Born 1969, Graz, Austria
Lives and works in Austria
Education
1997 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
1996 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Solo Exhibitions
2008 faked, Lendl Gallery, Graz, Austria
2007 Hotspot – enjoy your trip of illusions, of Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Klaus Wanker, Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany
Believe in Me, Galerie Steinek, Vienna, Austria
2005 Here We Go Again, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2004 Scope London, featured artist, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2003 Istar Collection, Graz, Austria
ISTAR 03/04, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2002 Galerie Arthouse, Dornbirn, Austria
2001 BANG - BANG, Joanneum Ecksaal, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
2000 Floating, Galerie Arthouse, Bregenz, Austria
Careless Drifting, Steinener Saal, Landhaus, Graz, Austria
AW Corporation, A.T.O.M., Schleifenmühlgasse, Vienna, Austria
1999 Realities, Milleniumstower, Vienna, Austria
Cuts.Schnitte, Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
Group Exhibitions
2008 Anniversary Exhibition: 10 Jahrs Junge Kunst, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2006 ZeitHeist, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York City, NY
Coolhunters. Youth Cultures Between the Media and the Market, Mcsarnok Kunsthalle,Budapest, Hungary
2005 Sammlung Mayreder, curated by Eugen Lendl, Austria
FIAC Paris, Scope London and Miami with Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Figur und Wirklichkeit, curated by Florian Steiniger, Kunstforum, Innsbruck, Vienna, Austria
Coolhunters. Youth Cultures Between the Media and the Market, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Coolhunters. Youth Cultures Between the Media and the Market, Center for Art and Media, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Skywatch, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2004 Holländer, Kern, Leikauf, Petz, Wanker, Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
Face to Face, Galerie Walker, Kärnten, Austria
Sommerausstellung, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
LV Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Spektrum Kunstlandschaft, Hessische Landesvertretung, Berlin, Germany
2003 Heimspiel2, Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz, Austria
Art Position, Vienna, Austria
Sotheby´s, Vienna, Austria
2002 Art Bodensee, Dornbirn, Austria
Art Position, Messe junger Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2000 Auswahl Ankäufe, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
I Spy, Gallery 97-99, London, UK / Vienna, Schleifenmühlg.17, Austria
Muster, Ars.mobilis, Vienna, Austria
Bodyfluids, Station 3, Vienna, Austria
How Beautiful, Vienna, Austria
1998 Academies, Spices, Diversities, Semperdepot Vienna unter Harald Szeeman, Austria
1997 Kupferstichkabinett, Albertina Vienna, Austria
Collections
Federal Chancellery of Vienna
Telekom Austria
Friends of the Vienna Academy of Arts
Collection Humanic, Graz, Austria
Collection of the City of Graz, Graz, Austria
Selected Bibliography
"Coolhunters: Youth cultures between the media and the market", ZKM, April 2005
Forster, Peter H., "Klaus Wanker: Living in a Magazine: On Beautiful surface and abysmal emptiness", 2005, catalogue essay.