MATTHIAS FITZ

Vita

1967 born in Bad Steben, Oberfranken
1987 Completion as electronic engineer for communication
1995 Study of Visuell Communication in the "Universität der Künste" (UdK) in Berlin
1998 Study of Experimental Mediacreation (E.M.) in the UdK in Berlin
2000 One year scholarship in the Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
2001 Founding of the service galerie for moving image “Format” in Berlin
2002 Final examination with distinction at the UdK
2003 Appointment as “Meisterschüler” in E.M. / Prof. Maria Vedder
since 2003 working as media artist

Exhibitions | Festival participations [selection]

1997 „Der Traum vom Sehen“, Gasometer, Oberhausen; broadcasting Das Wunder at the TV-Station ARTE
1998 1.Multimedia-Forum at the HdK Berlin; 8. Marler Videokunstpreis; Exhibition LUX, Berlin; Transmediale 98, Berlin;
         MuuMedia Festival,Helsinki, Finland; 15.Kasseler Dokumentar-& Videofest
1999 Alpeadriacinema, Trieste, Italy; Videoformes 99, Clermant-Ferrand, France; Amazing Image Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand;
         Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente Elche, Spain; 12.Duisburger Filmtage; Festival Internacional, Lisboa, Portugal
2000 Exhibition Parallelmontage 2, Berlin; European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück; 2.Marler Video-Installations-Preis;
         Cinema Arsenal, Berlin; 10. Bochumer Videofestival; 15.Festival Audiovisual de Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Netmage, Bologna;
         18. Festival Video Estavar-Llivia, Spain
2001 Zeppelin 2001, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain; single exhibition at Steinzeit 2001 in Hof; Garage#5,
         Stralsund
2002 15.Stuttgarter Filmwinter; 3. Bayreuther Filmfest; Filmfest Munich; 19. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest
2003 Single exhibition in the GalerieFormat, Berlin; Festival Garage, Stralsund; Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg
2004 Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen; broadcasting unalogy n°1 leben ist... at the TV-Station OLDENBURG 1
2005 18. Stuttgarter Filmwinter; Berliner Kunstprojekt; WerkP2, Hürth; diskurs 05, Giessen
2006 Single exhibition in the galerie ortart, Nürnberg; Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden
2007 punto y raya festival, Madrid, Spain; Artlab LAB.30, Augsburg
2008 Exhibition Strictly Berlin 2008, Galerie der Künste, Berlin; Exhibition to the 5.Marler Video-Installations-Prize, Marl; Festival
         backup-weimar; Videoart show "VIDEOAKT", GlagauAir, Berlin; AsoloArtFilmFestival, Asolo, Italy; MINI MINUTES - Festival des
         kleinen Films, Münster; VISIONARIA 17, International Toscana Video Festival, Italy; ART FORUM BERLIN;  exground filmfest,
         Wiesbaden; Festival B-Seite, Mannheim; Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche; C o l o g n e O F F - Cologne Online Film Festival 2008
2009 Traverse Vidéo, Goethe Institut, Toulose, France; Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherland; Festival
         LOOP, Barcelona, Spain; MIT Short Film Festival 2009, Massachusetts, USA; Festival plattform:[no budget], Tübingen
; Crosstalk
        
Video Art festival, Budapest, Ungary; 12. Festival Internacional ZEMOS98, Sevilla, Spain; 16. OpenEyes Filmfestival, Marburg; Open
         Source Festival 2009, Düsseldorf; artlab LAB.30, Augsburg; Festival interfilm, Berlin; kunstfilmtag 09, Düsseldorf

2010 Badisches Kunstforum, Ebringen; MOVES10: Framing Motion, Liverpool, Great Britain; Black & White Audiovisual Festival, Porto,
         Portugal

Prizes | Scholarshipes | Public Collections [selection]

1998 Nomination for the exhibition to the 8. Marler Video-Art-Prize with Das Wunder
1999
Grand Prix de la Création Vidéo (Videoformes, Clermant-Ferrand) for Das Wunder
2000 Nomination for the exhibition to the 2. Marler Video-Installation-Prize with Kymatische Kinemathek
2000 (SoundToFrame 1.2) LULLABY selected for the project Generation 2000 from the Caja Madrid
2001 1.Prize of the Artcompetition "Art of Elements", UdK Berlin, for Cymatic Circuit
2002 Milla&Partner Preis, Prize for media in space, 15.Stuttgarter Filmwinter, for Kymatische Kinemathek
2002
Mainprize of the “11. Videokunstförderpreis Bremen” for PictureTubeRadio
2003 
NaFöG-Stipendium (scholarship for the promotion of young artists)
2004 PictureTubeRadio - 28 Klangsequenzen für Kathodenstrahlröhre und VLF-Empfänger (Multiple) - Collection
         ASPC
, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
2005
5. International Art Prize 2005 for Sculptures, Installations and Objects, art-association Hürth, for PictureTubeRadio
2008
Nomination for the exhibition to the 5. Marler Video-Installation-Prize with Streichlicht
2008
2. prize at the festival "Mini Minutes" in Münster for electromagnetic plot
2009 working-grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds
2009
lab award 2009 Festival lab.30 for Streichlicht
2010 electromagnetic plot - Videoarchiv des Deutschen Künstlerbundes

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