Ulrich Eigner

Geboren 1973 in Wien, Österreich. Lebt und arbeitet in Wien.

Ulrich Eigner dokumentiert Themen von sozialer und kultureller Relevanz. Neben seinen freien Arbeiten unterrichtet er Fotografie und übernimmt Auftragsarbeiten in Dokumentar-, Reportage-, und Porträtfotografie.

www.ulricheigner.com



Based in Vienna, Austria, Ulrich Eigner works on documenting topics of socio-cultural relevance with a focus on the USA, his home country Austria and CEE. Besides his independent projects he teaches photography and does documentary and portrait photography assignment work.

 

Academic Education

2007 M.F.A. Photography, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA
2002 A.A. Photography, ‘fotoK- Kolleg für Fotografie’, Vienna, Austria
2001 M.A. Psychology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria
1997 Study Abroad Program, New York University, Department of Psychology & Stern Business School, New York, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2009

The Myth of the Cowboy, exhibition as winning portfolio of the First International Vienna Portfolio Review, Vienna, Austria (date and location to be announced)
American Roadscapes, Gallerie ArtBits , Vienna, Austria

2008

Change: From Isolation to Inclusion, VSA North Forth Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

2007

The Myth of The Cowboy, Transpace Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA

2004

Mothers and Kids, Department of Anthropology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria

Group Exhibitions


2008

The Third Sex, Galerie Haas, Vienna, Austria
Foto8 Summer Show: New Documentary Talent, HOST Gallery, London, UK


2007

Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Ill., USA
Blue Sky, Black Earth: Meditations on the Meeting of Sky and Land, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Vernacular Sightings (with Jason Reed), San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, USA


2006

Blue Sky, Black Earth: Meditations on the Meeting of Sky and Land, Altgeld Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
All New And Exciting, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois, USA
West Texas Photographs (with Jason Reed), Transpace Gallery, Normal, Illinois, USA

Honors and Awards

2008 Winner of 1st International Portfolio Review, Vienna, Austria
2004 Fulbright Fellowship for the academic years 2004-2007

Publications

2008

Change: From Isolation to Inclusion
The journey to inclusion as depicted by the experiences in Bulgaria.
published by Inclusion Europe: The European Association of Societies of Persons with Intellectual Disability and their Families, Brussels, 2008