SPARK Art Fair Gallery Information 2024

Gallery INFORM ATION

»Vienna’s New Art Fair Spark Has the Potential to Become an Important Address for European Galleries«

The FAIR

SPARK –THE CURATED FAIR

UNIQUE & FOCUSED: SPARK Art

Fair Vienna shines with its worldwide unique concept based on the role of the galleries in the primary art market. SPARK is the only international art fair focusing exclusively on solo presentations, whereby as a consequent development the gallery selection and especially the selection of the presented artist positions is mastered by a Curatorial & Advisory Board, consisting of experienced curators and advisors with their specific expertise.

All this is set in a unique exhibition architecture that with its vastness of the exhibition space and the booths’ open structure inspired by the impressive industrial architecture of Vienna‘s MARX HALLE, gives equal attention to all artists and exhibitors.

FAIR

HIGHLIGHTS

15.000+ SQM EXHIBITION SPACE

80+ LEADING GALLERIES

From Austria, Europe and around the world

90+ SOLO PRESENTATIONS

From national and international artists

13.000+ VISITORS

From over 40 countries

100+ PRESS ARTICLES

1.100.000+ REACH ON SOCIAL MEDIA

»A Buzzy New Art Fair Has Taken Vienna by Storm«

The BOARD

CHRISTOPH DOSWALD

JAN GUSTAV FIEDLER

MARINA FOKIDIS

CURATORIAL & ADVISORY BOARD

The board forms the artistic directorship of SPARK and ensures that the fair offers a diverse and high-quality presentation of contemporary art by inviting the galleries and selecting the exhibited positions in close cooperation with gallery representatives.

MARINA FOKIDIS is an independent curator, writer, and educator based in Athens, Greece. Besides several curatorial projects like the 50th Venice Biennale she was founder of the art centre Kunsthalle Athena (2010-2015) and of the journal „South as a State of Mind.“

WALTER SEIDL is based in Vienna and works as a curator, writer and artist. He has realized numerous exhibition projects throughout Europe, North America and Japan. His writings include catalogue essays for artist monographs as well as reviews published in international art magazines.

JAN GUSTAV FIEDLER is working as a curator for various galleries, interim spaces and museum formats. The curatorial practice of his international projects aims at supporting young and emerging artists.

CHRISTOPH DOSWALD is an independent curator, lecturer and publicist based in Zurich. He was chairman of the Public Art Program in Zurich from 2008 to 2020, initiated numerous projects, among them one for the city’s new urban space. In 2023 he co-curated the 4th Industrial Art Biennial in Croatia, and was appointed Artistic Director of ART FLOW in the Limmat valley.

TIMETABLE

SET UP

11–12 March / 12–8 pm

13 March / 12–6 pm

PRESS CONFERENCE

14 March / 10 am–12 pm

EXHIBITOR

OPENING HOURS

1h before & 1h after the visitor opening hours

PREVIEW

14 March / 12–5 pm (invite only)

As every year SPARK will be kicked-off on Thursday with a hosted preview and opening party, exclusively for VIPs. For this event and for the whole fair the SPARK VIP Team offers 360 degree invitation management for participating galleries including personal invitations for collectors and VIPs.

VERNISSAGE

14 March / 5–8 pm (invite only)

FAIR DAYS

15 March / 11 am–7 pm

16 March / 11 am–7 pm

17 March / 11 am–6 pm

OPENING NIGHT

14 March / 8 pm– open end (invite only)

BREAKDOWN

17 March / 6 pm–12 am

18 March / 8 am–12 pm

VIPs

»The Most Exciting Art Fair in Recent Years«

VIP SERVICES & PROGRAM

Partnering with Vienna’s foremost institutions, private museums and independent spaces, our VIP program celebrates the local scene while offering exclusive meeting points and intimate experiences to a selected international art crowd. The program will include invitation-only access to private collections, guided museum tours with the exhibition curators, corporate collection visits, cocktail hours and much more.

SPECIALS

»From Spark to Flame«

SECTIONS & THEMES

Thematic focus points will be determined by the Curatorial & Advisory Board of the fair.

One such example: SPARK EXPANDED, which uses the open space of the fair by extending the booth for the presentation of sculptures and installations that would not usually be encountered because they are too extensive, too unwieldy, too ephemeral or too experimental for mainstream commercial environments.

PRIZES & PROMOTIONS

To support artists and galleries beyond their participation in the fair, SPARK in collaboration with its fair partners will award prizes and arrange promotions for outstanding positions and presentations, exhibitors and artists.

FREE OF CHARGE

STANDARD BOOTH LIGHTING AND ELECTRICITY ACCESS

SIGNAGE / BOOTH LETTERING

CATERING AT THE FAIR

VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE ARTIST ONLINE & ON SOCIAL MEDIA VIA SPARK STUDIO

GALLERY EVENT PROMOTION VIA SPARK’S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS / ARTIST INTERVIEWS DURING THE FAIR / DATES & VIDEO MATERIAL FOR INDIVIDUAL USE

PARTNER HOTELS WITH SPECIAL BOOKING CONDITIONS

VIP SERVICES FOR YOUR VIP GUESTS

FULL 360° INVITATION MANAGEMENT WITH PREVIEW TICKETS FOR YOUR VIP GUESTS

VIP LOUNGE AREA FOR COLLECTORS AND EXHIBITORS ONLY

BENEFIT FROM OUR NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL, PRIVATE & INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTORS AS WELL AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND ADVISORS

SERVICES

FOR A FEE

TAILORED HOSPITALITY PACKAGES IN THE BOOTH, BOOKABLE UPON REQUEST

STORAGE AREA

ADDITIONAL BOOTH EQUIPMENT OR SET UP

FURNITURE

HELPING HANDS DURING SET UP OR BREAKDOWN

»Spark Art Fair: Eligate as concept«

Booth Design & FLOORPLAN

FLOORPLAN

Height: 3 m

2 m

± 30 m2

5m

The VIRTUAL FAIR

SABRINA AMRANI

ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA BIOGRAPHY

Anastasia Samoylova (born 1984, Moscow; lives in Miami) moves between observational photography, studio practice and installation. Samoylova’s work is not about disaster and catastrophe. She explores and evidence the complex relationship between the nature and human society. Samoylova’s photography plays around the collective memories and the narratives of geography. Samoylova received her MFA from Bradley University and MA in Environmental Design from the Russian State University for the Humanities. In 2020 she had her first solo museum exhibition of ongoing project FloodZone at USF Contemporary Art Museum (Tampa, USA). Recently, her work was presented at the Biennale for Contemporary Photography in Germany, Perez Art Museum in Miami (USA); Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago (USA); The Print Center (USA); Aperture Foundation in NYC (USA); The Chrysler Museum of Art (USA); History Miami Museum (USA), to name a few.

SPARK STUDIO

SPARK Studio is the multimedia platform of the fair. Accessible via our website, it offers participating galleries and their exhibited artists the opportunity to be visible online in advance, during the fair dates and ongoing throughout the year. Here, visitors and the public can access information about the artists and their works, including details of their works, biographies of the artists, and contact details for the galleries and optional prices.

A unique feature next to the online viewing room is that SPARK Studio gives the opportunity to conduct a virtual tour through the entire fair as well as access to broadcasted artist and gallery interviews.

»Spark Art Fair: A Fair that Artists Like«

THE PARTICIPATION AS AN EXHIBITOR AT SPARK ART FAIR VIENNA IS BY INVITATION ONLY. NEVERTHELESS, WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE PROPOSALS INCLUDING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION LIKE GALLERY INFORMATION, INTENDED POSITIONS, ARTISTS CV AND IMAGES BY 30 SEPTEMBER 2023.

The invitation and registration process shall be completed by 30 NOVEMBER 2023.

For further information please contact our exhibitor relations team:

Exhibitor relations

sonja@spark-artfair.com

+43 (1) 888 55 25-32

ANNA STURM

COO

anna@spark-artfair.com

+43 (1) 888 55 25-30

Exhibitor relations

helena@spark-artfair.com

+43 (1) 888 55 25-33

exhibitors@spark-artfair.com

+43 (1) 888 55 25-31

SONJA LOCHER

HELENA MCFADZEAN