Klara Hobza - Resume
           Born in Plzen, Czech Republic
           Currently lives and works in Berlin
           klara (at) klarahobza.com

Education
2005   MFA, Columbia University, New York
2003   German Diploma in Sculpture, Royal Academy of Visual Arts, Munich, Germany


Last updated: April 2010

Prizes & Awards
2010  ars viva, art grant recipient, "Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft des BDI", Germany
2010  Fleetinsel Residency Stipend, City of Hamburg, Germany
2009  Artist in Residence, DIVA/Danish Arts Council, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007  Fellow in Cross-Disciplinary/Performative Work from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2007  Artist in Residence,Seven Below Arts Initiative and Burlington City Arts, VT
2006  Finalist, Rolex Mentor and Protégé Program
2005  SculptureCenter Prize, SculptureCenter, New York, NY
2005  Fellow, Elaine and Werner Dannheisser Emerging Artist Fellowship, NY
2005  Emerging Artist Fellowship Program, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
2003  Dean's Fellowship, Viar Merit Fellowship, Hayman Visual Arts Gift, Glassier ScholarshipColumbia University, NY
2003  Stipend German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for New York City
2002  Meisterschueler for Olaf Metzel, Munich Art Academy
2000  Leonhard-und-Ida-Wolf-Gedächtnispreis, City of Munich

Exhibitions & Screenings
2010  Serpula lacrymans, Galerie Fuer Landschaftskunst, Hambrg, Germany
           Ich Tier Du Mensch, Dienstgebäude, curated by Isabel Reiss, Cathérine Hug, and Dimitrina Sevova, Zurich
           The Cloudmaker, Small Circles, curated by Annie Shaw, New York
2009  Klara Hobza, Galerie Fuer Landschaftskunst, Hambrg, Germany (solo)
           The Epic Return of the European Starling, Koh-I-Noor, curated by Stine Marie Jacobsen, Copenhagen
           Tuesdays on the Terrace, Dia at The Hispanic Society, curated by Andrea Grover, New York
           The New Millennium Paper Airplane Book, Public Art Fund, New York
           Exhibition, Initiators: Bajo, Schillinger, Neidich, E./N. Anglès, New York
2008  In The Public Realm, Public Art Fund, New York
           Subject Index, Kunstmuseum Malmö, Sweden
           Sound Design for Future Films, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
           Metro Poles, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, New York
           BOMB Magazine, magazine intervention for the Spring issue, New York
           Nay, I’ll Have A Starling, public lecture, Fivemyles, Brooklyn
2007  700 Show, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York
           writing in light, Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Eindhoven
           Videoscreening II, as part of Stefanie Trojan, STOPP, Lothringer 13, Munich
           Artist in Residence at Seven Below Zero, Vermont
           Nay, I’ll Have A Starling, public lecture, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont
           Naked Attic, performance art review blog (initiator and writer), New York
2006  d2d = direct to documentation/ 7a*11d,International Festival of Performance Art, Toronto
           PARAFLOWS 06, Annual Convention for Digital Arts & Cultures, Vienna
           Rotativo, Galeria de Artes Visuales h-10, Valparaiso, Chile
           World's Best New Art - The Unreal Project, launched at Art Basel
           Marketenderin, Soccer Worldcup 2006, Dortmund, Cologne
           extraschicht, Hardware Medien-Kunstverein, Dortmund
           Women With Guns, Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans
           Technologized Bodies / Embodied Technologies, Silverlake Film Festival, Hollywood
           Technologized Bodies / Embodied Technologies, Art Interactive, Boston
2005  LOOP The Video Arts Festival, Barcelona, Spain
           Selected Video Works, ZKMAX, Munich
           Klara Hobza, Raum 58, Munich (solo)
           Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
           Make It Now, Sculpture Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
           Linux Virgin, Galerie Roemerapotheke, Zurich
           German Romance, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
           Traveling Tales, Aratotoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, New Zealand
           Last Minute at Orchard, Orchard, New York, NY
           2005 Juried Show, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
           MFA Show, Columbia University, New York, NY
           Collaborative Archive, Shedhalle, Zurich
           Panoply, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
           Rhizome Video Series, Rhizome at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2004  MFA 1st Year Show, Columbia University, New York, NY
           Collaborative Practice Archive, Kunstverein, Munich
           Delight, Elisabeth Art Foundation, New York, NY
           jetztredi, LADEN, Munich
           Paperwork, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
           Connect the Dots, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
           Space Camp, Prague, CZ
           AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2003  Biography, Galerie 16, Munich
           Diploma Show, Munich Art Academy, Munich
           Unframed First Look, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
2002  Lost Context, Laboratorium Praterinsel, Munich
           Invalideale, Berlin
           Whiplash Trash, CAP Gallery, Fribourg
           Mobile Famebox, ZDB, Lissabon
           The Gods were Astronauts, Oltre il Giardini, Rimini
           IMAF 4/Performance Art Today, MAS Gallery, Odzaci YU
           Keep Out You Evil Forces, Raum 110, Art Academy Munich
2001  Gruban Foundation/Fan-art,Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
           inSITEout, lothringer13/halle, Munich
           base.ment, Munich Subway System
           Breakdance Contest, Volksbühne, Berlin
2000  Aurascan, Odeonsplatz, Munich
           Art Academy Summer Show, Haus der Kunst, Munich
1999  Credo, Rathausgalerie, Munich
           A Visit From The Stones, Galerie Linda, Cologne
           Accelaracted Culture Jetlag/Art Below Zero, Abz@La Gare, London
           Dreamplan Project, Kwan Hoon Gallery, Seoul
           GMAM/Kapputt Des, Raum 4, Munich
           Artist in Residence, KLF's Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Northern Ireland
1998  Spiel99/Tandem, Ultraschall, Munich
           Spiel99/Klinischer Kontakt, Ultraschall, Munich
           Gang From Munich, Shedhalle, Zurich
           Chance 2000Berlin
           A Visit From The Stones, Stonehenge, England
           The Arrival Of The Stones, Lightbulb Gallery, London

Lectures & Presentations
2009  The Cloud Maker, Observatory, Brooklyn
2009  Nay, I'll Have A Starling, Gudrun's Salon, Copenhagen
2007  Nay, I'll Have A Starling, Fivemyles, Brooklyn
2007  Nay, I'll Have A Starling, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
2006  The Eskimo Myth, Free Radio HDTS, Radio Performa, Performa05, New York, NY
           Morsen und Samuel Morse, Öffentlichkeit als Medium, ZKMax, Munich
           Morsen und Samuel Morse, Reception Trustees of the SculptureCenter, New York, NY
           Linux Virgin, dorkbots, Location1, New York, NY
           The Eskimo Myth, lecture by JK Parrott at Come Together, apexart, New York, NY
2005  The Eskimo Myth, Free Radio HDTS at High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
           The Eskimo Myth, Strange Animals at L.A.C.E., Los Angeles