Memory in Motion

Eduard Habicher is a leading figure in contemporary South Tyrolean sculpture, with an established international presence. He is best known for his large-scale works in public space, distinguished by their strong spatial presence and their sensitive dialogue with the surrounding environment. His works are permanently installed in numerous locations, including the Merano Thermal Baths, the Fundación Pablo Atchugarry in Uruguay, as well as sites in Berlin, Italy and Austria.

For Museion Passage, Habicher has created four monumental sculptures: Hommage, Passage, Geöffnet–aperto and Pro-tetto. The works are made of industrial profiles and stainless steel, materials traditionally associated with rationality, stability, and functionality. Through precise craftsmanship, they are bent, opened and rebalanced, giving rise to sculptural lines that convey a surprising sense of lightness despite their mass.

With this presentation, Museion also launches the first initiative of the region-wide campaign Museiopolis. Inspired by the idea of the polis as a shared urban living space, Museiopolis is conceived as an invitation to integrate art and culture more deeply into the everyday life of the city and the region: open, accessible and in continuous dialogue with society.

Born in Mals / Malles in Vinschgau / Val Venosta in 1956, Eduard Habicher graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He lives and works in Rifiano / Riffian (BZ).

Habicher has had solo exhibitions at several Italian museums and galleries, including Galleria Civica di Trento (1993), Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea in Arezzo (1993), Museo della Scultura Contemporanea di Matera (2006), Galleria d’Arte Moderna G. Carandente at Palazzo Collicola in Spoleto (2024). In 2025, he had a solo exhibition in the prestigious Dolezal private collection as part of viennacontemporary.

His large-scale sculptures are permanently installed in both public spaces and private institutions, such as Therme Meran / Merano in Italy and the Pablo Atchugarry Fondation in Uruguay. His work has also been installed in Berlin, along the banks of the Spree, in the courtyard of Wallstrasse 16, and at the Campus of the European Research Centre for Alternative Energy (EUREF); in Italy, at the South Tyrolean Museum of Culture and Provincial History of Castlel Tyrol, Piazza Vittoria in Spoleto, the outdoor Museo Diffuso Albisola, and in Leifers / Laives; and in Austria, in Feldbach, Gleichenbergerstrasse, and the Kugelmühle cultural center. In 2017, he installed a large-scale work in Bolzano Cathedral to commemorate the anti-fascist J. Mayr-Nusser.

In 2016, Habicher was awarded first prize for his sculpture Misurare lo spazio at the Palazzo Ducale in Gubbio, and in 2018, he won the competition to create a sculpture for Piazza Castello inside the Palazzo Ducale in Mantova. In 2023, he was elected National Academician of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome.