FRANZ EHMANN

Born: 1963 Graz, Austria

• Contemporary
• Mixed Media
• Established

FRANZ EHMANN

Biography
1963 Born Graz, Austria
Masterclass with Alison Knowles
B.A. Fine Art, Northern Territory University, Darwin
1990/91 Board member and exhibition co-ordinator, 24 HR ART, N.T.C.C.A, Darwin
1996/97 Director of Whitebox gallery, Brisbane
1997-03 Director of SOApBOx gallery, Brisbane
1996 Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, Painting department
1999 Lecturer in media studies, Queensland Collage of the Arts, Sculpture department
1996-01 Eyeline publishing, Board of directors

Solo Exhibitions (since 1991)
2003 Through the mouth, into your existence, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
solo show, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
2002 Love at the end of a days work, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
2001 Eveningmeal with 6 o’clock news, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Open Panorama (milk, honey, wax, theories, politics, assumptiopns + words), Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Almost there ( again... ) , Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2000 Almost there, Artspace, Sydney
Open Panorama, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Institude of Modern Art + Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1999 2000 years of nothingness, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Wishlist, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1998 Worldly pain - Worldly spirit, Soapbox gallery , Volt, Brisbane Festival
Culture of forgetfulness, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane + Linden gallery, Melbourne
The blue room of humanity, Experimental Art Foundation,Adelaide, PICA Perth, 24 HR Art, Darwin
1997 The blue room of humanity, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1996 Memos for the next millennium, Michael Burke gallery, Brisbane
Milk table for parliament, Darwin Festival, Northern Territory
A ladder for everyone, Whitebox gallery, Brisbane
1995 Memos for an un-known person, Michael Burke gallery, Brisbane
1994 Loneliness + Wailing Room, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
From the human museum of forgiveness: Eine weisse Geschichte, Randall Studio, Brisbane
Milk+Poem, From the human museum of laughter, Randall Studio, Brisbane
Emotional Architecture, collaboration with Architect Peter Besley, Gallery 331, Brisbane
1993 Sprachenfuge - Language fugue, Kiss my art
1992 Inside the beehive and a museum for everyone,
an installation for everyone and no-one, 2 movements, M.O.C.A., Space Plentitude, Brisbane
1991 Inside the beehive, everyone’s land,
Territory North Theatre, Darwin
Human Generation
collaboration with Lynnette Voevodin
N.T. Centre for contemporary art - Darwin
Chameleon contemporary art space - Hobart, Arthouse - Launceston

Selected Group Exhibitions (since 1992)
2001 Parallax, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
2000 Artlink 2000, Barefoot gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
re-site, curated by Jacki Wurm, 24 HR ART, Darwin
1998 Artrage, video works for television, ABC - TV, Institute of Modern Art, Artspace, etc.
Constructed in the field of the other, Artspace, Sydney
Corps, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1997 Art Nineties, University Art Museum, Brisbane
Wax, SOApBOx gallery Brisbane
1996 Asia Pacific Hotel Art Fair, Coronation Motel, Brisbane
Artists’ Books, Brisbane City Gallery
Miss Read in the fortress, Kinesis-Sydney
Perigrination, Metro Arts
CUE, Curated by Donna Confetti, Adelaide Fringe, IMA, Cairns Regional Gallery
1995 Combust, Q.C.A Art Gallery
Essence, Mail art show, curated by Neil Degney
Q.C.A Art Gallery + Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Mail exchange event with italien artists, Drawing exhibition, Pisa - Italy
1994 Neglected Erotica, Bartleme Gallery
The graphite crucible, curated by Helen Jones at
Ipswich Regional Gallery, Ipswich
FOI, contributed Inside the beehive, Last space-First space, Noosa Regional Gallery
1993 Crossings,multiculturalcollaboration-MetroArts
Dining on the abdomen, First Draft West
Move Over, Umbrella Studio Townsville
1992 Human Rights, Framed gallery Darwin
Edge of Frontier, N.T.C.C.A. Darwin

Awards
1999 Arts Queensland Grant
1997 Australia Council Grant
1996 Arts Office QLD Government Grant
1994 Richard Randall Studio
1993 Pat Corrigan Grant
1992 Australia Council Grant
1979 Young Achiever’s award Austria

Publications - catalogues
2001 The hottest gallery in the world, 24 HR ART, Darwin N.T.
Almost there ( again ...), my own writing, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2000 Almost there, text by Richard Grayson, Artspace, Sydney
1995 Essence - International Networking Culture
1994 The graphite crucible
1993 Dining on the abdomen, first Draft, Sydney
Crossings, multicultural aspects, Linda Carroli, Metro Arts, Brisbane
1991 Human Generation, Chris Downie, 24 HR ART, Darwin