GERHARD GUTRUF
born 1944 in Nikitsch, Austria. 1962 - 1970 study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. 1966 diploma and Academy Price. Machine landscapes. 1970/71 one-year fellowship in Rome: Colosseum-variations. 1973 - 76 "Hommage à Vermeer". 1975 - 1979 director of the Department for Drawing and Theory at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg. 1982 - 1997 Art director of the International Summer School for the Fine Arts in Ravelsbach, Lower Austria. 1990 invitation of the famous painter Rufino Tamayo to exhibit in Mexico City. Vermeer researches. Box still lives. Space cycle. Small Variations after the Great Masters. Invitation from the famous Chinese painter Liu Xun to present his pictures in Beijing. Numerous prices and awards, e.g. 1999 the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 2002 Schaechter Scholarship for advanced studies, New York, at last 2007 tribute of the Austrian title "Professor".
Personal exhibitions e.g. in
| 1971 | Italy (Rome: IstitutoAustriaco) |
| 1974 | Austria (Vienna: Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der bildenden Künste) |
| 1976 | Austria (Vienna: Galerie Würthle) |
| 1979 | Austria (Vienna: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere) |
| 1982 | Germany (Essen: Bredeneyer Galerie) |
| 1987 | Egypt (Cairo: Akhnaton Gallery) |
| 1992 | Slovenia (Ljubljana: Galerie Lala) |
| 1993 | Mexico (Mexico City: Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Guadalajara: Galeria de Arte Moderno) |
| Slovakia (Bratislava: Galerie Arpex) | |
| Egypt (Cairo: Akhnaton Gallery) | |
| 1994 | Switzerland (Ascona: Galleria AAA) |
| 1997 | Ethiopia (Addis Abeba: Alliance Ethio-Francaise) |
| 1998 | South Africa (Pretoria: Old Arts Gallery) |
| 1999 | Portugal (Lisbon: Museu de Electricidade, Viseu: Museu Almeida Moreira, Coimbra: Sala da Cidade) |
| 2000 | China (Beijing: International Yi Yuan Museum) |
| 2001 | Switzerland (Wallisellen near Zurich: Galerie Wagner) |
| 2002 | Turkey (Istanbul: Palais Yeniköy) |
| 2004 | Austria (Vienna: Die Kleine Galerie) |
| Czech Republic (Brandys Castle near Prague) | |
| 2005 | Turkey (Istanbul: Austrian Cultural Forum) |
| Spain (Madrid: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo) | |
| Switzerland (Wallisellen near Zurich: Galerie Wagner) | |
| 2006 | Austria (Vienna: Musiksammlung der Wienbibliothek) |
| 2007 | Ukraine (Kiev: Gallery Camera) |
Group exhibitions e.g. in
Abu Dhabi, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republik, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, in former USSR and USA. Participation at the Graphic Biennales in Florence, Ibiza and Mirano, at the Graphic Triennale in New Delhi. 2001 Special guest of the 8th International Cairo Biennale. Numerous works in possession of museums and collections both in Austria and abroad.