born 1965 in Klagenfurt (A), living in Vienna

Education

2006-2007 Culture and Organsation - Institut für Kulturkonzepte, University of Vienna
1999-2004 Degree at the Institute for Media Arts - "Medienübergreifende Kunst" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
1997-1999 Study of "Experimentelle Visuelle Gestaltung" at the University of Arts and Industrial Design, Linz, Austria
1995-2003 Multimedia Engineer at the Generali Foundation, Vienna
1993-1994 Schule für künstlerische Fotografie - Friedl Kubelka, Vienna
1992-1994 Fotokollege at Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2010 GLOBArt Academy
2009 Monetary Interventions in Public Space, Vienna
        The Hong Kong Project (Part II), Hong Kong
2008 Invisible Oil, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen (UK)
        Den Blick hinrichten, Stadtmuseum Graz
        The end of Remembrance - Carinthian Partisans, Memorial Museum Peršmanhof
        The end of Remembrance - Carinthian Partisans, Culture centre St.Primus/ Kulturni dom Šentprimož
        The end of Remembrance - Carinthian Partisans, District criminal court Vienna
        The end of Remembrance - Carinthian Partisans, The Austrian Parliament      
2006 Non Public Spaces - Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts - Yokohama, Japan
        Uncanny Carinthia - MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna
        Non Public Spaces - Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria
2005 Non Public Spaces - Delfina Studio Trust, London
        Den Blick hinrichten 3 - Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach, Austria
2004 Den Blick hinrichten 2 - University for Applied Arts Vienna
        Den Blick hinrichten - (Focussing the Gaze [on executions by rifle squad]), Kunsthalle Wien - project space, Vienna
2002 Non Public Spaces - Photowall - Kunsthalle Wien
2001 silence - Vienna Underground Area, Vienna
1999 Ernst Logar is cooking a soup of his childhood - Project Tigerpark, Vienna
1996 Urban speed - The Slovenian Society, Klagenfurt, Austria

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects

2011 Haus-Berg-Verbot - Unikum, Dobratsch Villach
         Heilige in Europa. Kult und Politik - Diözesanmuseum Graz
2010 Heimat/ Domovina - Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten
2009 Genuine Happiness - New Generation - Gallery Amer Abbas, Vienna
2008 Protest und Widerstand im Eigensinn der Kunst - Galerie 5020, Salzburg
        The end of Remembrance - Carinthian Partisans, Carinthian Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt
        Pillars of Memory - Collection Dichter, Vienna
2007 Orte mit Geschichte - Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
        Lange nicht gesehen. Begegnungen mit dem Museum auf Abruf - MUSA, Vienna
        Stoffwechsel-Stube - Unikum, Klagenfurt, Austria
        SLOW - Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth (UK)
2006 publicly privat - Spazio Antonino Paraggi, Treviso, Italy
        Eisenberger, dies ist doch kein Porno! - Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, Austria
        Schau mich an, Wiener Porträts - Wien Museum, Vienna
        Interpretationen 06 - Schloss Retzhof, Styria, Austria 
2005 Spaces of Memory - Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
        Tiere in der Großstadt - Wien Museum, Vienna
2004 Bilder von Wienern - Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
        Facing - WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna
        ... and in between - Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
        Blickwechsel - Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt
2003 Bilder von Wienern - Hôtel d´Albret, Paris
        Ort - Raum - Zeit - Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
2002 Gegengewalt - GalerieGrita Insam, Vienna
2001 Shopping - Generali Foundation, Vienna
        Insider trading - Mandeville Hotel, London
        En avant - Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
        Bilder von Wienern - Museum auf Abruf, Vienna
        Coming out_Analyse - Kunstverein Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
1999 Roomates - Galerie Winter, Vienna
        David Kleindl, Doris Krüger, Ernst Logar - Department of Art History, University of Vienna
1998 Limited - University for Applied Arts Vienna
        Standpunkte der Fotografie - Galerie Arterie, Vienna
        lese´98: Lernfelder - Schloß Wolkersdorf, Lower Austria
1997 Hong Kong Experiment - Fringe Festival 97, Hong Kong
        Perfect Tense - Le French May, Hong Kong
        Friulimmagina 97 - Villa Florio, Udine, Italy
        Station 2: Gürtel - Trans Wien, Vienna
        Architektur IV - Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
1996 Friulimmagina 96 - Villa Florio, Udine, Italy
1995 Zaungäste - Swatch Austria, Vienna
        Augenfäden - Stadthaus Klagenfurt, Austria

Residencies/ Awards

2011 „Invisible Oil“ Book – Winner of the red dot award 2011 – Communication Design
2008 Grant for Visual Arts, Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture (BMUKK)
2007 Gugler Forum Prize, Austria
2007 Foreign exchange scholarship for artistic photography - Rom, BMUKK
2005 Residency at Delfina Studio Trust, London
2004 The "Kunsthalle Vienna 2004" prize, Vienna
2002 Foreign exchange scholarship for artistic photography - New York, BMUKK
2001 Foreign exchange scholarship for artistic photography - Paris, BMUKK
1999 Foreign exchange scholarship for artistic photography - London, BMUKK
1991 Photography scholarship of the Institute ISES (Cultura della Fotografia) in Spilimbergo, Italy

Talks and Lectures

2011 "The End of Remebering - Carinthian Partisans" - Prenninger Gespräche - Artist talk
2006 "Current works and that what lies behind" - Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts, Yokohama - Lecture
2005 "Blickwechsel" - Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten - Artist talk
2003 Schule für Künstlerische Fotografie - Friedl Kubelka, Vienna - Lecture

Workshops

2011 "Pinhole Photography" BRG Viktring, Klagenfurt
2008 Schule für Künstlerische Fotografie - Friedl Kubelka; Vienna
2006 "Pinhole Photography" - Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts, Yokohama
2005 "Heiß umfehdet, wild umstritten" -Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach, Austria
        "Pinhole Photography" - Kelag Lehrlingsschule, ÖGB Ausbildungszentrum, Kärnten

Catalogues

2011 Ernst Logar – „Invisible Oil“, Springer Wien - New York
2011 Ernst Logar – „The End of Remembering - Carinthian Partisans“, Drava Verlag Klagenfurt/ Celovec
2005 „Ernst Logar – Den Blick hinrichten", Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien