Fritz Maierhofer

Fritz Maierhofer, 1941, Vienna, Austria.

Biography:
1941 Born In Vienna
1955 Began A Traditional Goldsmith Apprenticeship With Anton  Heldwein, A Well Known Jeweller In Vienna
1965 Took Charge Of Running The Workshop
1966 Took The Diploma
1967 Went To London And Worked There For Andrew Grima. Was In Charge Of Making A Watch Collection For Omega Which Was Exhibited At Goldsmiths Hall In 1970 And Also Shown In Several Other Countries
1969 Began To Work Free-Lance In London, Started To Experiment  With Acrylic In Combination With Gold And Silver
1970 Returned To Vienna And Had His First Exhibition In Salzburg
1971 Made The First Object In Acrylic And Brass
1972 Wall Objects In Acrylic And Aluminum
1974 Took Part In A Steel Symposium; Third Object In Steel And Acrylic
1975 Bought A Farmhouse Near Artstetten In Lower Austria, Restored It And Built His Studio There
1977 Worked On Metal Drawings In Silver And Gold
1979 Furniture Designs In Cooperation With Wiener Damaszierkunst In Vienna (Tables And Screens)
1980 Began To Experiment With Jewellery In Tin And Gold
1985 Opened A Workshop And Gallery In Vienna Together With  Three Other Artists, Used For Seminars And As An  „Intensivworkshop“
1986 Designed A Fountain Sculpture For The Council Square in Kagran, Vienna
1987 Temporarily Went Back To London Following An Invitation Of The Sir John Cass College Of Art And Started To Work On Forms And Structures In Gold And Silver Inspired By The Building Sites In The City. This Work Is Exhibited In The Victoria And Albert Museum, London | Guest Lecturer At The Royal College Of Art And Epsom  College
1988 Returned To Austria
1991 - 1998 Directed The Jewellery Design Workshop, Akademie Graz
1993 Monumental Jewellery Sculpture For The Villa De Bondt, Gent
1999 Initiative Of “Turning – Point“, An Exhibition Of 41 Austrian Jewellery – Artists

Selected Awards:
1972 Prize From The Viennese Art Foundation | Prize At The International Jewellery Competition In The Jewellery Museum Pforzheim
1976 Scholarship From The Ministry Of Art And Education, Vienna
1981 Prize “Diamanten Heute“, Munich
1986/87 Research Fellowship Of The Sir John Cass College Of Art, London
1987 Prize At “Jablonec 87“
1990 Austrian Design Award Acknowledgement
2003 Received The Honorary Title Of Professor Through The Republic Of Austria

Selected Collections:
Museum Of Applied Arts, Vienna | Ministry Of Art And Education, Vienna | Government Of Lower Austria | Jewellery Museum Pforzheim | Victoria And Albert Museum, London | Goldsmiths Hall, London | National Museum Of Scotland | Art Gallery Of Western Australia | Dannerstiftung, Munich | Royal College Of Art – Study Collection | Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz | Sammlung Inge Asenbaum, Vienna | Helen Drutt Collection, Philadelphia | Lotte Reimers Stiftung, Deidesheim, Deutschland | Ram's Wustum Museum, Racin, Nordamerika
And In Various Privat Collections

Selected Exhibitions (solo):
1971 Galerie Fath, Göppingen | Galerie In Der Blutgasse, Vienna | Galerie Wittmann, Vienna
1972 Galerie Arkade Schullin, Graz | „Schmuck - Objekte, Metall Und Acrylic“, Galerie In Der  Blutgasse, Vienna
1973 Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague | Galerie Sven, Paris
1974 Galerie Am Graben, Vienna
1975 „Gold And Acrylic Jewellery“, Electrum Gallery, London Galerie Am Graben, Vienna
1977 „Metallzeichnungen In Gold Und Silber“, Galerie Am Graben, Vienna | Galerie Maringer, St. Pölten
1978 Galerie Klosterstrasse, Linz | Galerie Am Graben, Vienna | Sparkasse Melk
1979 „Schmuckformen“, Galerie Am Graben, Vienna
1981 Kleine Galerie, Linz
1982 Galerie Ibo, Klagenfurt | „Schmuck In Zinn Und Gold“, Galerie Am Graben, Vienna
1983 Galerie Michele Zèller, Bern | „Schmuck Für Körper Und Raum“, Volksbank Zwettl
1986 Galerie Würthle, Vienna
1987 Sedgwick Centre, London | Victoria And Albert Museum, London
1989 Zentralsparkasse Alserstrasse, Vienna
1990 „New Jewels“, Kunstgalery Knokke Heist, Belgium
1992 Künstlerhaus Wien, Kinogalerie, Vienna
1993 New Jewels Gallery, Knokke Heist, Belgium
1994 Galerie Ibo, Klagenfurt
1995 Villa De Bondt, Gent
1997 „Jewellery Up To The Present Day, Looshaus“, Vienna
1998 „The Ring“, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
1999 Galerie Göttlicher, Krems - Stein
2000 Galerie 422, Gmunden
2002 “Schmuck-Chaos” Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2005 Galerie Am Lieglweg, Neulengbach, Austria
2006 “Fritz Maierhofer 2006 “,Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2007 Galleria Gr 20, Padova, Italy | “Sisonke” Cross Continental Design Catwalk, Vienna
2008 “02.41 Fritz Maierhofer“ Caroline Van Hoek, Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Brussels
2009 Galleria Gr 20, Padova, Italy | Galerie Stühler, Munich And Berlin
2011 “Seventy Rings”, Caroline Van Hoek, Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Brussels
2015 Retrospective of jewellery and objects by Fritz Maierhofer, Ruthin Craft Centre, United Kingdom

Group exhibitions:
1994 Galerie Ibo, Klagenfurt
1995 Galerie Tiller, Vienna
1996 Galerie V & V, Vienna
1998 „ Jewellery Moves“, National Museum Of Scotland,  Edinburgh | „ The Ring“, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
1999 Initiative Of “Turning – Point“, An Exhibition Of 41 Austrian Jewellery – Artists
2000 Galerie Slavik, Vienna; Galerie 422, Gmunden
2001 “Radiant Geometries“, American Craft Museum, New York
2002 “Jewellery In Painting“, Mobilia Gallery, U. S. A. | Galerie Stühler, Berlin | Austria Center, Vienna
2003 “Re-View – Aspects Of Austrian Jewellery Art”, Tokyo
2004 Jewellery Of Europe, France
2005 Galerie Cap D’art, Genval, Belgium
2006 “Challenging The Chatelaine!“ Design Museum, Helsinki | “Fritz Maierhofer – Schmuck Hat Keine Grenzen” Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2007 “Sisonke” Cross Continental Design Catwalk, Vienna | Galleria Gr 20, Padova, Italy | Caroline Van Hoek, Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Brussels
2009 Galleria Gr 20, Padova, Italy
2010 “20 Jahre Galerie Slavik”, Vienna | “Five Of A Kind” Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
2011 “Five Of A Kind” Galerie Jordanow, Munich, Germany | “40 Years” Electrum Gallery, London
2012 “Unexpected Pleasures” National Gallery Of Victoria,  Melbourne And The Designmuseum London
2014 „Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography“ Museum of Arts and Design, New York
2014 „Materia prima“ Galleria GR 20, Padova, Italy
2014 „Petit es beau – Paper Jewelry“ Museum of Japanese Art and Technology „Manggha“, Krakow, Poland
2015 MAK, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
2015 Industrial enameling workshop Künstlerwerkstätten Erfurt, Germany
2015 Retrospective of jewellery and objects Ruthin Craft Centre – The Centre for the Applied Arts, Ruthin
2015 Gioielli e sculture Retrospettiva 1970-2015 Palazzo Zuckermann, Padova, Italy
2016 Bildungshaus des Landes Steiermark Schloss St. Martin, Graz
2016 Shanghai Art Museum Liu Haisu, Shanghai
2016 „Private Confessions – Die Zeichnung der Schmukkünstler“, CODA MUSEUM, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2017 „Private Confessions – Die Zeichnung der Schmukkünstler“, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany