GALERIE GRITA INSAM   1971-2011 Founded in 1971 (originally as Modern Art Gallery), the Galerie Grita Insam has promoted young local artists and collaborated with international artists since the beginning - including: VITO ACCONCI, ROBERT ADRIAN, ART&LANGUAGE, ALICE AYCOCK, JOHN BALDESSARI, JOSÉ MANUEL BALLESTER, SABINA BITTER/HELMUT WEBER, BARBARA BLOOM, RICHARD DEACON, SIMON DENNY, SILVIE&CHÉRIF DEFRAOUI, MANFRED ERJAUTZ, YONA FRIEDMAN, FERNANDA GOMES, ZAHA HADID, JENNY HOLZER, CANDIDA HÖFER, IRWIN, ALFREDO JAAR, CHRISTOF KINTERA, JÜRGEN KLAUKE, JULIUS KOLLER, CHRISTINA KUBISCH, KEN LUM, TOM MARIONI, RITA MC BRIDE, MAURIZIO NANNUCCI, HELIO OITICIA, MIGUEL ANGEL RIOS, PETER SANDBICHLER, GREGOR SCHNEIDER, RUTH SCHNELL, GEROLD TAGWERKER, FRANK THIEL, CONSTANZE RUHM, MARTIN WALDE, MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, PETER WEIBEL, GERLINDE WURTH ... The concept of the gallery focused on communication and networking media - therefore the organisation of discussions, workshops, lectures, personal exhibitions, group shows and projects dealing with cross-boarder art (art in public space, art consulting and the multiple forms of conceptual art) were always an integral element of the gallery's work. The gallery closed, after 40 adventurous years, in 2011 due to the illness of its founder Grita Insam. Thematic group exhibitions and projects by Galerie Grite Insam since 1979 include: 2008 En face / surface 2006 Shift 2004 …and in between  2003 GegenLicht (back light) 2001 KunstLicht (art light) 1998 spatiale malerei 1996 1998 Freeze Frame - Group show dealing with the dialogue between film and visual art. * Instituto Cultural Cabañas Guadalajara, Mexico, * Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna * Gallery Claude Douyon, Miami * AMUSF, Contemporary Art Museum at University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl 1995 Translucent Writings - group show about texts and light at: * Neuberger Museum of Art; State University of NewYork at Purchase * AMUSF, Contemporary Art Museum at University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl,  1988 1992 Kunst Raum Donau - in cooperation with the City of Vienna (Bruno Domany). * "Zeitweise" a sculpture by Richard Deacon, Mexico Platz, Vienna * "Picasso's Eye" by Robert Adrian, Mexico Platz, Vienna * "Light Installation" by Karl Kowanz, on the Steinspornbrücke, Vienna 1986 Raum Annehmen an overview of Austrian sculpture since1945. 1985 1986 Videonale 86 - Grita Insam curated a one week program of video by artists on the ORF (Austrian public TV) in cooperation with the Ars Electronica Festival, Linz. Grita Insam also created a 90 minute program as an introduction to video by artists entitled Videogezeiten. (catalogue) 1984 New York Graffiti travelling to Vienna and Graz touring exhibition and performances at: Graz HUMANIC Shoe Company, Austrian Radio Station in Graz, Disco U4 Vienna, Tram Vienna, Magazine Wiener and Galerie Grita Insam Vienna. participants: Ero, Delta, Phase 2, Ramm:ell:zee 1982 Tanz 82 (first festival for contemporary dance in Vienna) Organisation of the first contemporary dance festival in cooperation with Gerhard Brunner, director of the ballet at the Viennese opera und Barbara Rett, director of the Volkshochschule Hietzing 1979 Audiocene 79 - Sound: a Medium of Visual Art Exhibition + Installations + Performances + Symposium - with participation by: Laurie Anderson, Aperque, Pinuccia Bernardoni, Michael Brewster, Hank Bull, Norbert Brunner, Georg De Cristel, Peter Downsborough, Terry Fox, Bob George, Peter Grass, Jana Haimsohn, Julia Heyward, Joe Jones, Christina Kubisch, Joan La Barbara, Tom Marioni, Ian Murrey, Maurizio Nannucci, Bruce McLean, Fabrizio Plessi, Fritz Ruprechter, Arleen Schloss, Michael Schuster, Peter Weibel (catalogue)