Mario Ohno

Born in Stuttgart in 1959 • 1977: Apprenticeship as a stone sculptor in Freiburg • 1985: Began studies at the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts under Prof. O. H. Hajek • 1988: Transferred to the University of the Arts in Hamburg to study under Professors F. E. Walther and Michael Lingner • 1990 Television film in collaboration with Prof. M. Lingner and NDR Hamburg on: Art in Public Spaces • 1992 Diploma in Fine Art from the HfBK Hamburg •
Events, installations, productions:
Since 1991: Work on the JuMa project (Interieur de l'amour), Stuttgart • 1992: Founding of the Schill Exhibition Office, Stuttgart • "Counter-narrative: Ethics and Morality in the Age of AIDS", Markthalle for Modern Art, Stuttgart • 1993 Set design: “Kuprianov and Natasha” by Alexandr Vvedensky, Kampnagel Kulturfabrik, Hamburg • “18+”, Gallery at Kampnagel KX, Hamburg • “Back and Forth”, German-Polish artist exchange • "RealAids" project, Palais Attemps, Graz (Grazer Kunstverein, Steirische Aids-Hilfe) • "Pruszkower Rhizom", Jan Van Eyck Academy, Maastricht • 1994 Auction, Galerie Achim Kubinski, Stuttgart • Censorship, Shedhalle, Zurich • 1995 France Scholarship, German-French Cultural Council • Seven Stones for the Geissstr. 7 Foundation, commissioned work, Stuttgart