Leo Zogmayer

Zogmayer was born in Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria. He studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna from 1975 to 1981 in Herbert Tasquil's class. He works in various media including drawing, graphic arts, photography, computer drawings, painting, glass painting, sculpture (wood, iron, aluminum, concrete) and creates art projects in various architectural and urban contexts (New York; Vienna, St. Veit/Salzburg, St. Pölten/Austria; Sonnenhausen, Tübingen/Germany). He has done work in churches (Brussels/Belgium; Frankfurt, Bonn, Aschaffenburg/Germany; Graz, Innsbruck/Austria). Between 1998 and 2000, he led a class for aesthetics in space at the International Summer Academy at Topolcianky/Slovakia. In the early 1990s, Zogmayer transitioned from narrative and expressive forms of art, such as painting and drawing, to creating installations based on clear stereometric forms. His later works feature words and texts integrated into paintings and glass sculptures, exploring themes such as beauty, intercultural discourse, and spirituality.

• 2010 Vienna, Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig, Painting – Process and Expansion • 2006 Krems, Kunsthalle, Leo Zogmayer – beautiful • 2005 New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, 11. Triennale India • 2002 Warsaw, National Museum, Semiotic Landscape • 2001 Vienna, Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig, Discursive Painting • 2001 Marburg, Kunstverein, Leo Zogmayer – No Image • 2000 Bratislava, Galéria Medium, Leo Zogmayer – Space Colour Text • 1996 Rome, Palazzo Braschi, Austriaci a Roma • 1996 Essen, Museum Folkwang, Positions – Journeys to the Borders of Painting • 1991 Vienna, Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig, Leo Zogmayer – Sculpture • 1991 Salzburg, Rupertinum, Leo Zogmayer – Sculpture • 1991 Essen, Museum Folkwang, Leo Zogmayer – Drawing / Sculpture

• Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig, Vienna • Graphic Collection Albertina, Vienna • University of Applied Arts, Vienna • Museum of Modern, Salzburg • Lentos, Art Museum Linz • Landesmuseum of Lower Austria, St. Pölten • Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus • Museum Folkwang, Essen • Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht • Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul • Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux • Fonds d'art contemporain de la Ville de Genève • Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander