Thomas Jocher

https://thomasjocher.com/

1981 - 86
Studied painting at Academie of fine arts in Vienna (Wolfgang Hollegha)

1986 - 88
lived in Madrid, Spain.

1987
Post graduate workshops Talleres de Arte Actual with Nacho Criado, Mitsuo Miura Und Juan Navarro Baldeweg at Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid.
Co-founded Zú an artistsgroup with Michael Haas, Antonio Fernandez and Antonio Murado in Lugo, Spain. The group developed interdisciplinary and selfreferencial statements to deconstruction of the myth of the artist . The group also organized a two years exchange program of shows between young spanish and austrian artists in their own exhibition space.

1993
Co-founded Fehler Fallen Kunst with writer Sabine Scholl in Vienna, developing cross-over projects between experimental literature and visual art, which set out to study the deconstruction of identity.

1996 - 2001
lived in Chicago and New York, U.S.A.

since 2001
lives and works in Berlin.

2007 - 2008
beside painting TJ also participated in Sebastien Brault's music project POP MODEL as trumpet player.

since 2009
member of the band AFTERMARS (http://aftermars.net)

2011 - 2016
collaboration with Manuel Salvat. Installations under the label of Salvat & Jocher.


Grants
1986
Postgraduate grant, Madrid.

1995
Grant of the Austrian state for fine arts.

1996-97
Grant of the Austrian ministry of culture for the Austrian Studio in Chicago.

2000-01
Grant for the I.S.P( International Studio Program) in New York, sponsored by Art section of the Austrian Governement .


Awards
1997
RBB BanK AG fine Art Award, Graz, Austria.

2007
Purchase Price at XXIX Salón de Otoño de Pintura de Plasencia, Spain.