The 1984 born autodidact Joseph Rudolf lives and works as a freelance visual artist in Vienna & Lower Austria. Since 2015 he is also active as a curator & organizer at the Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna. As one of the artistic directors of the exhibition format „Living Studio – Creative Process“ at frei_raum Q21 in the MQ Vienna, he has been making a significant contribution to a new, low-threshold access to contemporary art since 2018. Prior to his artistic activities he completed the ‚Individual Diploma in International Development‘ at the University of Vienna.
The artworks of Joseph Rudolf are mostly of conceptual origin and socially and environmentally critical themes are playing a special role. Based on the concept, he chooses the appropriate medium, which allows him the freedom of realization through abstract paintings, objects or installations. His painting is characterized by graphic and abstract compositions, partly minimalist without presenting the content in a simple striking way. He works in layers, alternates between precise geometric and free elements in order to make their visibility and contradictions clear respectively to deconstruct them mutually. Everyday objects get rid of their original function without losing their appearance and are occupied with new content. Rudolf chooses participatory approaches in installations when he invites the audience to complete his works.
EXHIBITIONS
solo shows
2021 ‚Mixed Media‘, Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2017 ‚Into the Structure‘, Block44, Vienna
2016 ‚Who kicks the ball? – from Near East to Detroit back to the motherland of football‘, Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
group shows
2021 actor in the art movie ‚THIS IS NOT JOSEF IN DER THEATERSTADT‘ by God’s Entertainment/SUPER NASE & CO, Vienna 2021, shown at SUPERNOSEUM, Zacherlfabrik Vienna
2021 ‚Jan Arnold Team Show 2021′, Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2020 ’20DADA‘, group show, Aa collections & Hollerei Galerie, Vienna
2020 ‚NO OPENING 01 – Sebastian Schager & Joseph Rudolf‘, Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2019/20 ‚Living Studio – Creative Process‘, frei_raum Q21 exhibition space, MuseumsQuartier Vienna, curated by Jan Arnold Gallery
2019 ‚KIMONO‘, curated by Dessous, Take Festival – Festival for Independent Fashion and Arts, ehem. Sophienspital – Apollogasse 19, 1070 Vienna
2019 ‚Jan Arnold Team Show‘, Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2018 ‚Connected by‘, Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2018 ‚CONNECTION I & II‘, within the frame of the Austria Days 2018 in Gdansk/Poland, Oliwa Town Hall of Culture & WL4 art space, Gdańsk
2018 ‚the fall show‘, within the frame of Independent Space Index 2018, Dessous Vienna
2018 ‚Parallel Vienna‘, Lassallestraße 1, 1020 Vienna, curated by Kunstraum Retz
2018 ‚Playground‘ – Joseph Rudolf & Daan Lievense, Kunstfestival DREISECHSFUENF #03, Dessous, Vienna
2018 ‚Living Studio – Creative Process‘, frei_raum Q21 exhibition space, MuseumsQuartier Vienna, curated by Jan Arnold Gallery
2017 ‚Graphic Language‘, Aa collections, Vienna
2017 ‚The Grand Opening‘, Kunstraum Retz, Niederösterreich
2017 ‚Parallel Vienna‘, Alte Sigmund Freud Universität, 1030 Vienna, curated by Jan Arnold Gallery
2017 ’25. WeProductionStore – hosted by Anny Wass‘ within the frame of ‚DREISECHSFUENF#2‘, Aa collection, Vienna
2016 ‚pseudoscienza – SURPRISE EDITION – art magazin release‘, exhibition installation with Dragan Mihajlovic and magazine contribution, Jan Arnold Gallery, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2016 ‚They all went to the beach‘, intervention in public space, vis a vis Secession, Vienna
2016 ‚Wien | Berlin at home‘, AT HOME GALLERY, Vienna
2015 ‚Paul Busk – Look at me now‘, Inoperable Gallery, Vienna
2015 ‚SMALL‘, Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna
2013 ‚We ❤ 8BIT GOES BERLIN! – Retro Games Art Show‘, Karl Marx Buchhandlung, Berlin
2013 ‚We ❤ 8BIT GOES VIENNA! – Retro Games Art Show‘, Burnlab, Vienna
exhibition organisation & other cultural activities
2012 – 2014, A Yo Kammzai OG: founder & management
since 2015, Jan Arnold Gallery: artistic director, organizer, curator, artist
since 2017, artistic assistant of Akemi Takeya
since 2018, employee of ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival: Coordination Artist’s Accomodation