GALERIE GRITA INSAM   1971-2011 Founded in 1971 (originally as Modern Art Gallery), the Galerie Grita Insam has promoted young local artists and collaborated with international artists since the beginning - including: VITO ACCONCI, ROBERT ADRIAN, ART&LANGUAGE, ALICE AYCOCK, JOHN BALDESSARI, JOSÉ MANUEL BALLESTER, SABINA BITTER/HELMUT WEBER, BARBARA BLOOM, RICHARD DEACON, SIMON DENNY, SILVIE&CHÉRIF DEFRAOUI, YONA FRIEDMAN, FERNANDA GOMES, ZAHA HADID, JENNY HOLZER, CANDIDA HÖFER, IRWIN, ALFREDO JAAR, CHRISTOF KINTERA, JÜRGEN KLAUKE, JULIUS KOLLER, KEN LUM, RITA MC BRIDE, MAURIZIO NANNUCCI, HELIO OITICIA, MIGUEL ANGEL RIOS, GREGOR SCHNEIDER, FRANK THIEL, MARTIN WALDE, MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, PETER WEIBEL. The concept of the gallery focused on communication and networking media - therefore the organisation of discussions, workshops, lectures, personal exhibitions, group shows and projects dealing with crioss-boarder art (art in public space, art consulting and the multiple forms of conceptual art) were always an integral element of the gallery's work. The gallery closed, after 40 adventurous years, in 2011 due to the illness of its founder Grita Insam. Thematic group exhibitions and projects by Galerie Grite Insam since 1995 include: 2008 En face / surface with works by Robert Adrian, José Manuel Ballester, Tom Benson, Sabine Bitter / Helmut Weber, Benjamin Cottam, Eric Glavin, Fernanda Gomes, Tania Kitchell, Roland Kollnitz, Angelika Krinzinger, Sigrid Kurz, Kazuko Miyamoto, Flora Neuwirth, Hélio Oiticica & Neville d'Almeida, Peter Sandbichler, Stefan Sandner, Fabian Seiz, Katharina Stiglitz, Gerold Tagwerker, Frank Thiel, Gabi Trinkaus, Martin Walde, Peter Weibel. 2006 Shift with works by: Sabine Bitter / Helmut Weber, Simon Denny, Ingo Gienzendanner (GRRRR), Fernanda Gomes, Tadashi Kawamata, Kristof Kintera, Julius Koller, Eva Löfdahl, Rita McBride, Miguel Angel Rios, Gregor Schneider, Michael Schuster, Katharina Stiglitz und Marijke van Warmerdam 2004 …and in between  with works by: Sigrun Appel, Sabina Hörtner, Sigrid Kurz, Katharina Matiasek, Stefan Sandner, Gerold Tagwerker, etc. 2003 GegenLicht (back light) with works by: Siegrun Appelt, Abdul Sharif Baruwa, Friedrich Biedermann, Zarina Bhimji, Louise Bourgeois, Herbert Brandl, Silvie Defraoui, Fred Eerdekens, Candida Höfer, Sabina Hörtner, IRWIN, Alfredo Jaar, Sabine Jelinek, Irene Kar, Jürgen Klauke, Karl-Heinz Klopf, Sigrid Kurz, Katarina Matiasek, Flora Neuwirth, Marcel Odenbach, Nika Radic, Stefan Sandner, Eva Schlegel. 2001 KunstLicht (art light) with works by: Manfred Erjautz, Martin Kaar, Brigitte Kowanz, François Morellet, Maurizio Nannucci, Goran Petercol, Ruth Schnell, Keith Sonnier, Peter Sandbichler, Gerold Tagwerker, Peter Weibel. 1998 spatiale malerei paintings on site by: Uli Aigner, Art & Language, Ernst Caramelle, Manfred Erjautz, Zaha Hadid, Sabina Hörtner, Peter Kogler, Sol LeWitt, Ines Lombardi, Ferdinand Penker, Goran Petercol, Lois Renner, Jessica Stockholder, Gerold Tagwerker, Rini Tandon, Peter Weibel, Otto Zitko. 1996 1998 Freeze Frame Group show dealing with the dialogue between film and visual art. Venues: * Instituto Cultural Cabañas Guadalajara, Mexico, * Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna * Gallery Claude Douyon, Miami * AMUSF, Contemporary Art Museum at University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl with works by: Uli Aigner, John Baldessari, Silvie&Chérif Defraoui, Manfred Erjautz, IRWIN, Alfredo Jaar, Werner Kaligofsky, Sigrid Kurz, Robert Longo, Tom Marioni, Katarina Matiasek, Becky Mayer, Allan McCollum, Stephan Prina, Peter Sandbichler/Drehli Robnik, Ruth Schnell, Herve Telemaque, Martin Walde, Peter Weibel. 1995 Translucent Writings group show about texts and light at: * Neuberger Museum of Art; State University of NewYork at Purchase * AMUSF, Contemporary Art Museum at University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl,  with works by: Robert Adrian, Silvie&Chérif Defraoui, Nancy Dwyer, Fred Eerdekens, Jenny Holzer, Alfredo Jaar, Joseph Kosuth, Brigitte Kowanz, Karl Kowanz, Thomas Locher, Helmut Mark, Maurizio Nannucci, Goran Petercol, Rivka Rinn, Constanze Ruhm, Ed Ruscha, David Ward, Peter Weibel (catalogue) 1988 1992 Kunst Raum Donau - projects in public space in cooperation with the New Danube planning office (Bruno Domany). Projects included: * "Zeitweise" a sculpture by Richard Deacon, Mexico Platz, Vienna * "Picasso's Eye" by Robert Adrian, Mexico Platz, Vienna * "Light Installation" by Karl Kowanz, on the Steinspornbrücke, Vienna 1986 Raum Annehmen an overview of Austrian sculpture since1945. with works by: Robert Adrian, Roland Goeschl, Bruno Gironcoli, VALIE EXPORT, Willi Kopf, Oswald Oberhuber, Rini Tandon, Franz West, Erwin Wurm (catalogue) 1985 1986 ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk Videonale 86 and Ars electronica Grita Insam was curator of a one week program of video by artists on the ORF (Austrian public TV) in cooperation with the Ars Electronica Festival, Linz. Grita Insam also created a 90 minute program as an introduction to video by artists entitled Videogezeiten. (catalogue) 1984 New York Graffiti travelling to Vienna and Graz touring exhibition and performances at: Graz HUMANIC Shoe Company, Austrian Radio Station in Graz, Disco U4 Vienna, Tram Vienna, Magazine Wiener and Galerie Grita Insam Vienna. participants: Ero, Delta, Phase 2, Ramm:ell:zee 1982 Tanz 82 (first festival for contemporary dance in Vienna) Organisation of the first contemporary dance festival in cooperation with Gerhard Brunner, director of the ballet at the Viennese opera und Barbara Rett, director of the Volkshochschule Hietzing 1979 Audiocene 79 - Sound: a Medium of Visual Art Exhibition of phonograms, sound installations, a series of performances and a symposium dealing with the history and conceptual background of the border crossings between visual arts and sound as well as experimental music. with participation by: Laurie Anderson, Aperque, Pinuccia Bernardoni, Michael Brewster, Hank Bull, Norbert Brunner, Georg De Cristel, Peter Downsborough, Terry Fox, Bob George, Peter Grass, Jana Haimsohn, Julia Heyward, Joe Jones, Christina Kubisch, Joan La Barbara, Tom Marioni, Ian Murrey, Maurizio Nannucci, Bruce McLean, Fabrizio Plessi, Fritz Ruprechter, Arleen Schloss, Michael Schuster, Peter Weibel (catalogue)