Maria Temnitschka

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At the beginning of her artistic career, Maria Temnitschka designed and produced jewellery and objects made of metal. However, she soon turned to painting - initially abstract, since around 2000 in a figurative style.The main theme of recent years has been spatial representations such as Kafkaesque stairwell views and depictions of urban structures (views of typical Viennese courtyards, industrial buildings, peripheral zones).
Her favourite techniques: oil painting, drawing, experimental photography, object art.

Biography

1961 born in Lower Austria
1980-1984 Studies at the University of Applied Arts, master class for metal design
1994 Project funding of the BMUK and the BM for Foreign Affairs
1996 Draft assignment of the Lower Austrian Youth Department
2002-2006 Studies at the University of Applied Arts with Prof. Frohner and Prof.Müller, Ordinariat for Painting, Diploma with distinction
2004 Award Art - Museum Hollfeld, Deutschland
2006 (Würdigungspreis) - Award of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture
2007 Scholarship of the Emanuel and Sofie Fohn Foundation
2008 Social Action Art appreciation award (1st prize of the organisation Art for People in Need)
Admission to the Austrian Society of Visual Artists, Künstlerhaus
Project support Art'ist (graduate support of the University of Applied Arts)
since 2009 lecturer at the University of Applied Arts
2010 State Scholarship for Fine Arts

Prices, Awards, Scholarships

period Event, Institution, Location
2013 Projektförderung Kulturamt Stadt Wien;
Anerkennungspreis des Landes Niederösterreich
2011 Entwurf der neuen Ehrenmedaille für das Künstlerhaus (Ausschreibung 1.Platz)
2010 Staatsstipendium für bildende Kunst
2008 Social Action Art Würdigungspreis (1.Preis der Organisation Kunst für Menschen in Not)
Projektförderung Art´ist (Absolventenförderung der Universität für angew.Kunst)
2006 Würdigungspreis des Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur
2004 Förderpreis Kunst - Museum Hollfeld, Deutschland
1996 Entwurfsauftrag des NÖ Jugendreferat

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