Reinhard Gupfinger

MA PhD

Senior Artist in the field of Sculpture / Art Education⋅Department Fine Arts & Design⋅Institute for Open Arts

Reinhard Gupfinger is a senior artist at the Department of Fine Arts & Design, where he works in the field of sculpture. He studied at the University of Art and Design in Linz. In his artistic work, he pushes the boundaries of hybrid sound art, sculpture and technology to create an 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 (2020) and the Award of Excellence for Dissertation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (2019).

2021: State Prize for Media Art, Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria
2020: Award of Excellence for Dissertation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
2014: STARTStipendium for Video and Media Art, BMUKK, Austria
2013: Talentförderungsprämie, Interdisziplinäre Kunstformen, Upper Austria
2011: LAB.30 Award, Ausgburg, Germany
2011: Alumni Award, University for Art and Design Linz
2009: Art Prize of the City Linz
2008: Grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research

2023

Volume EPO1 / Trutnov, Czech Republic
Blind Date / Nordico / Linz, Austria
KUNSTLABOR 2 / Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA) / Munich, Germany
Artschnitzel Festival / Munich, Germany

2022

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

2021

ST.ART European Contemporary Art Fair / Strasbourg, France
Linzer Kunstsalon / Schlossmuseum LINZ / Linz, Austria
Experimentierfeld celebrates 10-year birthday / KLUCKYLAND / Vienna, Austria

2020

Quartier-Parcours Gaswerk / Augsburg, Germany
GRAFFITI & BANANAS / NORIDICO Stadtmuseum / Linz, Austria
Es ist MAERZ / MAERZ / Linz, Austria
Kultur Braucht Kunst! / Schlossmuseum / Linz, Austria
UNTITLED / Studiogalerie der KUNSTSAMMLUNG / Linz, Austria
zu Egon Hofmann / MAERZ / Linz, Austria

2019

Kunstankäufe Land Salzburg / Kunst im Traklhaus / Salzburg, Austria
MADATAC X / Madrid, Spain

2018

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

2017

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

2016

kristallin #37 / Experimentierfelder 2015 / Salzamt / Linz, Austria
Silent House of Prayer / Galerie Beate Berndt / Augsburg, Germany
Silent House of Prayer / Kulturhaus Abraxas / Augsburg, Germany
DEIN VIERTEL DEINE LEINWAND / Gärtnerplatzviertel / Munich, Germany
ARTMUC / Praterinsel / Munich, Germany
Interface Culture Pop Up Show / Ars Electronica Center / Linz, Austria
MINIFESTA #2 / Atelier Suterena / Vienna, Austria
Der Brand meines Hauses ist Unheil und Flamme zugleich / MAERZ / Linz, Austria

2015

The Wrong / New Digital Art Biennale / online and in selected locations worldwide
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
kristallin #8 / Salzamt / Linz, Austria

2014

Sonar+D / Sonar Festival / Barcelona, Spain
Linzer Kunstsalon / Landesgalerie Linz / Linz, Austria
Das Absolute Objekt / Raumschiff / Linz, Austria

2013

Supersummativ / Gallery Maerz / Linz, Austria
Preise und Talente / OÖ Kulturquartier / Linz, Austria
Kryptophonie / Salzburg, Austria
Ukradena Galerie / Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
Politischer Stillstand / NORDICO Stadtmuseum / Linz, Austria
Architektur und Klang / afo architekturforum oberösterreich / Linz, Austria
Linz Impuls, Import, Export, Salzamt / Linz, Austria

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
Playful Interface Cultures / Ars Electronica Exhibition / Linz, Austria
Graduate exhibition of the Institute of Advanced Media Arts / Ogaki / Gifu, Japan