Milan Adamčiak 
(1946, Ružomberok, SK–2017, Banská Belá, SK)

1972–1992 Employee of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Marc Adrian 
(1930, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2008,Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1948–1954 Studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

From 1965 Studied psychology of perception at the University of Vienna

From 1967 Experiments on optical and linguistic dispersions at the Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research

1970–1973 Professor of painting and aesthetic theory at the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg

1982 & 1995/96 Lectureship and visiting professor at the University of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts

Jiří Balcar 
(1929, Kolín, CZ–1968, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1948–1953 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

Juraj Bartusz 
(1933, Kamenín, SK)

1951–1955 Studied at the Industrial School of Housing Construction in Prague

1955–1958 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

1958–1961 Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Mária Bartuszová 
(1936, Praha/Prague, CZ–1996, Košice, SK)

1956–1961 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

Josef Bauer 
(1934, Wels, AT–2022, Linz, AT)

1956–1964 Attends the master class for painting with Herbert Dimmel at the art school, now the University of Art and Design Linz

Štefan Belohradský 
(1930, Preseľany, SK–2012, Bratislava, SK)

1952 Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava

1954–1959 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Jiří Bielecki 
(1929, Ostrava, CZ–2000, Havířov, CZ)

1967 Member of the Club of Concretists

Hans Bischoffshausen 
(1927, Feld am See, AT–1987, Villach, AT)

Studied at Graz University of Technology from 1946, but dropped out

1986 Professor title awarded by the Austrian Federal President

Vladimír Boudník 
(1924, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–1968, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1945–1949 Studied in the drawing studio at the State Academy of Graphic Arts in Prague

1949 Published his first manifesto, Art–Explosionism

1951 Published another manifesto, Explosionalism – a letter about art and the theory of super–energy

Hellmut Bruch 
(1936, Hall, AT)

1960 Study trips to Italy, France, Holland and the USA

1980 Study visit to Florence

1995 & 1997 Lectureship at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau–Schneeberg

2018 Tyrolean State Prize for Art

Miloslav Chlupáč 
(1920, Benešov, CZ–2008, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1939–1948 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague under Professor Josef Wagner

1946–1948 Worked as editor of the magazine Kulturní politika 1960s First sculpture symposium in Vyšné Ružbasy From the 1970s Exhibition ban

From 1986 Taught at summer academies for sculpture in Salzburg and Wadgassen

Miloslav Cicvárek 
(1927, Písek, CZ–2007, České Budějovice, CZ) 

1959 Member of the Association of South Bohemian Artists

1995 Member of the Vienna Group of Austrian Fine Artists

Miroslav Cipár 
(1935, Vysoká nad Kysucou–Semeteš, SK–2021, Bratislava, SK)

From 1953 studied Slovak language and art education at the Faculty of Education at Comenius University in Bratislava

1955–1961 studied graphic art and monumental painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Jarmila Čihánková 
(1925, Roštín, CZ–2017, Trnava, SK)

1942–1943 Studied at the Faculty of Drawing and Painting at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava

1945–1950 Studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague

Jiří David 
(1956, Rumburk, CZ)

1982–1987 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1987 Co–founder of the artist group Tvrdohlaví

1995–2002 Head of the Studio for Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

2004–2020 Head of the Studio for Intermedia and Conceptual Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Hugo Demartini 
(1931, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2010, Sumrakov, CZ)

1949–1953 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1948–1949 Continued his studies at the stone sculpture school in Prostějov

1989–1996 Head of the sculpture studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Milan Dobeš 
(1929, Přerov, CZ)

1951–1956 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

1956–1960 Worked as a stage designer in the university's art ensemble

Jiří Georg Dokoupil 
(1954, Krnov, CZ)

1976 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cologne, also in Frankfurt and New York

1979 Co–founder of the Mülheimer Freiheit group

Otto Eder 
(1924, Seeboden, AT–1982, Seeboden, AT)

1942–1945 Military service

1945–1947 Studied at the Graz School of Arts and Crafts under Walter Ritter

1948–1951 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Fritz Wotruba

1962 Austrian State Prize for Sculpture

From 1964 Member of the Vienna Secession

1982 Suicide

Libor Fára 
(1925, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–1988, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1945–1951 Studied at the University of Applied Arts in Prague under Professor Emil Filla

Rudolf Fila 
(1932, Příbram, CZ–2015, Bratislava, SK)

1952–1958 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

1945–1980 Member of Group 42

Stanislav Filko 
(1937, Vel'ká Hradná, SK–2015, Bratislava, SK)

1955–1961 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Emil Filla 
(1882, Chropyně, CZ–1953, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1903–1906 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1907–1908 Member of the Osma Group

1914–1920 Lives in exile in the Netherlands

1945 Appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Herbert Flois 
(1957, Hartberg, AT)

1977–1979 Studied sculpture under Josef Pillhofer

1979–1984 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Prof. Bruno Gironcoli

1984 Awarded the Styrian State Promotion Prize

František Foltýn 
(1891, Královské Stachy, CZ–1976, Brno, CZ)

1918–1924 Worked in Slovakia (Bratislava, Košice, Podkarpatska Rus)

1924–1934 Studied in Paris, at the Académie Julian and the Académie Grande Chaumière. 

1934 Returns to Czechoslovakia

Adolf Frohner 
(1934, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2007, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1954 Guest student at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts

1961 Contact with the “Nouveaux Réalistes” group

From 1959 First exhibitions, including together with Otto Muehl and Hermann Nitsch.

1972–2005 Teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

From 1985 Master class for painting

2000–2005 Master class for nude drawing and painting

1999 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class        

Johann Fruhmann 
(1928, Weißenstein, AT– 1985, Lengenfeld, AT)

1943–1945 Master school for fresco painting with Fritz Silberbauer

1945–1948 Master school for painting with Alfred Wickenburg

From 1951 Member of the artists' association Art Club

From 1958 Member of the Vienna Secession

1954 Participation in the Biennale di Venezia

1960–1971 Management of the “Galerie im Griechenbeisl” in Vienna

Michal Gabriel 
(1960, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1980–1987 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1987 Co–founder of the artists' group Tvrdohlaví

1998 Teaches and heads the sculpture studio at the FaVU BUT in Brno

Roland Goeschl 
(1932, Salzburg, AT–2016, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1956–1960 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Fritz Wotruba

1961–1963 Participated in the Symposium of European Sculptors in Berlin

1962 Stayed in London and attended the Royal College of Art

1963–1966 Assistant to Fritz Wotruba

1972–2000 Professor of Drawing and Painting at the Vienna University of Technology

1976 Theodor Körner Prize

2014 Grand Decoration of Merit of the Province of Salzburg

Franz Grabmayr 
(1927, Pfaffenberg, AT–2015, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1947 Matura at the Baufachschule Villach

1948–1954 Teaching in Carinthia, later also in Vienna

1954–1964 Class for painting with Robin Christian Andersen and evening classes with Herbert Boeckl at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Mira Haberernová Trančíková 
(1939, Bratislava, SK)

1957–1963 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

1961 Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest

Josef Hampl 
(1932, Praha/Praga/Prague, CZ–2019, Hrušov, CZ)

1955–1960 Studied at the School of Decorative Arts in Prague

1967–1990 Worked at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Fritz Hartlauer 
(1907, Vienna/Vienna, AT–1975, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

Studied at the School of Applied Arts in Graz

1962 Sculpture symposium in St. Margarethen in Burgenland

1979 Appointed professor

1981 Styrian State Prize for Fine Arts

Julie Hayward 
(1968, Salzburg, AT)

1987–1993 Diploma studies in product design/ceramics at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

1997–2007 Teaching position at the International Summer Academy Salzburg

2002 & 2010 Studio grants from the Province of Salzburg for New York and Berlin

2011/2012 Teaching position in the Department of Plastic Concepts/Ceramics at the University of Art and Design Linz

2014 Grand Art Prize of the Province of Salzburg

2017 Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts

Jiří Hilmar 
(1937, Hradec Králové, CZ)

1967 Co–founder of the Club of Concretists

1969 Moved to Germany

Rudolf Hoflehner 
(1916, Linz, AT–1995, Pantaneto, Colle di Val d'Elsa near Siena, IT)

1936 Trained at the State Technical School for Mechanical Engineering in Linz

1936–1938 Studied architecture at the Graz University of Technology

1938–1941 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Emil Pirchan and Fritz Wotruba

1945–1951 Taught at the Linz School of Arts and Crafts

1951 Moved to Vienna, member of the Vienna Secession

1954 Study trip to Greece

1962–1981 Taught at the Stuttgart Academy of Art

1969 Grand Austrian State Prize for Fine Arts     

Wolfgang Hollegha 
(1929, Klagenfurt, AT–2023, Rechberg near Frohnleiten, AT)

1947–1954 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Josef Dobrowsky

1955/1956 Contact with Monsignor Otto Mauer

1990 Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Vienna

1964 Participation in documenta III in Kassel

1967 Participation in the Biennale in São Paulo and solo exhibition at 20er Haus

1972–1997 Head of the master class for painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

František Hudeček 
(1909, Němčice, SK–1990, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

Studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague

Co–founder of Group 42

Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (Friedrich Stowasser) 
(1928, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2000 on the cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean)

1948 Studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Robin Christian Andersen.

From 1949 Name Hundertwasser

1950 Stay in Paris

1952 First exhibition at the Art Club Vienna

1961 Mainichi Prize at the VI International Art Exhibition, Tokyo

1981–1997 Professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1980 Grand Austrian State Prize for Fine Arts

1983–1985 Construction of the “Hundertwasser–Krawina House” in Vienna

Josef Istler 
(1919, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2000, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1938–1939 Private studies with Walter Höfner in Korcula

Othmar Jaindl 
(1911, St. Veit an der Glan, AT–1982, Klagenfurt, AT)

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Prof. Hanak and Bechtold

1940 Drafted into the German army

1937 Master class prize at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1978 Appreciation award from the province of Carinthia

Jozef Jankovič 
(1937, Bratislava, SK–2017, Bratislava, SK)

1956–1962 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Čestmír Janošek 
(1935, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2019, Cologne/Cologne, DE)

1955–1962 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1962–1964 Studied in the studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1999 Participated in the Džbán Symposium and the International Sculpture Symposium Hředle

Magdalena Jetelová 
(1946, Semily, CZ)

From 1964 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1967–1968 Studied at the Accademia di Brera in Milan under Marino Marini

1985 Scholarship from the City of Munich, moved to the Federal Republic of Germany

1988 Visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich

1989 Professor at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg

1990–2004 Professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf

2004–2011 Professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich

Jiří John 
(1923, Třešť, CZ–1972, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1964–1972 Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1945–1951 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

H + H Joos
Harold Joos (1913, Geneva/Geneva, CH–2004, Vienna/Vienna, AT)
Hildegard Joos (1909, Sieghartskirchen, AT–2005, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

The married couple Hildegard and Harold Joos

From 1982, they signed their joint works together with the signature “Joos”

Hildegard Joos 
(1909, Sieghartskirchen, AT–2005, Vienna, AT)

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Sergius Pauser and Wilhelm Dachauer

1954 Member of the Vienna Secession

From 1959 Collaboration with her life partner Harold Joos and joint studio in Paris

1972 Admission to the Parisian Constructivist Salon “Realités Nouvelles”

Membership of the “Exakte Tendenzen” group in the mid–1970s            

Martha Jungwirth 
(1940, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1956–1963 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Prof. Carl Unger

1963 Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1967–1977 Taught at the Academy and University of Applied Arts Vienna

1968 Joined the Wirklichkeiten group (together with Franz Ringel, Peter Pongratz, Wolfgang Herzig, Robert Zeppel–Sperl and Kurt Kocherscheidt)

1991 Head of the painting class at the Salzburg Summer Academy

1992 Head of the class at the Berlin Summer Academy

Zdeněk Kirchner 
(1934, Jablonec nad Nisou, CZ–1987, Fontenay–le–Fleury, FR)

Studied in Adolf Hoffmeister's studio at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

Alojz Klimo 
(1922, Piešťany, SK–2000, Bratislava, SK)

1941–1945 Studied at the Technical University in Bratislava

1945–1948 Studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague

Tamara Klimová 
(1922, Ostrava, CZ–2004, Bratislava, SK)

Studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague

1950s Member of Group 4

1967 Member of the Concretist Club

Alfred Klinkan 
(1950, Judenburg, AT–1994, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1970–1974 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Josef Mikl and Wolfgang Hollegha

1976 Award for Contemporary Painting from the Province of Styria

Scholarship for the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts

Eva Kmentová 
(1928, Prague/Prague, CZ–1980, Prague/Prague, CZ)

1946–1951 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Industry in Prague

1957 Member of the Trasa group

Milan Knížák 
(1940, Plzeň, CZ)

1968 Worked in the USA and collaborated with the Fluxus movement

1990–1997 Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1999–2011 Director of the National Gallery in Prague

Jan Koblasa 
(1932, Tábor, CZ–2017, Hamburg, DE)

1952–1958 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1958 Winner of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1968 Emigrated to Germany

1971–1997 Opened his own sculpture workshop at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel

1972 Appointed professor

1990 Returned to Czech cultural life

Peter Kogler
(1959, Innsbruck, AT)

1974–1978 Höhere Technische Bundeslehr– und Versuchsanstalt in Innsbruck

1978–1979 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1986–1987 Lecturer at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main

1988 Prix Ars Electronica and Monsignore–Otto–Mauer–Preis

1993 Teaching at the Académie des Beaux–Arts, Le Mans, Paris

Since 2008 Professor of Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Jiří Kolář 
(1914, Protivín, CZ–2002, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1942–1948 Worked at the art gallery

1959 Member of the Křižovatka group

1979 Moved to Paris

Stanislav Kolíbal 
(1925, Orlová, CZ)

1945–1951 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

1960–1970 Member of the UB 12 group

1990–1993 Teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Július Koller 
(1939, Piešťany, SK–2007, Bratislava, SK)

1959–1965 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

1960–1990 Worked in the field of conceptual art and performance

Jan Kotík 
(1916, Turnov, CZ–2002, Berlín, DE)

1936–1641 Academy of Applied Arts, Prague

Co–founder of the avant–garde Group 42

Jiří Kovanda 
(1953, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

Jiří Kovanda has been an assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague since 1995

Viera Kraicová 
(1920, Modra, SK–2012, Bratislava, SK)

1940–1944 Studied at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava

1945–1950 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Radoslav Kratina 
(1928 in Brno, CZ–1999, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1943–1948 Studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Brno

1952–1957 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

1967 Co–founder of the Club of Concretists

Matej Krén 
(1958, Trenčín, SK)

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Richard Kriesche 
(1940, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1958–1963 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

From 1963 Teaching at the Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt in Graz

1967/68 Assistant at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

1975 Artistic and media education director of the AZG (Audiovisual Center Graz)

1976 Founding of the Department of Audiovisual Media at the Higher Technical College

1988–1991 Lectureship at the Vienna University of Technology

1991 Founding of the “Theory and Practice of Electronic Imaging” department at the Offenbach University of Art and Design

1995/96 Visiting professor at the École des Beaux–Arts, Paris

2003–2005 Worked at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz

Rudolf Krivoš 
(1933, Tisovec, SK–2020, Bratislava, SK)

1951–1956 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Jan Kubíček
(1927, Kolín, CZ–2013, Kolín, CZ)

1949–1953 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

1967 Member of the Křižovatka group

1970–2013 Works in the field of constructivism and geometric abstraction

Jaroslava Kurandová 
(1936, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2024, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

Bohdan Lacina 
(1912, Snežné, CZ–1971, Brno, CZ)

1931–1938 College of Architecture and Civil Engineering in Prague

1947 Co–founder of the Ra Group and collaborator at the College of Art Industry in Brno

1959–1962 Head of the Chair of Art Education at the Faculty of Education at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University

1962–1971 Head of the Chair of Art History at the Faculty of Art at Masaryk–University in Brno

Aleš Lamr 
(1943, Olomouc, CZ–2024, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1960–1964 Studied at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Brno

1985 III. cana Premió Juan Miró, Barcelona

Maria Lassnig 
(1919, Kappl am Krappfled, AT–2014, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1941–1943 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Ferdinand Andri and Herbert Boeckl

1951 Moved to Vienna and traveled with Arnulf Rainer to Paris (to see André Breton)

1980 Professorship (as the first woman) at the University of Applied Arts

1982 & 1997 Participation in Documenta VII and X in Kassel

1980 & 1995 Participation in the Venice Biennale

Marianne Maderna 
(1944, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1959–1964 Graphische Lehr– und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna

From 1969 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Diploma 1972)

1991 Appreciation Award from the Province of Lower Austria

2014 Participation in the founding of the museum in the Charterhouse Aggsbach

Gottfried Mairwöger 
(1951, Tragwein, AT–2003, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1970 A–levels at the Realgymnasium in Linz

From 1971 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Master class with Josef Mikl and Wolfgang Hollegha

Antonín Málek 
(1937, Plzeň, CZ–2021, Trnová, CZ) 

1957–1964 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Karel Malich 
(1924, Holice, CZ–2019, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1945–1950 Studied art education and aesthetics at the Faculty of Education at Charles University

1950–1953 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Pavel Maňka 
(1929, Levice, SK–2015, Bratislava, SK)

1951–1956 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Mikuláš Medek 
(1926, Prague/Prague, CZ–1974, Prague/Prague, CZ)

1945–1946 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1949 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

Juraj Meliš 
(1942, Nové Zámky, SK–2016, Skalica, SK)

1960–1966 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in the class of Prof. Jozef Kostka

1973–1993 External collaborator at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

From 1990 Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava

1999–2002 Head of the Sculpture Department

Jürgen Messensee 
(1936, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2024, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1955–1960 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1960 First solo exhibition at Galerie Junge Generation Vienna

1973 Participation in the São Paulo Biennale

1993 City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts (Painting and Graphics)

2007 Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna

Anastázia Miertušová 
(1927, Telgárt, SK–2002, Bratislava, SK)

1949–1953 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Josef Mikl 
(1929, Vienna, AT–2008, Vienna, AT)

1948–1955 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Josef Dobrowsky

1956 Co–founder of the group “Galerie St. Stephan” together with Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky and Arnulf Rainer under the direction of Monsignor Otto Mauer

1969–1997 Teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Master School of Painting

2004 Retrospective at the Kunsthalle Krems, Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for

Services to the Republic of Austria and Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna

Vladislav Mirvald 
(1921, Záluží u Mostu, CZ–2003, Louny, CZ)

1945–1949 Studied at the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague

Alexander Mlynárčík 
(1934 Žilina, SK)

1959–1965 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

1963–1964 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Gerhardt Moswitzer
(1940, Maria Lankowitz, AT–2013, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1955–1959 Apprenticeship as a toolmaker

1959–1961 School of Arts and Crafts in Graz, specializing in graphic design and sculpture

1962, 1965 & 1968 Exhibitions at the Galerie im Griechenbeisl in Vienna

1966 Theodor Körner Prize

1978 He received the appreciation award for fine arts from the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts

Jiří Načeradský 
(1939, Sedlec, CZ–2014, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1957–1963 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague 

Rudolf Němec 
(1936, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2015, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1955–1961 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Karel Nepraš 
(1932, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2002, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1952–1958 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Pavel Nešleha 
(1937, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2003, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1956–1962 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

Hermann Nitsch 
(1938, Vienna, AT–2022, Mistelbach, AT)

1953–1958 Trained at the Höhere Graphische Bundes–Lehr– und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna

1957 Employed as a commercial artist at the Vienna Technical Museum

1971–1973 Guest lecturer at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt

1985 Visiting professor at the Kunstakademie Hamburg

1989–1995 Professor at the Städelschule, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main

From the 1960s Orgien–Mysterien–Theater, first in the USA and Germany, later in Prinzendorf, Lower Austria

2007 Opening of the Nitsch Museum in Mistelbach, Lower Austria

2008 Museo Nitsch in Naples

Franz Xaver Ölzant
(1934, Oberzeiring, AT)

1955–1958 Studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

From 1958 Studios in Lower Austria and Vienna

1969 Participation in the St. Margarethen Sculpture Symposium in Burgenland

1986–2001 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Peter Oriešek 
(1941, Dolná Súča, SK–2015, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1960–1966 Studied at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague

1990s Teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Marek Ormandík 
(1968, Bratislava, SK)

Hermann J. Painitz
(1938, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2018, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1956–1960 Trained as a goldsmith and silversmith

1962 Studied at Hornsey College of Art in London and at the Institute of Art History at the University of Vienna

1965/66 Assistant at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

1973–1983 President of the Vienna Secession

Milan Paštéka 
(1931, Trenčín, SK–1998, Voznica, SK)

1950–1955 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Helga Philipp 
(1939, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2002, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1953–1961 Studied sculpture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

1967 Founded the artist group “Gruppe Austria” on the occasion of an exhibition for the

Graz “Forum Stadtpark” together with Richard Kriesche and Jorrit Tornquist

1972–1974 Installations in public space in Vienna's Stadtpark

1978 Founded the “Kulturverein Ternitz”

1997 Art–in–architecture project

1965–2001 Lectureship at the University of Applied Arts under Herbert Tasquil

Robert Piesen 
(1921, Jindřichův Hradec, CZ–1977, Haifa, IL)

1933–1936 Studied at the University of Arts and Crafts in Brno

Josef Pillhofer 
(1921, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2010, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1938–1941 Graz School of Arts and Crafts

1946–1950 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Fritz Wotruba 1950/51 Scholarship abroad in Paris and participation in Ossip Zadkine's sculpture class at the Académie de la Grande Chaumièr.

Membership of the Art Club until 1959 and co–founder of “Die Gruppe 59”

1954–1970 Teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1956 Theodor Körner Prize

2009 Awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art  

Peter Pongratz 
(1940, Eisenstadt, AT)

1957–1960 Professional musician and drummer in various jazz formations in Graz

1961–1963 Attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1963–1964 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Berlin

1968 Founding member of Otto Breicha's group “Wirklichkeiten” (together with Wolfgang Herzig, Martha Jungwirth, Kurt Kocherscheidt, Franz Ringel and Robert Zeppel–Sperl)

1974 Study visit to Paris

2006 Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital of Vienna and solo exhibition at the Austrian Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

Markus Prachensky 
(1932, Innsbruck, AT–2011, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

 Studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, from 1953 additionally painting  

1956 Co–founded the artists' group “Galerie St. Stephan”

1959 “Peinture liquide” at the Theater am Fleischmarkt

1967 Moved to Los Angeles

1971 Returned to Vienna

1983–2000 Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

2007 Awarded the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic Austria

Drago j. Prelog 
(1939, Celje, SI–2020, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1944 Moved to Austria

1954–1958 Attended the Graz School of Applied Arts, Department of Decorative Painting under Otto Brunner

1958–1962 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Albert Paris Gütersloh

1959 Began exhibiting at the Galerie zum Roten Apfel in Vienna

1964 Study visit to Switzerland

1969–1979 Lectureship in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, first in the master class of Josef Mikl, later with Wolfgang Hollegha

1974–1998 Teaching position for lettering and lettering design at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Hannes Priesch 
(1954, Eggersdorf near Graz, AT)

1973–1977 Studied under Max Weiler at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1978–1980 Lectureship at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1983–1990 Founding member of the group REM, Vienna (together with Manfred Schu and others, with exhibition space on Vienna's Mozartplatz)

1990 Scholarship abroad in Chicago

2007 Founding of OM THEM (a public artistic platform) in New York

Arnulf Rainer 
(1929, Baden near Vienna, AT)

From 1948 onwards, he studied Surrealist revolutionary theories, which strongly influenced his work

1949 Admission to the University of Applied Arts Vienna

1950 Admission to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1950 Founding of the “Hundsgruppe” (with Ernst Fuchs, Anton Lehmden, Arik/Erich Brauer,

Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky and Josef Mikl)

1951 First trip to Paris with Maria Lassnig, visit to André Breton

1957 Founding of the "Galerie St. Stephan" (with Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky and Josef Mikl)

1981–1995 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

2009 Opening of the Arnulf Rainer Museum in Baden near Vienna

Erwin Reiter 
(1933, Julbach, AT–2015, Julbach, AT)

1947 Trained as a violin maker at Schlägl Abbey

1949–1953 Technical school for wood sculpture in Hallstatt

1953–1959 Master class with Fritz Wotruba at the Academy of Fine Arts

1961 Study trip to Sweden

1973 Took over the sculpture class at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz

1977 Large sculpture “Strömung” for the international open–air exhibition Forum Metall on the banks of the Danube at in Linz

1983 A retrospective of the cultural department of Bayer AG in Leverkusen

Franz Ringel 
(1940, Graz, Austria–2011, Graz, AT)

1955–1959 Kunstgewerbeschule Graz, ceramics class with Hans Adametz

1959–1960 Hochschule für angewandte Kunst Wien with Hans Knesl

1960–1965 Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien with Albert Paris Gütersloh

1968 Exhibition “Wirklichkeiten” at the Vienna Secession and founding of the artists' group of the same name with Wolfgang Herzig, Martha Jungwirth, Kurt

Kocherscheidt, Peter Pongratz and Robert Zeppel–Sperl

1972–1973 Stay in Paris at the invitation of Jean Dubuffet

1980 Change of signature from Franz Ringel to M. J.M. Ringel

Michael Rittstein 
(1949, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1968–1974 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Gerwald Rockenschaub 
(1952, Linz, AT)

From 1975 Studied history, psychology and philosophy in Vienna

1975–1982 University of Applied Arts Vienna with Herbert Tasquil

1993 Venice Biennale

2007 Participation in Documenta 12

Hubert Schmalix 
(1952, Graz, AT)

1971–1976 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Maximilian Melcher

1978 & 1986 Personal exhibitions at the Neue Galerie Graz

1984 Travels to Asia (Philippines) and America

1986 & 1987 Teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

1987 Moves to Los Angeles

1992–2005 Teaches at UCLA, Los Angeles

1997 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Christian Schwarzwald 
(1971, Salzburg, AT)

1990–1996 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and at the Academy of Fine Arts Athens

1990 First exhibition at the Gallery of the City of Salzburg in the Old City Hall

1993 Golden Filler Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

From 2017 Professor of Graphics and Printmaking Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Zbyněk Sekal 
(1923, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–1998, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1945–1950 Studied painting at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague

1953–1958 Resides in Bratislava. Translated works by Franz Kafka, Georg Büchner, Günter Grass, Ludwig Feuerbach and Karl Marx from German into Czech

1969 Emigrated to Germany and 1970 to Vienna

1974 Joined the Vienna Secession

1989 Trip to Japan

Agneša Sigetová 
(1939, Veľké Ripňany, SK–2004, Bratislava, SK)

1958–1965 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Rudolf Sikora 
(1946, Žilina, SK)

1963–1969 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Paulina Skavová 
(1976, Trutnov, CZ)

1991–1995 Secondary school in Trutnov

1995–1997 Secondary technical school for stonemasonry and sculpture in Hořice

1999 Erasmus study visit to Helsinki

2001 Studio award from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

2003 Graduation from the Milan–Knížák–Studio of Intermedia

2003–2004 Swiss state scholarship, postgraduate studies at the Lucerne School of Art and Design

2004–2005 Assistant at the graphic design school of Prof. Vladír Kokola at the Academy of Fine Arts in Acapulco Vladimír Kokola at the

Academy of Fine Arts

2008 three–month study visit to Acapulco

Otakar Slavík 
(1931, Pardubice, CZ–2010, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1952–1953 Studied at the Faculty of Education at Comenius University in Bratislava

1953–1958 Studied at the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague

Soshana (Susanne Schüller) 
(1927, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2015,Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1933 Black Forest School

1939 Moves to England

1940 Chelsea Polytechnic School in London, painting and drawing courses, training in fashion drawing

1941 Emigrates to America and attends Washington Irving High School in New York

1948 First major exhibition at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Havana (from then on she exhibited under the artist's name “Soshana”)

1952 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Prof. Sergius Pauser, Albert P. Gütersloh and Prof. Herbert Boeckl 1952 Moves to Paris 1956 Extensive travels to the Far East, Asia, India and India Sergius Pauser, Albert P. Gütersloh and Prof. Herbert Boeckl

1952 Moves to Paris

1956 Travels extensively to the Far East, Asia, India and Japan

2010 Documentary film "Überall allein. The painter Soshana"

Jiří Sozanský 
(1946, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1967–1973 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Hans Staudacher 
(1923, St. Urban, AT–2021, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1945 Return from American captivity to Austria

1948 First small solo exhibition at the Baier bookshop in Villach

Zdeněk Sýkora 
(1920, Louny, CZ–2011, Louny, CZ)

1945–1947 Studied art education, descriptive geometry and modeling at Charles University in Prague

From 1947 Assistant at the Institute of Art Education at the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague

Miloš Ševčík 
(1939, Klatovy, CZ–2007, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1958–1964 Studied at the University of Applied Arts in Prague

Natália Šimonová 
(1995, Žiar nad Hronom, SK)

2016–2022 Academy of Fine Arts, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Adriena Šimotová 
(1926, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–2014, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1940–1941 Private Graphic Design School, Prague

1942–1945 State Graphic Design School, Prague

1979 Grand Prize at the International Graphic Design Biennale in Ljubljana.

Miroslav Šnajdr st. 
(1938, Tovéř, CZ)

Jakub Špaňhel 
(1976, Karviná, CZ)

František Štorek 
(1933 in Hradec Králové, CZ–1999, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1952–1967 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Jan Švankmajer 
(1934, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1954–1958 Studied at the Theater Academy of Performing Arts

Ján Švec 
(1930, Bánovce over the Bebravou, SK–2017, Bratislava, SK)

1958–1964 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

1960–1990 Worked in the field of sculpture and monumental works

Laco Teren 
(1960, Bratislava, SK)

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava

1990s Graduated from BINZ 39 in Zurich

2004 Visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

2003–2013 TRANZIT Foundation, which he established as an important cultural center in the country

Erwin Thorn 
(1930, Vienna/Vienna, AT–2012, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1952–1956 Studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1959 Participated in the sculpture symposium in St. Margarethen

1960 ZERO movement

Margita Titlová Ylovsky 
(1957, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1977–1983 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Head of the graphics studio at FaVU, Brno University of Technology

Jorrit Tornquist 
(1938, Graz, AT–2023, Cisano Bergamasco, IT)

1958 Studied architecture with Winkler at the Polytechnic University

1966 Forum Stadtpark, Graz

1968 Manifesto of “Gruppe A–ustria” with Richard Kriesche and Helga Philipp

1972 Founded “team–color” in Milan

1995 Founded the group “Color & Surface”

Miloš Urbásek 
(1932, Ostrava, CZ–1988, Drábsko, SK)

1958–1964 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Andreas Urteil 
(1933, Gakovo, RS–1963, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1948 Apprenticeship as a stonemason at the Eduard Hauser company in Vienna

From 1951 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1953–1954 Master student of Fritz Wotruba

1954 & 1957 longer study trips to Italy

1961 Teaching assignment for stone sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1962 Participation in the sculpture symposium in St. Margarethen in Burgenland

Jiří Valenta 
(1936, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ–1991, Kolín, CZ)

1951–1953 Secondary School of Applied Arts in Prague

1953–1959 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Jitka Válová 
(1922, Kladno, CZ–2011, Kladno, CZ)

1942–1945 Total employment at the Poldi steelworks in Kladno

1945–1946 Studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague

1946–1950 Studied in Emil Filla's studio

Since 2007 Member of the Art Forum art department

Aleš Veselý 
(1935, Čáslav, CZ–2015, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1952–1968 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1960–1980 Worked in the field of sculpture and monumental works

Taught at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1990s onwards

Jaroslav Vožniak 
(1933, Suchodol, CZ–2005, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1952–1954 Studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague

1954–1959 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

1955 Encounter with the Šmidrová Group

Max Weiler 
(1910, Absam near Hall, AT–2001, Vienna/Vienna, AT)

1930–1937 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1937 Scholarship with a stay in Rome

1945–1947 Frescoes in the Theresienkirche in Innsbruck

1949 Trip to Paris

1954–1955 Wall paintings in Innsbruck's main railway station

1964–1981 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna

Hana Wichterlová
(1903, Prostějov, CZ–1990, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1926–1929 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and

Studied in Paris

1931 Member of the Mánes Association of Fine Artists

Jan Wojnar 
(1944, Vendryně, CZ–2014, Třinec, CZ)

1958–1962 Studied at the mechanical engineering school in Karviná

Fritz Wotruba 
(1919, Krumberg, AT–1985, Graz, AT)

1921–1924 Trained as an engraver

1926 Studied sculpture with Anton Hanak in Vienna

From 1945 Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna

1948 & 1952 Austrian representative at the Venice Biennale

1958 Grand Austrian State Prize

1971 Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art

Erwin Wurm 
(1954, Bruck an der Mur, AT)

1977–1979 Mozarteum University Salzburg

1979–1981 University of Applied Arts Vienna with Bazon Brock

1984 Monsignore Otto Mauer Prize

2002–2010 Teaching sculpture/plastics and multimedia at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

2006 Major exhibition at the MUMOK in the MuseumsQuartier Vienna

Olbram Zoubek 
(1926, Praha/ rag/Prague, CZ–2017, Praha/Prague/Prague, CZ)

1945–1952 Studied at the University of Applied Arts

Member of Kunstdiskussion and Route 54

Jana Želibská 
(1941, Olomouc, CZ)

1959–1965 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

Kamila Ženatá 
(1953, Havlíčkův Brod, CZ)

1973–1979 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts