PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
1953-1963 Art Academy, Vienna Austria
1964-1975 Art Director, PWA, Advertising, Vienna Austria
1979-1980 Recording Artist, Musicland Studios, Germany. "The Rocking Painter", with Giorgio Moroder & Robert Ponger
2005-2006 Artist in Residence, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS:
1973 Haus der Bildenden Kunstler, Munich, Germany
1974 Galerie Peitner Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Trakl Haus, Salzburg, Austria
1975 Galerie Franz Haas, Vaduz, Lichtenstein
1976 Galerie Trakl Haus, Salzburg, Austria
1977 Galerie Haus, Zurich Switzerland
1978 Galerie Matauschek, Taunusstein, Germany
Galerie Ardelt, Wiesebaden, Germany
1979-1982 Standing Exhibit, Vienna Hilton, Vienna, Austria
1979 Bad Schwalbach, Franfurt, Germany
Galerie Trakl Haus, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie Aigner, Salzburg, Austria
1980 Galerie Alte Schmiede, Vienna Austria
Galerie Matauschek, Castle Eltville, Germany
Galerie Alte Schmiede, Vienna Austria
Galerie BSPS, Vienna Austria
Helmut Preiss, "The Rocking Painter", Multi Media Broadcast on ORF, Austria and ORF Germany
1981 Galerie Loews, Monte Carlo, France
Galerie Gerard, Cannes, France
Galerie Minelli, san Remp, Italy
1982 Galerie Nicolier, Nice, France
Studio Paulas, Vienna Austria
Helmut Preiss, Multi Media Music Event, Castle Eltville, Germany
Canon Drive Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
1983 Abante gallery, Portland, Oregon
1984 Galerie Blasch, Vienna, Austria
1985 Gallery Preiss, Beverly Hills, California, "Let Freedom Ring".
1986 Canon Drive Rolls Royce Exhibit, Beverly Hills California
Abante Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1987 Palais Palfey, Vienna Austria
1988 Palais Palfey and The Marriot Vienna sponser an exhibit in honor of the Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria
The Archbishop and Mayor of Vienna were in attendance.
1991 Diamante Gallery, Encino, California
1992 Global Gallery, Tampa, Florida
1993 Syd Entel Galleries, Safety Harbor, Florida "Hommage a Picasso, Dali".
Marriot Hotel, Vienna, Austria
1995 Spectrum 2000, Tampa, Florida
Evelyn Cobb Galleries, St Petersburgh, Florida, "Reality Cubed"
1997 Collection Privée , Hyde Park Florida
1998 Gallery 2514, Tampa Florida
2002 Bon Appetite - Sunset Room, Dunedin, Florida
2003 Private Showing, Tom & Cathrina Henkemans, Gulfport, Florida
2004 Private Reception, THP Creations Art Center, St Petersburgh, Florida
The Mahaffey Theater, St Petersburgh, Florida, "Selected Works 1983-2004
THP Creations, St Petersburgh, Florida, "Helmut Preiss, A Retrospective".
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1983 Televised Exhibit in Association with Abante Gallery , Rudi Milpacher and Oskar Schieckl, Portland, Oregon
1991 Heritage Book Shoppe, Los Angeles, California, "When Books and Art Merge".
Dick Zimmerman, Hollywood, California, Synergistic Dali
1992 Private Auction hosted by Alan Rich, Hollywood, California, "Picasso, Dali, Miro".
1996 Short Hills Gallery, Short Hills, New Jersey
1999 Collection Privée, Miami, Florida
Art Plaza, Largo, Florida
Collection Privée, Miami, Florida
Dorog Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
2000 Europa Gallery, Mount Dora, Florida, "Ferarri Meets Dali".
2004 Serious Studios, Miami, Florida, "Urging, Emerging, Emergency".
2005 Studio Szabries, St Petersburgh, Florida, "Human Form, The Vision of Three Artists".
Absract Florida, Clearwater, Florida
International Festival of Erotic Art, Vivo Montreal, Canada
Agora Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Marilyn Armstrong, The New St Pete News, "What's up Downtown", December 2004
Aaron R. Fodiman, Tampa Bay Magazine, "Mezmerizing Art", January/February 2004
Alexandra Schaumburg, Vernissage, "Helmut Preiss-Traum und Andere Bilder" March 1989
Vernissage, "Visual Lyrik", September 1988
Patricia Klein, LA Times, "Police Sieze Paintings, Return Them to Artist", October 12, 1985
**Incomplete bibliography; presently being researched and reconstructed.**
SELECTED PRIVATE & CORPORATE COLLECTORS:
Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
National Bank of Vienna, Austria
Museum of Art, Salzburg, Austria
Sparkasse, Vienna, Austria
Castle Huebner, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Art, Lichtenstein
The Prince of Lichtenstein
Der Fuerst von Lichtenstein
Helmut Zilk
Waltraud Haus
Herbert von Karajan
Rolls Royce of Beverly Hills, California
Gianni Versace
Donnatella Versace
Madonna
Dick Zimmerman
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Wagner
Tom Jones
Pia Zadora
Bill and Hillary Clinton
Jayne Seymour
Frank Stallone
Lisa Marie Presley
Michael Jackson
Tom & Cathrina Hekemans
Sal and Dee Perconti
Pro Sun Tanning, St Petersburg, Florida
Perconti Data Systems, St Petersburg, Florida
Aaron Fodiman, Tampa Bay Magazine, Tampa, Florida
Mike and Joy Murray, Tampa, Florida
Raymond James Financial, St Petersburgh, Florida
Florida Holocaust Museum, St Petersburgh, Florida
CURRENTLY SEEKING REPRESENTATION