“I wanted to create a different environment for myself. That is what took me from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional. As a fourth dimension I imagined a world in which one is not merely a representation, but in which one can live. That would be the fourth dimension for me. A three-dimensional space in which I then am or another is and where I encounter another.”
Born 16 February 1947, Vienna
Died 25 July 2012, Vienna
| 1970 | Beginning of artistic activity |
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| 1977–82 | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, under Bruno Gironcoli |
| 1992/93 | Teaching position at the Städelschule, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1986 | Otto Mauer Prize, Vienna |
| 1993 | Sculpture Prize of the EA-Generali Foundation, Vienna |
| 1998 | Wolfgang Hahn Prize of the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst, Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
| 2011 | Golden Lion, 54th Biennale di Venezia, Venice Austrian Decoration for Science and Art |
Photocredit: © Marco Fedele di Catrano