Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1976AT. Lives and works in Vienna)

Most of Mentzingen’s time is spent drawing and painting on loose pieces of paper and canvas; all his paintings begin life on the floor of his studio. Ultimately, his intention is to provide a counter-balance through his work to modern life’s sense of overstimulation and monotony, while keeping a proportionate sense of humour. He says, “As long as I can remember I have treated my studio as a place where I should strive to be good at three things: creator, operator and snake-oil salesman.”

Solo exhibitions

2020: Flame Paintings, Bildraum07, Vienna
2019: Sneak Peak, Bildraum07, Vienna
2018: The Walls Have Fallen, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna
2016: Parallel Art Fair, Vienna
2014: Back Into Flight, LOCOMOT, Vienna
2011: Stories of the Desert, Galeria ASM28, Madrid, Spain; New Works, Galerie Saupe, Berlin; Lonely Planet Boy, Galerie Kulturreich, Hamburg
2007: This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about, Galerie Scala, Berlin
2005: X Marks the Spot, Kunsthaus Wendlinghausen, Detmold

Group exhibitions

2020: Parallel Art Fair, Galerie Tassilo Usner, Salzburg, Austria.
2019: Die Farbe Blau, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg; Art Brussels, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna; Art Austria, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna; Mozart discussing La Bohéme with Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gallery Mario; Mauroner, Salzburg
2018: Vienna Contemporary, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna; Parallel Art Fair, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna; Code Art Fair, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna; Black Mirror, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg; Art Austria, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna; Art Brussels, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna
2017: Art Miami, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Miami; Art Düsseldorf, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Düsseldorf, Germany Kunstsalon Burg Perchtoldsdorf, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Perchtoldsdorf; Vienna Contemporary, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna; Parallel Art Fair, Die Psyche und die Architektur der Leere, Mario Mauroner; Contemporary Art, Vienna; Transitions, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg; Chronos: Kairos, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg; Sommeraustellung Sammlung Urban, Waidhofen/Ybbs; 30 Contemporary Artists, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin; Katz X Cabinet, Similarities, Katz Contemporary, Zurich; 50 Contemporary Artists, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin
2016: Im Kabinett, Galerie 3, Klagenfurt
2015: FACES The ArtScouts, Berlin; LOCOMOT Contemporary Art, Vienna; Schloss Heltorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2014: Insights through shapes and drawings, Katz Contemporary, Zurich; (Un) Expected Form, LOCOMOT Contemporary Art, Vienna; The Art Scouts, Berlin
2011: Room Art Fair, Madrid
2009: Preview, Galerie Ulf Saupe, Berlin; Portraits, Faces and People, Katz Contemporary, Zurich
2008: 05 Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin; Fragile Welten, Galerie im Park, Bremen
2005: Origin Gallery, Cill Rialiag
2003: Goldberg Studios, Munich

Awards & residencies

2005: Origin Gallery Residency, Cill Rialig

Collections

Collection Eddie Urban, Waidhofen/Ybbs, Austria

Education

2001: Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1998: Angel Academy, Florence
1997: Escuela Massanna, Barcelona