Mathias Kessler
Born 1968 in Kempten, Austria. Lives and works in New York
Awards
“Staatsstipendium fuer Fotografie,” Vienna, Austria, 2009
Selected Solo Shows
"I'll Survive," Rosphoto (National Museum for Photography Russia), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011
"After Nature," GL Holtegaard Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2011
”I´ll Survive,” ME contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010
"Nowhere to Be Found," Volta art fair, New York, New York, 2010
"The Taste of Discovery," Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt, Germany, 2010
"Natural Fictions," Brotfabrik, Berlin, Germany, 2010
“The Taste of Discovery,” Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria, 2009
“The Taste of Discovery,” habres+partner, Vienna, Austria, 2008
“Kunst Zuerich 07,” Art fair, habres+partner, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007
“The end of the world…,” Visual Drugs, Zurich,Switzerland, 2007
“Secluded Nights,” Winkleman / Plus Ultra Gallery, New York, New York, 2006
“Secluded Nights,” habres+partner, Vienna, Austria, 2005
“Secluded Nights,” 2300 Studio/Gallery, LLC, Miami Design District, Florida, 2004
“I love Paradise,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico, 2004
Collaboration with Johan Grimonprez "Looking for Alfred," The Photographer's Gallery, London, UK, 2004
“Looking for Alfred,” The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK, 2004
“I love Paradise” (performance), Muestra Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico, 2003
“I love Paradise” (performance), Odeonsplatz /U-Bahnstation, Munich, Germany, 2003
“a certain regard,” habres+partner, Vienna, Austria, 2003
“I love Paradise” (performance), scope art fair Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, 2003
“0 Gravity,” One front Gallery, New York, New York, New York, 2001
“Chiapas,” Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico, 2001
Saatchi & Saatchi, Advertising Headquarters, New York, New York, 2001
”Net Works,” habres+partner, Vienna, Austria, 2000
Selected Group Shows
"Lost Paradise," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, 2011
"Hoehenrausch 2," OK Linz, Austria, 2011
"NOT FOR SALE" ME contemporary, Copenhagen, 2010
"DRAW ME!" ME contemporary, Copenhagen, 2010
Preview - Berlin Art Fair, Galerie Heike Strelow, 2010
”Another Green World,” Carriage Trade, New York, NY, 2010
“Neue Mitglieder,” Kuenstlerhaus Thurn & Taxis,Bregenz, Austria, 2009
“GO NYC,” Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria, 2008
“MACO,” Art fair, habres+partner, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008
“Aqua Art Miami,” Art fair, habres+partner, Miami Beach, Florida, 2007
“MACO,” Art fair, habres+partner, Mexico City, Mexico, 2007
Collaboration with Johan Grimonprez “Looking for Alfred”: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, 2007
“Year 06 Art Fair,” Winkleman / Plus Ultra Gallery,London, UK, 2006
“The Invention of Landscape,” Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006
”Fotografia,” Galeria Fernando Zubillaga, Caracas,Venezuela, 2006
“Salzburg Sites 2006,” HangART-7, Salzburg, Austria, 2006
“urban maze,” habres+partner, Vienna, Austria, 2006
Arco Artfair, Emma Molina Gallery, Madrid, Spain, 2005
Aqua Artfair, Plus Ultra Gallery, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida, 2005
Collaboration with Johan Grimonprez
“Looking for Alfred”: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2005, The Netherlands, 2005
Artist House, Oslo, Norway, 2005
Mead Gallery, University of Warwick Arts Centre, UK, 2005
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 2005
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK, 2005
“Slice and Dice,” Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York, 2004
“Forehand,” Red Dot Gallery, New York, New York, 2003
“Paris Photo,” Artfair, Emma Molina Gallery, Paris, France, 2003
“0 Gravity,” RARE Gallery, Project Room, New York, New York, 2000
“Share the Vision,” Milk gallery, New York, New York, 2000
“The Art of Photography,” Milk Gallery, New York, New York, 2000
Gale Gates Foundation, New York, New York, 2000
Brussels Artfair for Contemporary Photography, Brussels, Belgium, 2000