Lisl Ponger

born 1947 in Nürnberg
lives and works in Vienna, Austria
visual artist - photography and film

studied photography at the School of Graphic Arts in Vienna

1998/99 and 2001/02 visiting professor for art photography at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Awards

2005 Golden Gate New Vision Award – San Francisco International Filmfestival
2003 Preis für Bildende Kunst Land Niederösterreich (Lower Austrian Award for Visual Arts)
1994 Staatspreis für Filmkunst (Austrian National Award for Film Art)
1988 Staatspreis für Junge Filmemacher (Austrian National Award for Young Filmmakers)


Photography

Solo Exhibitions

2004 Galerie Charim
2004 Dak’art Off Dakar, Senegal
2004 Wien Museum, Karlsplatz, Vienna
2001 AK Galerie, Vienna
1999 Musée d’ethnographie, Genève
1998 Central Saint Martins Art School, London
1996 Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna
1993 Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna

Group Shows (Selection)

2005 Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
2005 Galerie Charim, Vienna
2005 State of the Art, SoS Embassy, Vienna
2005 Police, Landesgalerie, Linz
2005 Reisen ins Paradies, Kunsthalle Erfurt
2005 Jetzt ist er bös - Der Tennenbaum-Versuch über die 2.Republik und ihre Juden, Jewish Museum, Vienna
2005 Das Neue II. Atelier Augarten, Vienna
2005 Die Regierung, Secession, Vienna
2005 Zone 2005, IG Kunst, Vienna
2004 Ethnic Marketing, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva
2004 Nomads & Residents, BAK, Utrecht
2004 Black Atlantic, House of Cultures, Berlin
2004 Minority Report, Aarhus, Denmark
2004 Formate, MNAC, Bukarest
2004 Shake, OK, Linz
2004 Shake,Villa Arson, Nice
2004 Trading Places, Pumphouse Gallery, London
2004 Gegenpositionen, Museum of Modern Art, Passau
2004 Tour-ism, Tapies Foundation, Barcelona
2004 Salzburger Kunstverein mit Destiny Deacon
2003 The Bourgeois Show, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
2003 Künstlerinnen 1945-2000, Kunsthalle Krems
2002 Organisational Forms, Galerie Skuc, Ljubljana
2002 Routes, Steirischer Herbst, Grazer Kunstverein
2002 Double Bind, ATA Galerie, Sofia
2002 Documenta XI, Kassel
2001 Du bist die Welt, Künstlerhaus Vienna

Filmography

2004 Phantom Foreign Vienna
1999 Dejá-vu
1996 Passages
1990 Semiotic ghosts
1988 Train of recollection
1987 Substantial shadows
1986 Sound of space
1985 Container-contained
1984 Tendencies to exist
1983 Film - an exercise in illusion II
1982 Souvenirs
1981 The four corners of the world
1980 Film - an exercise in illusion I
1980 Lichtblitze
1979 Space equals time-far freaking out

Film Shows, Screenings and Festivals (Selection)

2005 One World International Film Festival, Prague
2005 48th San Francisco International Film Festival
2005 Cinéma du Réel, Centre Pompidu, Paris
2004 Film Festival Uppsala
2004 Film Festival Montreal
2004 Impact Festival, Utrecht
2004 Melbourne International Film Festival
2004 Film Festival Marseille
2004 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2004 Diagonale Graz
2004 Kunstverein, Munich
2003 Mousonturm, Frankfurt
2002 Edith-Ruß-Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg
2002 Centre de Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona
2002 Es Asalah Festival, El Arish, Egypt
2002 Kunsthalle, Vienna
2002 Tugboat film, New York
2001 Cineprobe - An evening with Lisl Ponger, MoMA New York
2000 Documentary Film Festival Duisburg
2000 International Munich Documentary Film Festival
1999 Visions du Réel, Nyon
1995 Anthology Filmarchives, New York
1992 Bilbao Film Festival
1988 Exit Art, New York
1987 USA & Canada Tour, New York, San Francisco, L.A.
1986 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
1985 Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
1985 The Kitchen, New York
1984 Österreichische Filmtage Wels
1982 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
1982 Kunstmuseum Luzern
1981 Forum Stadtpark, Graz
1980 Stampa, Basel
1980 Forum für aktuelle Kunst, Vienna
1980 Österreichische Filmtage, Kapfenberg
1979 Filmmuseum, Vienna

Bibliograpy & CDs

2004 CD ImagiNative, Research as artistic strategy, Lisl Ponger & Tim Sharp, HKW, Berlin
2004 Phantom Foreign Vienna, Wieser Verlag
2000 Photographs Catalogue with texts by Christian Kravagna & Tim Sharp
1995 Xenographische Ansichten, Wieser Verlag
1993 Fremdes Wien (out of print)
1990 Doppleranarchie, Vienna 1967-72, Falter Verlag

Courtesy Charim Galerie, Vienna
charim@charimgalerie.at
Sixpack Film, Vienna
office@sixpackfilm.com