Maria Temnitschka

Maria Temnitschka (born 1961 in Lower Austria) is an Austrian artist. Her preferred medium is oil painting. In addition, she makes objects from various materials (metal, found objects, etc.), draws and sometimes creates performance art.
==Life and Work==
In the ezrly 1980s, Maria Temnitschka studied metal design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna under Carl Auböck. Her main interests were experimental jewelry made from recycled materials (tubes of toothpaste and mustard), “dangerous-to-wear jewelry”, and "self-defense jewelry". She received encouragement from Peter Skubic, among other things, during a study visit to the Köln International School of Design. 
In the 1990s Maria Temnitschka discovered painting as a new medium for herself. Between 2002-2006 she studied painting at the University of Applied Arts with Prof. Adolf Frohner and Prof. Gerhard Müller and graduated in 2006 with distinction.
Since 2009 she has been teaching at the University of Applied Arts.
She is a member of the Künstlerhaus, Association of Austrian Artists, and IG Bildende Kunst.
Her representational oil paintings often deal with the themes of decay and what people leave behind, both literally and figuratively. The painter prefers to find her subjects in abandoned factories and industrial sites.
==Exhibitions (selection)==
* 2004 FEMINA, Columned Hall of Parliament Vienna
* 2005 The essence, MAK Vienna
* 2005 REAL, Kunsthalle Krems, Lower Austria
* 2005 Galerie Artefakt, Vienna
* 2005 New Century Artists, Soho, New York
* 2006 Up and Down, Galerie Hrobsky, Vienna
* 2007 Erweiterte Stadtlandschaften, Gallery Pendel, Waidhoven/Ybbs, Lower Austria
* 2008 3 Positionen, NÖ Dokumentationsarchiv, St.Pölten, Lower Austria
* 2009 Unter der Brücke, Gallery Schlesinger, Zurich
* 2009 Ortung, Uni Campus, Danube University Krems
* 2009 Pure Painting, Gallery ArtAffair, Regensburg Germany
* 2009 pax et justitia, European Parliament Strasbourg and Bishops' Conference Paris
* 2010 Unter der Brücke, Gallery Hrobsky, Vienna
* 2010 Contemporary Art Interchange Exhibition, Kurashiki City Art Museum/Japan
* 2011 Lost in time, Artothek Lower Austria Kunstmeile Krems
* 2011 the best works of the biennial of drawing pilsen, Gallery of Slovak Union, Bratislava
* 2011 k/haus 18, Positionen der Malerei Artemons, Upper Austria
* 2012 Ortung, ÖBV, Vienna
* 2012 Celle - Sarajevo transit, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo/BIH
* 2012 the best works of the biennial of drawing pilsen, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw/Poland
* 2013 KulturpreisträgerInnen 2013, Lower Austria Documentation Archive, St.Pölten
* 2013 Zeichnung/Zeichnung, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
* 2013 Transalpin Vis Arte, Zurich
* 2013 lost in time, Gallery Schlesinger, Zurich
* 2014 CELLE: DIE WELT, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
* 2014 Die Würde des Künstlers, Celle-Performance, MUSA Vienna
* 2014 WARWAS Celle-Performance, HGM Vienna
* 2015 TierFREUDen, Exhibition and performance (with K. Seidner and F. Mendelssohn), Sigmund Freud Uni, Berlin
* 2016 on the way, Galerie Nothburga, Innsbruck
* 2017 lost in thought, Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz
* 2017 der Schein trügt, Budapest Galéria und MAMU Gallery, Budapest
* 2019 IBIDEM Bilder von Büchern, Galerie in der Schmiede, Linz Pasching (together with Judith Baum)
* 2020 Altes Eisen, Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna
* 2020 Alles war klar, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
* 2022 Schrott, Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna
* 2022 Altes Eisen, blaugelbe Viertelsgalerie, Zwettl, Lower Austria
Trade fair participations: Int. Art Fair Kyiv, "Art Bratislava", "Art Karlsruhe" 2007-2010, Roter Salon (D), "Liste Köln", "Kunst Zürich", Art Austria 2012-2018, Art Vienna, paper positions Basel.
==Prizes and Awards==
* 1994 Project funding from the BMUK and the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
* 2011 Design of the new Medal of Honour for the Künstlerhaus
* 2013 Project funding for the Cultural Office of the City of Vienna
* 2013 Recognition Award of Lower Austria
* 2022 Schiele Art Award 2nd place
==Collections==
* Lower Austria State Government
* Austrian Association for Psychotherapy
* Würth Сollection
* City Museum Wiener Neustadt / Lower Austria
* Lower Austria State Museum
* Danube University Krems / Lower Austria
* City of Vienna
* National Bank of Austria - Oesterreichische Nationalbank
* Cocca Collection
* Österreichische Beamtenversicherung
* Federal Chancellery Austria - Bundeskanzleramt Österreich
* Artothek Niederösterreich
Category:1961 births
Category:People from Lower Austria
Category:Austrian people
Category:University of Applied Arts Vienna alumni
Category:Artists