Peter Gric

Peter Gric is a Czech painter living in Austria, who is best known for his mysterious abandoned futuristic architectural landscapes. He practices a very fine technical method of painting as taught by the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.

Biography

* 1968 - born in Brno, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
* 1980 - emigrates to Austria
* 1988 - 1993 Studies under professor Arik Brauer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
* 1995 - 1996 Alternative Service
* 2002 - Marries Lenka Ferjancová
* 2007 - Exhibits with Galerie 10

He currently lives and works in Vienna with his family.

Life and works

Peter Gric was born 1968 in the then Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. When he was a boy, his family were granted permission to holiday outside of the strictly controlled socialist territories. Unbeknown to him, his parents never planned to return, and driving to Austria instead of their state approved holiday destination, where they applied for residency.

He studied under professor Arik Brauer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna who was one of the original members of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Peter therefore is among the next generation of artists influenced from this movement.

Peter has been exhibited alongside other notable artists such as H R Giger and is a member of the [http://www.labyrinthe.com Labyrinthe group] de icon.

He has illustrated numerous book covers, predominantly for sci-fi or fantasy genres. Being of a younger generation of artists, he has not shied from digital technology and also worked in 3D modeling. This has been used by him to visualize some of his more complex works before being committed to paint.

In 2007, Peter commenced a stage design for the SamPlay production "Hamlet in Rock". [cite web| url=http://www.samplay.de/news/?p=793| title=Bühnenaufbau "Hamlet In Rock"|language=de icon]

That same year, Peter's work appeared in an international publication, "Metamorphosis - 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary Artists" (ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8). He has since exhibited with [http://galerie10.com/ Galerie 10] de icon, which has had a long association with the founders of Vienna Fantastic Realists, such as Ernst Fuchs, Wolfgang Hutter and Arik Brauer who he studied under.

He was also invited to join the Ange Exquis [cite web| url=http://www.courrierdemantes.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/16573/Rosny-sur-Seine._Expo_%AB%A0L%27ange_exquis,_%EAtre_ange_%E9trange%A0%BB.html| title=Rosny-sur-Seine. Expo « L'ange exquis, être ange étrange »| language=fr icon] , an international group project organized by his fellow countryman and painter Lukáš Kándl. Project members add and remove artworks from the collective body of work over time.

Gric’s artwork has been acquired by many private and public collectors, among them also the Austrian Gallery in the Belvedere (palace) in Vienna.

Publications

* 1990 - "Meisterschule Brauer - Oberes Belvedere '90" (Hubert Adolph, Arik Brauer, Regine Schmidt) (Austrian Gallery Belvedere (palace), Vienna)
* 1993 - "Peter Gric - Katalog" (Dalibor Truhlar) (Edition Lyra) ISBN 3-901431-03-9
* 1993 - "Akademie der bildenden Künste - Diplomarbeiten 1993" (Carl Pruscha) (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)
* 1994 - "Kick off" () (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)
* 1997 - "Vier Meisterschulen für Malerei der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien" (Dr. Heinz Fischer, Elisabeth v. Samsonow, Arik Brauer) (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)
* 2000 - "Phantastik am Ende der Zeit" (Thomas Engelhardt, Christine Ivanovic) (Town Museum Erlangen) ISBN 3-930035-03-0
* 2000 - "gegen-stand - Projekt Donauauen" (Wilhelm Molterer, Dr.Bernd Lötsch) (Naturhistorisches Museum / Museum of Natural History, Vienna)
* 2001 - "ARSFANTASTICA - Die Sammlung bei der Ernst Fuchs Pate stand" (Hubert Klocker, Gerhard Habarta, Milan Vukovich) (ISMAEL.cc)
* 2004 - "Trierenberg Art - Kunst im Werk" (Christian Trierenberg, Dr. Christian Hinterobermaier) (Trierenberg Holding AG)
* 2004 - "The illustrated to think like God : Pythagoras and Parmenides : the origins of philosophy" (Arnold Hermann) (Parmenides Publishing) ISBN 1-930972-17-2
* 2007 - "Metamorphosis" (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8
* 2007 - "L’ange exquis: Être Ange, Étrange" (Libellule Ltd.)

References

External links

* [http://www.gric.at Official website]
* [http://www.labyrinthe.com/index2.php?cat=kuenstler Labyrinthe Gesellschaft für phantastische und visionäre Künste e.V.] - gallery of images by Gric and other artists
* [http://beinart.org/artists/peter-gric/ Peter Gric - Fantastic Art Collective]
* [http://www.angeexquis.com/ L’ange exquis] - collective project that Gric participates in.
* [http://www.artistinterviews.com/subscriptions/art/petergric.htm Artist Interviews - Peter Gric]