Lukas Weithas

Visual Artist & Curator

*1991 in Harare

http://lukasweithas.com

Beschreibung der Arbeitsweise

Lukas Weithas (*1991, Harare, Zimbabwe) studied transmedia art and social practice at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna led by Prof. Brigitte Felderer (2017-2019) & art and cultural management at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen (2019-2021). Weithas' conceptual approach ranges from sculpture, installation, painting to performance. He discusses and comments on emotional attachments such as (pop-)cultural affiliation, religious symbolism, materialistic fetish, or belief in seductive brand aesthetics in a post-capitalist and heavily social media mediated contemporary culture.

Ausbildung

2019 - 2021, MA Pioneering in Arts, Media & the Creative Industries, Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen, D
2017 - 2019, MA Social Design - Arts as Urban Innovation, University of Applied Arts Vienna, AUT
2014 - 2016, Agricultural Craftsmen, Landwirtschaftsschule Hohenems, AUT
2012 - 2016, BSc Social Work/Pedagody, FHS St. Gallen, CH

Wichtigste Ausstellungen

Beletage Art Space Zurich, CH
Spektakel Art Space Vienna, AUT
Last X-Games, Kultursektor Elektra Bregenz, AUT
Verein Fortuna Vienna, AUT
Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis Park Bregenz, AUT
Hinterland Galerie Vienna, AUT

Preise, Stipendien, Sammlungen

Illwerke vkw Art Collection I July 2022 I AUT
Artist-Scholarship Land Vorarlberg I March + April 2022 I AUT
Artist-Scholarship Stadt Bregenz I March – May 2021 I AUT
Stadt Bregenz Art Collection I July 2020 I AUT
Award of recognition Land Vorarlberg for Heumat I June 2019 I AUT