Martina Schettina (born 1961) is an Austrian

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

ist. The main part of her work is Mathematical art.

Life

Martina Schettina was born in 1961 in the district

Währing Währing () is the 18th district of Vienna and lies in northwestern Vienna on the edge of the Vienna Woods. It was formed in 1892 from the unification of the older suburbs of Währing, Weinhaus, Gersthof, Pötzleinsdorf, Neustift am Walde and Sa ...

in Vienna. Her father was a mathematician. She spent her childhood in the Viennese district of

Leopoldstadt Leopoldstadt (; bar, Leopoidstod, "Leopold-Town") is the 2nd municipal district of Vienna (german: 2. Bezirk) in Austria. there are 103,233 inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau (20th distr ...

, where she attended a primary school in Parzmanitengasse and the grammar school Bundesrealgymnasium Vereinsgasse, where she passed school leaving examination with honour in 1979. From 1979 to 1983, Schettina studied mathematics and physics at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

and was an autodidact in painting. In 1989 she established her atelier in

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with some famous Austrian painters. These were 1993 Ulrich Gansert, 1994 Peter Sengl and 1995 Hubert Aratym. She also studied at the

University of Applied Arts Vienna The University of Applied Arts Vienna (german: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, or informally just ''Die Angewandte'') is an arts university and institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university sta ...

. In 2007 and 2008 she worked with the Chinese Artist Xiaolan Huangpu. Schettina taught from 1984 to 2007 at a high school in Vienna. Since 2008 her paintings have been periodically published in the newspaper

Kronen Zeitung The ''Kronen Zeitung'' (), commonly known as the ''Krone'', is Austria's largest newspaper. It is known for being Eurosceptic. History The first issue of the ''Kronen Zeitung'' appeared on 2 January 1900. Gustav Davis, a former army officer, ...

on Sundays. Sometimes her paintings are printed in the newspaper

Kleine Zeitung ''Kleine Zeitung'' (, ''Small Newspaper'') is an Austrian newspaper based in Graz and Klagenfurt. As the largest regional newspaper in Austria, covering the federal states Styria and Carinthia with East Tyrol, the paper has around 800,000 readers ...

. Schettina finished teaching in 2007. She works and lives in Langenzersdorf,

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

, and also works in Vienna. Since 1992 her artworks have been shown in Austrian and international exhibitions. Her first single exhibition outside Austria was in 1999 at the Mots & Tableaux-Gallery in

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. Her paintings and sculptures has been shown in many exhibitions in museums and galleries in Europe, the US and Asia and were shown at art fairs such as Art Expo

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, Art

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, CIGE (China international gallery exposition) in Beijing and at Art

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Work

In her narrative and figurative work, Schettina concerns herself with the position of women in the community. She challenges the validation of the role models of men and women in the past and today. Because her bodies seem to be transparent, Schettina is called the painter with the glassy hand. Her work is influenced by Pop-Art. Her painting "Orange Dress", which shows a self-confident, modern woman, was shown on the poster of the 2009 exhibition "City. Country. Woman." in Museum of the City Krems, Austria. From 2008, Schettina has dealt with mathematical themes, which she transforms to paintings. In December 2009 the book ''Mathemagische Bilder'' containing paintings and essays was published in Vienna. Schettina also shows performances about mathematics, which are illustrated by her paintings. * * Original:

Awards

* 1994 Poster contest of the Austrian Ministry of Environment, special prize * 1998 "The new champions", offspring contest of the Vienna cultural network. (Today ''Basis.Kultur.Wien'') * 2001 1st prize at ARTforum-contest October 2006 * 2002: registered in ''Archives on Women Artists'' of the

National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...

in Washington DC. * 2006 gold medal of honour for Science and Art, Austrian

Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schwei ...

Society * 2009 "artist of the month July 2009" elected by the editorial department of "Kunstforum"

Single exhibitions

* 1994 ''Malerei''. Museum Währing,

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. * 2001 '' Martina Schettina''

Anton Hanak Anton Hanak (22 March 1875, Brünn – 7 January 1934, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor and art Professor. His works tend to have a visionary-symbolic character, related to Expressionism. Biography He studied with Edmund von Hellmer at the Ac ...

-Museum in

Langenzersdorf Langenzersdorf () is a town in the district of Korneuburg (district), Korneuburg in Lower Austria, Austria. Population References Langenzersdorf -Pfarrkirche SO Bad Fischau-Brunn The market town of Bad Fischau-Brunn is an Austrian municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in Lower Austria. It is situated some 50 km south of Vienna at the edge of Viennese Basin. Bad Fischau-Brunn is divided into two ''Katas ...

. * 2007 ''Magicien à Paris '' Austrian Cultural Forum

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* 2008 ''Magische Menschen. Magische Orte'' in

Oskar Kokoschka Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright, and teacher best known for his intense Expressionism, expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the ...

-Museum in

Pöchlarn Pöchlarn ( bar, Böchlarn) is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka was born here in 1886. Population Personalities * Rüdiger von Bechelaren * Oskar Kokoschka, painte ...

. * 2008 ''Magicien à Paris Vol. 2'' Austrian Cultural Forum

* 2009 ''City.Country.Woman'' in Museum of the city Krems,

Krems an der Donau Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or '' Statutarstad ...

. * 2010 ''Mathemagic paintings'' in the Museumsquartier

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* 2010 ''Mathematische Bilder'', Egon-Schiele-Museum,

Tulln Tulln an der Donau () is a historic town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, the administrative seat of Tulln District. Because of its abundance of parks and gardens, Tulln is often referred to as ''Blumenstadt'' ("City of Flowers"), and "The C ...

* 2011 ''Mathemagische Bilder – Von Pythagoras bis Hilbert'', Ausstellungsbrücke,

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* 2014 ''Mathematik und die Frauen'', Stadtmuseum Minoritenkloster Tulln * 2015 ''Mathemagische Bilder'', Galerie am Lieglweg,

Neulengbach Neulengbach is a municipality in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria. Population Historical personalities In 1911, the twenty-one year-old artist Egon Schiele met the seventeen-year-old Walburga (Wally) Neuzil, who lived with ...

Group exhibitions

* 2003:

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* 2006: ''Vinspirace Břeclav 2006'' im Museum of the city of

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. * 2008 Europe and Asia Today in ARTcenter Berlin; curated by Ki-Wong Park, South Korea * 2009 Rolling Stars and Planets. Performances and exhibition in

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in front of the

Kunsthistorisches Museum The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( "Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal do ...

and

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responding to the year of Astronomy. * 2009 Art

together with

Manfred Kielnhofer Manfred "KILI" Kielnhofer (born 28 January 1967 in Haslach an der Mühl) is an Austrian painter, sculptor, designer and photographer. Due to his antisemitic statements in connection with the planned vaccination to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, nu ...

Franz West Franz West (16 February 1947 – 25 July 2012) was an Austrian artist. He is best known for his unconventional objects and sculptures, installations and furniture work which often require an involvement of the audience. Early life and e ...

and :de:Herbert Brandl * 2009 ''Stardust''

Ars Electronica Center Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in the ...

Linz, Austria. * 2009 ''Berlin, , Berlin - 20 years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.'' Gallery Artodrome,

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. * Light Art Biennale Austria 2010 * 2010 Rolling Stars and Planets in Künstlerhaus Graz * 2010 ''Money makes the art go round'', Domenig-Haus Vienna. * 2012 "Weinviertler Künstler im Wienerwald", Wienerwaldmuseum Eichgraben * 2015 "Vienna for Art's Sake"

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, Vienna. Catalogue. * 2015 "Map of the New Art. Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection"

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* 2016 "The Art of Humanity".

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The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery

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Performances

* 2009 Rolling Stars and Planets. Performances in

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and

Year of Astronomy * 2010 ''Rolling Stars and Planets''. Performance in front of Künstlerhaus Graz. * 2010 ''Pythagoras in Delphi''. Performance and action teaching as part of ''"Prophets in residence - Oracle or Determination of the Future"'' together with

Bazon Brock Bazon Brock (born Jürgen Johannes Hermann Brock, 2 June 1936) is a German art theorist and critic, multi-media generalist and artist. He is considered a member of Fluxus. He was a professor of aesthetics at the Hochschule für bildende Künste ...

, in

German Historical Museum The German Historical Museum (german: Deutsches Historisches Museum), known by the acronym DHM, is a museum in Berlin, Germany devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history o ...

Berlin and at the

Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design The Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) is a state art college founded in 1992 in Karlsruhe. It focuses on media art, communication design , product design , exhibition design and scenography, art research and media philosophy wit ...

. * 2010 ''Pythagoras in Delphi. Zur Ästhetik der Welteinheit.'' – Together with

. Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. * 2013 ''Mathematics and Art''. Performance and Slideshow in

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* 2013 ''Mathematics and Women''. Performance in Gallery Sandpeck Wien 8 * 2013 Performance ''Theoriedesign der Einsteinformel'' during the symposium ''Formwerdung und Formstörung'' in Denkerei Berlin inspired and curated by Bazon Brock * 2014 Performance ''Mathematics and Women'', Stadtmuseum Minoritenkloster Tulln im Rahmen der ORF langen Nacht der MuseenExhibition and Performance Martina Schettina in Minoritenkloster Tulln
(reccalled Jan 21, 2016)

Publications

* 1994: ''Catalogue Schettina'' * 2002: ''Bewegte(s) Leben: Frauenbiografien aus dem Weinviertel'' by Gabi Lempradl and Hermann Richter, published by Bibliothek der Provinz. One of 14 Women-Biographies * 2002: ''Catalogue: mARTina schettina, Magierbilder 2002'' published by Eisl and friends, * 2003 ''Keine Katze wie Du und ich'' von Erne Seder, publishing house Langen-Müller-Herbig

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; Illustrations and Cover, * 2006: ''Catalogue zweitausendsechs''. published by Eisl and friends, Atelier mARTina schettina Langenzersdorf, 2006, * 2007: ''Linz 2007''. Exhibition catalogue. Digital print

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, Gallery ARTpark Lenaupark City

. * 2008: ''Wein, Weib und Gesang''. Poetry. Paintings by Martina Schettina, poems by Michaela Gansterer. published by Michaela Gansterer, Hainburg. * Art-encyclopedia

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Schweiz ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

20. edition; No: 207599-2;

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, * 2009: Martina Schettina: ''Mathemagische Bilder - Bilder und Texte''. Vernissage Edition Brod Media, Vienna 2009, . * 2010: Martina Schettina: ''Mathematische Bilder''. Catalogue attending the exhibition in Schiele Museum Tulln. Publisher: Vernissage Verlag Brod Media GmbH Vienna. * 2012: Martina Schettina: ''Location BOOK. Genuss, Kultur & Lifestyle: Wiens Grätzl mit Prominenten entdeckt.'' German: * 2012: ''Location Book. Pleasure, Culture & Lifestyle: Discovering Vienna´s Grätzl with prominent guides'', English. . Publisher: Bohmann-Verlag 2012. * 2014 * "Vienna For Art's Sake ! Archive Austria / Contemporary Art. curated by

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", 161 artists, architects, designers. Publisher: FABRICA, imago mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy, 2014. 381 pages.

Collections

Works in the private HMZ collection

Spielfeld Spielfeld ( Slovene: ''Špilje'') is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Straß in Steiermark. It was an Austria-Slovenia b ...

, Austria and the collection Helmut Klewan

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/Vienna. Sculptures are found in

Skulpturenpark Artpark The Skulpturenpark Artpark (Sculpture garden Artpark) is a sculpture garden in the city of Linz, Austria, where more than 20 artists had created their sculptures. The size of the garden is over 5.000 square meters. Situation The Skulpturenpark ...

and in the public space of

Poysdorf Poysdorf is a town in the district of Mistelbach (district), Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Population Sights * Vino Versum Poysdorf, a museum about wine and the history of Poysdorf as one of the leading wine towns in Austr ...

. Artwork by Martina Schettina is also preserved the Museum of Lower Austria, the Weinstadtmuseums Krems, the Hanak-Museum in Langenzersdorf, the

-Museum in

and the collection of the city of Vienna.

References

External links

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