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Roman Scheidl
Roman Scheidl
Litografi:
Uten tittel, motiv: 70x55 cm
Roman Scheidl is a co-founder of the Austrian "Neue Malerei" (new
art) movement
launched in 1981.
Roman Scheidl's painting uses as the main sources for intuition and
inherent rhythm
his love for dance theatre, for figures moving through space, and for
resolving contrasts.
His paintings are poetic. Anything that dances, flies, dreams and
smiles becomes an
object of his work. His world seems light-hearted and flowing smoothly,
full of flickering
light, in perpetual motion. His work and titles are carried by a warm
spring wind.
Roman Scheidl loves dance and developed a wholistic approach to the
art of painting.
1949
born June 29 in Leopoldsdorf, Austria
1955
family moves to Munich, Berlin and Hamburg for business reasons (father
was a film reporter)
1964
returns to Vienna
1970-1975
admitted to Professor Max Melcher's master class at the Vienna academy
of fine arts,
graduating in 1975
1975
exhibition at Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, of a wholistic
work called Hauseinsturz
(collapse of a building)
1975-1981
busy travelling period including exhibitions in Paris, Stockholm, New
York
1979
meets Swiss dancer Bettina Nisoli
1981
turning point in his work as an artist: the brush drawings come into
being and dominate his
graphical trademark
1981-1986
years of travel: lengthy stays in Scandinavia, Italy, Switzerland,
Paris and New York; always
in combination with exhibitions and theatre productions
1985-1995
works with the Nisoli dance ensemble; develops live drawing in light
on stage; performances and full-length programmes
1987
first major theme exhibition in Frauenbad, Baden/Vienna: Zwölf Räume (twelve
rooms)
1980
Weltbild-Ausstellung in Stockholm(Großformatige Tuschpinselmalerei).
1990-1995
lives in Zurich and Paris; produces a lithography box called Paris
Danse (1994)
1990
foundation of TAMAMU (Tanz, Malerei, Musik, i.e. dance, painting and
music, an association for
the promotion of multimedia stage art)
1992
Kunsthaus Zurich adds the full Buser-Block of 36 drawings to its
collection; TE-RO and TAMAMU
ceramics collections produced (in co-operation with ceramics artist
Felix Vogler of Winterthur, Switzerland)
1993
Neue Galerie of Linz, Austria, presents a comprehensive retrospective
of drawings made in the past ten years
1994
live stage set for the Tanzende Objekte (dancing objects) dance
performance with Bettina Nisoli at
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
1996
Bettina Nisoli passes away in Vienna;
Scheidl takes charge of the TAMAMU ensemble;
commences with the Doppelbilder (double images) series
1997
fire in the Vienna studio;
Unterwasserbilder (underwater pictures), Das Boot (the boat) and the
Bilder des Phönix (pictures of Phoenix) series are produced;
the etching suite Fliegende Blätter (flying leaves) comes into being
in Kurt Zein's workshop for hand-printed original graphics;
Scheidl stages the Der tanzende Pinsel (the dancing brush) performance
series with the TAMAMU ensemble in Virgilkapelle, Vienna
1998
Kunsthalle Krems, Austria, exhibits the Fliegende Blätter (flying
leaves) cycle;
renewed travelling to Amsterdam, Zurich, Paris and Hong Kong;
a video film entitled Der tanzende Pinsel (the dancing brush) is
produced, showing performances of the past couple of years
1999
exhibition of travel diaries, fold-outs and work books together with
Turi Werkner at the Vienna national library
Kilde: www.romanscheidl.at