Marc Adrian
1930 born in Vienna
1950–1954 Study of sculpture at the Academy in Vienna under Fritz Wotruba
1955 A grant from the Austrian Education Ministry makes it possible to spend some time
in Oslo; Exhibition at the Art Association.
1957–1958 Time in Paris und Amsterdam
1957–1960 Guest student at the Institute des Hautes Études Cinématopgraphiques (IDHEC),
the film school in Paris.
1961 Founding member of the neo-avant-garde artists’ "Neue Tendenzen" in Zagreb.
1965 Study of psychology at the University of Vienna with a focus on the psychology of
perception. Work with optical semantics.
1969–1973 Professor of Painting and Aesthetic Theory at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg.
1980–1981 Artist in Residence at MIT, Centre for Advanced Visual Studies, Institute of
Technology Massachusetts, USA
1982 Teaching position at the University of Applied Art in Vienna: The morphology of
fine art and the theory of form.
1987–1988 Visiting Professor of the Theory of Visual Communication at the University of
Kassel Representative of Austrian art at the Olympiad des Arts in Seoul.
1995–1996 Visiting Professor for the Development of Visual Media at the Institute for
Artistic Education and Artistic Studies of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2008 died in Vienna
Numerous national and international exhibitions