Sylvia Eckermann
In Sylvia Eckermann's work, a discursive engagement with form and media culminates in critical artistic reflections about our entanglement as individuals in current socio-economic situations. Eckermann works with various media including digital and physical environments, installations, videos, objects, and sculptures. Eckermann is the first recipient of the City of Vienna Award for Media Art (2014) and was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Media Art (2018). She lives and works in Vienna AT.
Selected solo shows & group shows: Wien Museum, Vienna, AT 1991; Kunsthalle Wien, AT 1993; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bolzano, IT 1993; Ateneum Museum of Art, Helsinki, FI 1994; Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts Norwich, GB 1995; O.K Center of Contemporary Art Linz, AT 1998; Landesmuseum Linz, A 1998; Millenium Dome London, GB 2000; KIASMA Museum of modern Art Helsinki, FI 2003; ZOOM, Museums Quarter, Vienna, AT 2005; Museum Arbeitswelt Steyr, AT (permanent Installation since 2006); Linzer Landesgalerie, Linz AT 2007; ars electronica 2007; Museum Stein, Krems AT 2008 - 2009; MKL | Kunsthaus Graz, AT 2009; 798 Dashanzi Art District, Beijing CN, 2009; Kunstraum Bernsteiner, Vienna AT 2010; paraflows.7, weisses haus, Vienna, AT 2012; Kunstraum Innsbruck AT 2013; GPL Contemporary Vienna, AT 2013; Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, Kalifornien USA, 2014; Kunstraum Bernsteiner, Vienna AT 2013, 2014.
Commissioned work for ISEA94 and ISEA04, EAST, Millennium Dome London, Cultural Capital of Europe Graz 2003.
Sylvia Eckermann has pioneered in the field of artistic use of game engines in various game art installations. (synworld, ISEA, games-computerspiele von KünstlerInnen, GameArt, artgames, cyber@rt, medi@terra)
2018 Austrian State Prize for Media Art
2014 City of Vienna Award for Media Art
2012 Austrian State grant for Video- and Mediaart
2010 File Prix Lux, Electronic Language Festival, São Paulo, TIYF! nominated
2008 Austrian Federal Artist in Residence grant, Peking, China
2005/06 Austrian Federal Artist in Residence grant, Chengdu, China
2000/01 Lecturer for Game Design at Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Finland
1999 Austrian Federal Artist in Residence grant, London, GB
1998 Austrian Federal Artist in Residence grant, Durham, Canada
1996 Austrian Federal Artist in Residence grant, Fujino, Japan
1992 participation in Progetto Civitella d'Agliano 92, Italy
1989-2004 Member of the Artist Group fuchs-eckermann
1987-1989 Member of the Artist Group Gangart