2023, Charcoal, pigment, ink on linen, 315 x 248 cm
1980 *Villach, Austria.
2009-2018 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AT) Contextual painting with Ashley Hans Sheierl and later with Daniel Richter.
Lives and works in Lower Austria.
Legat's paintings are political, yet not reactions to the politics of the day; they are theoretically grounded, yet not illustrations of zeitgeist flagship theorists; they are personal, yet not an expression of individual mythologies. Legat draws and paints parables about the state of the world, entangles the viewer in a dense web of problems and evokes the question of one's own involvement. Roman Grabner
Legat's paintings are political, yet not reactions to the politics of the day; they are theoretically grounded, yet not illustrations of zeitgeist flagship theorists; they are personal, yet not an expression of individual mythologies. Legat draws and paints parables about the state of the world, entangles the viewer in a dense web of problems and evokes the question of one's own involvement. Roman Grabner
2022, charcoal, pigment, ink on linen, 215 x 198 cm
2021, charcoal, pigment, ink on linen, 315 x 258 cm
Ausstellungen
SOLO- AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 ARCOlisboa Cordoaria Nacional, Avda da Índia s/n, 1300 Lisbon
International Biennial of Painting in Chisinău, Republic of Moldova
Maria Legat - From the collection of Johann Zwiletitsch, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
"WEGBRECHEN AUFBRECHEN" Kunsthalle Feldbach
2022 The After of Things, Gallery3, Velden
Large Collection Presentation, Landesgalerie Niederösterreich,
Art after 1960 from the provincial collections
"Unter ferner liefen" scenes against second rank, church St.Peter in St.Jakob im Rosental
Academy of Fine Arts, auction 2022
2020 Verhofft, solo exhibition, Gallery3, Klagenfurt
"WIRD BALD" at the rectory of St. Jakob, INS FREIE | NA PROSTO cultural interventions in Carinthia,
Flux23 KD BARBA
Everything will be fine, MQ Vienna
es panikt, soloshow, Strabag Kunstforum Vienna
2019 viennaontemporary artfair
This is no kiss of leisure, Contemporary female artists in dialogue with old masters,
Kunstraum im Kinsky
STRABAG Artaward International
Ende gut, solo exhibition, Flux23 at T/abor, Vienna
Correspondences Bosch & Legat, juxtaposition with Hieronymus Bosch, Gemäldegalerie
of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Academy of Fine Arts, Auction 2019
2018 On Paper, group exhibition, Galerie Graz gallery
Not Dark Yet, group exhibition at Kunsthaus Mürz, curated by Roman Grabner
The Jubjub, group exhibition curated by Ruby Sircar, Tomas Schoiswohl, 5020 Gallery, Salzburg
20 Propositions, group exhibition Salzburger Kunstverein
Artist in Residence at Salzburger Kunstverein
Organic Upgrade, group exhibition Frewein Kzakbaev
Art Austria at Palais Liechtenstein
JustMad, Artfair Madrid, Gallery 3
Academy of Fine Arts; Auction 2018
2017 Solo presentation at ArtVienna, Museum Leopold, Gallery 3.
Kunstasyl benefit auction at the Semperdepot
Solo exhibition, ICON Gallery, Linz
Looking Forward until 40, group exhibition Schloss Tabor
Art Austria at Palais Lichtenstein
Streetartpassage - Open Archive, Museumsquartier MQ Vienna
2016 Art Austria, Museum Leopold Vienna, Gallery 3
Birth Strike ONE in the Street Art Passage, Museumsquartier, MQ Vienna
Bank Austria Prize for Young Carinthian Art
2015 Reasons to Relate, Gallery I Flux23, Vienna
Torn open eye, transmanieristic reactions, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Mama, group exhibition, Gallery3, Klagenfurt
2014 REDUX group exhibition, Inoperable Gallery Vienna
WOMEN, STREET, ART & STUDIO group exhibition for publication, Inoperable Gallery Vienna
2013 8bit group exhibition at Vienna Burn Lab
Stage design for the Graz Opera
2012 "Asphalt Spezialì" exhibition with Patrick Püribauer, ART Rooms Vienna
2011 Solo Show, Inoperable Gallery Vienna
Painting symposium at Papier Fabrik Lenzing, recognition award
2010 KUNSTHALLE Vienna: "Street and Studio" curated by Catherine Hug
Street Art Workshop, and wall design at MQ Vienna
Workshop at MAK Vienna for 100 people
Group exhibition, Masc Foundation, Vienna 2016
AWARDS
2022 State Scholarship for Visual Arts 2022/2023
2020 Promotional award winner for visual arts of the province of Carinthia
2019 STRABAG Artaward International, Recognition Award
2018 Prize of the Society of Friends of the Arts in the course of the diploma, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2009 "Content Award" FemPower laureate