Thomas Draschan print www.draschan.com
News
Jun-2010   "An Ideal State" Solo show at L.A. Gallery Frankfurt, Lothar Albrecht, Domstr. 6
will open 2nd of July, see details here 		 top
Apr-2010   Ghosting the Cities 2, "Instanz" Praterstr. 48 including:
Tim Bennett, Hans Jörg Dobliar, Matthias Dornfeld, Thomas Draschan,
Hanak Geierhos, Stefan Lenhart, Florian Schmidt, Lorenz Straßl,
Stefanie Ullmann, Susanne Wagner, Martin Wöhrl
Opening 5. Mai 2010 7pm, Opened from 6. Mai to 9. Mai 2010
  
Apr-2010   Carter London presents: "Mortars at Dawn", Leroy House 436 Essex Rd, London N13QP 14thMay - 6th June, including:
Sarah Baker | Isha Bohling | Paul Brandford | Thomas Draschan | Richard Gaspar | Jonathan Gent Daniel Jackson | Hilary Jack | Martelli and Gibson | Maslen and Mehra | Jonathan McLeod Manfred Peckl | Brian Reed | Galen Riley | Dallas Seitz | Covadonga Valdes 		 
Mar-2010   Tanzschule Projects München show "Peckl vs. Draschan"
www.tanzschule.lenhart-gang.de. 		 
Feb-2010   Group show "Austrian Contemporary", including the work "Villa Tosca" will be on display
in Montenegro's Capital see details here, the poster can be seen here. 		 
Jan-2010   "Videorama" featuring "FREUDE" will travel to: Austrian Cultural Forum,
NY / Centre for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv / Der Kunstverein seit 1817,
Hamburg / Edith-Ruß-haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg / Galerie Henze und
Ketterer, Bern / Lalit Kala Academy, National Academy of Art, New Dehli
/ Multimedia Art Museum Moskau / Museum der Moderne, Salzburg / Museum
of Contemporary Art, Zagreb / ParaSite, Hong Kong / Ullens Center For
Contemporary Art, Peking / Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal / Zacheta
National Gallery of Art, Warschau. All this will take place in 2010.
  
Jan-2010   "Lebt und arbeitet in Wien III" in the Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Raphaela Platow, Olga Sviblova and Anglea Stief will show the Collage "Operation: Offenes Herz" and the video "Continental Divide".  
Nov-2009   "Im Taumel der Zeichen" a one minute video will screen at the ACFNY in the show
"1989: The End of History or the Beginning of the Future?" together with:
Marina ABRAMOVIC, Josef DABERNIG, Harun FAROCKI with Andrej UJICA, Anna JERMOLAEWA, Johanna KANDL, Jonas MEKAS, Csaba NEMES, Jakub NEPRAS, Marcel ODENBACH, Marek PIWOWSKI, PUSHWAGNER, Joanna RAJKOWSKA, Isa ROSENBERGER, Nedko SOLAKOV, Miha ŠTRUKELJ, Magda TOTHOVA 		 
Nov-2009   "PAPER RULES" Nov. 27th, 2009 - Dec. 12th 2009
Opening: Nov. 27th, 2009 19:00 - Open End 		 
Oct-2009   FARE MONDI will open Thursday, Oct 29th at Kunsthalle Karlsplatz. see details here  
Sep-2009   "Die Presse" features a little portrait and the "Frankfurter allgemeine Zeitung" reviews
the solo show in the Kunstverein Heppenheim. 		 
Aug-2009   FAZ reviews the show at Galerie Wildwechsel, Frankfurt see details here  
Jun-2009   3 prints will be shown at "NITSCH, Vorbilder, Zeitgenossen, Lehre" at
the Künstlerhaus Wien which opens 25.6.09 see details here 		 
Mai-2009   German newspaper "Die Welt" enthusiastically reviews the "Sex Rules" show in an article about the Vienna Art Fair: see details here  
Apr-2009   "SEX RULES" featuring Ellen Cantor, Matthias Deutsch, Ilse Haider, Paule Hammer,
Marlene Haring, Paul Horn, Anna Jermolaeva, Angelika Krinzinger, Leo Kogan, Corinne von Lebusa, David Nicholson, Hermann Nitsch, Manfred Peckl, Rigo Schmidt, Leopold Schuster, Eva Schwab, Dallas Seitz, Clarissa Stadler, Caro Suerkemper, Hans Petri, Marcus Sendlinger, Kai Teichert, Alex Tennigkeit will open 7th of Mai 4 pm at Apartment Draschan. 		 
Mar-2009   DELIGHT will screen at "Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen" in the section Muvi Award and at the "European Media Arts Festival".  
Feb-2009   DELIGHT (Freude) will have it's US premiere at the Ann Arbor Filmfestival in March.  
Jan-2009   "FREUDE" ("DELIGHT") will screen at the International Filmfestival Rotterdam
between 21 January - 1 February 2009 		 
Jan-2009   "Suspension of Disbelieve" will be shown in the group show "Papierarbeit" at "Area53" . Opening Thursday 15th Jan. 09  
Dec-2008   Stuttgarter Filmwinter Jan. 2009 will show a retrospektive of my work in their section "Filmmacher im Portrait".  
Nov-2008   Apartment Draschan will open Clarissa Stadler's exhibition: TEXTPANIK
at Friday 28th 08. A Statement by Clarissa Stadler can be found here. 		 
Oct-2008   "Preserving Cultural Traditions" will screen 20. Nov at the Volksbühne Berlin,
see details here. 		 
Oct-2008   REEL TO REAL, at the Mousonturm Frankfurt shows Thomas Draschan's Found Footage
the 19.Oct work together with some other classics of this genre. See program here. 		 top
Oct-2008   "Villa Tosca" is part of the show "IN BETWEEN, CONTEMPORARY AUSTRIAN ART"
in Tel Aviv. Opening Tuesday 16th Dec. 08. see details here. 		 
Oct-2008   "Carter Presents: Dystopia for All", Opening: 3rd October 2008. see details here.  
Oct-2008   "My Generation - Group 3" opens Thursday 2nd Oct 08 at Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt. see details here.  
Aug-2008   "Jahrgang Rausch" review here. Another review of "Jahrgang Rausch"
of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung can be found here. 		 
Jul-2008   "Jahrgang Rausch" Group show at Atelierfrankfurt will open 8th of August. Details here.
  
Jul-2008   The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reviews the "All New" show here.
  
Jun-2008   Solo Exhibition: "THOMAS DRASCHAN: ALL NEW" at Galerie Wildwechsel will open
18. July 7pm. 		 
May-2008   Austrian economy magazine "FORMAT" lists Thomas Draschan in it's annual Art Guide
amongst Peter Friedl, Zenita Komad, Andreas Fogarasi and others as emerging artist
one should invest into. 		 
Apr-2008   Apartment Draschan presents: Take Five: Lori Hersberger, Tillman Kaiser,
Marcus Sendlinger, Klaus Martin Treder, Jan Koch. Opening 24th April 6pm.
see details here 		 
Mar-2008   Kunstwerke Berlin: sunday march 16 the video TURN will be screened at
"Hotel Marienbad" see details here 		 
Feb-2008   "To the Happy Few" can be found on the DVD "Xperimental Eros" which is available
through Amazon. 		 
Feb-2008   "Die Darstellung des Unbewussten im Avantgardefilm", the thesis of Andreas Fraunberger dealing with the subconscious in Avantgarde Film contains a chapter about "To the Happy Few". A preview in german can be found here.  
Feb-2008   Apartment Draschan presents "Ingrid Pröller: naturgemäß". Two large format paintings
as well as a small Landscape are being presented until the 14th of March 08.
see details here 		 top
Nov-2007   CLIMATE OF CHANGE: A Collage on Cardboard can currently be seen in London
in a group Show in Union Street. see details here 		 
Sep-2007   Apartment Draschan presents Daniel Jackson's solo show: IN/OUT.
Opening Sat 27th Oct 14-20h. The show will run until 8th of Dec. see details here 		 
Jun-2007   Apartment Draschan Presents: Gerhard Himmer "IMAGINARY CLIMAX" see details here  
May-2007   Frankfurter Kunstblock will show complete works at opening night of "Sommerausstellung 2007" and exhibit "preserving cultural traditions" until 31st August. FrankfurterKunstBlock FKB, BellaVista Film im Artemis Haus Hanauer Landstrasse 139 (Hof)  
May-2007   Carter & Gallagher will open their new Space in London's Mayfair with the group show "Fastest With the Mostest". The show will include some large format collages of Thomas Draschan. see details here Private View: Saturday 28th of May 2007 18:30 - 21:00  
May-2007   "Schaufenster Uszynsca", located Gumpendorferstrasse/Filgradergasse presents "Poesie des Aberglaubens", a large format backlit collage from 8th Mai to 2nd of June.  
Apr-2007   Solo show at Gallery Amer Abbas, former "Kunstbuero" Schadekgasse 6-8 1060 Wien
will open Wednesday 18th of April. 		 
Apr-2007   Solo show at Carter Presents titled "Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics" will open 28th of April in London.  
Jan-2007   Fordbrothers (fordoutput.blogspot.com) finally finished "everything's gone green" a video
for the New Order song that is shortly called EGG. the video will be released soon. 		 
Dec-2006   9th Dec 06 Bloodsample screened in "Galerie Stadtpark" Krems. see details here  
Nov-2006   Premiere of La mémoire des enfants by Hannes Gellner and Thomas Draschan -
November 21st, 2006, 7.30 pm, Votivkino at the Jewish Film Week Vienna 2006,
with the support of Yad Layeled Österreich, under patronage of Unicef 		 top
Nov-2006   "Keynote", a Fordbrothers installation presented in Fondatione Morra, Naples during the "Independent Film Show Naples".  
Oct-2006   "HEROES" screened at Steirischer Herbst in the series "dictionary of war"  
Sep-2006   Area 53 located in Vienna Gumpendorferstr. 53 presents two new works as part
of the group show "Künstler auf Landpartie retour"
Both works "Übung am Modell" and "Vor den Urphänomenen ..." can easily be viewed
when passing by as they are in the display of the gallery. 		 
Aug-2006   Once again: after a show with Carter Presents gallery (www.carterpresents.com) the appartment Draschan will welcome the "förderkoje" (www.foerderkoje.de) with painter
Kai Teichert from 15th September 2pm to 28.10. 		 
Aug-2006   Essay and pictures by Paul Sakoilsky about his experiences in Vienna including
some notes and pictures about the exhibition in appartment Draschan. see details here 		 
Jun-2006   www.turtlesalon.com in london, Chelsea Space unites artists that have colaborated with New Order video producer Michael Shamberg.  
Jun-2006   www.artcarbootfair.com showed "bloodsample" and "preserving cultural traditions..."  
Mar-2006   TURN, the music video for New Order is nominated for the MuVi award,
the best german video in Oberhausen. see details here 		 
Feb-2006   After screening sucessfully in Witte de With Gallerys (www.explodingtelevision.net)
Special Program "Satellite of Love" the video "Bloodsample" will travel to the "Platform Garanti Center for Contemporary Art in Istanbul" (www.platform.garanti.com.tr) 		 
Dec-2005   "The influence of ocular light perception on metabolism in man and in animal"
wins prize of RECINE - Archive Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro see details here 		 top
Nov-2005   Carter Presents "Prussian Blue" (synthetic seduction)
10th December- 15th January, Private View Saturday December 10th 2005
Open Saturday- Sunday 12pm - 6pm and by appointment see details here 		 
Oct-2005   "pencil, a drawing show" 15th Oct. 17th Nov. - London will include new collages
by Thomas Draschan. private view Saturday 15th October 6-9pm
opening times Saturday and Sunday 12pm till 6pm or by appointment
Carter presents, 29 Orsman Road, London N1 5RA 		 
Sep-2005   "The influence of ocular light perception on metabolism in man and in animal"
will screen at the Viennale 2005. see details here 		 
Sep-2005   The show at the "ursula blickle video lounge" in the Kunsthalle Wien will be extended
until the 30th of september ! 		 
Jul-2005   The "ursula blickle video lounge" in the Kunsthalle Wien will present
the entire work on video during august 2005. see details here 		 
Jun-2005   A collection of press articles has currently been collected on the amour fou website
and can be found here: pressencounter.htm 		 
Jun-2005   Short film festival Hamburg: "Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability"
won this years jury price in the category "no budget". see details here
The jury: Arjon Dunnewind, Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, Pernille Spence 		 
May-2005   "TV EXHIBITION": Combined solo show with Kai Teichert will open the 19th Mai in the "Ausstellungshalle" in Frankfurt.  
Mar-2005   BLITZSCHIRM, April 7 to May 6. Collages at "AREA 53". a group exhibition with
Karin Sulimma, Hanno Millesi, and Stefan Schuster. www.area53.name 		 
Mar-2005   "Bloodsample" nominated for MuVi award in Oberhausen see details here  top
Feb-2005   "Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability" received an
honourable mention at mediacity 11, see details here 		 
Nov-2004   "Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability" will be part of the
Impakt Highlights Tour that has been screened in countries like Argentina,
Peru, Mexico, the USA, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany,
France, Spain, Portugal and Bulgaria previously. see details here 		 
Aug-2004   "Preserving cultural traditions in a period of instability" will be screened
at the Viennale 2004 see details here 		 
Aug-2004   Distribution in Canada: "Encounter in Space" and "To the Happy Few"
available in Canada: canadian filmmakers distribution centre www.cfmdc.org 		 
Jun-2004   "Encounter in Space" invited to Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
see article in Der Standard. 		 
Apr-2004   Review of "Wertpapiere" the exhibition of drawings in the FAZ. see details here  
Apr-2004   Wertpapiere: new drawings at Ausstellungshalle Schulstrasse 1A.  
Apr-2004   A nice text from cinematexas about "Yes?Oui?Ja?". see details here  
Apr-2004   Honorable Mention, Ann Arbor Film Festival see details here  
Feb-2004   New drawings from the series "Artist in Resistance" at a group exhibition
at the IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna. opening: 11.2.04 7pm.
exhibition from 12.2.04 - 19.3.04 see details here 		 
Jan-2004   "Yes?Oui?Ja?" "To the Happy Few" and "Encounter in Space" will be screened at the "Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis" in Saarbrücken. see details here  top
Dec-2003   ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH: "To the Happy Few" and "Encounter in Space"
will be screened at the video lounge during the Art Basel Miami Beach 4-7.Dez.
see details here 		 
Nov-2003   1-Day Exhibition at the "20er Haus" Arsenalstrasse 1, 1030 Wien
Friday, Nov. 28, 8pm. A work specially designed for this exhibition with the titel
"knowing other people's hidden plans you'll find the key to their character".
The show is curated by Amer Abbas, (kunstbüro), Ana Berlin und Jonathan Quinn. 		 
Oct-2003   APA interview about "Encounter in Space", read here  
Oct-2003   "To the Happy Few" has won Hessen filmaward 2003 for best short.  
Sep-2003   "Encounter in Space" will be presented at the Viennale by Amour Fou.
please check the website www.amourfou.at for further information. 		 
Sep-2003   "Encounter in Space" will premiere at the "Viennale 2003"
Encounter in Space will make it's next station at the London filmfestival.		  
Sep-2003   "To the Happy Few" will be screened at new york film festival.  
Jul-2003   "Yes? Oui? Ja?" will be screened at Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Köln
in "KRAFT DER GEWOHNHEIT" at 24.07.2003 8pm see details here		  
Jul-2003   DOUBLE MIXED
Thomas Draschan et Hannes Gellner
du jeudi 17 au samedi 19 juillet 2003
heures d'ouverture: jeudi 16 - 20 h, vendredi et samedi 10 - 20 h
galerie IG Bildende Kunst, Gumpendorfer Strasse 10 - 12, 1060 Vienne
Inauguration le jeudi 17 juillet à 18 h see details here		  top
Jun-2003   "Metropolis of Recklessness" will be screened at Galerie 5020 in Salzburg at the exhibition:mutual fields, Multiple Realitäten und parallele Welten (3.7.-9.8.2003)  
Jun-2003   "To the Happy Few" will be screened at Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, 4. - 9. Juni
see details here		  
May-2003   Galerie Markus Richter [basement]
3rd Part of Peter Herbstreuths Series: Mikroanalyses/ Conversation Pieces
Conversation Pieces.
Opening Friday, Mai 16th 2003, 6 pm (18:00)
from Mai 16th 2003 to Juni 21st 2003 see details here		  
Apr-2003   Naples based E-M Arts/ Studio Morra made an aquisition of 28 images from the Film "Metropolis of recklessness". The images are of the size 100x70 cm.
A preview of this work can be seen here.		  
Mar-2003   2 films will be screened at Oberhausen2003:
"To the Happy Few" in the German competition
"Franziska" in the special program "re<lokal>isierung".		  
Mar-2003   The Diagonale 2003, Festival for Austrian Film, will present "Metropolen des Leichtsinns", "Yes?Oui?Ja?" and "To the Happy Few" see details here  
Feb-2003   Exhibition: Einfälle und Abfälle - Bilder aus der Filmarbeit
Opening: Mittwoch, 19. März 2003, 19 Uhr
20. März - 25. April 2003
IG Bildende Kunst, Gumpendorferstr.10-12, A-1060 Wien Austria		  top
Jan-2003   "Yes? Oui? Ja?" and "To the Happy Few" invited to Rotterdam International Filmfestival.  
Jan-2003   "Metropolen des Leichtsinns" will be screened at this years Max Ophüls Festival in Saarbrücken, see details here  
Jan-2003   Participation in "Berlinale Talent Campus" 10-14 Feb 2003, see details here  
Dec-2002   New work released soon: I have finished the editing of "Begegnung im Weltall",
it will go to the lab early in 2003 and prints should be available around March 2003.		  
Dec-2002   www.draschan.com goes online.  
Dec-2002   "Yes? Oui? Ja?" screened at the Art Basel Miami, see details here.  
Nov-2002   "Yes? Oui? Ja?" screened at the 14th Onion City Experimental Film
and Video Festival, Chicago		  
Oct-2002   Metropolen des Leichtsinns (Metropolis of Recklessness) and Yes? Oui? Ja?
screened at the New York Film Festival, see details here