Günther Selichar

Günther Selichar studied history of art and classical archeology at the University of Salzburg 1979–1986 and at the Art Institute of Chicago (Fulbright Fellowship), but decided short time before finishing the studies to quit and concentrate on his work as an artist.

Landesgalerie Linz* / Creative Time, New York City / Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Boston / Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz (2001, 2006) / Galerie Lindner, Vienna (2007, 2008, 2014*) / artmark galerie, Vienna* / Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna*, Museum der Moderne Salzburg,[4] Camera Austria, Graz[5][6] Galerie hlavního města Prahy; Kunstverein Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Photomuseum Winterthur; Sala Parpalló, València; Kunstverein/Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Saint Gervais, Genéve; Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; ICA, Philadelphia; Fundacão Gulbenkian, Lisboa; Centro de la Imagen, Mexico-City; Exit Art, New York; Apexart, New York; Central Museum Utrecht*; La Biennale di Venezia/Mostra Cinematografica*; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis*; Nikolaj Center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen*; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago/Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago*; European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück*; New York Video Festival*; Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg*; Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck; Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg; Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York; NGBK, Berlin; Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz; Aarhus Kunstbygnings, Aarhus*; Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam; Cornerhouse, Manchester; Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki*; Camera Austria/Kunsthaus Graz; Halle 14, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig*; Ljubljana Film Festival*; 21er Haus, Belvedere, Vienna*, Grassimuseum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig; Filmmaker Festival, Milano*; Kunsthalle Mainz*; Galerie Thoman, Vienna *; Albertina, Vienna *; MAK, Vienna; Museo d'Arte Moderna Ugo Carà, Muggia/Trieste*, Musa, Vienna; Neue Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Häselburg, Gera.

[7] Exhibitions marked "*" include cooperations with his wife Loredana Flore-Selichar (born 1962, Rome), like the works GT Granturismo[8] and Photogram.

[9] He gave talks and presentations at the following institutions (Selection): University of Applied Arts Vienna; School of Visual Arts, New York; Hochschule für Gestaltung, Zürich; Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Royal College, London; Byam Shaw School of Art, University of the Arts, London; Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[10] Cambridge; Urban Screens Conference, Cornerhouse, Manchester; Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen; Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach;[11] Gallery 21, Moscow; City Visions Jena, Bauhausuniversität Weimar; Kunstuniversität Linz.

Günther Selichar performed concerts in Austria, Germany, Italy and Turkey and participated in the following publications:[12] Call Boys Inc. (with Klaus Dickbauer - reeds, Wolfgang Mitterer - electronics, Gunter Schneider - guitars, Günther Selichar - percussion)[13] Other: