About

Gustavo Mendez-Liska (born in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela) is painter and sculptor, who continues to develop his artworks within the lineage of concrete art of South America. He studied at the Federico Brandt Institute in Caracas, Venezuela, at the School of Arts and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria. Since 1991 he lives and works in Vienna.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

(selection)

2020

2018

  • Wiener Schmankerl, Atelier Tigergasse, Vienna, Austria.

2016

  • Kleine Formate, Atelier Tigergasse, Vienna, Austria.

2011

2009

  • Gustavo Mendez-Liska, Galería 8 Rosas, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

2007

  • Im Rhythmus des Fächers, LINIERT in cooperation with Artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2005

  • Galería en el Trasnocho, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Espacio Cultural Piso 5 del Tolón, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Muros, Französische Allianz, Caracas, Venezuela.

2002

  • Galería en el Trasnocho, Caracas, Venezuela.

1994

  • Kleine Galerie in der Oberstadt, Bregenz, Austria.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

(selection)

2020

  • Structures as hell, Est projects, Vienna, AT
  • Casa70 Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
  • Galerie São Mamede, Lisbon, PT

2017

  • 30 Jahre Artmark galerie, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2016

  • Giulio Camagni, Gustavo Mendez-Liska. Hommage a Zbynek Sekal, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2013

  • Kaleidoskop und Das kleine Format, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2012

  • AAAAR: Artists Activists Auction against Racism, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • im Fokus, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.
  • 1m2 Staat, ein Projekt von Franziska Helmreich, Teich Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria

2011

  • Qwer, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2010

  • Abstrakt II. Malerei, Graphik, Skulptur, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2009

  • Barbara Höller, Gustavo Mendez – Liska, Luiz Martins. Objekt, Malerei, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.
  • Vis-à-vis. Natur: Kunst, Schloß Ulmerfeld, Ulmerfeld, Austria.
  • Abstraktion II, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.
  • Mut zur Lücke, Falkart, Falkenstein, Austria.

2008

  • Geometric Figures oder die Auflösung der Geometrie, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2007

  • Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation, Vienna, Austria.
  • Perspektiven 08. 17 Positionen, artmark Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

2006

  • Onda Latina, Galerie Nemecek, Wieselburg, Austria.
  • Buenos Aires Loop, Kunsthalle Wien, Project Space, Vienna, Austria.

2004

  • El Barril: Estética del Petróleo, Museum Jacobo Borges in Kooperation mit Goethe Institut, Caracas, Venezuela.

2002

  • Ciudades en Horizontal. Gustavo Mendez-Liska/Arnaldo Rodríguez, Galeria Cuadra Creativa, Caracas, Venezuela.

1996

  • Die neue Armut, Integrationsforum, Wiener Rathaus, Vienna, Austria.

1989

  • Gallery Arte 19, Bogotá, Colombia.

PROGRAMS

2016

  • Art Austria, artmark Galerie, Art Fair, Art Austria, Vienna, Austria.

2011

  • Viennafair, armark Galerie, Art Fair, Vienna Fair, Vienna, Austria.

2010

  • Viennafair, armark Galerie, Art Fair, Vienna Fair, Vienna, Austria.

1995

  • VIII Kunstforum Gaiarte, Art Fair, Kunstforum Gaiarte, Porto, Portugal.

1993

  • VII Kunstforum Gaiarte, Art Fair, Kunstforum Gaiarte, Porto, Portugal.