Florian Raditsch was born in 1987 in central California where he grew up near Yosemite National Park. He studied fine arts in New Mexico and at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
In his work, Raditsch explores cultural and socio-political themes, including questions of identity that arise specifically in border regions. His pastel works and large-format drawings, for which he employs a unique technique with charcoal pencils, have been exhibited in the USA, Austria and Germany. In Raditsch’s exhibitions, he uses drawings, objects and paints murals to create cross-spatial installations presenting new narratives for socially relevant issues. The compositions and range of colors of his presentations reference artistic positions of the avant-garde. His work is also to be seen as research in the field of cultural and art history.
Exhibitions (Selection):
2024
ARTTIROL 10 - Art Acquisitions of the State of Tyrol 2021-2023, Ferdinandeum, Tyrolean State Museums, Innsbruck, Austria
Upcoming:
Aleš South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
2023
Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis 2023, Salzburg, Austria
Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg–Platz, Berlin, Germany
2022
GROW - The Tree in Art, curated by Miroslav Halák, Unteres Belvedere, Austrian National Gallery Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
2021
With a halo of smoke and flame behind, curated by Rosanna Dematté, Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum, Tyrolean State Musuem, Innsbruck, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
270 Years Fall of the Hraschina Meteorrite, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria (Solo Presentation)
Residency Grant of the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria, Washington DC, USA
Work Presentation, Austrian Cultural Forum, Washington DC, USA
2020
Artist Statement, Parallel Vienna Art Fair, Vienna, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
Legal Aliens, Instituto Cultural de México, Vienna, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
Our Moon. Longing, Art and Science, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria
2019
Linzer Kunstsalon, Francisco Carolinum – State Musuem of Upper Austria, Linz, Austria
Ticket to the Moon, curated by Andreas Hoffer, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
2018
Salem2Salem, Schloß Salem, Salem, Germany
Orb, Kunstverein Mistelbach, Mistelbach, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
STARS: Cosmic Art from 1900 up to the Present, curated by Dr. Sabine Fellner and Dr. Elisabeth Nowak-Thaller, Lentos Art Museum, Linz, Austria
2017
Einschlag, Das T/abor, Vienna, Austria
Salem2Salem, Salem, New York, USA
DEFINITION BEYOND NOW, Galerie Straihammer und Seidenschwann, Vienna, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
2016
Vienna Art Week, Vienna, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
OBJEKT_TIEF, Galerie Bodenseekreis im Roten Haus, Meersburg, Germany
KlimARS, MUMUTH, Graz, Austria
kunstzeit 25, KHG, Linz, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
Unexpected Forms, curated by Dr. Silvie Aigner, NöArt, several locations including Galerie grenzART, Langenzersdorf Museum, Kulturschloss Reichenau, Austria
2015
And it calls to us through closed eyes, Universitätsgalerie Heiligenkreuzerhof, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
Schöne, böse Bilder, Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
2013
Etwas mit Geste, curated by Emi Rendl-Denk, Galerie Z, Hard, Austria
REALM, Universitätsgalerie Heiligenkreuzerhof, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
0850, Austrian Parliament, Vienna, Austria
Konsensus ist keine Meinung, Fotoraum, Vienna, Austria
My Dear Cargo, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany
Colpo d’occhio, Palazzo Baronale, Torchiara, Italy
Collections (Selection):
Austrian National Gallery Belvedere
Tyrolean State Museums
Niederösterreichische Versicherung
Grants and Prizes:
AiR, Residency Grant of the Federal Republic of Austria, Washington DC, USA
Grant of the Austrian-American Partnership Fund
Project Grant of the Federal Republic of Austria
Project Grant of the State of Lower Austria
AiR, Salem2Salem, Salem, Germany
Studio Grant of the State of Upper Austria at the Salzamt Linz
AiR, Salem2Salem, Salem, USA
Sofie und Emanuel Fohn Grant