michael.kargl[at]uni-ak.ac.at
www.michaelkargl.com
Michael Kargl, born 1975 in Austria, is an artist and researcher who lives and works in Vienna. Since 2016 he has been co-director of the project originalcopy at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where he also mentors students in the MA program of the Department of TransArts—Transdisciplinary Art. From 2006 to 2014 he was head of the interdisciplinary class at the Vienna Art School, and from 2004 to 2006 he lectured at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg in the Department of Fine Arts, Art and Craft Education. In 2004 he completed his studies in Salzburg with a final thesis (Mag. Art.) on virtual architecture and cyberspace with a main focus on studies of sculpture. The artistic practice of Michael Kargl includes net art, sculptural objects, and installations as well as a transmedia area of activity, informed by minimalism and conceptual art. He has participated in exhibitions and events at various art institutions including the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Bogotá (2014), the Moscow Biennale (2011), and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2010). He was co-founder and a member of the collective CONT3XT.NET (2006–2012).