Otto Zitko (born in Linz on 14 February 1959) is an Austrian artist who lives and works in Vienna. Exhibitions (selection since 2000) 2010 Me, Myself and I – Otto Zitko and Louise Bourgeois, Arnolfini, Bristol getting hot, Krobath, Berlin 2009 Die Kunst ist super!, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin 2008 espacio marte, México City 2007 Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck Magic Line, MUSEION – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig (GfZK) 2006 Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (with Herbert Brandl) Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna Soleil Noir. Depression and Society, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg Bunkier Sztuki, Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow 2005 Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki China retour, MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna 2004 Austrian Cultural Forum Prague The Moravian Gallery Brno (with Josef Dabernig) 2003 Cheim & Read, New York Franz West Vis-à-Vis Otto Zitko, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (with Franz West) © EUROPE EXISTS, MMCA, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck 2002 Galerie de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Caen Uncommon Denominator, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid 2001 International Contemporary Art, Museo de Arte Moderno / Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City 2000 Cheim & Read, New York Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna
Bibliography Pythia. Edition Antagon #2, Salzburg 2008.Text: Hemma Schmutz The Construction of Gesture. Eds. Hemma Schmutz, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg / Barbara Steiner, GfZK Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig / Ingeburg Wurzer, Atelier Otto Zitko, Wien, Berlin 2008. Text: Jan Avgikos, Hemma Schmutz, Andreas Spiegl, Barbara Steiner Räume. Kunsthalle Bern, 1996. Text: Ulrich Loock, Christian Kravagna Otto Zitko. Cheim & Read, New York, Vienna 2000. Text: Herbert Lachmayer
External links Otto Zitko's homepage Cheim & Read, New York Krobath, Vienna / Berlin Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid