Edgar Honetschläger
Edgar Honetschläger is an Austrian-born artist who studied economics and art history. He spent four years of his life in the USA (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco), about 12 years in Japan (Tokyo), one year in Italy (Rome, Palermo) and an occasional year in Brazil (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia). In 1997 he took part in Documenta X, in 2004 Honetschläger founded the EDOKO Institute, and in 2009 he received the Prize for Cultural Events of the Province of Upper Austria. The artist, screenwriter and director lives in Tokyo and Vienna.
Filmography
- 1991: Sequences: Film (short film)
- 1994: Gadgets (video; 12 min.)
- 1996: 97-(13+1) (video; 10 min.)
- 1996: HCN MIAU (commercial for the company Humanic)
- 1997: Milk
- 1999: Randzonen (cinema spot)
- 1999: Sardines (script for Susan Landau Finch)
- 2000: Colors = the history of chocolate, masaccio, in times of emergency, (film trilogy; 33 min.)
- 2000: L+R (film essay; 79 min.)
- 2001: Isola Farnese, Spot for the Diagonale
- 2001: Los Feliz (screenplay)
- 2002: Enduring Freedom (internet film; 4 min.)
- 2002: George in Hollywood, (short film)
- 2003: Brasilia (script for a fake documentary)
- 2003: Il mare e la Torta (film essay, 60 min.)
- 2005: Erni (short film)
- 2007: Beijing Holiday, (short film; 13 min.; script for the feature film AUN with Reinhard Jud)
- 2008: Sugar&Ice, (short film)
- 2011: Aun
- 2012: Kazue (short film)
- 2012: Longing (short film)
- 2013: Omsch (documentary film)
- 2015: 320 Filosofiana (experimental short film)
- 2016: Los Feliz
- 2018: Flukuthuk, experimental short film, 13 min., premiered at Viennale
Art exhibitions / selection
- 1990: Palais Wittgenstein, Vienna
- 1991: MJS Books and Graphics, New York
- 1992: Kunst Raum Stuttgart; Austrian Cultural Institute New York; Asacloth Gallery, Tokyo
- 1993: Gallery Hosomi, Tokyo; SAI Gallery, Osaka
- 1994: Sagacho Exhibit Space Tokyo
- 1995: Art Fair Yokohama; Philips Gallery, Vienna
- 1997: documenta X; Griffin Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles; Art Basel
- 1999: Artforum Meran; Viktor Bucher Art Space, Vienna
- 2000: Kunsthalle Vienna, Kunsthalle Krems, FIAC Paris
- 2001: Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz; Steirischer Herbst, Graz; Triennale Milano
- 2002: Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense; Art Cologne
- 2004: Charim Gallery, Vienna; Vienna Art Fair; Art Zurich
- 2005: World Exhibition, Aichi, Japan; Hangar 7, Salzburg
- 2006: Aarhus Kunstbygning - Center for Contemporary Art
- 2007: Taiwan National Palace Museum, Taipei; Ursula Blickle Foundation
- 2008: Wien Museum; Fotohof Salzburg; National Library, Vienna
- 2009: Lentos Linz; Kunsthalle Krems
- 2010: MUDAM Luxembourg; Casino Luxembourg
- 2011: Charim Gallery, Vienna; Upper Austrian State Gallery; Rupertinum Salzburg
- 2012: Charim Gallery, Vienna; Bambin Art Gallery, Tokyo
- 2013: Kunstforum Montafon; Museum Kunst der Westkünste, Germany; Belvedere 21, Vienna; TBA 21, Vienna; Steinbrener/Dempf, Vienna
- 2014: Vienna Art Week; Traklhaus Salzburg; Vienna Parkfair
- 2016: Belvedere 21, Vienna; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma
- 2018: Kunsthalle Vienna; Charim Gallery, Vienna
- 2019: Forum Stadtpark Graz; Oberösterreichische Landesgalerie; Museum der Moderne Salzburg