ABOUT

*1977, Linz, Austria
Ph.D., MA. and Mag. art. degree from the University for Art and Design Linz, Austria

Reinhard Gupfinger is an Austrian contemporary artist specializing in sound art, sculpture, and urban art. His artistic practice focuses on exploring the perception and manipulation of acoustic space. Gupfinger’s work aims to challenge the boundaries between hybrid sound art, sculpture, and technology, fostering awareness of the sonic environment. Amongst other recognitions, he has received the State Prize for Media Art, Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria (2021), and the Award of Excellence for his dissertation from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (2020).

Reinhard Gupfinger is a senior artist and post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Fine Arts & Design at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, where he teaches in the context of sculpture and digital media.

Contact: info[at]gupfinger.net

Exhibitions

2024
– MAERZ-OSAS / Vasarely Muzeum / Budapest, Hungary
– OÖ Kunstverein / Echoes and Sirens / Linz, Austria

2023 
– Volume EPO1 / Trutnov, Czech Republic
– Blind Date / Nordico / Linz, Austria
– Artschnitzel Festival / Munich, Germany 

2022
– BAF Contemporary Art Fair / Bergamo, Italy
– Landgänge X / Kirche zu St. Peter / Freistadt, Austria   

2021
– KUNSTLABOR 2 / MUCA / Munich, Germany
– ST-ART / Strasbourg, France
– Experimentierfeld / KLUCKYLAND / Vienna, Austria

2020
– Quartier-Parcours Gaswerk / Augsburg, Germany
– GRAFFITI & BANANAS / NORIDICO / Linz, Austria
– Es ist MAERZ / MAERZ / Linz, Austria
– KulturBrauchtKunst!/Schlossmuseum / Linz, Austria
– UNTITLED / KUNSTSAMMLUNG / Linz, Austria
– zu Egon Hofmann / MAERZ / Linz, Austria

2019
– Kunstankäufe / Kunst im Traklhaus / Salzburg, Austria
– Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
– MADATAC X / Madrid, Spain

2018
– Kunst Labor / MUCA / Munich, Germany
– Na dosah 3 / Galerie výtvarného umění v Chebu / Cheb, Czech Republic
– Sound Shifting
 / galerie 20gerhaus / Ried, Austria
– Na dosah 3 / Galerie města Plzně / Plzně, Czech Republic
– It Sounds Devicive! / FaB18 / Bath, UK
– Athens Digital Arts Festival / ADFA / Athens, Greece
– STROKE ART FAIR / Zündapphalle / Munich, Germany

2017 
– Sound Shifting / MAERZ / Linz, Austria
– Sound Shifting / Traklhaus / Salzburg, Austria
– every which way / Galerie Beate Berndt / Augsburg, Germany

2016                    
– Silent House of Payer / Gallery Beate Berndt / Augsburg / Germany
– #kristallin37 / Salzamt / Linz / Austria
– MINIFESTA #2 / Atelier Suterena / Vienna / Austria
– Der Brand meines Hauses ist Unheil und Flamme zugleich / MAERZ / Linz / Austria

2015                    
– Transforming: Street Objects / Site:Broklyn / NY / USA
– The Wrong / Interface Change Pavilion / Online
– MINIFESTA / Salzamt / Linz / Austria
– UmFunktionssystem / periscope / Salzburg / Austria
– Experimentierfeld Aarau / Die GARAGE / Aarau / Swiss
– Chasing Max Mustermann / Designhalle / Graz / Austria
– tage des elektronischen bewegtbildes / Munich / Germany
– #kristallin8 / Salzamt / Linz
– MitarbeiterIn der Zukunft / Landesgalerie Linz / Linz
– ARTMUC / Praterinsel / Munich / Germany

2014                    
– Sonar+D / Sonar Festival / Barcelona / Spain
– Linzer Kunstsalon / Landes Galerie Linz / Linz
– Das Absolute Objekt / Raumschiff / Linz

2013                    
– Preise und Talente / OÖ Kulturquartier / Linz
– supersummativ / Galerie MAERZ / Linz
– Kryptophonie / Salzburg
– Ukradena Galerie / Cesky Krumlov  / Czech Republic
– Politischer Stillstand / NORDICO Stadtmuseum / Linz
– Architektur und Klang / afo architekturforum oberösterreich / Linz
– Linz Impuls, Import, Export, Salzamt / Linz

2012                    
– Centre for Sound Art and Experimental Music / Seydisfjördur, Iceland
– Künstlervereinigung MAERZ / Linz, Austria

2011                    
– LAB30 Festival / Augsburg, Germany
– Coded Cultures Festival / Vienna, Austria
– LeonArt Festival / Leonding, Austria
– Ars Electronica Festival / Linz, Austria
– IIE / Oktogon HFBK Dresden / Dresden, Germany
– PlayFace InterCult / Museumsquartier 21 / Vienna, Austria
– Speculum Artium / New Media Art Festival / Trbovlje, Slovenia
– Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ / U/Hof / Linz, Austria

2010                    
– Amber Art and Technology Festival / Sanat Limanı / Istanbul, Turkey
– hör!spiel!art.mix / 33 1/2 Halbwertszeiten / broadcast / podcast / Bayern2, Germany
– Playful Interface Cultures / Ars Electronica Exhibition / Linz, Austria
– International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences Softopia / Ogaki / Gifu, Japan
– hör!spiel!art.mix / TD II / broadcast / podcast / Bayern2, Germany

2009                    
– Salzamt / Kunstförderstipendien / Linz, Austria
– Airworks / per pedes / Linz, Austria
– Festival of Regions / Concert for Choir and Organ Pipe / Linz, Austria

2008                    
– Hört.Hört! / Viertelfestival Niederösterreich, Austria
– Die lange Nacht des Hörspiels, Vienna
– can you feel the sound / Linz, Austria

2003-07                
– Galerie Mesic ve dne / Budweis, Czech Republic
– Sprachraum berlinz / Berlin, Germany
– LichtKlangSrachRaum / Linz, Austria
– Best off / Galerie Transpuplic, Linz, Austria
– Crazy Instruments / Ried, Austria
– Kunstsymposium Wartberg Krems, Austria

Awards – Residencies – Purchase

– State Prize for Media Art, Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria, 2021
– Award of Excellence for Dissertation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, 2020 – Purchase, Art Department Upper Austria, 2020
– Artist in Residence, Welcome in der Friedensstadt, Augsburg, Germany, 2019
– Purchase, Tito, Land Salzburg, 2018
– Purchase, Hells Bells, City Linz, 2018
– Artist in Residence, Welcome in der Friedensstadt, Augsburg, Germany, 2016
– Artist in Residence, Aarau, Swiss, 2015
– Linz IMPULS Grant, Linz, 2015
– Purchase, Y, Junge Wirtschaft OÖ, 2015
– Grant for Video and Media Art, Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria, 2014
– Linz EXPOrt Grant, Barcelona, Spain, 2013
– Grant for Interdisciplinarity Art, Cultural Department Upper Austria, 2013
– Artist in Residence, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Krumau, Czech Republic, 2013 
– Purchase, Junge Wirtschaft OÖ, 2013
– Purchase, BMUKK, Vienna, 2012
– LAB.30 Award, Augsburg, Germany, 2011
– Linz EXPOrt Grant, US-Tour, USA, 2011
– Alumni Award, University for Art Linz, 2011
– Artist in Residence, IAMAS, Japan, 2010
– Art Prize of the City Linz, 2009
– Training School Grant, COST Brussels, 2009
– Grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, 2008