Christoph Meier + Ute Müller + Robert Schwarz + Lukas Stopczynski

Christoph Meier
Christoph Meier is a visual artist living and working in Vienna. He studied architecture at Vienna University of Technology as well as sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and at the Glasgow School of Art. In addition to his participation in numerous international exhibitions, Christoph Meier has also had solo shows at Casino Luxembourg, KIOSK Ghent, Kunstverein Hamburg and the Secession, among others. Since 2009, he has been publishing the artist-fanzine Black Pages together with Ute Müller and Nick Oberthaler; since 2016 he has been co-running the independent exhibition space Guimarães with Hugo Canoilas and Nicola Pecoraro. Since January 2019, Meier has been heading the Research Unit for Three-dimensional Design and Modelling at the Institute of Art and Design of Vienna University of Technology.

Ute Müller
Ute Müller studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at the Royal College of Art in London. She presented solo exhibitions at mumok—Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Künstlerhaus — Halle für Kunst und Medien in Graz, Galerie Kunstbuero, Wien, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt and participated in numerous group exhibitions. She publishes the artist-fanzine Black Pages in collaboration with Christoph Meier and Nick Oberthaler. Her works have been awarded the Kapsch Contemporary Art Prize, the Klocker Foundation Advancement Prize and the Styrian Viktor Fogarassy Prize, among others.

Robert Schwarz
The work of Robert Schwarz is poised at the interface of architecture, music and visual art. He studied architecture at Vienna University of Technology and computer music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, combined with sound studies at Berlin University of the Arts. His work has been published by the labels Gruenrekorder, AVA, Laton and Sonic Terrain, and he has participated in exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien, Ars Electronica, CTM Berlin among others. His work has been honored with scholarships and awards including a MAK Schindler scholarship, a DAAD study scholarship, a SUAL Award und top positions in year-end charts by A Closer Listen and Musique Machine. He is a co-founder and curator of the Viennese festival PARKEN; Or, Live in the Park aimed at mediating experimental forms of music in public space.

Lukas Stopczynski
Lukas Stopczynski lives and works. Together with Ute Müller, Christoph Meier and Robert Schwarz, he has been regularly copying Adolf Loos’ American Bar since 2015.