Born: Ehmann Franz in Graz Austria, 1963
Education
Masterclass with Alison Knowles, New York artist
B.A. Fine Art, N.T. University, Darwin, Northern Territory (Charles Darwin University)
Biography
1990/91
Exhibition co-ordinator at 24 Hour ART, Darwin
1996
Director of Whitebox gallery, Brisbane
1997-05
Director of Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1996
Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove campus, Brisbane
1999
Lecturer in media studies/sculpture, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
1996–01
Eyeline – publishing, Brisbane, Board of directors
2008
Panel discussion, BARI Festival, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
Exhibitions
2014
Many Things (it’s a colourful world), SGAR, Brisbane
Creatio continua, Haus der Kunst , Munich, Germany
2013
1 Biennale der Künstler im Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2012
Words that changed the world and influenced the weather, FOE 156, Munich, Germany
Words that changed the world and influenced the weather, SGAR, Brisbane
2011
There where you are not, Factory49, Sydney
2010
Songs that changed the world and influenced the weather, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, S.A.
Fourteen, Factory49, Sydney
Cheap philosophies, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
2009
Yes we can, Lisi Hämmerle Galerie, Bregenz, Austria
2008
Vienna Biennale, Vienna, Austria
Relentless (without beginning nor end), BBK Galerie, Augsburg, Germany
Maximum acceleration, Conny Dietzschold Multiple Box, Sydney
2007
Aftermath, Artspace Sydney, artist residency and exhibition, Sydney
Maximum acceleration, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
ARC Biennial, Queensland University Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
2005
Questioning the questions of this world, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
Questioning the questions of this world, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Speaking the world into existence, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Speaking the world into existence, Artspace Mackay, Mackay Qld
2004
Where is my mind, Soapboxgallery, Brisbane
Speaking the world into existence, Esa Jäske Gallery Sydney
Speaking the world into existence, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
2003
Through the mouth, into your existence, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Thinkthank, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Where is my mind, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
2002
Love at the end of a days work, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
2001
Eveningmeal with 6 o’clock news, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Open Panorama (milk, honey, wax, theories, politics, assumptions + words), Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Almost there ( again… ) , Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2000
Almost there, Artspace, Sydney
Open Panorama, Greenaway Gallery – Adelaide, Institude of Modern Art + Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1999
2000 years of nothingness, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Wishlist, Greenaway Galleries, Adelaide
1998
Worldly pain – Worldly spirit, Soapbox gallery, Volt, Brisbane Festival
Culture of forgetfulness, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane + Linden gallery,Melbourne
The blue room of humanity, Experimental Art Foundation – Adelaide, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art – Perth, 24 HR Art – Darwin
1997
The blue room of humanity, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Memos for the next millennium, Michael Burke gallery, Brisbane
1996
Milk table for parliament, Darwin Festival, Northern Territory
A ladder for everyone, Whitebox gallery, Brisbane
1995
Memos for an un-known person, Michael Burke gallery, Brisbane
1994
Loneliness + Wailing Room, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
From the human museum of forgiveness: Eine weisse Geschichte, Randall Studio, Brisbane
Milk+Poem, From the human museum of laughter, Randall Studio, Brisbane
Emotional Architecture, collaboration with Architect Peter Besley, Gallery 331, Brisbane
1993
Sprachenfuge – Language fugue, Kiss my art, Brisbane
1992
Inside the beehive and a museum for everyone,an installation for everyone and no-one, 2 movements, M.O.C.A. and Space Plentitude, Brisbane
1991
Inside the beehive, everyone’s land, Territory North Theatre, Darwin
Human Generation, collaboration with Lynnette Voevodin
N.T. Centre for contemporary art – Darwin
Chameleon contemporary art space – Hobart, Arthouse – Launceston
1976
Junge Talente, Gallery Atelier Autodidakt, Bregenz – Austria
Group Exhibitions
2015
Remix: Objects&Sculptures, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney and Cologne
Artstage Singapore
2014
Creatio continua, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
25 Years Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney and Cologne
2011
Group show with Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
Turn around, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
Open Sky, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2010
Group Show, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney and Cologne
Public sale, Kunst Pavillon, Munich, Germany
Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney
Non-objective Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney
2009
New Skin, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
In der schönen neuen Welt, Koloni, Dresden, Germany
2008
Changed conditions ahead, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
Plan B, Kleine Altstadt Galerie, Dachau, Germany
In der schönen neuen Welt, Dachauer Wasserturm, Dachau, Germany
2007
Little white door show, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
Artist makes video, art rage survey 1994 – 1998, Dell Gallery, Brisbane
2006
December group show, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
Artlanguage – every publishable place, The Cross Art Project, Sydney, Australia
Painting, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2005
Art Language, Poetry Festival, Nowra, NSW
This is love, Umbrella Studios, Townsville, QLD
Thing, Rocketart, Newcastle, NSW
2004
This is love, Rocketart, Newcastle
This is love, 24HR ART, Darwin
2003
This is love, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne
2001
Parallax, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
2000
Artlink 2000, Barefoot gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Re-site, curated by Jacki Wurm, 24 HR ART, Darwin
1998
Artrage, video works for television, ABC-TV, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Artspace, Sydney, etc.
Constructed in the field of the other, Artspace, Sydney
Corps, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1997
Art Nineties, University Art Museum, Brisbane
Wax, Soapbox gallery Brisbane
1996
Asia Pacific Hotel Art Fair, Coronation Motel, Brisbane
Artists’ Books, Brisbane City Gallery
Miss Read in the fortress, Kinesis-Sydney
Peregrination, Metro Arts
CUE, curated by Donna Confetti, Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
1995
Combust, Q.C.A Art Gallery
Essence, Mail art show, curated by Neil Degney
Q.C.A Art Gallery + Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Mail exchange event with Italian artists, Drawing exhibition, Pisa – Italy
1994
Neglected Erotica, Bartleme Gallery
The graphite crucible, curated by Helen Jones at Ipswich Regional Gallery, Ipswich
FOI, contributed Inside the beehive, Last space-First space, Noosa Regional Gallery
1993
Crossings, multicultural collaboration, Metro Arts
Dining on the abdomen, First Draft West
Move Over, Umbrella Studio Townsville
1992
Human Rights, Framed gallery Darwin
Edge of Frontier, N.T.C.C.A. Darwin
1989
NORTH OF THE BORDER SOUTH OF THE SEA,
Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Jabiru, Groote Eylandt, Darwin
Is there anybody out there, Northern Territory University Gallery, Darwin
1979
Künstlerhaus Dornbirn, Austria
1978
Gallery Autodidakt, Bregenz – Austria
Residencies
2007
Artspace, Sydney, Aftermath project, performances and exhibitions
2000
Artlink 2000, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1994
Randall Studio, Brisbane
Performance Events
2007 Forever young, Artspace, Sydney
2005 100 actions, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
2001 Almost there ( again … ), Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
1999 Wishlist, Nexus multicultural art space, Adelaide
1998
Constructed in the field of the other, (Very Little … Almost Nothing) Artspace, Sydney
Worldlypain-Worldlyspirit , Soapbox gallery , Volt, Brisbane Festival
1997 Memos for humanity, Artspace, Sydney
1994
Gesture (Everyone is a Destiny) and Bodymilk, Bartleme Gallery, Brisbane
25 years of performance art in Australia, Sunset ( Sonnenuntergang) Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1993
Erdenschwelle – Earth threshold, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
How to explain forgetting to the forgotten and
Thought Pieces – Thought Fugues, Bartleme Gallery, Brisbane
1992 Inside the beehive, Washingplace – Weepingplace, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Published
2005
Speaking the world into existence, published by the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Thing, exhibition catalogue, Rocketart, Newcastle
2002
Heterostrophic, published by the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Ihor Holubizky
2000
Open Panorama, monograph, published by the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Ihor Holubizky
1999
Soapbox – installation practices and artists, published by the Institute of Modern Art,
Brisbane, writers Ihor Holubizky and Linda Carroli
Taken!, contemporary photography, essay by Timothy Morrell
1997
The Blue Room of Humanity, published by the IMA, Brisbane
1997
UTOPIA DYSTOPIA, Linda Carroli
1996
Das männliche Körperbild
1996
Das Objekt
1996
Diaspora, hand made book 10 copies only, Linda Carroli
1996
Memos for the next millennium, Linda Carroli
1995
Memos for an un-known person, Tracey Smith
1992
Inside the beehive and a museum for everyone.
Publications, catalogues and books
2012 Perform, Repeat, Record: Live Art in History, Amelia Jones, Adrian Heathfield
2008 Column 1, Artspace Sydney
2008 The Material Poem, James Stuart, Sydney
2007 The Material Poem, James Stuart, Sydney, e-book publication
2007 McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art
2004 Temperature – contemporary queensland sculpture, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
2001 The hottest gallery in the world, 24 HR ART, Darwin N.T.
Almost there ( again …), Franz Ehmann, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2000 Almost there, text by Richard Grayson, Artspace, Sydney
1996 Solitary Confinement, Tim Morrell, Brisbane
1995 Essence – International Networking Culture, Neil Degney, Brisbane
1994 The graphite crucible, Helen Jones, Ipswich regional art gallery, Ipswich
1993 Dining on the abdomen, first Draft, Sydney
Crossings, multicultural aspects, Linda Carroli, Metro Arts, Brisbane
1991 Human Generation, Chris Downie, 24 HR ART, Darwin
Curated exhibitions
2011
Open Sky, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
2005
This is love, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
Thing, Rocketart, Newcastle
Killing time, contemporary photography, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1999
Taken!, photography, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
3° of separation, diversity as certaintity, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Residue, reinstallations, University of Southern Cross Performing Art Gallery, Toowoomba
Oration, performances and video work, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Human, exploring the limits of physicality, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Colourfield, abstract paintings at the end of this decade, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1998
Art=Nature, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Gravity, Yarra Sculpture Space, Melbourne
Writing + Voice as Sculpture, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
3° of separation, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
Pulp, contemporary works on paper, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane
1997
SOAP OPERA, BILDERMACHT, WAX , Das Subjekt, Soapbox gallery,
Brisbane
UTOPIA DYSTOPIA, Whitebox gallery, Brisbane
1996
Das männliche Körperbild, Whitebox gallery, Brisbane
Diaspora, curated for the department of social and political justice, Whitebox gallery, Brisbane
Das Object, Whitebox gallery
Garagesaal, curated for the department of social and political desire, Gallery 331
Artworks are in private collections, Australia ( Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Northern Territory ), Japan, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy
Art works held in Australian Institution:
Artbank, NSW, Australia
Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD, Australia
State collection of Vorarlberg, Austria
Reviews:
Art magazines: Art/Text, EYELINE, Like, Artlink and Machine
News papers: Sydney Morning Herald, Courier Mail, Melbourne Times, Brisbane Review, Brisbane News, Art Monthly, Austrian and German Newspapers
Radio interviews: Darwin and Tripple Z – Brisbane, Tripple J- National Radio
Television: Briz 31
Artshow – ABC TV
A currant afair – Channel 9
Stateline, Queensland – ABC TV.
Eyeline #15, Winter 1991
Elizabeth O”Shea, Human Generation, Lynette Voevodin and Franz Ehmann, NTCCA Darwin, page 30 to 32
Eyeline #31, Spring 1996
Franz Ehmann in discussion with Beth Jackson, page 30 to 35
Eyeline #36, Autumn/Winter 1997/98
Alison Kubler, Franz Ehmann: blue room of humanity, Institude of Modern Art, page 44/45
Eyeline #38, Summer 1998/1999
Linda Carroli, Brisbane Festival – Volt 1998, Worldly pain – worldly spirit, Franz Ehmann: Soapbox gallery, page 35/37
Eyeline #35, Summer 1998
Victoria Garton, Corps – group show, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane, page 50
Art/Text #64 – 1999
Ihor Holubizky, Franz Ehmann – Soapbox gallery, Brisbane, September 11 – 30, 1999, page 89 -90
Like, #13 – Summer 2000
Peter Anderson, Open Panorama ( Existenz ) Franz Ehmann – Institude of Modern Art, Brisbane, page 48/49
Eyeline #46, Spring 2001
Ihor Holubizky, Franz Ehmann, art, food, cooking, life, 15 August 2001
page 27 to 31
Artlink, Vol 27 no1, 2007
The word as art
James Stuart, text-art & interactive reading, page 58 – 60
Eyeline #66, Winter 2008
Kasia Janczewski, Franz Ehmann: Maximum acceleration – Ryan Renshaw Gallery
Page 71
Writing for other artists and shows
Carl Warner, Sensing the surface, University Art Museum, Brisbane,Queensland,
2006, Some thoughts in disproportion to what is seen.
The art of Natalie Billing, reflections on remembering and being, published 2005 for the Institute of Modern Art show.
Thing,
( Pamela Mei-Leng See, Caitlin Reid, Cezary Stulgis, Eleanor Avery, James Avery ), Rocketart, Newcastle, 9 – 26 June 2005
This is love, ( Eleanor Avery, James Avery, Caitlin Reid ),
Yarra Sculpture Space, Melbourne, Victoria 2003,
24 HR Art, Darwin, Northern Territory, 2004,
Rocketart, Newcastle, 2004,
Umbrella Studios, Townsville, Queensland, 2005
James Avery, Trailer, Soapbox gallery, Brisbane, 2003
Art Fairs
2012 Artstage Singapore, GAG Projects/Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide and Berlin
2011 Korea International Art Fair, Conny Dietzschold, Sydney and Cologne
2011 Artstage Singapore, Conny Dietzschold, Sydney and Cologne
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Conny Dietzschold, Sydney and Cologne
2008 Brisbane Art Fair, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Brisbane Art Fair, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide and Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2003 Art Sydney
Grants:
2012 Australia Council for the arts, Australian Government
1997 Australia Council for the arts, Australian Government
1992 Australia Council for the arts, Australian Government
2008 Arts Queensland, Queensland Government
2003 Arts Queensland, Queensland Government
2002 Arts Queensland, Queensland Government
2000 Arts Queensland, Queensland Government
1999 Arts Queensland, Queensland Government
1997 Arts Queensland, Queensland Government