Selfportrait digital C-Print diasec® 20x45 2008

'The photographic reality is stronger than reality itself.' - Francis Bacon.

The Art of Lia Vio are divined works co-created from a metaphysical and psycho-logical context. She concerns herself with integrating the paradoxical consciousness of the seen and unseen worlds and interprets fine art photography itself as the art of seeing. Selecting what to disclose of life implies a lighter touch than constructing an alternative reality entirely.

'Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.'- Susan Sontag.

 

*1977

2006 Degree in Photography, University of Wuppertal, DE
2001-2003 Folkwang University of the Arts - Photography Studies
2002 Degree in Graphics Design summa cum laude
European Humanities University Minsk / Vilnius, LT
2000 Masaryk University (CESP), Brno, CZ



2011 Int. Juried Show Winner / Les Rencontres d’Arles /
Photography Open Salon - awarded by S.Franklin (Magnum),
T.Cole (Head of Photography, Saatchi & Saatchi Design), etc.
2011 Int. Juried Show Winner / Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
2008 Celeste Art Prize / shortlisted
2007 IPA Photographer of the Year / Deeper Perspective Germany
2007 Nomination Welde ART PRIZE
2006 Honorable Mention / International Photography Awards
2004 DAAD Annual Scholarship für Graduated Artists
2002 Düsseldorf State Council Annual Art Scholarship
2002 Profoto-Mediawork Prize
2001 Kulturkontakt Vienna Scholarship (Salzburg Art Academy)
2000 Jan Hus Fonds Scholarship

2011 ‘Les Rencontres d’Arles’. TRANSIENCE. Galerie Huit Catalogue
2008 BLICKFANG - Germany's Best Photographers ISBN 3939028126
2008 selected views #10 ISBN 9783000238727
2008 CELESTE ART PRIZE Catalogue
2006 Zollverein
2006 einsam.allein.

2012

  • Tokarska Gallery - London, UK
  • Photography Open Salon / Galerie Huit / Penang, Malaysia

2011

  • TRANSIENCE. International Photography Festival ‘Les Rencontres d’Arles’ Galerie Huit - Arles, France
  • Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - Los Angeles, CA, USA

2008

  • AFTERLIFE. Watson Studio Gallery - Johnson City, TX, USA

2007

  • ART.FAIR 21 Köln / International Photography Awards Cologne, Germany

2006

  • Contemporary Art Ruhr (Kunstquadrate) Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany
  • Graduation Project"einsam.allein". University of Wuppertal, Germany
  • S. Maria della Pietà (VIPC), Venice, Italy

2005

  • Ministry of Science in NRW (Project Show/Theatre). Düsseldorf, Germany

2004

  • Library Hall of the University Duisburg-Essen (Project Show/Theatre) Essen, Germany

2003

  • Sichtwerk 03. Zeche Zollverein. Essen, Germany

2002

  • Graduation Show. European Humanities University. Minsk

2001

  • Experimental Graphics. Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg, Austria