Mario Kiesenhofer

Mario Kiesenhofer, born 1984 in Austria, lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

Kiesenhofer studied Photography and Video Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His works have been shown in London (Austrian Cultural Forum), Tokyo (A- Gallery), Poland (BWA Gallery, Tarnów) and at the Vienna Museum (among others). In 2018 he was a resident at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in Brooklyn and a finalist for the Wolf Suschitzky Photography Prize. In 2020 Kiesenhofer was awarded a special mention by the jury at the Portfolio Review at Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland. He is co-founder of STREULICHT – a discursive publication series on photography and related arts.

Upcoming Exhibitions

2 June - 2 July, 2022

• Mario Kiesenhofer. Surroundings; Peter Hay Hapert Fine Art, New York City (solo show)

Selected Exhibitions

2021

• Safe Spaces Remote Places; TOP19BTM19, Vienna (group show)

 • Mario Kiesenhofer. Shifting Layers; Bildraum 01, Vienna (solo show)

 • Mario Kiesenhofer @VAN Artspace; Vienna (solo show)

 • Queer|Art|Pride Digital Book & Print Fair; online (guest artist)

  2020 

• Plat(t)Form 2020; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (portfolio review, special mention)

• Fotohof Calling; Fotohof Salzburg (online presentation)

2019

• Spielzimmer. Mario Kiesenhofer; Spielzimmer, Vienna (solo show)

• Sensations. Closer to the People; Kunstverein Schattendorf, Austria (group show)

• Queer Art Space Vienna; Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (group show)

• Filtered. Mario Kiesenhofer; Take Festival, Vienna (solo show)

• Everlasting Light; Tim Nolas, Vienna (group show)

• Shifting Queer Topographies; Studio Mario Kiesenhofer, Vienna (solo show)

• Wolf Suschitzky Photography Prize Exhibition; Austrian Cultural Forum, London (group show)

2017

• Preface. Image Politics in Fashion and Arts; A-Gallery, Tokyo (group show)

2016

• Sex in Vienna. desire. control. transgression; WIEN MUSEUM, Vienna (group show)

• To the Windows to the Walls; Kunstraum Argentinierstrasse, Vienna (duo show)

• Patter. City. Tarnów; BWA Gallery, Tarnów, Poland (group show)