ABOUT

Marko Lipuš, born 1974 in Eisenkappel / Železna Kapla, Austria. The visual artist has been focusing in experimental transformative photography since 2003. His various interventions create new forms of visibility. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria & Frankfurt, Germany.


Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2024
Video installations in semipublic spaces in Villach and Spittal a.d. Drau, Austria
including the Stadtmuseum Villach and schau.Räume
OBDACH | SHELTER

2023
Video installations in semipublic spaces in Klagenfurt and Wolfsberg, Austria
including the Burgkapelle of the MMKK
OBDACH | SHELTER

Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin, Germany
Videoinstallation „Anthem Reloaded“

Stadtraum (Former Friedrichshof Collection), Vienna, Austria 
Open Terrain 

Program partner FOTO WIEN Month of Photography, Vienna, Austria

Schaubühne Lindenfels, Leipzig, Germany
Videoinstallation „Anthem Reloaded“ (im Rahmen des öster. Gastlandauftrittes in Leipzig | In the context of the Austrian guest country appearance in Leipzig)

2022
Alpen-Adria-Galerie Klagenfurt, Austria
Umgehen. Eine Trilogie | Going Around. A Trilogy

Program partner FOTO WIEN Month of Photography, Vienna, Austria
Ripped Sketches & In the Tunnel

Schaubühne Lindenfels, Leipzig, Germany
Wildes Österreich – Videoinstallation „Anthem Reloaded“

Forum Zarja Eisenkappel / Železna Kapla, Austria
Gedenkuhr – eine permanente Videoinstallation | Memorial clock – a permanent video installation

2019
Program partner FOTO WIEN Month of Photography, Vienna, Austria
Kratzungen blau – Book Release & Exhibition

2017
Literaturhaus Salzburg, Austria
33 Kratzungen – Verfotografierungen

2016
Bildraum 01, Vienna, Austria
Kratzungen blau

Slowenischer Kulturverein Zarja, Eisenkappel, Austria
Babica – ORF Lange Nacht der Museen

Photon – Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Babica

European Parliament, Space „Distribution“, Brusells, Belgium
TACTICS – Puppets

Photon – Center for Contemporary Photography, Vienna, Austria
Babica

2013
Galerija K8 – EPEKA, Maribor, Slovenia
TACTICS

2012
Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Living Studio, Austria
TACTICS

Spinnerei archiv massiv, Leipzig, Germany
bildarchive 16

2011
Austrian Cultural Forum London, UK
Kratzungen – Portraits

2010
Kunsthalle Wien, project space, Austria
26 Kratzungen – Book Release & Exhibition

2009
Austrian Cultural Forum Milano, Italy
Kratzungen – Portraits

Galerija Stolp, Maribor, Slovenia
Kratzungen – Portraits

Galerie Hartmann, Vienna, Austria
Photocartoons

Vienna City Library at City Hall, Austria
Kratzungen – Portraits

2008
MuseumsQuartier Vienna, EIKON Schaufenster, Austria
Kratzungen – Portraits

Literaturhaus Graz, Austria
Kratzungen – Portraits

2007
Literaturhaus Salzburg, Austria
Kratzungen – Portraits

Literaturhaus Berlin, Germany
Kratzungen – Portraits

Gallery of the Austrian embassy in Berlin, Germany
Kratzungen – Portraits

Mala galerija (Cankarjev Dom), Ljubljana, Slovenia
Portreti besed – Scratchings Portraits

2006
Robert Musil-Institut & Robert Musil Literaturmuseum, Klagenfurt, Austria
Kratzungen – Portraits


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2023
Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art, Cottbus, Germany
Leerraum weiß/schwarz

Kulturfabrik e.V. – Kunstraum Braugasse, Hoyerswerda, Germany
Leerraum

2022
Musilmuseum Klagenfurt sowie Installation im Innenhof des Burghofes/MMKK in Klagenfurt, Austria
Spuren. Sledi. – 1942 Vertreibung. Pregon 2022

Pavelhaus | Pavlova hiša, Ragkersburg, Austria
Spuren. Sledi. – 1942 Vertreibung. Pregon 2022

Fotogalerie des Rathauses Graz, Austria
No Borders? Boundless Invisible Walls

Pavelhaus | Pavlova hiša, Ragkersburg, Austria
No Borders? Boundless Invisible Walls

Photon – Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
No Borders? Boundless Invisible Walls

2021
Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Austria
koroška unser

Galerie Brandenburg, Cottbus, Germany
Bilder einer Landschaft (IV)

Pavelhaus | Pavlova hiša, Radkersburg, Austria
koroška unser

2020
MMKK – Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
Bilder einer Landschaft (III)

Budapest Photo Festival, Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest, Hungary
A New Vision of Debris. Contemporary photo-collage & photomontage

Photon – Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SOUNDeSCAPES – Lullaby for Drones | Surfaces and Sketches (Eva Petrič & Marko Lipuš)

k&k – Kultur & Kommunikation, St. Johann i.R., Austria
Within the framework of CARINTHIja 2020
imagined carinthia – rethinking reality (Katharina Gruzei & Marko Lipuš)

2019
KGLU – Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Bilder einer Landschaft (II)

Sorbisches Museum Bautzen, Germany
Bilder einer Landschaft (I)

Photon – Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
A New Vision of Debris. Contemporary photo-collage & photomontage

2018
Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France
Im Schwarm der Objekte

2017
Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Austria
Ordnung und Obsession. Serien, Werkgruppen, Zyklen

Kro Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Heimat³

2016
Galerija Loža Koper / Galleria Loggia Capodistra, Slovenia
Vsakdanji kruh / pane quotidiano (Festival Maraveetherapy)

2015
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
MemoryLab (European Month of Photography)

Austrian Cultural Forum Prague, Czech Republic
Begegnungen

2014
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
MemoryLab (European Month of Photography)

Budapest Gallery, Hungary
MemoryLab (European Month of Photography)

Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Austria
Wirklichkeit & Konstruktion

Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Trakl Wettbewerb

2013
BAWAG P.S.K. Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Fragile

Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Austria
trans.Form4

2011
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Verbote im Kunstraum

Künstlerhaus Wien, Austria
den blick öffnen

2010
Suppan Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Europäischer Monat der Photographie

2009
Suppan Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Share your dreams

Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria
Konturen

2008
Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach, Austria
Bank Austria Art Award

Galerie 3, Klagenfurt, Austria
Bank Austria Art Award

2005
Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Austria
Coming out

2001
Pavelhaus | Pavlova hiša, Radkersburg, Austria
Marko Lipuš / Klaus Schafler

2006
Robert Musil-Institut & Robert Musil Literaturmuseum, Klagenfurt, Austria
Kratzungen – Portraits


Education

1998 – 1999
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic (FAMU), Department for Photography (Study for two semesters abroad)

1996 – 1998
Photography College in Vienna, Austria (Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Kolleg für Fotografie); Graduation: Diploma

1994 – 1995
School for Artistic Photography in Vienna, Austria (Schule für Künstlerische Photographie – Friedl Kubelka); Graduation: Diploma