Univ.-Prof. Dr.habil. Dr.h.c. Oliver Grau, MAE

Office
Wing F, 1. Floor, Room 1.104
Phone
+43 (0)2732 893-2550
Fax
+43 (0)2732 893-4550
E-Mail

Homepage
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at
Address
Danube University Krems
Chair Professor for Image Science
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
3500 Krems
Austria

Oliver Grau was appointed first Chair Professor for Image Science in the German speaking countries at the Center of Image Science at Danube University in 2005. More than 350 lectures and keynotes at conferences worldwide, including the Olympic Games culture program and the G-20 Summit.StanfordU, Berkeley, TATE, University of Westminster, Hong Kong CityU, Sorbonne, Freie Universität Berlin, University Melbourne, G20 Wirtschaftsgipfel Seoul, Louvre, Kulturprogramm Olympische Spiele Beijing/Tsinghua University, Georgia Tech, New School NY, Whitney Museum, Charkov National U, National Museum Brasilia, U Sao Paolo, Damaskus University, YonseiU Seoul, Art Center Garage Moskau, Warburg Haus Hamburg, Ars Electronica, Transmediale, DEAF, ISEA, CIHA, Herzog Ulrich Bib. Wolfenbüttel, UC London, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Millenium Museum Beijing, National U. Singapore, Universität Heidelberg, Chuo U. Tokio, Ann Arbour, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, "Nobelpreisträger Vortragszyklus" POSTECH, York U Toronto, ÖNB Wien, UBC Vancouver, Goethe Buenos Aires, National U. Bogota, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Chicago Arts Inst., Akademie der Künste Berlin, ARCO Madrid, DukeU uvm. Since 1996, invited lecture tours have been supported and multiplied by the Goethe Institut, and since 2006 also by the Austrian Culture Forum.

Grau's book “Virtual Art. From Illusion to Immersion”, MIT Press 2003 (Book of the Month Scientific American) is with approx. 1200 citations internationally the most quoted art history monography of the last decade (H-Index) and received more than 90 reviews. It offered for the first time a historic comparison and evolution in image-viewer theory of immersion and a systematic analysis of the triad of artist, artwork and beholder under the conditions of digital art.

He has received several awards and his publications are translated in 15 languages. His main research is in the history of media art, immersive images, emotion and immersion, the history of telepresence and artificial life and digital humanities.

About his research, the media reported: FAZ, Tagesspiegel, ORF, Wall Street Journal, NZZ, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Standard, Nature, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, SFB, Berliner Zeitung, Die Presse, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Deutschlandfunk, Wired, Scientific American, European Photography, Museums Journal, Svenska Dagbladet, Syrian Arab News SANA, Estado de Sao Paulo u.a Grau was founding director of the MediaArtHistories Conference Series, (Banff 2005, Berlin 2007, Melbourne 2009, Liverpool 2011, Riga 2013, Montreal 2015, Krems/Wien 2017, Aalborg 2019). The volume MediaArtHistories, MIT Press 2007, received more than 50 international reviews. His volume "Imagery in the 21st Century", MIT-Press 2011 expanded the context of Image Science.

Grau led other projects of the FWF, ARC, VW, EU, BBAW and others. He conceived new scientific tools for image science and directed the project "Immersive Art" of the German Research Foundation (DFG) developing the first international archive for digital art (ADA, since 1999). Since 2005 Grau is also head of the database of Goettweig’s Graphic Print Collection, Austria's largest private collection with 30.000 works, from Duerer to Klimt.

He was responsible for the development of the international master programs MediaArtHistories, MA, Crossmedia, MSc and Image Science, Media Arts Cultures (Erasmus +). From 1998 to 2005, Grau taught and researched at the Humboldt University Berlin and worked as a professor at various international universities.

Grau is reviewer for international foundations (DFG, NSF, ARC, SNF, MPI, DAAD and editorial board member of international journals. Grau was among the first elected members of the Young Academy of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science & Leopoldina, 2014 he received a doctor h.c.

www.mediaarthistory.org

Archive of Digital Art

Database Graphic Collection Goettweig

Wikipedia

Current Lectures and Keynotes

FRANKFURT/MAIN: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Konferenz zur Bewahrung digitalen kulturellen Erbes, 28./29.11.2018
Berlin: EVA, ELEKTRONISCHE MEDIEN UND KUNST, KULTUR, GESCHICHTE / KONFERENZ 7.-9.11.2018
CHICAGO: School of the Art Institute (SAIC), 1.11. 2018
TYUMEN Institut for Social Sciences and Humanities of Tyumen State University 11.10. 2018
TOMSK Tomsk State University, Institute for Arts and Culture, 9.10. 2018
FLORENZ: EVA 2018, Electronic Imaging in the Visual Arts: International Conference, University of Florence, 9.-10.5. 2018
PARIS: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Ende April 2018
BRÜNN: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, 11.4. 2018
SINGAPORE, Nanyang Technological University, ‘Multiverse’ Symposium, Keynote 2/2018
KÖLN, Museum Ludwig & Wallraf Richartz Museum, 16.01.2018, Kinosaal Museum Ludwig.
INNSBRUCK, Universität Innsbruck, Digital Humanities Austria, 12 Jahre Digital Humanities in Forschung und Lehre am DBW, 6. 12. 2017
WIEN, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Re:Trace, Round Table, Six decades of Digital Arts & museums - a new infrastructure, 25. 11. 2017.
SINGAPORE, Lassale College of the Arts, Media Art Histories and the Political Iconography of Information Societies, 3.8.2017
HANNOVER, NDR Kultur, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, "Die Kunst und das Digitale", 4. Mai 2017 (Vortrag und Podium).
MÜNCHEN, Festival KINO DER KUNST, 20. April 2017, Symposiumsvortrag.
BANGKOK, International Conference on Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (ICHSSE), Januar, Keynote
JERUSALEM, Open University, invited lecture, June 2016
CUENCA, Cuenca and its collections and archives of contemporary art, Keynote, 22.04.2016
AARHUS, University, Department of Aesthetics and Communication, Art Histroy, 15.04.2016
BONN, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 26.02.2016
BERLIN, Transmediale, Haus der Kulturen, 07.02.2016
GRAZ, University Graz, Institut of Art History, evening Lecture, 16.12.2015
BUDAPEST, Museum Ludwig, MAPS Media Art Preservation Symposium, Keynote, 7.12.2015
WIEN, Challenges of Digital Art for our Societies, International Conference, lecture, MUMOK, Dec 4, 2015
PARIS, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA), evening Lecture, 15.11.2015
MONTREAL, International Conference on the Histories of MediaArt, Science and Technology, Lecture-Presentation, Nov. 7, 2015
LISBON, International Conference “Stereo and Immersive Media”, Universiade Lusófona, October 7-9, 2015, National Archive of Torre do Tombo, Keynote, Oct 7th. 2015
MEXICO CITY, International UNESCO Forum “Virtual Humanities for Sustainable Memory of Graphic Cultural Heritage”, Casa Barragan, Keynote, Sep. 24, 2015
LODZ/WARSHAW, European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) conference, University of Lodz and University of Social Sciences and Humanities Warsaw, Keynote 19.06.2015
BELGRAD, University, Faculty of fine Arts, 21.05.2015
MURCIA, Media Art Futures Festival, Keynote, 15.04.2015
ISTANBUL: "Amber Art and Technology Festival" (invited Lecture), 23.01.2015
HONG KONG: 20th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2014), City University Hong Kong, Keynote, 12.12.2014
MOSCOW, "What is Philosophy of Art Today?", Moscow Biennale and Polytechnic Museum, 29.11.2014
SAN FRANCISCO: University Berkeley, Goethe Institut, Internationale Konferenz: "Image as Location: Books in Browsers" in Kooperation mit der Frankfurter Buchmesse in San Francisco, 22. 10. 2014.
BASEL, Haus für elektronische Künste (Hek) in coop. mit Kaserne Basel und Museum Tinguely, Conference "Portable Reality", Keynote, 26.09.2014
MÜNCHEN, Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Zentrum Digitale Geisteswissenschaften: "VERLUST DER (DIGITALEN) GEGENWARTSKUNST : Bildwissenschaftliche Perspektiven & das Archiv 2.0 in den Digitalen Geistswissenschaften", eingeladener Abendvortrag, 10.06.2014
ORADEA, Festvortrag aus Anlass der Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Prof. Oliver Grau, Universität Oradea, Aula Magna, 26.05.2014
LONDON, University of Westminster in collaboration with the Imaging Science Group of the Royal Photographic Society, International Conference: "All About Imaging", Keynote, 22. 5. 2014.
LONDON, Tate Britain, Culture Value and the Digital, 21.05.2014
GRAZ, Universalmuseum Joanneum - Schloss Eggenberg & Alte Galerie, Arbeitskreistreffen der Leiter der Graphischen Sammlungen von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz "Bildung und Vermittlung", 09.-10.05.2014
ROM, Department of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts, University Roma Tre, 29.04.2014

Research Interests

Art and Media History of Illusion and Immersion
History of the Concept of Telepresence and Telecommunication
Current questions on genetic Art and the subhistory of artificial life

Member of the Editorial Board of Referenced Scientific Journals

International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, United Kingdom
IJArt Journal, United Kingdom
International Journal of Art and Technology, United Kingdom

International Journal on Stereo & Immersive Media
SECOND NATURE: International Journal of Creative Media, Australia
EKFRASE: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Visuell Kultur, Norway
JUNCTURES The Journal for Thematic Dialogue, New Zealand

Jordan Journal of the Arts

Editorial Board

Scientific Advisory Board of Interdisciplinary Research Center Humanities/Art/Technology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

Consultant

Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft DFG (GER)
National Science Foundation NSF (USA)
Schweizer Nationalfonds SNF (SUI)
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD (GER)
European Research Council ERC (EU)

Awards and Distinctions

2015, Elected Member of the Academia Europaea (58 Nobel Laureates)

2014, Doctor h.c. in recognition for Oliver Grau's research by University Oradea

2011, Opening Speech POSTECH, South Korea (International lecture series for Nobel Prize winners and international top scientists), December 2011.

2010, Invitation by Ministery of Knowledge Economy of the Republic of Korea (MKE) for a lecture at G20 Summit/ “tech+ forum 2010”, Jamsil Gym, 09.11.2010.

2008, Invitation to the official cultural program of the XXIX. Olympic Summer Games Beijing, Exhibition Synthetic Times - Media Art China 2008, Lecture Tsinghua University, June 9, 2008.

2004, Honorary Media Award of the Humboldt University Society.

2003, Scholarship holder of the German-Italian Center Villa Vigoni.

2003, Book of the Month, Scientific American.

2002, InterNationes/Goethe Institute Funding for the translation of the publication „Virtual Art“.

2001, Election into the “Young Academy” (at Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Sciences (BBAW) and the Leopoldina.

Current Interviews

Arte

Iconic Turn

Korean Television 2009

Serbian Television 2010

Ukrainian State TV 2011

Radio Interviews (German)

hör!spiel!art.mix; Interview about Media Art on Bayerischer Rundfunk on September 5th 2008, 20:30 - 22:30h

"Kultur am Sonntagmorgen", August 18 - September 15, 2002, Sundays 9:30 a.m.:

Was ist ein Bild? Antworten der Kunst und Philosophie, der Neurophysiologie, der Medienwissenschaft und Kunstgeschichte / Eine Gesprächsreihe von Rainer B. Schossig
[What is an image? Answers of art and philosophy, neurophysiology, media studies and art history / A series of talks by Rainer B. Schossig]

Part V, broadcasted on Deutschlandradio on September 15, 2002:
The media scholar Oliver Grau

Downloads

Cv Ograu English17 08.2016.pdf

Press Reviews Selection 2014

Reviews "Virtual Art"

Current Lectures And Keynotes 2014

Chaired Conferences

Publikationen Publications Og 09 2014