| Xenia Hausner was born in Vienna in 1951. After studies at the painting academy in Vienna and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she began a career as a scenic designer at the Vienna Burgtheater in 1976. From 1977 to 1992, Ms. Hausner designed more than 100 theater, opera and film productions, including those at the Shiller Theater, Berlin; the Thalia Theater, Hamburg; the Vienna State Opera; the Salzburg Festival; the Covent Garden Opera, London; and the Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels. Beginning in 1992, Ms. Hausner moved to Berlin and devoted herself completely to painting. Her work was introduced at the Martin Gropiusbau in Berlin in 1996 in an exhibition entitled 'Die Kraft der Bilder' (The Power of Pictures), and she was soon afforded one-person exhibitions in Salzburg and Vienna. Later in 1996, Ms. Hausner had a one-person exhibition, 'Menschenbilder' at Galerie Thomas in Munich, and Galerie Thomas introduced her work to an international audience with a featured presentation at Art Cologne. In 1997, a one-person exhibition, 'Liebesfragmente' was presented at the Museum Quarter Kunsthalle of Vienna and at the Ludwig Museum in Leipzig. A one-person exhibition of Xenia Hausner’s paintings is scheduled for the spring of 2000 in Leningrad and Berlin. Forum Gallery is introducing Xenia Hausner’s work to the United States. -Forum Gallery |
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