born 1979 in Rottenmann, Austria

University of Applied Arts Vienna, M.A. Scenography (diploma with distinction)
National College for Art and Design Oslo, Visual Communication
Berlin University of the Arts, The Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, Music Theory
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Center for Art and Knowledge Transfer
Doctoral dissertation with Prof. Dr. Burghart Schmidt, doctor philosophiae (with distinction)

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Ve.Sch Kunstverein, "Apocalypse" by Robert Gruber and Sarah Sharafi, Vienna
31 st INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM SLOVENIA OPEN TO ART 2023, Sinji Vhr, Slowenija
Atelier 4/4 - Bundesateliers Wattgasse, "2nd Vienna Kunsthasser-Stammtisch", Independent Space Index Meeting /Open Lecture and Cooking by gottrekorder e.v.
Independent Space Index Festival 2023, "hoist the colours", cooperation of ADA, GOMO, gottrekorder, KLUCKYLAND, Kulturdrogerie, museum in progress, Vienna
FOTO WIEN 2022, "fabula docet et delectat - Robert di Pauli Gruber", Vienna
gottrekorder e.v., "Golden Brown", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Lothringerstrasse 4, The Group Show, "to the noble and vertuous", gottrekorder e.v. in cooperation with David Mase & Markus Riedler, Wien
Museum Pfeilburg Fuerstenfeld, "Morgenlicht_Positionen in situ", curated by Gaby Jedliczka & Klaus D. Zimmer, Fuerstenfeld
Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Independent Space Index 2022, in cooperation with gottrekorder e.v., Wien
Galerientage Graz, gottrekorder e.v., "Unseen Sights", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
FOTO WIEN 2022, Markhof2, "On a drake - Robert Gruber & Kathrin Hanga", Wien
gottrekorder e.v., "Gottkomplex", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
ada_artisticdynamicassociation, "Time is of the essence", Vienna
Kulturni center Grad, Belgrad, "Artist in Residence", Belgrad
Ve.sch - Verein fr Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, "Freie Sammlung Wien", Vienna, Austria
Parallel Vienna - Art Fair, "Was die Welt niemals enthält", curated by Robert Gruber & Kathrin Hanga, Wien
gottrekorder e.v., "Tidal Waste - Hic rident, quibus nihil riderest", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
ada_artisticdynamicassociation, "Reaktanz", Vienna
gottrekorder e.v., "The wave and the sea - primus ictus", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "The wave and the sea - vita est factum", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "The wave and the sea - signum manus", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Galerie Messer, small size, Vienna
Parallel Vienna - Art Fair, "The Revenant will rise up from the dead", curated by Robert Gruber in cooperation with Kathrin Hanga und Stephanie Stern
Galerie Messer, als farbe schön und wahr, Vienna
ada_artisticdynamicassociation, "Prologue", curated by Robert Gruber and Sebastian Hoch, Vienna
gottrekorder e.v., Finite Projections, curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Markhof 2, The Deal of All Sapient nr. 2, Markhof 2 in cooperation with gottrekorder e.v., Vienna
Galerie Messer, The Deal of All Sapient nr. 1, Galerie Messer in cooperation with gottrekorder e.v., Vienna
Galerie Messer, Spiegel 2, Vienna
gottrekorder e.v., "Uber die Wiedereinfhrung der Beobachtung 2", Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "Uber die Wiedereinfhrung der Beobachtung 1", Graz
Prenning`s Garten, Landhaus Feuerlscher, "FERRAGOSTO", Prenning
gottrekorder e.v., "The Cult of The Dead Part2", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "The Cult of The Dead Part1", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Markhof2, "Nichts als das Versprechen des Glcks", curated by Hari Schtz, Vienna
Neue Galerie Graz, "Kunstraum Steiermark 2017", curated by Gnther Holler-Schuster, Graz
Galerie Grazy, Werkstadt Graz, "*DEMONTAGE*", Graz
Markhof2 and gottrekorder e.v., "The Tremor II", curated by Robert Gruber, Vienna
gottrekorder e.v., "The Tremor", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "Hypothetical Thought and the Politics of Problems", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Zollamt, "Buchstabenfest", Bad Radkersburg
gottrekorder e.v., "Formvorlage und interkontextuales Bewusstsein 2", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "Formvorlage und interkontextuales Bewusstsein", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "Ceci est une memoire lumineuse", installation, Graz
Markhof2 and gottrekorder e.v., "The Origin of Anxiety II", Vienna
Galerie Grazy, Werkstadt Graz, "*Sternchen", Graz
gottrekorder e.v. and Forum Stadtpark, "Andromeda - The Origin of Anxiety", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Schule Friedl Kubelka, "Methoden der Photographie", eyes on - Monat der Fotografie, Vienna
gottrekorder e.v., "The Death Wish of Self-Realizers / Part2", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Zollamt, "Buchstabenfest", Bad Radkersburg
Studio 58, "The death wish of self-realizers. Part 1", curated by Robert Gruber, London
gottrekorder e.v., "in Situ - The Body as Distancing between Matter and Idea", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Galerie Grazy, Werkstadt Graz, "Seiichi Furuya, Robert Gruber, Christine Winkler", Graz
gottrekorder e.v., "The building of belief and its aporia", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Galerie Grazy, Werkstadt Graz, "*Sternchen", Graz
Bienenstein und Markhof2, "Auf Papier", Vienna
Galleria Foto-Forum, Sdtiroler Gesellschaft fr Fotografie, "Still", travelling exhibition, curated by Peter Weiermair, Bozen
gottrekorder e.v., "Vorstellung echot im Denken krperhaft", curated by Robert Gruber, Graz
Parallel Vienna 2015 / Vienna Contemporary Art Exhibition
21er Haus, "Flirting with Strangers", curated by Luisa Ziaja, Wien
La Musery, "Persona", Vienna, (solo)
Kunsthalle Wien, "Hosted by Ve.sch", Vienna
Markhof 2, "Die Natur ist die Kunst", Vienna
Markhof 2, "Der Blick und das Queren", curated by Martin Vesely, Vienna
Stillleben, traveling exhibition, curated by Peter Weiermair
21er Haus, Sigmund Freud und das Spiel mit der Brde der Reprsentation, Wien
Ve.sch - Verein fr Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, Freie Sammlung Wien, Wien
Blickle Raum Spiegelgasse, (Performance) invited by Nicolas Jasmin, Wien
Kunsthaus Graz, Space 02, "Wettbewerbsausstellung Frderungspreis des Landes Steiermark fr zeitgenssische bildende Kunst 2013",
curated by Jaroslaw Suchan, Graz, Austria
Ve.sch - Verein fr Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, "Robert Gruber (#10)", Freie Sammlung Wien, Installative Prsentation, Vienna, Austria
Lust Gallery, "MY DIRTY GODS", curated by Markus Proschek, Vienna, Austria
Fotohof und Atterseehalle, "Recherchen zum Fotografischen heute", 2013, Salzburg, Austria
galerie NTK, "ephemeral self - finite projections", curated by Robert Gruber, Prague, CZ
21er Haus, "FOTOS sterreichische Fotografie von den 1930ern bis heute" curated by Severin Dnser and Axel Khne, Vienna, Austria
Ve.sch - Verein fr Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, Robert Gruber: "Kehrseiten", Wien, Austria, (solo)
Fotogalerie im Grazer Rathaus, gottrekorder - Umgekehrte Schatten, Graz, Austria
DieAusstellungsstrasse, Anja Ronacher & Robert Gruber: "the body resembles a sentence II", Wien, Austria, (solo)
Kunstraum Pro Arte, Anja Ronacher & Robert Gruber: "the body resembles a sentence", Hallein, Austria, (solo)
Ve.sch - Verein fr Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, Anja Ronacher & Robert Gruber,
"Dienstag Abend von Ludwig Kittinger und Fernando Mesquito", Vienna, Austria, (solo)
Salzburger Kunstverein, "Sweet Anticipation", Annual Exhibition, curated by vl Durmusoglu, Salzburg Austria
Austrian Cultural Forum Warsaw, Anja Ronacher & Robert Gruber: "on various impossible bodies", Warsaw, Poland, (solo)
Regionale 10 - Festival for Contemporary Art, Styria, Austria
subvision, Festival for contemporary Art, Hamburg, Germany
DieAusstellungsstrasse, "sattler-glockner: photography", Vienna, Austria
Kunsthalle Wien, - project space: Homerische Landschaften, Vienna, Austria
Kunstpavillion Tiroler Knstlerschaft, "Homerische Landschaften", curated by Boris Manner, Innsbruck, Austria

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 		APOCALYPSE Magazine No.3, Hrsg. Sarah Sharafi, Wien 2023
FOTO WIEN Katalog, Hrsg. Felix Hoffmann, ISBN 978-3-96999-285-2
"Die ersten 30 Jahre - Photographie", Hrsg. Anja Manfredi, Schule Friedl Kubelka fuer kuenstlerische Photographie, Wien, ISBN: 978-3-903334-03-8
VITIUM PRO NATURA, Hrsg. Robert Gruber, Vienna, ISBN: 978-3-9503027-6-9
Landes Kunst und Kultur Preise, Hrsg. Land Steiermark, Graz, ISBN: 978-3-05383-0
FLIRTING WITH STRANGERS Begegnungen mit Werken aus der Sammlung, Herausgeber: Agnes Husslein-Arco, Luisa Ziaja, Severin Dnser, ISBN: 978-3-902805-2
"still", NART - Niedersterreich Gesellschaft fr Kunst und Kultur, Roswitha Straihammer, Text: Peter Weiermair, ISBN 978-3-9503446-7-7
"Sigmund Freud und das Spiel mit der Brde der Reprsentation", 21er Haus, Wien, ISBN 978-3-902805-57-5
Ve.Schheft Nr. 19 & 20, Doppelausgabe 2014, Ve.sch - Verein fr Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, Wien
Frderungspreis des Landes Steiermark fr zeitgenssische bildende Kunst 2013, Hrsg.: Peter Pakesch, Kunsthaus Graz, ISBN: 978-3-90209-559-6, Graz
"Ephemeral Self - Finite Projections", Hrsg:/edited by: Robert Gruber, Alexandr Puskin & Milan Mikulastik, Galerie NTK, ISBN: 978-80-86504-29-2, Wien/Prag
"Fotos sterreichische Fotografien von den 1930ern bis heute", Herausgegeben von Agnes Husslein-Arco, Severin Dnser, Axel Khne und dem Bundesministerium fr Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur / Belvedere, Wien, 2013, Verlag fr moderne Kunst Nrnberg, ISBN: 978-3-86084-403-9 (Buchhandelsausgabe), ISBN: 978-3-902805-06-5 (Museumsausgabe)
"Ve.Schheft", September 2012, Nr. 08, Robert Gruber: "Kehrseiten" (Redaktion: Ludwig Kittinger, Martin Vesely, Franz Zar)
"Ve.Schheft", Mai 2012, Nr. 06, Cover, (Redaktion: Ludwig Kittinger, Martin Vesely, Franz Zar)
"Benzinka", Ondrej Horak & Monika Sybolova, Czech Republic, (ISBN: 978-80-260-1324)
Kunstforum international, Bd. 207, "Sweet Anticipation" S.358 f
"Auf der Schwelle", Beatrix Sunkovsky, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria, (ISBN-10:3950289127)
"subvision", edition hfbk, Material 286 Materialverlag Hamburg, Germany, (ISBN 3-938158-71-5)
"Die Regionale 10 - Festival fr zeitgenssische Kunst", regionasle 10 Marketing Graz, Austria
"harbour mass, Nr. 3", magazine september, Hamburg, Germany
"subvision.kunst.festival.off", Martin Kttering and Brigitte Klle, edition hfbk, Material 276 Materialverlag Hamburg, Germany
"Homerische Landschaften", Boris Manner and Beatrix Sunkovsky, Edition Selene, Austria, (ISBN: 3852662664)
"The Essence 2005", annual exhibition University of Applied Arts Vienna, MAK Vienna, Austria

Awards:
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 		Studio Grant, BKA, Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
Project Grant, Federal State Government Styria, Austria
Studio Grant, bm:ukk, Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria, London
Staatsstipendium Fotografie, Scholarship, Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria
Project Grant, Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria
Project Grant, Federal State Government Styria, Austria
Project Grant, Federal State Government Styria, Austria
Scholarship, Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria
Scholarship of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Research fellowship, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria

Collections:
Collection of the City of Graz, Austria
Collection of the "Museum der Moderne, Rupertinum Salzburg", Austria
"Freie Sammlung Wien", Ve.Sch - Verein fr Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst,Vienna Austria
Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, sterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Collection of the Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria, Artothek, Austria
Collection of the Federal State Government Vienna, collection of posters, Austria