Artist Biography & About |Wolfgang Semmelrock

About Wolfgang

Short Bio

Born in 1971, lives and works in Vienna and internationally. As a self-taught artist free of academic conventions, he developed a huge Oeuvre and individual language over the last 20 years until now. Since diagnosed with muscle-dystrophy, he follows his path as an interdisciplinary artist and curator of visionary projects.

Present works and projects are the „PlanetSound“ Project, „SoundHelmet“, „WeltenRaum“ series and „Circle of Peace“ with his inflatable objects, large-scale paintings, photography, painting/object performances. He worked with and learned from Chinese artists, the Zhou Brothers. Wolfgang also practiced East-Asian Calligraphy and painting with his Japanese Zen-Calligraphy-Master in the USA. He is a trained architect and art-therapist.

Chronology

Find out about my path, the projects I curated or awards I received.

Education

1990

Abitur / Baden-Baden / Germany

1990-1993

Learning Steelwork (Kunstschlosserlehre) and Photography & Design
Studies (Werbeagentur) / Hannover / Germany

1993-1998

Study Architecture – Technical University – TU Vienna / A

1998-2003

Study and Works on experimental Architecture and pneumatic Art / A / UK
/ USA

2003-2013

Study East-Asian Calligraphy & Painting with Kazuaki Tanahashi / A / USA

2008

International SummerAcademy / Painting Class / Zhou Brothers / Salzburg
/ A

2006-2010

Study multi-media ArtTherapy / ÖAGG / A

Training in shamanism for therapists (certified 2008) / TAOB / Dr.Carlo
zumStein / CH

Training in transpersonal psychology and holotropic breathwork –
Dr.Sylvester Walch

(certified 2011) / ÖATP / A – certified practitioner (2013) / GTT /
Stanislav Grof / USA

Projects as Curator

2002 & 2008

SOHO in Ottakring – Installation/performance with M. Fischer,
Machfeld,.. Vienna /A

2003 & 2004

DAS MÖBEL Vienna /A Inflatable furniture Prototypes for
Showroom/Bar- and shop Tables / Sofa / Chairs / Lamps / Bag S23

2008 – 2016

ONE-STROKE Painting Performances No.#1 – No.#10 CH / A / USA

2014/15/16

Rooftop Installations at the Wiener Würstelstand Bitzinger –
Albertinaplatz Wien / A

2012 & 2013

AUFBLAS BAR / Yppenplatz / Vienna / A – Art Bar – Construction and
hosting – Architecture. 40m2 with inflatable Bar- and Roofelements –
documented at the Archive of the Center for Architecture Vienna.

2019

PlanetenLaboratorium / Gallery Walker Park / Carinthia / A

2020

Pop-Up Gallery PlanetenKlang / Maria Wörth – Hotel Linde / Carinthia / A

2018 – now

PLANETENKLANG 1-5 — Interdisciplinary Art-Project / Gustav Mahler
Composition Hut & Alban Berg Waldhaus Park / A

Artist in Residencies, Studios, Art Fairs, Collaborations

2009

Studio Work with Kazuaki Tanahashi / Berkeley / CA / USA

2009

Artist in Residence at the Zhou B Art Center / Chicago / USA

2010

Artist in Residence at Villa Sträuli / Winterthur / CH

2002-2004

Studio from the Palmers Group in Vienna 7 / A

2004-2007

Studio for Fine Arts at the Castle Hollenburg / Krems a.d.D. / A

2011

Studio at the Zhou B. Art Center / Chicago / IL / USA

2012 -now

Studio for Pneumatic & Fine Art in Vienna 11 / A (permanent)

Studio in Chicago / USA (temporary)

2009

Museum of Contemporary Art Warehouse Exhibition for Art Chicago 2009

2018

Saatchi Art Fair – Mana Contemporary in Chicago / IL / USA

2019

UNO Vienna – Art Position for Int. Spaceconference COPUOS with UNOOSA /
BMEIA

2019 -now

Guiding and creating Workshops for museum education and art mediation as
with Kunstvermittlung Künstlerhaus, Planetenklang Association, a.o. CH /
IT / A

Awards, Scholarships, Memberships and Auctions

2021

Scholarship for visual arts / Stipendium für Bildende Kunst des Landes
Kärnten / A

Since 2019

Member / Association of Austrian Artists – Künstlerhaus Vienna / A

Since 2001

Member / Art-Association of Carinthia – Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt / A

2003

BACA Art-Award and purchase of Bank Austria / Gallery 3 / A

Since 2005

Commissioned works and purchases of public Institutions (>Collections)
A / USA / CH

2011