Born 1966 in Krems an der Donau, Austria. >www.rainer-prohaska.net

EDUCATION
1972 - 1985 School with final examination.
Until 1994 Works in the adult education, as a balloon pilot and commercial diver.
Since 1994 Art and design productions.
1999 - 2000 Guest student at the University of Arts in Linz, class for experimental design, Prof. Herbert Lachmayer.
2000 Start of the study at the University for Applied Arts, Vienna.
2000 - 2001 Class for experimental media, Univ. Prof. Karel Dudesek.
2001 - 2005 Class for digital arts, Univ. Prof. Peter Weibel and Univ. Prof. Thomas Fürstner.
2004 Erasmus-Scholarship, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow / Poland.
2005 Diploma with distinction: Univ. Prof. Peter Weibel.


WORKS AND AWARDS (selection)
2007
Int. Elias Canetti Foundation, Ruse/Bulgaria - "The 'Z'-Boats - Modular Barges", 1st exhibition of the construction
Body Navigation Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia - „KRFTWRK“, exhibition and presentation
Post Soviet Summercamp, Aizpute, Latvia - "KRFTWRK", lecture and workshop
Viertelfestival NÖ - Industrieviertel, Hainburg, Austria - „KRFTWRK“, sculpture in public space
Enter_ Festival, Cambridge, UK - "Local/Food -Potluck and Cables", cooking performance
EMAF, Osnabrück, Germany - "Construction of Hybrid Realities", lecture

2006
Sammlung Heinrich, Vienna, Austria - "Restaurant Transformable", solo-exhibition
Kunstraum NÖ, Vienna, Austria - "Local/Food - Restaurant Transformable", solo exhibition and cooking performances
ViennaFair-opening, Kunsthalle Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria - "Local/Food[tm]", cooking performance
Paraflows-symposium, Vienna, Austria - “The construction of hybrid realities“, workshop
Post Soviet Summercamp, Aizpute, Latvia - “Analog Trojan Horses“, workshop/lecture
Rio File Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]", presentation
STRP-Festival - Art and Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands - "unplugger" and "KRFTWRK“, exhibition and lecture
Takeawayfestival, London, Great Britain - "Hybrid Realities“, lecture

2005
Ars Electronica, electro lobby/Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]", lecture
Prix Ars Electronica, Honorary Mention, Linz, Austria - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]", net art
Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland - "Local/Food[tm]", lecture
Ovalhalle/Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria - "Local/Food[tm] - Shanghai-Vienna", cooking performance
Künstlerhaus, "update"-exhibition, Vienna, Austria - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]"
Passagengalerie/Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]", net art project and performances in real space
Donaufestival NÖ, Krems, Austria - "Local/Food[tm]", cookingperformance
Donaufestival NÖ, Krems, Austria - "Matratzenlager Cntrcpy[tm]", installation and architecture
Freiraum/Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm] - Spaceship Kasparov"

2004
Hofgarten Pavillon, "Homerische Landschaften"-exhibition, Innsbruck, Austria - "Local/Food[tm]", exhibition and cooking performance
Lange Nacht d. Museen, Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria - "Restaurant Vertical", architecture and installation
Kunstverein Cuxhaven, "Ohne Schnur"-exhibition, Cuxhaven, Germany - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]"
Ovalhalle/Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria - "Local/Food[tm]", cooking performance
Galerie Westlicht, "facing"-exhibition, Vienna, Austria - "Machine Conscience", exhibition and video-feedback-performance
Kunsthalle Karlsplatz, "Human Interfaces"-exhibition, Vienna, Austria - "Unplugger"

2003
Palais Thienfeld, Kulturhauptstadt graz2003, Graz, Austria - "Machine Conscience", video-feedback-performance
La Oficina, Trujillo, Peru - "Local/Food[tm] - Pollada Hípermedial", cooking performance
Digra - Level Up Game Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]"
Volksoper, Vienna, Austria - "Shadows Of Ourselves", video performance
Donaufestival NÖ, Krems, Austria - "Machine Conscience", video-feedback-performance
schauspielfrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany - "Hacking The Church Of Fear", media attack
Galerie König, Vienna, Austria - "Lunch Lecture", lecture

2002
Minoritenkirche/Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria - "Machine Conscience", video-feedback-performance
Ars Electronica-press conference, Linz , Austria - "Unplugger", media attack
Casa de la Emancipacion, "vhs exhibition", Trujillo, Peru - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]"-video
mazine, Ravensbourne College, London, Great Britain - "Operation Cntrcpy[tm]"
read_me-festival, Public Award, Moscow, Russia - "Read_Me No1 Voter", media attack

2001
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria - "Local/Food[tm]", cooking performance
Künstlerhaus/Museumsquartier, "Künstler sehen fern"-exhibition, Vienna, Austria - "Crêpe Inverte", presentation

2000
Transmitter media art festival, Hohenems, Austria - "Audiovisual Architectures", performance
Florida Print Award, Florida, USA