Artnews.org: Martin Janda Vienna

"It seems that art, for Johannes Vogl, is a miraculous means to deal with a surrounding reality in a constant exceptional state of a raised intensity where senses are sharpened and perception becomes activated. As a careful observer of the everyday, Vogl is in a condition of a permanent alert with a volcanic (creative) energy and vigilance, bursting out at each step and reaction. Here, artistic field is an open and unlimited area of genuine possibilities and potentialities where endless solutions are being applied and new unexpected constructions are being staged on the crossway of inspiring reality and seductive fiction. Vogl is such a constructor and a passionate inventor of objects on the edge of functionality and fairy-tale like surreal application, beyond reason, within the realm of almighty imagination. »Watching the Waves«, 2005 is typical for Vogl attempt at creating an all-satisfactory and comfortable micro-environment with all necessary conditions for experiencing a particular phenomenon of nature. The artist is an author of self-sufficient structures, appearing as almost parasitic mechanisms that confuse the usual objecthood and functionality of things, bringing in certain competitive qualities too, as it might be a case of »Kleiner Mond«, 2006, a seductive and almost lyrical example of imitation and mimicry. Vogl’s is extremely sensitive poetics of the everyday gesture, non-pretentious, authentic supplement to a reality, turned for a moment into a playground where a moderate dose of irony and a good sense of humour balance the precariousness and insufficiency of today’s (imperfect) world."

Adam Budak, 2006

Johannes Vogl

1981 born in Kaubeuren, Germany

Lives and works in Berlin (d) / Vienna (at), Germany

Education

2002-2005 Academie of Fine Arts Karlsruhe; Prof. Stephan Balkenhol and Daniel Roth
2005-2007 Academie of Fine Arts Vienna; Prof. Heimo Zobernig
2007-2008 Academie of Fine Arts Berlin-Weissensee
2008-2010 Academie of Fine Arts Berlin (UDK);Prof. Christiane Möbus

Solo Exhibitions

2011
Johannes Vogl, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim/DE
Johannes Vogl - Istanbul Recordings, NON-Gallery, Istanbul/TR
Johannes Vogl, Galerie Matthew Bown, Berlin/DE

2010
Johannes Vogl/Constantin Luser, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin/DE

2009
Johannes Vogl, PM Galerie, Berlin/D
Johannes Vogl, Galleria Frederico Bianchi, Milano/IT
Johannes Vogl / Ann Cotten Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna/AT

2008
Johannes Vogl- The story cellar, ACF, London/GB
Johannes Vogl, Österreichisches Kulturforum, Bratislava/SK

2007
Five Moons, Puplic sculpture, Vienna/A

2006
Johannes Vogl, Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna/AT

Group Exhibitions

2011
Under Destruction, Swiss Institute, New York/USA
The Moment Pleasently Frightful, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London/UK
Mobilisieren, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn/DE
Handlungsbereitschaft, MicaMoca, Berlin/DE
Schattendorfbienale, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf/AT
Die 4 Elemente in der Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe/DE
Spaceship Earth, CoCArt, Torun/PL
High Speed, Slow Motion, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam/DE
Bosch Young Talent Show, Stedelijk Museum ‚s-Hertogenbosch, Hertogenbosch/NL

2010
Under Destruction, Tinguely Museum, Basel/CH
No Matter- Scheitern und Kunst, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim/DE
Art Forum Berlin, Sector Focus, Berlin/DE
Zeigen, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin/DE
Raw Cases, SiemensSanat, Instanbul/TR
Open Space-Art Cologne, Galerie Martin Janda Vienna, Cologne/DE
What a difference a day makes, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich/DE
Unter einem Dach, Transart, Eppan/IT
Collective Body, Liquid Lofts, Vienna/AT
Arrivals and Departure Europe, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona/IT

2009
Deceitful Moon, The Hayward Gallery Project Space, London/UK
Everything solid...turns into thin air, MuHKA, Mechelen/BE
Best of Lentos, Lentos Museum Linz/AT
Borders and Beyond, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki/FI
Sleepwalking, Temporary Gallary Cologne, Cologne/D
Out of Wedding, Uferhallen Berlin, Berlin/DE
Funky Machines, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna/AT

2008
Manifesta 7, Rovereto/IT
Sinop Bienale II, Sinop/TR
Am Sprung. Junge Kunst / Szene Östereich, OK- Centrum Linz, Linz/AT
L´été, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna/AT

2007
Science Fictions, Czarna Gallery, Warsaw/PL
Who remembers where they are from?, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna/A
The Lab, Bauernmarkt 1, Vienna/AT
Disco baroque, UTS Gallery Sydney, Sydney/AU
Reduzierte Aussagen, Kunsthaus Mürz, Mürzzuschlag/AT
Sculpture and Object XII., Municipal Gallery of Bratislava, Bratislava/SK
Spaceinvasion, Riemergasse 4, Vienna/AT
Utopian Visions & The Slump of Paradise, Blockprojects, Melbourne/AU
Heimo Zobernig is calling, Acapulco Projectspace, Düsseldorf/D
Gold-Armut war gestern, Forum Stadtpark, Graz/AT

Collections

Lentos Museum Linz, AT
Belvedere Museum Vienna, AT

Links

www.johannesvogl.com
www.martinjanda.at

www.martinjanda.at