Phileas is a philanthropic organisation based in Vienna, that enables ambitious projects within the field of contemporary art. Its primary focus lies on the production of new works by Austrian and Austrian-based artists, and their exhibition at international museums and Biennials.
At a recent meeting of our members, funding collaborations with the following institutions in 2022 were confirmed:
- 23rd Biennale of Sydney for the participation of John Gerrard
- 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, for the exhibition of Ashley Hans Scheirl and Jakob Lena Knebl in the Austrian Pavilion
- 59th International Venice Biennale, for the participation of Birgit Jürgenssen and Kiki Kogelnik in the international exhibition
- 3rd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art for the participation of Toni Schmale
- FRONT International, Cleveland, for the participation of Martin Beck
- 5th Biennale Internationale de Casablanca for the participation of Oliver Ressler
- 10th Biennial Photoimagen for the participation of Andrés Ramírez Gaviria
- 17th Istanbul Biennial for the participation of Eva Egermann
- 16th Biennale de Lyon for the participation of Markus Schinwald, Philipp Fleischmann, and Philipp Timischl
5th Kochi-Muziris Biennale for the participation of Ana Hoffner - KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, for a residency, exhibition, and publication of BLESS
- Laboratoria Art&Science Foundation, Moscow, for a solo exhibition of Thomas Feuerstein
- The Showroom, London, for a solo exhibition of Oliver Ressler
- Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, for an exhibition with Christian Kosmas Mayer
- CSS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, for a fellowship for Ursula Pokorny
For more information on funding applications for 2023 and beyond, visit here.
Phileas runs an active Visitor Programme, inviting international curators, art critics and museum groups to Austria throughout the year to visit artists’ studios, museums, galleries, and foundations. For more information, please contact visit [at] phileasprojects.org.
In May 2022, Phileas will open a public exhibition space in the heart of Vienna. Located in an historical building on the Ringstrasse, it will present several exhibitions each year drawn from the projects by Austrian and Austrian-based artists that Phileas co-produces at Biennials and museums around the world. The inaugural exhibition, opening in early May 2022, will be a collaboration with the Austrian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Exactly two weeks after the opening in Venice, a presentation conceived and produced in parallel by artists Ashley Hans Scheirl and Jakob Lena Knebl will open in Vienna. The exhibition, titled ‘Soft Machine’, will present the work of Scheirl and Knebl alongside that of their students from the Contextual Painting class at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, and the Transmedia Art class at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, respectively. A programme of live public events will accompany the exhibition.
Phileas has also recently launched a new series of annual publications. The ‘First Monographs’ are intended to introduce the work of the most promising emerging Austrian and Austrian-based artists, beginning in Spring 2022 with the photographer Sophie Thun. Her monograph will include contributions by Lucy Gallun, Associate Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Catherine Wood, Curator of Contemporary Art and Performance, Tate, London; Lisa Long, curator at Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf and Berlin; and an interview with Charlotte Cotton, independent curator and writer. It will be published by DISTANZ, with graphic design by Marie Artaker.
Applications for funding collaborations in 2023 must be submitted no later than Monday 12th September 2022.
Please download the application form, which contains a detailed explanation of funding criteria.
For further information please contact
office@phileasprojects.org
Phileas is funded by the contributions of its private members. Additional funding is provided by the following organisations and corporations:
- Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture
- The City of Vienna
- legero united – the shoemakers | con-tempus.eu
- Gehrer Plötzeneder DDWS
- Belcredi & Partner
- Douglas Machat & Cie.
For more information, please see phileasprojects.org or write to office [at] phileasprojects.org.
