Yvonne Oswald

Yvonne Oswald, born in Salzburg, studied graphic design and photography at the Parsons School in New York and at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, graduating with a Master of Arts. After a successful career in graphic and fashion design, she decided to focus on photography in 2003.
The perspective of decoupling the once so intimate relationship between man and nature defines Oswald's work in motifs of abandonment, abstractions of plants or details of landscapes, composed into new images as a dreamlike question of what may be hidden beneath and as an unnoticed symbol of fragility.
Yvonne Oswald became known for her melancholic, artistic works about the abandoned Südbahnhotel in Semmering. Her photographic projects have been shown in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. Among others in New York, Rome, Prague, Tehran, Isfahan and in 2024 in Warsaw, Istanbul, Ljubljana and Paris. Her works can be found in various international public and private collections, including the Belvedere Museum, Lower Austrian Museum, Spallart Collection, Südbahnmuseum, Jewish Museum Vienna and others. In recent years, Yvonne Oswald has published fifteen books on various topics, as well as numerous articles in international magazines such as L'Oeil de la Photographie, Christies Magazine, The World of Interiors, Parnass, Les Nouveaux Riches. Office Magazine, Art Daily and others.

Exhibitions and Collections

2024 - TIME TRAVEL - photography from tradition to contemporary art, Curator and participating artist; May 19 to August 31 2024 im Narzissendorf Zloam, Grundlsee, Steiermark https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/projekte/zeitreise/

2024 - TIME TRAVEL follow-up exhibition - Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, Mozart Wohnhaus from September 6 to December 31 2024, Curator and participating artist https://mozarteum.at/#info

2024 - Touch Nature Project in Warschau, Istanbul and Ljubljana - Information following

2023 - TOUCH NATURE project – Oktober 2023 to February 2024, ACFNY, New York, NY, USA https://austriakulturinternational.at/2023/09/27/ausstellung-touch-nature-kulturforum-new-york/

2023 - touch nature project – 31. 10. 2023-25.02.2024, Kulturforum Prag, Czech Republic https://www.oekfprag.at/bildende-kunst/touch-nature-2023-10-31/

2022 - Planten on Blomen - Gallery Statement, ARTVienna
https://www.artvienna.org/
2022 - TOPOGRAPHIEs OF TRANSIENCE - Gallery Statement, Parallel Vienna
https://parallelvienna.com/
2022 - FLORA IRANICA TEHERAN - From the feet of the Alborz to the peaks of the Alps, Yassi Foundation, Teheran, Iran; curated by Farshid Larimian
https://darz.art/en/galleries/yassi-foundation
2022 - DAS BLAUE VOM HIMMEL - Galerie Wolfrum, Augustinerstrasse 10, 1010 Wien; curated by Lucas Gehrmann
https://www.wolfrum.at/ausstellungen/
2022 - FLORA IRANICA - From the feet of the Alborz to the peaks of the Alps, Aknoon Art Gallery and Safavi Museum, Isfahan, Iran; curated by Farshid Larimian
http://aknoonartgallery.com/flora-iranica/
2022 - FOTO WIEN - Gegend Versus Idyll, Galerie Jünger
https://www.galerie-juenger.at/juenger/galeriejuenger.nsf/sysPages/news.html
2021 -  WOLLEN WIR NATUR? - Parallel Vienna 2021, project statement, curated by Lucas Gehrmann
2021 - 28.5. - 22.8. WIR WOLLEN KEINE NATUR, group exhibition with Yvonne Oswald, Karin Pliem, Martin Walde, Daniel Spoerri, Lorenz Estermann, Christie Astuy, Renate Quehenberger und Abbé Libansky at Kunsthaus Muerz. Curated by Cajetan Gril
https://www.kunsthausmuerz.at/veranstaltungen/wir-wollen-keine-natur/

2020 - Oktober ongoing - art postcards, artpostal, Vienna
https://www.art-postal.com/shop?Kollektion=YVONNE+OSWALD
2020 - Juli/August - INTERMEZZO, Sommerausstellung, Galerie Jünger Wien
2020 - acquisition Landessammlungen NOE - the Suedbahnhotel and Glanzstoff industries
2020 - March 3 until June 7 - HIDDEN LANDSCAPES, Galerie Jünger, Vienna
http://www.galerie-juenger.at/juenger/galeriejuenger.nsf/sysPages/programm.html

2019 - Nov. bis 2020 Februar - Meisterwerke, Galerie Jünger Wien
2019 - May 17 to September 1, LAND(E)SCAPES, Kunsthaus Mürz http://www.kunsthausmuerz.at/
2019 - March 26 to April 20 FOTO WIEN, Kunstgeschichten, Galerie Jünger https://www.fotowien.at/de/programme-2019/programmausblick/kunstgeschichten/
2019 - March 8 - June 16, VOID - Das Südbahnhotel, ACFNY, New York, NY, USA http://www.acfny.org/

2018 - Yvonne Oswald photography at Goldfaden - solo show
2017 – Die Goldenen 20er – Das Südbahnhotel, Stadtgalerie Mödling - solo show
2017 – artwalk18 – Vernetzte Kunst Waehring - group show

2016 – Aquisition "Density" by Museum of contemporary art (21er Haus/Belvedere), Vienna, photography collection
2016 – Zwiegespraeche, eyes on – month of photography Vienna, Galerie Jünger, Vienna - group show
2016 – Density, eyes on – month of photography Vienna, Kunsthandel Gril und Plantys, Vienna - solo exhibition
2016 – Glanzstoff, St. Poelten, Austria – Glanzstoff – solo exhibition and acquisition
2016 – Schloss Aichberg, Austria – ein Haus und seine Geschichte – group show
2016 – NÖart, Museum Orth, Austria – Mountain and Vally – group show
2016 – artwalk18, Vienna, Austria – solo exhibition

2015 - acquisition 'Suedbahnhotel - Waldhofsaal' by Suedbahnmuseum, Muerzzuschlag
2015 – Suedbahnmuseum, Muerzzuschlag, Austria – das Suedbahnhotel – solo exhibition
2015 – Art Austria, Vienna, Austria – Kunsthandel Gril – group show
2015 – NÖart, Niederoesterreich, Austria – Mountain and Valley – group show
2015 – Galerie Juenger im Hotel Stefanie, Baden, Austria – group show
2015 – artwalk18, Vienna, Austria – solo exhibition
2015 – Artists Space Meridien, Vienna, Austria – Close Up – solo exhibition
2015 - acquisition 'Suedbahnhotel - Waldhofsaal' by Jewish Museum Vienna

2014 – Galerie Jünger, Vienna, Austria – eyes on–Monat der Fotografie Vienna – Nebenwege – group show
2014 – Kunstprojekt Hauptbahnhof, Vienna, Austria – das Suedbahnhotel – digital wall
2014 – Short film – 'Zeitspuren: am Semmering', diector David Penn
2014/15 – Museum am Judenplatz, Vienna, Austria – das Suedbahnhotel – solo exhibition
2014 – Johanneum/Schloss Aichberg, Steiermark, Austria – Fragen – group show

2013 – Art Austria, Salzburg, Austria, Kunsthandel Gril – Werkschau
2013 – Aichberg, Steiermark, Austria – Rosa Brunner – acquisition and permanent exhibition
2012 – Kunstprojekt Wasnerin, Bad Aussee, Austria – acquisition and permanent exhibition
2011 – Schloss Pichlarn, Pichlarn, Austria – acquisition and permanent exhibition
2010 – Kunsthandel Gril, Vienna, Austria – Außer Saison – solo exhibition
2010 – Kunstprojekt Neubauer, Velden, Austria – acquisition and group show
2009 – Galerie Zwach, Schörfling, Austria – Außer Saison – solo exhibition
2008 – 2T, Vienna, Austria – group show
2008 – Feminale 2, Vienna, Austria – group show
2007 – Al Thani Award, Linz, Austria – group show
2007 – Istituto di Cultura, Rome, Italy – Bassa Stagione – solo exhibtion

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