Biography
Biography
- Born 1955 in Gmunden, Upper Austria
- Education:Art University Linz, Diploma: Master of Arts, 1979
- Studio for computer-aided art and digital media in Gallneukirchen near Linz, Austria since 1986 .
- Art Fairs and Festivals:
Siggraph ArtShow, Chigago (USA), TISEA/Sydney (AU), ComputerArt (DE), Ars Electronica Festival Linz (AT), Art Austria, Vienna (AT), Art & Antique, Vienna (AT), Parallel Vienna (AT)
- Selected Exhibition History: Upper Austrian Kulturquartier, Linz (AT), New Gallery of the City of Linz (AT), Upper Austria Landesmuseum, Linz (AT), Nordico City Museum, Linz (AT), Künstlerhaus, Vienna (AT), Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT), Lower Austrian Documentation Center for Modern Art, St. Pölten (AT), Kunstmuseum Artemons (AT), Gallery Art Affair, Regensburg (DE), Gallery of the City Gladbeck (DE), Haus an der Redoute, Bonn (DE) , St. Anna Chapel, Passau (DE), Castello di Duino, Trieste, (IT), Museo di Chianciano Terme (IT), Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (IT), Micro arti visive Rome (IT), Museo Vincenzo Vela, Ligornetto (CH), Lajevardi Foundation, Tehran (IR), Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan (IR), Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney (AU), Academy Square Gallery, Montclair (USA), Center for Contemporary Art, Newark (USA) , Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts (USA)
- Awards: 1st. Award of the Anglo-Italian Academy of Arts 2015 | "Industrie mit Phantasie" 1996 | "Römerquelle Kunstwettbewerb" 1989
- Collections: Art Collection of the Province of Upper Austria | Art Collection of the City of Linz | National Artothek of Austria | Museum Vincenzo Vela (Switzerland) | ArtCollection Roberto Gagliardi (Museo di Chianciano Terme) | Museum of Perception Rohrbach | Kunsthaus Kollitsch Klagenfurt and private collectors.
A pioneer in the field of digital art in Austria
Markus Riebe integrates the computer into his artistic work since the early 1980s and was one of the first Austrian artists whose work was shown at renowned computer graphics festivals such as Siggraph Artshow in the USA and ISEA in Australia. Exhibitions followed in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Iran and Austria, including several times at Parallel Vienna, Art Austria, OÖ Kunstverein, OÖ Landesgalerie, Künstlerhaus Wien and Ars Electronica Festival 2015, 2017 and 2023.
In 2015 he was awarded the 1st prize of the Anglo-Italian Academy of Arts Awards.
