Maria Biljan-Bilger
b. 21 January 1912 in Radstadt (A); d. 1 May 1997 in Munich (D); Austrian sculptor and artist working in ceramics and textiles for the applied arts
| 1947 | Co-foundress of the Art-Club and participant in the first exhibitions in Vienna and Rome, later Turin |
| 1965 | Co-foundress of the Austrian Society for Architecture |
Exhibitions and Symposia:
| 1950/54 | Participation in the Venice Biennale |
| 1952 | First solo exhibition in Strohkoffer, the Art-Club's exhibition venue in Vienna |
| 1961 | Invited by Karl Prantl to take part in the 3rd International Sculpture Symposium in the quarry at St. Margarethen in Burgenland; also invited to stage a solo exhibition at the Galerie Welz in Salzburg, opened by Roland Rainer |
| 1969/71/72 | Participation in the sculpture symposia in Oggelshausen in southern Germany, Labin in Istria and Tivoli near Rome, at which she created large-scale sculptures |
| 1970-1987 | Took over the organization of the Symposium of European Sculptors in St. Margarethen in Burgenland |
| 1978 | A solo exhibition was dedicated to her in the Sculptors' House in St. Margarethen in Burgenland |
| 1986 | The biggest solo exhibition dedicated to her works to date took place in the castle and grounds of the Ethnographic Museum in Schloss Kittsee in Burgenland, opened by Hertha Firnberg |
| 1995 | Construction starts of the Maria Biljian-Bilger exhibition hall in Sommerein |
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