Künstler
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.
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
Bilder
aus der Serie "The Myth of The Cowboy", 2006, 2007
