ARTIST NAME Florian Hecker
TEAM NAME
GROUP Group XVIII, Apr 04 - Sept 04
DISCIPLINE Art
WEBSITE www.mego.at/hecker.html
BIO Born 1975 in Augsburg, Germany
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Studies of Computer Linguistic and Psycholinguistic, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Munich, Germany
Studies of Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria (diploma)

Solo Exhibitions

2012
- Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- Articulação, Lumiar Cité, Lisbon, Portugal
- MD72, Berlin, Germany

2010
- Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
- Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK

2009
- BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

2008
- Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK

2007
- Galerie Neu, Berlin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012
- "Nam June Paik Award 2012," Kunststiftung NRW, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
- "Art & Music – Search for New Synthesia," Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japon
- "In the Holocene," MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, USA
- "documenta 13," Kassel, Germany
- "Soundworks," ICA, London, UK
- "The Future Archive," n.b.k, Berlin, Germany
- "Surface Affect, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA
- "Relocated," MD72, Berlin, Germany

2011
- "Great Prospects!," Belvedere / 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
- Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

2012
- "Push and Pull," MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
- "Scene Grammar," Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
- "Triennale Linz 1.0," Linz, Austria
- "The Morning Line," Europäische Kulturhauptstadt 2010, Istanbul

2009
- "Corps Sonore, Architecture et Son," Archizoom/Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne, Switzerland
- "Evento 2009," Bordeaux, France
- "Transitory Objects," Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
- "The Kaleidoscopic Eye. Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection," Mori Art
Museum, Tokyo
- "UBS Openings: Saturday Live Characters, Figures and Signs," Tate Modern, London

2008
- "ars viva 07/08, Sound, Nico Dockx, Florian Hecker, Marcellvs L., Astrid Nippoldt, Kunstverein Hannover; Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, Lithuania
- "Experiment Marathon Reykjavik," Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
- "Abstracts of Syn," Medienturm, Graz, Austria

2007
"ars viva 07/08", Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

2006
- "Tina Frank, Florian Hecker. Grounded," Kunstverein Medienturm Graz, Austria

2004
- "Off the Record," Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
- "Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst," KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

2001
- "Mutations," TN Probe Gallery, Tokyo
- "Ausgeraeumt...," Secession, Vienna

Grants and Awards

- CCMIX (Center for the Composition of Music Iannis Xenakis), Paris 2004
- OCA (OFFICE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART NORWAY), Oslo 2003
- Max Pechstein Förderpreis der Stadt Zwickau, Zwickau 2003
- MAK Schindler Stipendium, Vienna 2003
- Prix Ars Electronica, Award of Destinction: Digital Musics, Linz 2003
PORTRAIT
Florian Hecker portrait
© Florian Hecker
FINAL PROJECT
"Inverted Henon Map," Sound Piece, 2004
"Inverted Henon Map," Sound Piece, 2004 image
© MAK Center / Joshua White

Project Details...
JURY
Francesco Bonami
Farshid Moussavi
Peter Noever
Heinrich Pichler
Martin Prinzhorn