Abstraction at the intersection of technology and art, my work uses chaos and masculine tools, such as motorcycles, chainsaws and concrete drums, recording the marks these machines generate when allowed to exist outside their traditional use.
Roaring, bucking and crashing, my machines highlight the power and energy trapped inside everyday technology. By taking apart and rearranging objects out of context, I examine the emotional and visceral ties that the viewer may experience when machines operate with unrestrained abandon.

 

 

Exhibitions 


2024  "Diverse Ausstellungspraxen" Exhibition Strategies in the 90s, Academy of fine Arts, Vienna 

          "JUDY" @ Energy At the Threshold of the Visible World, Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, Vienna 

2023  "RABBIT@ www.c-art.at, Dornbirn, Austria

          "JUDY" @ www.kuenstlerhaus-bregenz.at, Bregenz, Austria

2022  “BOELLERBILDER” @ Landhaus Bregenz, Austria

          “ALLE” @ Kuenstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria

          “Aller Art”, Kunstankaeufe Vorarlbergs (2021), Bludenz, Austria

2021 “DOBLER25”, solo show @ www.c-art.at, Austria,
          “Head Out on the Highway”, group show, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY 12015                 
2020 “BRAUCHEN”, group show @ Berufsvereinigung Bildender Kuenstler Vorarlbergs, Austria,
         “SUMMER SAMPLER” group show @ Front Room Gallery, Hudson NY
          “c.art” group show, @ c.art Gallery, AmFischbach, Austria
2019  “X-MAS”, group exhibition at c.art Gallery, Austria, www.c-art.at
2018 “Unlatched” @ Shenandoah MoCA, https://www.shenmoca.org/unlatched.html
2017  “ROUNDABOUT” performance for c.art Gallery at Art Bodensee, Austria
          “PRACTICE DAY” solo Show @ Walnut Hill Showroom, Hudson, NY
          “SONYA” group show @ Candy Factory, Brooklyn, NY
          “NEW IN”, group show @ C.art Gallery, Austria, https://www.c-art.at/previous-exhibitions/2018/2/20/new-in
2016 “TRACES”, Mad Art Gallery, St Louis, Missouri
         “BALLOT SHOW”, Frontroom Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
         “BILBAO-BREGENZ”, Bildraum Bodensee, Bregenz, Austria
         “64TEETH”, at Free City, Flint, Michigan, USA
         “MITGLIEDERAUSSTELLUNG, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
         “THE BOSTON BIENNAL 4”, www.the-biennial-project.com, Boston, USA
2015 "TRANSITION", Group Show at SONYA, Candy Factory, Brooklyn, NY
        "OPEN CALL", Group Show, at BRIC House, Brooklyn, NY
2014 "ROUNDABOUT2", Video Installation amd Performance at SITE:LAB for Art PRize, Grand Rapids, MI        
         "BULL", CR10 Arts, "Influx, Hudson, NY (www.cr10.org)
         "READYFORBATTLE", South First Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (www.southfirst.org)
         "ROUNDABOUT1", Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (www.open-source-gallery.org)
         "TAPEMEASURE", Group Show at WAGMAG Benefit, Brooklyn, NY  
         "SWEEPER + PLUNGER", The Color of VIOLET, at TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
         "PRISONER1", Hypo Art Prize, at Hypo Bank Vorarlberg, Bregenz, Austria 
 2013 "3Prisoners", Art Prize, Venue at Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, MI
         "Prisoner1", Wagmag Benefit, Brooklyn Art Guide, NY
         "Soap Box Derby", Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 
         "Handlebar", Fuse Works, at Sculpture Center, LIC, NY
         "Handlebar", Crest Hardware Art Show, Brooklyn, NY 
2012 "Blowthingsup", GO Brooklyn, Open Studio Project, NY
         "Soap Box Camp and Derby", Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
         "Ballot Show", Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
         "Prisoner#1", Chrest Hardware Art Show, Brooklyn, NY
2011 "Silvrettatelier", Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria 
         "Soap Box Derby", Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY  
         "Associated",  Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010  "Soap Box Derby", Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009  "Egoileak 2009 Residentes", Fundacion Bilbao Arte, Bilbao, Spain
          "Young Collectors #1" (www.youngcollectors.nl) @ Sign (www.sign2.nl), Netherlands      
          "Three Prisoners", Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
          "Toolbox" Chrest Hardware show, Brooklyn, NY
          "Soap Box Derby", Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 
2008  "The Ballot Sow", Group Show at the Front Room Gallery, www.frontroom.org, New York
         "Bull" Video, at Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
         "Bull" Video, at Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
          "Surfacant A Group Survey" Rupert Ravens Contemporary www.rupertravens.net  
         "Soap Box Derbey", Open Source Gallery", Brooklyn, NY
         "ROOM-C" Galerie im Traklhaus  www.traklhaus.at 
         "Hans" Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria 
2006  "Peacemaker" Video screening, at the Frame Festival, Portugal
          "Boxing/Baseball" Video-screening, at THE TANK - New York experimental - NY
          “Baseball”  Video, Themporary Cities” at National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
          “Boxing”Video at Art & Architecture event at the Cultural Communication Centre of Klaipeda, Lithuania
          “Bull” in Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA
          “Gasoline” Installation, at Jackthepelicanpresents Gallery, Solo Show, New York

 

 

Performances

2003  “Explosion”, Luna Lounge, New York, NY.
“Horse”, El Mirage desert, California (photographs).
“Hunted”, installation posters on traffic signs, Nevada (photographs).
“The Spoken Map”, driving to Nevada without map 3800 miles, New York - Nevada (video)
“Bull”, 184 Kent Ave, New York (video)
2000  “Mobile-Gallery”, Blumenkraft, Vienna, Austria (photographs)
“Burning Konfuzi”, Little Stage Theatre, Vienna, Austria.
1999  "Round Table", interviews in Krakow, Poland (video).
“Explosion”, Flex, Vienna, Austria
“DoubleGrinder-Race”, Flex, Vienna, Austria.
1998  “Explosion”, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
“Explosion”, performance with the band "Blendwerk", Vienna, Austria
1997  “Explosion”, Hochtor, Austria
1996  “Game”, 60 days of playing cards, Mexico (photographs)
1995  “Paldio”, Work Shop, Reuthe, Austria.
1994  “Motorbike + Heavens Garden”, BiKu, Vienna, Austria.

Press

2021 “Technologie und Kunst” (Vorarlberger Nachrichten (VN), front page, Austria
2018 “Unlatched” @ Shenandoah MoCA, https://www.shenmoca.org/unlatched.html
2017 “Art Bodensee”, kultur-online, about Art Bodensee, Austria
2016 “TRACES” in Alive Magazine, www.alivemag.com, by Sarah Stallmann, Jan.26.2016
        “The Mechanical Chaos of Hubert Dobler”, Interview with Motorcycle Boy, France, March.04/2016
2015 “Art Venice Biennale 3”, Winners Announced, www.the-biennal-project.com, May.29.2015
2014 “SONYA Artist of the Month”, www.sonyaonline.org, 01.02.14
2012 “Art Fag City”: Recommended GO Brooklyn Studio, 09.06.2012, by AFC Staff
         http://www.artfagcity.com/2012/09/06/recommended-go-brooklyn-studio-hubert-dobler
         “Soap Box Camp and Derby” ……….
2011 “The L Magazine”: Associated, 04.29.11, by Benjamin Sutton
         http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/04/29
         “Brooklyn Independent Television,” Soap Box Derby: Brooklyn Review, by BKIndependentTV
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSMLftl5g8s
2010 “www.mi-muntafu.at”: Silvrettatelier, 08.13.11
        “The Wall Street Journal”: 2010, by Eric Haugesag
         http://online.wsj.com/articleSB10001424052748704182304575416090427444062.html#slide/10
2009 “Popular Mechanics”: 08.11.2009, Soapbox Speedsters Race Downhill in Brooklyn, by Henry Sawyers
         http://www.popularmechanics.com
         “visordown.com”: chained Honda on full Throttle, 09.25.2008, by Visordown News
          http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-videos/video-chained-honda-cb550-on-full-throttle/5542.html
2008 “Riders Magazine”: 03.01.08, by Cék & MM
        http://www.riders-online.it/index.php?s=hubert+dobler&sbutt=Go
        “The new Café racer Society”: 09.10.2008
        http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/09/art-of-hubert-dobler_10.html
         “Le Blog Moto”: Sept.2008 http://www.leblogmoto.com
         “www.Motorkari.cz”:, 06.10.2008, by Filip Tichy
         http://www.motorkari.cz/clanky/moto-novinky/hubert-dobler-motocykl-nbsp-misto-stetce-12920.html
2006  “The Stranger”, www.thestranger.com, Seattle, WA,08.12.06, “BULL”
“Seattle Times”, July 14th, “A new dimension of young sculpture artists”, Seattle, WA
“Gothamist”, www.gothamist.com, June 11th, Art seen: “Hubert Dobler @ Jack the Pelican Presents”, NY
“Art Soldier”, Moto-Man, June 27, NY
“Trigger Magazine”, Gasoline, June 1st, NY
“Feed collectors” , Art Seen, Hubert Dobler @ Jack the Pelican Presents, June 11th, NY
www.freenyc.net, Gasoline, June 2nd, NY
“Village Voice”, June 8th, “Gasoline Alley”; NY
“Der Standard” , June 8th, “Die Zaehmung der maschine” AUT
“Viafarini”: www.undo.net/cgi-bin/undo/pressrelease/pressrelease.pl?id=1144231432

Grants

2014  Artist Seed Grant, The Frey Foundation for the Art Prize Project "ROUNDABOUT2", Grand Rapids, MI 

2009  Ministry of Culture Austria: 2 month residency, Bilbao, Spain 

2005  Ministry of Education and Culture Vorarlberg/Austria: Project “Paddock”

2001  Ministry of Education and Culture Vorarlberg/Austria: Project “1ft3”
1999  Ministry of Education and Culture Vienna/Austria: 3 month residency, Poland 

Aquisition

2021  "BOELLER-BILDER", Land Vorarlberg, Austria

2017  "SHOOTINGS18", Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria 

2014  "PRISONER1", Hypo Bank Vorarlberg,Austria 

2007  "IMDORF8", Ministry of Education and Culture Vienna/Austria

Invited Competition

1998  “Art at the Building” for the Primary School Building in Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Education

1992-95 Painting at the Academy Of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, Masters Degree
1989-91 Architecture at the Technical University, Vienna, Austria
1980-85 Civil Engineering College, Austria