Résumé
TINA BEPPERLING, born in 1957 in Germany, was trained as a woodcarver and studied sculptural art with Bruno Gironcoli at the Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna). She had a scholarship at Cité des Arts (Paris), Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart) and became awardee of the Gordon Matta-Clark Trust (New York). She assisted Michelangelo Pistoletto during his teaching appointment at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1992 – 2000) and took part in various, international exhibitions. In the past years she has been designing urns and has set up a ceramic production. She became the founder of the art platform austria (apa) which presents itself as a nomadic art studio for cross-cultural activities in Georgia - based on various artistic cooperations since 2007 and contributions to the Tbilisi-Triennals of 2012 and 2015. Tina Bepperling lives and works in Vienna and Weltenberg/Burgenland.
Solo Exhibitions
1987 „The Perfect Answer“ - Institut für Gegenwartskunst, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien
1988 „Ambiente“ - Galerie Kicken-Pauseback, Köln / „Out of this World“ - Cité des Arts, Paris
1990 „Therapieraum“ - Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart *
1991 „Splendid Isolation“ - Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart / „J`ai vue le Rossignol“ - Galerie Achim Kubinski, Suttgart / „Locus Minoris Resistentiae“- Kunst Buero, Wien / „Apparition“ - Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell
1992 „Root Verses“ - Unfair/Art Cologne, Köln
1993 „Le Bleu du Ciel“ - Galerie Achim Kubinski, Köln / „Anti-Chambre“ - Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien / „Mein Engel, mein Engel“ - Galerie Achim Kubinski, New York City / „Memory as Desire“ - Austrian Cultural Institut, New York City (with Bruno Gironcoli)
1996 „The Vienna Moving Kitchen“ - Kulturmanagement Häusler, München *
Group Exhibitions
1987 „Various Artists“ - Galerie UKS, Oslo * / „Die Entgeisterung des statischen Blickpunktes“ - Kunstverein, St. Gallen * / „Im Rahmen/Im Lauf der Zeichnung“ - Secession, Wien *
1988 „Fahnen und Hymnen“ - Station Rose, Wien
1989 „Corrado“ - Galerie CC, Graz */ „60 Tage Österreichisches Museum des 21. Jahrhunderts“, Wien * 1990 „A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu“ - Musée d´Art et d´Histoire, Fribourg * / „Edition Multiples“ - Kunst Buero, Wien
1991 „Rund um die Kuppel“ - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart * / „1 – 9 / 9 – 1“ - Galerie Stadtpark, Krems / „Trouvailles“ - Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
1992 „Bepperling, Muskardin, Ruggeri, Terfloth“ - Galerie Giorgio Persano, Turin *
1993 „cocktail“ - Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern / „Das andere Buch“ - Rathaus, Wien * / „Grafica 1“ - Innsbruck
1994 „Lokalzeit - Wiener Material im Spiegel des Unbehagens“ - Raum Strohal, Wien *
1995 „Graphisches Kabinett“ - Galerie Krinzinger, Wien / „Skizzen, Modelle, Notizen“ - Raum aktueller Kunst-Martin Janda, Wien
1996 „Habitus, Abito, Abitare/Progetto Arte“ - Museo Luigi Pecci, Prato *
1997 „Habitus, Abito, Abitare/Progetto Arte“ - Semperdepot, Wien / „Umfeld/Agenda“ - Kunstbüro 1060 Wien
1998 „eye“ - Zokei University, Tokio *
2000 „Chiquita“ - Galerie Cachet, Wien
2001 „Unter freiem Himmel“ - Skulptur im Schlosspark Ambras, Veranstalter: Galerie Elisabeth und Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck* / „Real Presence“ - SKC, Belgrad
2002 „The Video Marathon“ - Center of Contemporary Art, Chisinau, Moldavia / „metabole“ - Secession Wien
2003 „The ViPs“ - SKC Gallery, Belgrad / „21er“ / Museum des 21. Jahrhunderts, Wien
2008 International Forum of Contemporary Art - ARTISTERIUM, Tbilisi*
2019 „Spezialschule für Bildhauerei“, xhibit Wien
Projects / art platform austria
Does Text Inspire Me?_ apa ´11 / Private Memorial_ apa ´11, CCA-T, Tbilisi, GE
Bikeway Tbilisi_ apa ´12, 1st Tbilisi Triennal 2012 "Offside Effect", GE
Grants
1988/89 Cité des Arts, Paris
1990/91 Akademy Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
1991 Gordon Matta-Clark Trust, New York City
Publications
The Vienna Moving Kitchen / © Tina Bepperling 2001
içi Garikula / © Tina Bepperling (apa) 2010
amphor - urnen-manufaktur / © Tina Bepperling 2010
Does text inspire me? / © Tina Bepperling (apa) 2013