 They were professors for Contextual Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1999 to 2005 and received the nationally prestigious City of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts in 2001.The artist duo has shown work internationally; including solo exhibitions in renowned institutions such as De Appel Centre for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2002); Tate Britain, London (2004); the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), León, Spain (2006); Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (2007); and Essl Museum – Contemporary Art, Klosterneuburg, Austria (2008).They participated in significant international group exhibitions such as “Fantasies and Curiosities” at the Miami Art Museum (2000); “Melodrama” at MARCO in Vigo (2003); “Rewind/Fast Forward,” Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria (2009); “The Triumph of Painting” and “New Blood,” both at Saatchi Gallery, London (2006 and 2005), and the 26th São Paulo Biennial (2004).