HANSEL SATO

Born in in Trujillo, Peru. He came to Vienna in 1998 with the Unesco-Aschberg grant for art and since then he has been living and working there. He studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts from Vienna with Prof. Franz Graf. Before that he was Assistant at the Universidad Católica de Lima. He has travelled in different countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe. He has represented his country at several biennales and international events.

Theorethical Work: transculturalism and society, postcolonialism and the construction of the post-migrant subjet in Europe.
Artistic Work: figurative painting, political comics and drawings.

EDUCATION

October 1999 - November 2004:
Masters degree in painting and graphic design, Academy of Fine Arts by Prof. Franz Graf, Vienna.

April 1989 - March 1994:
Painting studies, Universidad Catolica, Lima by Prof. Julia Navarrete, graduating as the best student.

ACTIVITIES

Since 2008:
Workshop and Seminary leader and speaker at conferences at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, University of Innsbruck, Academy of Fine Arts Sofia, Zurich University of Arts ,Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

June - September 2007:
documenta 12, "Building Bridges", interactive art mediation project in the framework of documenta 12, Kassel (www.d12puentevirtual.blogspot.com)

2006:
Comentator on cultur and Latinamerican issues by "TV News" channel "OKTO"

since 2003:
Active member of IG ( Fine Arts Association of Vienna)

Since October 1998:
Living as a freelance artist in Vienna.

March 1995 - August 1998:
Lecturer in painting and drawing, Universidad Catolica, Lima, Peru

PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2011
Austrian Federal Chancellery and the City of Vienna sponsorships for the project "Regendering Media".

2010
Annie and Henry Sussman Prize, Vienna.
KÖR (public art) sponsorship for the project "Austrian news", Vienna
Artist in residence grant from the city of Vienna for a residence in Warsaw

2007
Heinrich Böll Foundation and Socio Cultural Fund sponsorships for the project "Building Bridges" virtual art mediation between Kassel and Latin America, in the framework of documenta 12 (Kassel), 2007

2003
Austrian Federal Chancellery sponsorship for the project "The art of the other", cross-cultural workshop in Lima, Trujillo and Vienna

1998
Unesco- Aschberg scholarship , Vienna

1995
National painting contest organized by Southern Peru, third prize
National painting contest organized by Banco de Credito del Peru first prize

1994
Adolfo Winternitz prize, Lima
National Painting Contest Southern Peru, second prize

EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2011

"Men", poster-campaign in Karlsplatz (Resselpark), October 2011, Vienna

2010

"With us no (national) state to make", Lower Austria Art gallery (KRNÖ), September 2010, Vienna, together with Ovidiu Anton, Petya Dimitrova, Eva Engelbert, Marina Gržini? / Aina Smid, Marlene Egger, Can Gülcü, Ana Hoffner, Anna Jermolaewa, Lena Lapschina, Mikhail Mikhailov, Tina Oberleitner, Lisl Ponger, Roswitha Weingrill.
Curators: Walter Seidl and Ursula Maria Probst

2009

"Zle wychowanie", Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw, April 2009

"Last model standing", Local 30 Gallery, Warsaw, April 2009

2008

"Telenovela", Aula Gallery / Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, March 2008, together with Carla Degenhardt, Oscar Sanchez, Carlos Pérez, Vasilena Gangovska, Basile Baixe, Katrin Wölger, Carla Bobadilla.
Curatorial Advisory: Andreas Spiegel
Idea and concept: Hansel Sato, Carla Bobadilla

2006

"Latin lobby", Museumsquartier, art gallery Freiraum, Vienna, May 2006, together with Carla Bobadilla, Carla Degenhardt, Oscar Sanchez, Carlos Pérez.

"Desplazados", Open House Oberwart (OHO), May - June 2006, together with Consuelo Vargas.

2005

"Belgrade Diary", Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, August 2005, together with Isabella Schmidlehner.

"Real Presence - Floating Sites", 5th International Workshop with performances at the Biennale, curated by Biljana Tomic and Dobrila Denegri, Giardini park, Venice, June 2005.

"Fortress Europe 2", Gallery Art Workshop, October 2005, Tulln.

"Fortress Europe", exhibition in the framework of art festival "Soho in Ottakring", May 2005, Grundsteingasse 45-47.

2004

Participation in the Festival of flags "Wind Art" on the island Jenju, South Korea, November.

Exhibition "Paradise is elsewhere", Parque Reducto, Lima September - October 2004.

Participation in the project "To be continued" - communication platform for artists, business people and passers-by - in the Lerchenfelderstr. 77, 1070 Vienna (Prince interiors), October-November 2004.

Exhibition and presentation of the project "The art of others" , Laudongasse studio. 39, 1080 Vienna, April 2004, together with Andrea Klement.

2003

Realization of the project "I love you, I love you too. And now ...?" as part of Soho in Ottakring, Vienna, May - June 2003 together with Betsabeh Aghamiri, Andrea Gabaldoni and Tania Bedrinana.

2002

Participation in the project "Plain Air", organized by Robert Rumas with the participation of students from the Academy of Fine Arts, at the Kunsthalle Karlsplatz, Vienna, September 2002.

2001

Exhibition "Images of Vienna", Mexican Cultural Center Vienna, May 2001.

2000

Peruvian-Japanese contemporary artists, gallery Trío, Honduras.

1999

Contemporary Latin American art, gallery Arcangel, Vienna.

1998

Exhibition "Esperando a Godot" Gallery Jüttner Vienna, organized by the Austrian Federal Chancellery, August - September 1998.

Participation in the second Biennial of Lima.

1997

Participation in the exhibition "Libertad de expresión" organized by Telefónica del Perú

1996

Representative of Peru to the second biennial of Cagnes, France

Participation in the first Biennial of Lima

1995

Exhibition "La soledad de los espejos", Gallery "Forum", Lima, May 1995.

Representative of Peru on the first Biennale of Macedonia.