ROBERT FREUND
Website: http://robertfreund.eu/
Robert Freund on Wikipedia (in german language)
Robert Freund studied representational painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, initially in the master class of Hubert Schmalix and Peter Dressler, later with Schmalix's successor Amelie von Wulffen and Peter Dressler. Since graduating in 2007, he has worked in Vienna and Tyrol as a freelance artist and also teaches glass painting, drafting and design at the Kramsach Glass School.
Robert Freund's professional focus is on representational painting. Theme-related digressions lead to techniques of graphics and installation or assemblage of self-made ceramic and glass objects. In his visual language he uses multi-layered allegories and narratives - sometimes comic-like flashy fragments, then again echoes of various art historical and handicraft references, but always as thought-provoking, complex, conceptual syntheses of the most diverse influences from art and cultural studies. The artist describes himself as follows: "Retrospective, introspective, foresight and confrontation are terms that have meaning for me and are important to me."
In terms of reception, Robert Freund's works were also placed in the vicinity of the New Leipzig School due to his narrative approach to painting. This is reflected, for example, in a photo commentary on Robert Freund's cycle "Triebwerksschaden", in which one of the works is titled "a kind of Neo Rauch on LSD". Freund's work shows references from art history, pop and subculture, outsider art, handicrafts, lowbrow.
1996 – 2000
2000 – 2002
2001
2002 – 2006
2006 – 2007
2007
EXHIBITIONS
2016
2017
2017
2018
2018
2019
2019
2020
2020
2022
2022
2023
Grants and awards
2005
2006
2007, 2009 and 2013
Glass technical school (HTL) in Kramsach/Tyrol
Advanced course for arts and crafts and design in Kramsach/Tyrol
International Summer Academy for Fine Arts Salzburg Prof. Xenia Hausner
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Master class Prof. Hubert Schmalix and Prof. Peter Dressler
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Master class Prof. Amelie von Wulffen and Prof. Peter Dressler
Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna;
Robert Freund has been working as a visual artist since 2007
Osthaus Museum, Hagen
Von geheimnisvoller Schönheit | Zeitgenössische figurative Positionen
Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall in Tirol
Robert Freund | Einzelausstellung
Galerie Schmidt, Reith im Alpbachtal
Winterreigen
parallel vienna
Voyage à contre-courant
Galerie Schmidt, Reith im Alpbachtal
25 Jahre Galerie Schmidt
Troadkastn, Kramsach
Das Wachstum der Regenwürmer
Plattform 6020, Innsbruck
Untold Stories | Einzelausstellung
Stadtgalerie Wetzlar (D)
Ausblick in die Tiefe | Einzelausstellung
Plattform 6020, Innsbruck
Kunstankäufe der Stadt Innsbruck 2020
Kunstforum Traodkastn, Kramsach
Sichtbar Verborgenes | Einzelausstellung
Hoast, Wien
Altar der enttäuschten Erwartungen | Einzelausstellung
Neue Galerie Innsbruck
Ecologies of care | Mitgliederausstellung der Tiroler Künstler:innenschaft 2023
Prize for representational painting from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Georg Eisler Prize – advancement prize for young painters
nomination, vault | Bank Austria Art Forum Vienna
Walter Koschatzky Art Prize – International Art Award
Nomination, Vienna, 2007 and 2009 jury purchase