Heinrich Dunst was born in 1955 in Hallein (Salzburg, Austria), He lives and works in Vienna. Dunst creates spatial interventions and performances that navigate the gap between what can be seen and what can be said, the untranslatability of one form into another, and the contextual nature of spatial presentations. Dunst's conceptual approach is rooted both in the work of artists like Marcel Broodthaers who scrutinize the systems underlying the perception of words and images, and in the Viennese scene of the 1980s and its characteristic ambition to extend abstract painting into the exhibition space. He lends these complex issues fresh interest by developing forms into correlations and pointedly questioning the seemingly unequivocal meaning of the elements through variation, superimposition, and changes of direction. Solo exhibitions include Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz (2023), Galerie der Stadt Schwaz (2015), Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna (1997) among others. His work has been included in group shows at Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (2023), Belvedere 21, Vienna (2021), Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna (2020), Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz (2016), Ludwig Forum Aachen (2015) and many more.

Full Biography

• Heinrich Dunst at KOW 2016

• Heinrich Dunst at KOW 2014

• Things, Not Words  ›  Nov 19, 2016 – Jan 29, 2017

• Out Of The Dark  ›  Jun 26 – Jul 31, 2016

• A Summer Of Films  ›  Jun 28 – Jul 26, 2015

• Dämmstoffe  ›  Nov 1 – Dec 18, 2014

• OUT OF THE DARK II  ›  May 23 – Aug 15, 2020

• Das Auto Rosi aber  ›  Nov 26, 2022 – Jan 14, 2023

• Vienna Contemporary 2022  ›  Sep 8 – Sep 11, 2022

• VIENNA CONTEMPORARY 2018  ›  Sep 26 – Sep 29, 2018

• ART BRUSSELS 2016  ›  Apr 21 – Apr 23, 2016

• ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2015  ›  Dec 3 – Dec 6, 2015

• SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL AT KOW  ›  Jun 28 – Jun 28, 2015

• ART COLOGNE 2015  ›  Apr 16 – Apr 19, 2015

• KOW ISSUE 11: Heinrich Dunst  ›  Oct 30 – Oct 30, 2014