Galerie
Arcade, Lower Austria; Kunstwerkstatt Tulln, Lower Austria; Gallery
Cachet, Vienna; Internationale Textilkunst Graz, Styria; Künstlerhaus
Wien, Vienna (participation 1998, 1997, 1994); Schloß Bruck,
Tyrol; Schloß Porcia, Carinthia; Galerie Inge Freund, Carinthia;
Galerie Tiller, Vienna; Galerie Eichgraben, Lower Austria (1992, 1994);
Galerie Thurnhof, Lower Austria; Galerie Gut Gasteil, Lower Austria;
Blaugelbe Galerie, Vienna, Blaugelbe Galerie, Zwettl, Lower Austria.
Shows
in other countries (selection):
Sculpture by the Sea, Australia; Gallery Chapman & Bailey, Australia;
Fiberart International (1995, 1997), Pittsburgh, USA; Maryland Art
Place, USA; Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Germany; Museé
du Feutre, France; International Handicrafts Exhibition and Trade
Fair Trieste, Italy.
Public
commissions (selection):
Republic of Austria; Museum of Lower Austria; City of Vienna; City
of Lienz; City of Mödling; Bank Austria; Austrian Broadcasting
Corporation; Monastery of Klosterneuburg; Parish of Purbach; Parish
of Wimpassing; Parish of St. Pölten; Parish of Krems.
