Vita
Pascal Kirchmair
born on 8th February, 1974 in Valenciennes, France
Address:
Innweg 15a
6170 Zirl
Austria
Austria
tyrolien@gmx.at
Phone: 00 43 677 611 22 834
Site: pascalkirchmair.com
Blog: pascalkirchmair.blogspot.com
2020
My cartoon "Coronavirus - Scary encounter in Venice" is selected as the "Daily toon" (the daily cartoon-newsletter of “toonpool.com”)
2019
My cartoon "Antagonists" is published in the cartoon ebook of "Toons Mag" on the occasion of the "Cartoonist-of-the-Year-2019" contest
Publication of my cartoon "Capra Ibex" in the magazine "Glockenturm" ("Bell Tower") of the "Hospital zum Heiligen Geist" (issue 06/2019", page 21: https://www.hzhg.de/news-archiv/archiv-rund-um-den-glockenturm.html)
Ger Groot (on page 200, ISBN-13: 978-3423281713; dtv Verlagsgesellschaft (March 22, 2019))
Beginning of my membership at United Sketches (www.unitedsketches.org), an international organization of cartoonists dedicated to freedom of expression.
Design of a T-shirt with the portrait of Leon Trotsky for the company "Veste Esquerda"
(https://vesteesquerda.com.br/) based in Brazil
Participation in the exhibition "HILDEN CARTOON ...die FÜNFTE" from April 12 - 28, 2019 at the "Haus Hildener Künstler", Hofstraße 6, 40723 Hilden, Germany
2018
Out of 260 candidates and 635 cartoons of the LIBEX-2018 competition (Centro LIBREXPRESSION, Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vagno) after the 3 prizes, I was among the twelve who received an "Honourable mention" with my cartoon „Jesus on Twitter“. The cartoons of those 15 cartoonists have been published as post-cards (300 copies for each) and in the catalogue (as well as all 55 finalists).
Following my participation in the "Draw my rights" competition organized by „RHSF" in 2014 and 2015, the exhibition "Forced Labour Behind the Bar Code" has initiated a beautiful world tour. It was showed...
- At the UN in New York;
- At the Vatican;
- In Paris (Senate, City Hall, HEC, l'Entrepôt, in a big French company...) and in several French cities, including Toulouse (City Hall, Toulouse Business School,
Espace des Diversités et de la Laïcité...);
- In Luxembourg (vernissage in presence of the Minister of Justice and the President of the Advisory Commission for Human Rights);
- In Sicily (Sabir festival).
And this is not about to stop...
My drawing named "Inspiration" is published by the “Österreichischer Bundesverlag" (Oebv) for the schoolbook "sprachreif 1, Deutsch BHS” (ISBN: 978-3-209-09246-5 ; page 96.6) Release Date: 2018
2017
Publication of my cartoon “Das Kochduell” in the “Grammar Reader for Beginners of German” by Jessica Menz
My caricature of "Yves Saint Laurent" is awarded with the "Daily Toon" (the daily newsletter of “toonpool.com”)
Contribution of my cartoon "Globalization" to the book "BANKRUPTING THE
THIRD WORLD: How the Global Elite Drown Poor Nations in a Sea of Debt" by
James and Lance Morcan
My caricature of "Chuck Berry" is awarded with the "Daily Toon"
(the daily newsletter of “toonpool.com”)
2016
Selling of the drawing "Foxconn" to the ERNST-KLETT-VERLAG
for the schoolbook "Terra OS Geographie 11" (ISBN: 3-12-104708-6)
Release Date: February 2016
My caricature of "Muddy Waters" is awarded with the "Daily Toon"
(the daily newsletter of “toonpool.com”)
Exhibition of my drawing "Modern slavery" by RHSF ("Ressources Humaines Sans Frontières” - see further below!) in collaboration with "Caritas Internationalis" (which showed the exhibition previously in many countries, for example in Singapore), on June 2nd, 2016 at the "International Labour Organisation" (ILO ) in Geneva.
Attendance of the life drawing class at the “Tyrolean Academy of Arts”
by Erika Isser (Third semester for advanced learners)
2015
Commissioned work (caricature) for the Irish-Tyrolean band "Brown Spring"
Commendation for the participation in the “1st international cartoon
contest MIKS - jazz & blues” in Sisak, Croatia
Contribution of a caricature for the book by Sudheer Nath to
commemorate “Charlie Chaplin´s 125th year of birth as well as the
100th year of his screen appearance” and participation in the exhibition
with the same theme at the “Piramal Gallery” at the “National
Centre for the Performing Arts” (NCPA) in Mumbai, India, from
June 25th to June 27th
Contribution of a caricature for the book “Je suis Charlie: Ein Buch
für die Meinungsfreiheit“ published by „Riva Verlag“ under the
pseudonym of „Kato“
Participation in the travelling exhibition "Behind the bar code, human
rights at work" organized by the NGO “RHSF“ (Ressources Humaines
Sans Frontières) held from 2nd to 19th December 2014 in the “Toulouse
Business School”, from 7th to 20th January 2015 in the „Entrepôt“ in
Paris, from February 16th to March 6th in the "Éspace des diversités
et de la laïcité” in Toulouse, in the “Toulouse Business School” for
3 weeks beginning with the 16th of March, in Paris at the HEC
(Haute École de Commerce) and in Rome (Italy) in May and finally
from 15th to 25th June at the UN headquarters in New-York
2014
Publication of a cartoon on the homepage www.art-krug.com and in the
catalogue of the "III. International Competition of Cartoons" held in the
Ukraine
Selection of my cartoons about the theme „Hunger and Thirst in the World“ for the exhibition of the seventh edition of The Novello Award held in Codogno from 4th to 26th October 2014
My cartoon "Modern slavery" is chosen for the “Company Award” (Drawings for a book of good practices that will give the keys to fight against forced labour.)
by the “International Drawing Contest to fight against forced labour”,
organized by “RHSF” and supervised by the cartoonist PLANTU
Selected for the exhibition and the catalogue of the “16th Porto Cartoon
World Festival”
2013
Publication of a cartoon in the album of the "5th Cyprus International
Cartoon Contest”, topic: "Troika and Greek Financial Crisis"
Contribution of a cartoon for the commercial site "www.grillis-arche.at"
My caricature "Zlatan Ibrahimovic" is awarded with the "Daily Toon"
(daily newsletter of “toonpool.com”)
Cartoon "Liebeskummer" (Heartsickness) for the German "Ernst-Klett-
Publishing-House"
Schoolbook: "Leben leben 2 SB", ISBN 3-12-695260
Circulation: 50 000, Release Date: January 2014
Two commissioned caricatures for the headmaster of the professional
school for building technique and painting in Absam
2012
Comic strip for the German "Ernst-Klett-Publishing-House"
Schoolbook: "deutsch.kombi plus 2 GB SB", ISBN 3-12-313312
Circulation: 100 000, Release Date: April 2013
Publication of a cartoon on the toonpool-blog “toonnews”:
Guest contribution on the official website of the famous French cartoonist
Jean-Maurice Bosc (guest contributions amongst others by Ronald Searle,
Sempé, Wolinski, Kichka and Trez ): http://www.j-m-bosc.com/les-amis-de-Bosc/amis.htm
Cartoon for the blog and the homonymous Facebook page "Produkttests,
Trends & more"
2011
Participation in the etching course (VHS Radierwerkstätte Innsbruck) of professor Weichselbaumer at the “Adult Education Center Innsbruck”
2010
2011
Participation in the etching course (VHS Radierwerkstätte Innsbruck) of professor Weichselbaumer at the “Adult Education Center Innsbruck”
2010
Production of two animated cartoons for the movie „Beating the Bomb“ produced and directed by Meera Patel and Wolfgang Matt
Second participation at the “Workers' Chamber Art Market” at the “Congress Center Innsbruck”
Publication of an illustration in Darren Di Lieto´s book "Medium Without a Message"
Participation in the second "Mail Me Art" exhibition at the “Red Gate Gallery” in London
2009
Illustration of the poetry book "Under the Beringed Tree" by Thomas Hanny
with seven nude drawings
“Public Choice Award Winner” of the design contest by the food chain “MPreis”
on the topic “joie de vivre”
Release of an illustration in Darren Di Lieto´s book "Going Postal with
The World's Best Illustrators and Designers "
Participation in the "Mail Me Art"-exhibition at the “Red Gate Gallery” in London
Release of an illustration in Darren Di Lieto´s book "Going Postal with
The World's Best Illustrators and Designers "
Participation in the "Mail Me Art"-exhibition at the “Red Gate Gallery” in London
Design of a T-shirt for the fair-trade-company “Prumo” in Vienna
2008
Exhibition of oil paintings, watercolors, ink and pencil drawings in the municipal
office of the market town Zirl
Poster design for the Public Library of Seefeld on the occasion of the "Tales,
Legends and Myths"-event
2007
Exhibition of oil paintings and watercolors at the offices of the SPÖ
(Austrian Socialist Party) in Zirl
2006 until now
Regular participations in the "Workshop for Life Drawing" (Arbeitskreis für
freies Aktzeichnen) with annual group exhibitions in the offices of the
“Adult Education Center Innsbruck”
2006
Participation in the “Workers' Chamber-Art-Market” in the “Congress Center
2006
Participation in the “Workers' Chamber-Art-Market” in the “Congress Center
Innsbruck”
2005
Illustration of the book "Against All Flags" by Birjees Nagy with nine cartoons
2003-2004
Introduction to the mosaic technique at the “Atelier for Mosaic Art”
by Maria and Gerhard Storch in Zirl
2005
Illustration of the book "Against All Flags" by Birjees Nagy with nine cartoons
2003-2004
Introduction to the mosaic technique at the “Atelier for Mosaic Art”
by Maria and Gerhard Storch in Zirl
2001-2005
Learning the human proportions in many nude and portrait drawing classes
at the “Adult Education Center Innsbruck” and participation in several group exhibitions
2001
Attendance of a watercolor course under the guidance of Astrid Schirmer, followed by a group exhibition at the “Adult Education Center Innsbruck”
Student of the famous French artist Anne-Marie Julien Klimbacher:
Introduction to the watercolor and gouache technique
Graphic design for the website of the “Tyrolean Lawyers Association”
Publication of a cartoon in the newspaper “Tiroler Tageszeitung”
1998-1999
External semester in Lille, France
1998
Community service in the state hospital of Hochzirl
1994
Publication of the first cartoon in the newspaper "Blickpunkt Telfs"
1993-1997
Business studies in Innsbruck
1988-1992
Attendance of secondary school in Innsbruck
1984-1988
Attendance of secondary modern school in Zirl
1980-1984
Attendance of elementary school in Zirl
