Salon of Cultures – fata morgana
With the title “fata morgana” the artists Nakoa Muneoka, Michael Vaccaro and Linda Zahra will present some of their current work in the Salon of Cultures. We invite you all to join our vernissage on December 6th at 6:00 p.m. in EDUCULT’s gallery rooms at the Museumsquartier Vienna!
FATA MORGANA deals with the disillusion of paradise – arriving in a place full of images, dreams and mirages, in search of hapiness – into the clash with reality, where dreams are shattered and hopes replaced with struggles. Three artist approaching the concept of immigration as “fata morgana”, an illusion that can never really be realized or fully grasped, leaving us in constant search.
Salon of Cultures – fata morgana
Vernissage: 6 Decenber 2018, 18:00 Uhr
Exhibition: 7 December 2018 – 7 June 2019, Mon-Fr 10:00 am to 05:00 pm
Location: EDUCULT, Q21 (at MuseumsQuartier Wien), Museumsplatz 1/e-1.6, 1070 Wien
(The entrance is in the main court of the MuseumsQuartier at door 1.6 next to the “MQ-Daily” restaurant – 3rd floor)
Naoko Muneoka
Naoko Muneko, born 1966 in Hiroshima, Japan. Studies of painting at the Musashino Arts University in Tokio. From October 1994 to March 2001 she studied in Vienna at the university for applied arts, in the masterclass of Professor Wolfgang Hutter and Professor Wolfgang Herzig. Exhibitons in Japan and Austria.
The interest of Naoko Muneoka is focussed on the pichture of human beings. It is the foundation to make common statements beyond individual ones, to make messages about feelings, experiences and interpersonal relationships.
Exhibitions (a selection):
- regular exhibitions at bei LILO ALMOG
- 3rd August 2017, Opening of the exhibition of Josef Kinz,in the V&V Vitrine
Michael Vaccaro
Michael Vaccaro, born1987. He studied from 1999 to 2004 abstract painting with Stefan Engel in Rheinlandpfalz, Germany. From 2011 to 2014 he studied arts and sculpting with bei Monca Bonvicini at the academy of visual arts in Vienna.
Exhibitions (a selection):
- 2017 gallery Cristoph, Noailles, Marseille
- 2011 There Was A Job To Be Done And Everybody Was Sure Somebody Would Do It (Class for arts and painting), Kunstraum Niederösterreich
Linda Zahra
Linda Zahra is photographer, bornin Salamya, Syria. She lives in Vienna since 2014. She studied Makeup Design at the academy of arts in Moldova and collaborated as Makeup designer, photographer and operation managerin in differnt film projects.
Exhibitions (a selection):
- 2018 Documentary photography project about Syrian children refugees in schools in camps at the Syrian Lebanese Border
- 2016/2017 Joint exhibition “A Window in Exile” in Künstlerhaus – Vienna
- 2016: Outside Homeland/Eyes On, European month of Photgraphy
- 2016: Faraway Home, with International Dialogue Center in Vienna (KAICIID)
- 2016: Insight/Syrien Women portrait – main station Vienna