About my new work Undock Station 1.0
Gentle forms – bubbles – where rigidity often
dominates, movement and life emerges.
The series ‘Undock Stations 1.0’ is characterised by
its recurring forms. They reflect the freedom of
experimentation that art has always given me, a
freedom which is without limits. They signify an
awareness; awareness of the never-ending process,
of the one constant – change.
Recurring forms, but nothing stays the same.
This series of works depicts the idea of capturing
the present. These organic forms exude, on the one
hand, a calm presence -human rigidity- and on the
other hand, permanent movement – transforming
life. They add something intangible to the space
around them – a wordless form of expression that
immerses the beholder in a transparent level – the
experiment of life.
I experiment, find things out. Sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn’t, but at least I’m looking for
something; an artistic form that is constantly changing, that always brings me back to the origin. And the reason I’m constantly changing is because everything is constantly changing’.
― Victor Mangeng
Exhibitions & Symposiums
2015 Eschen (FL), Group permanent exhibition, Skulpturapärkle
2016 Montafon (A), Solo exhibition, Art Night, October
2016 Feldkirch (A), Solo exhibition at Wexelstube “Zweifelsfrei”, November
2017 Vienna (A), group exhibition, Stilgalerie,
“The woman mysterious and magical”, July
2017 Feldthurns-South Tyrol (I), sculpture symposium, Frühzeit-protostoria, October
2017 Bern (CH), Group exhibition, Galerie Hess, November
2018 New York, (US), Group exhibition, Artbox-Zurich, March
2018 Gardena (I), Summer Academy with.
Peter Senoner, Markus Delago & Aron Demetz, July
2018 Bregenz (A), Solo exhibition, Lust, July
2021 Frankfurt (GER), Finalist at the Art Award
“Bernd & Gisela Rosenheim Foundation
2021 Bludenz (A), Solo exhibition KuKuPhi Art-Gallery, August
2022 Zambia, (Africa), Portrait work exhibited at WayiWayi Art Gallery
2022 Zurich (CH), Group exhibition, Swissartexpo, Urbanside Gallery, March
2023 Mexico, Artist in Residence, CDMX, January
2023 Working on different project’s in public space
2023 first series with limited edition, abstract and figurative, Private Collection
2024 Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz, May until October
2024 Engadin (CH), Interactive Fire Sculpture, 6m
2024 Art Purchase from “Land Vorarlberg” Collection in “Vorarlberg Museum”
2024 Vaduz (FL), Design for “Opus Music Award”
2025 Symposium, Lech by Rote Wand Gourmet, August
2025 Symposium, Zillertal Mayerhofen, September
2026 Group Exhibition, Curious Artspace, Lech, June
Residencies
2014 Singapore, Malaysia
2017 USA, Ecuador, Peru
2020 Italy, Studio Pescarella
2021 Spain, Geodeartspace
2022 Zambia, WayiWayi Art Studio
2023 Mexico City & Nicaragua
Education
1991*in Schruns / Vorarlberg / Austria
2006 -2009 Commercial School Bludenz
2012 own studio
2014 Apprenticeship carpenter
2014 Further education world trip, visit to various artists
2014 self-employed as sculptor
2014 -Training as a wood and stone sculptor with
Prof. Martin Geisler-Moroder Tyrol
2019 Free works
2019 Master class stone sculpture school – Laas, South Tyrol
2020 Commissions for public space
2020 Works in marble and bronze in Carrara, Tuscany
2020 Preparations for “Arte Alpguess” sculpture trail
2021 Studio extension
2021 Work in Spain (Figueres) in bronze at Geodeartspace
2021 Work on portfolio
2022 Creation of various editions for Portfolio
2022 Commissioned sculptures
2022 Studio extension
2022 Concept for works in public space in progress
2022 Admission – Professional Association of Visual Artists Austria
Teaching
Since 2015 Victor has been teaching sculpture workshops in clay and wood around the world at universities and at his studio in Austria. Some destinations have been Italy, Spain, Germany, Ecuador, USA and Zambia.