Alfredo Barsuglia
“Unforgettable, some of the best months and experiences of my life.”
Alfredo Barsuglia, born 1980 in Graz, lives and works in Vienna / Austria. Barsuglia has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Monsignor Otto Mauer Prize (2019), the State Scholarship for Fine Arts (2017), the Art Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna (2015), the Theodor Körner Prize (2013), the Art Promotion Prize of the City of Graz (2007), and the MAK-Schindler Fellowship in Los Angeles (2006).
His works have been exhibited institutionally at CNA - Centre national de l’audiovisuel, Dudelange (2025), at Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz (2023), at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2022), at Kunsthaus Graz (2021), at Museum of Estonian Architecture in Tallinn, Estonia (2021), at Konschthal Esch, Luxembourg (2020), at Kunstforum Wien, Vienna (solo, 2019), at MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles (together with Alice Könitz, 2018), at Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz (2016), at MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (solo, 2015), at MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma / Testaccio (2014), at ARTPLAY Design and Architecture Center, Moscow (2011) and at mumok Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2010).
Since 2007, he has regularly been responsible for stage design and scenography at Tanzquartier Wien or brut Wien, among others.
In numerous projects in public space, such as “Social Pool” in the Mojave Desert, “Mariainsel” in Fürstenfeld or “Abriss” in Graz, he deals with social values as well as the boundaries and transitions between public and private.
EDUCATION
2004
Academy of Fine Arts and University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
2003
MA, University of Applied Arts
Vienna, Austria
JURY
Hernan Diaz Alonso
Patrick Charpenel
Magdalena Jetelová
Claudia Oetker
Peter Noever
FINAL PROJECT
