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Thomas Riess
1970 born in Tyrol
1995 Studies at the Mozarteum Art University in Salzburg, Class for Graphic Arts and Visual Media
2001 Diploma
lives in Vienna (AUT)
Solarships
2009-12 the @rtist’s kitchen, artist’s residence, Soravia Group, Vienna (AUT)
2010 Artist in Residence in Paliano/Rome (ITA) Scholarship of the Provincial Government of Tyrol (AUT)
2010 Artist in Residence, Kunstquartier Hotel Hospiz (AUT)
2009 Artist in Residence in Medulin (HRV)
2001 Artist in Residence in Paliano/Rome (ITA) Scholarship of the Provincial Government of Tyrol
1999 Internationale Sommerakademie Salzburg (AUT), Scholarship of the Provincial Government of
Salzburg
Awards
2022 Finalist at Schiele Award (AUT)
2010 Finalist at RLB-Art Award (AUT)
2008 Welde Art Awart for Painting, Germany (DEU)
2005 Durst Art Award for Painting and Drawing, Austria (AUT)
2000 Stainach Art Award, Stainach/Irdning (AUT)
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Arttirol 10: New Collection Entries – Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (AT)
Ode to two Worlds – Sissa Micheli/Thomas Riess, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, Bozen (IT)
Figural: Maderthanner/Niedertscheider/Riess – Bachlechner Gallery, Gratz (AUT)
2023 Thomas Riess - Utopia, Kunst im Muth - Modulart Gallery, Vienna (AUT) (Solo)
Freiluftkunst, Art at LED-Screens, Künstlerhaus Wien/Infinity Media, Vienna (AUT)
New Realities, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
Seed, Rondell Gallery, Bad Schwanberg (AUT)
Sielecki Prize Videos – Freises Kino, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus, Vienna (AT)
Ostrale Biennale 023, Dresden (DEU)
Programm - Bachlechner Gallery, Graz (AUT)
2022 Tales of Change, Kristine Hamann Gallery, with Sissa Micheli, Wismar (DEU) (Solo)
New Figuration, Subjekt/Identity/Sociaty, Robert Drees Gallery, Hannover (DEU)
Audi Artweek featured by Parnass, Jakob Gasteiger/Thomas Riess, Wien (AUT)
Edith Stein - 80th anniversary of death, Museum Stift Stams, Stams (AUT)
...and it feels good, House of Arts - Hangar 7, Salzburg (AUT)
Deja Vu, Gans Gallery, mit Christoph Rode, Wien (AUT)
Summer Salon, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
heim@schwaz.at , Museum Rabalderhaus, Schwaz (AUT)
das Blaue vom Himmel, Wolfrum Gallery, Wien (AUT)
Schiele Award, Minorite Monastery Tulln, Tulln/Donau (AUT)
Current, Galerie Heimo Bachlechner, Graz (AUT)
2021 MARCK/RIESS, Licht Feld Gallery, Basel (CH)
Wonderland, Elektrohalle Rhomberg, Salzburg (AT) (Solo)
(K)ein Mensch ist eine Insel, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna (AT), curated by Günther Oberhollenzer
Unlocked! – Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (D)
Der Strich durch die Rechnung, Thomas Riess/Markus Hofer, Heimo Bachlechner Gallery, Graz (AT)
Summersetting: - Sixpack, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (DE)
currently, Heimo Bachlechner Gallery, Graz (AT)
Wintersalon, Estermann+Messner Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2020 Lockout, Museum Festung Franzensfeste, Franzensfeste, curated by Heinrich Schwazer (I)
Off the radar, Galerie Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (DEU) (Solo)
Out Of Silence, Video Presentation, Lumen Museum of Mountain Photography, Bruneck (I)
New Realities II, Kodritsch/Riess/Schnur, Galerie Esterhammer+Messner, Vienna (AUT)
Time Travel, Palais Kinsky, Vienna (AT)
30 years - Don´t look back!, Galerie Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (DEU)
kein halbes Dutzend, Galerie Heimo Bachlechner, Graz (AUT)
Summersetting, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (DE)
Aktuell, Galerie Heimo Bachlechner, Graz (AT)
2019 fly me to the moon, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (CHE)
ticket to the moon, Kunsthalle Krems (AUT)
fly me to the moon, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (AUT)
blurs & idols, ÖBV-Atrium, Wien (AUT) (Solo)
das bewegte Bild, basement, Wien (AUT) (Solo with MARCK)
fluid reality, Art Space Recheis, Hall/T (AUT), curated by Julia Sparber-Ablinger (Solo)
Mitglieder:Innen:Schau, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (AUT)
2018 The Isle of White, Kunstraum Arcade, Mödling (AUT) (Solo w. Larissa Leverenz)
Wintersalon - Puy Art not Drugs, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
Portfolio, Contemporary Art from South and North Tyrol, Stadtgalerie Bozen (ITA)
Sommer Salon, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
The Isle of White Vol. II, Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna (AUT) (Solo w. Larissa Leverenz)
Winter Salon, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
2017 Flow, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU) (Solo)
Rencentre Wismar:Berlin, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
with Semjon Contemporary Gallery, Berlin
Stratified. Fragmented world(s), Das Weiße Haus, Vienna (AUT)
Idols & Landscapes, Kunstforum Unterland, Neumarkt (ITA) (Solo)
Zoom, Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna (AUT) (Solo)
20 Years Kunstforum Unterland, Kunstforum Unterland, Neumarkt (ITA)
AHEAD of the Game, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt (AUT)
Flower Power, Museum Artemons, Hellmonsödt/Linz (AUT)
Kiosk Tabak Ltd. Expositions Galerie Fishpiece - Kiosk Tabak, Zürich (CHE)
2016 It’s Liquid, Art Expo, Rome (ITA)
Close Up, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
Winterreigen, Schmidt Gallery, Reith/Alpbachtal (AUT)
Drawing Vienna IV, Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna (AUT)
Positions, Museum Artemons, Hellmonsödt/Linz (AUT)
Shift, Trapp Gallery, Salzburg (AUT)
2015 The Collage Principle, Frohner Forum, Krems (AUT)
Inside-Out, Museum Artemons, Helmonsödt/Linz (AUT) (Solo)
Haberpointner/Riess, Schmidt Gallery, Hall/Tirol (AUT) (Solo)
After Picasso, Frohner Forum, Krems (AUT)
Blur, Trapp Gallery, Salzburg (AUT) (Solo)
Stadt-Kunst-Innsburck. Art Acquisitions 2010-2015, Stadtsäle Innsbruck, Innsbruck (AUT)
Timewise, Kristine Hamann Gallery, Wismar (DEU)
In the Middle of Time there is the Possibility of an Island, Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna (AUT) (Solo)
6-2015, Bäckerstrasse 4 Gallery, Post Zentrale, Vienna (AUT)
with without light, Galerie Trapp, Salzburg (AUT)
2014 The Future of Painting, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Wien (AUT)
Noise, Museum Stift Stams, Stams (AUT) (Solo)
Ostrale 14, Mission O14, Dresden (DEU)
I am I am not. Selected, Art Box, Kitzbühel (AUT) (Solo)
I’m lovin’ it!, Fishpiece Gallery Kiosktabak, Zürich (CHE) (Solo)
2013 Content Art, iSphere Karlsplatz, Vienna (AUT)
I am I am not, artdepot Gallery, Innsbruck (AUT) (Solo)
Graurand, Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch (AUT)
A little bit of History deleting, Peithner-Lichtenfels Gallery, Vienna (AUT)
Personal Structures, 55. Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Bembo, Venice (ITA)
I am I am not, artdepot Gallery, Innsbruck (AUT) (Solo)
Graurand, Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch (AUT)
Content Art, iSphere Karlsplatz, Vienna (AUT)
Humans, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt (AUT)
Humans, Prisma Gallery, Bolzano (ITA)
2012 out there., Peithner-Lichtenfels Gallery, Vienna (AUT) (Solo)
art4barter, Seed on Diamond Gallery, Philadelphia (USA)
255 K., Stadtmuseum Innsbruck, Innsbruck (AUT)
Me Myself & Them, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna (AUT)
Kontextillusionen, Haus der Kunst, Baden (AUT)
GAM 2012, Global Astronomy Month, Rotterdam (NLD)
ANGeLa whEre are you?, Fishpiece Gallery, Zürich (CHE)
Halali. Die Jagd nach dem Zeitgenössischen, Peithner-Lichtenfels Gallery, Vienna (AUT)
Sofort Kunst!, Fishpiece Gallery, Zürich (CHE)
2011 Rooms, Schloss Porcia, Spittal/Drau (AUT) (Solo)
Nothing jumps over the Wall, Kunstraum Pettneu, Pettneu (AUT) (Solo)
Trans.form3, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt (AUT)
2010 Hybridität, artdepot Gallery, Innsbruck (AT) (Solo w. Aron Demetz)
Capsule, Peithner-Lichtenfels Gallery, VieUnna (AUT) (Solo)
Leaves from Innsbruck, St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans (USA)
Nord Art 2010, KiC Carlshütte Büdelsdorf/Rendsburg (DEU)
RLB-Art Award 2010, RLB-Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck (AUT)
Drawing Vienna, Peithner-Lichtenfels Gallery, Vienna (AUT)
2009 Art in the Studio, ORF-Kulturhaus, Innsbruck (AUT) (Solo)
Interspace, Stadtgalerie Brixen, Brixen (ITA) (Solo)
Roadhouse, The Front Gallery, New Orleans (USA)
Special Show for Young Art. Federal State of Tyrol, Art-Innsbruck, Innsbruck (AUT) (Solo)
2008 Essencia. Real Conceivability, Dep. of Fine Arts, University of New Orleans (USA) (Solo)
Spacetrip, Peithner-Lichtenfels Gallery, Vienna (AUT) (Solo)
Spacetrip II, Galerie im Andechshof, Innsbruck (AUT) (Solo)
Art Fairs
2024 Art Austria, Vienna (AUT)
2023 Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (DEU)
Art Austria, Wien (AUT)
2022 Art Miami (USA)
VOLTA BASEL (CH)
Art Karlsruhe (DEU)
Art Austria (AT)
2021 Art Miami (USA)
VOLTA BASEL (CH)
Positions Art Fair 2, Berlin (DEU)
Art Karlsruhe (DEU
Fair For Art Vienna (AT)
Art Austria, Vienna (AT)
2020 Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (DEU)
Baltic Art Weekend, Kunsthallo Rostock (DEU)
SIAF 2020, Salzburg (AUT)
2019 Baltic Art Weekend, Kunsthallo Rostock (DEU)
Art Bodensee, Dornbirn (AUT)
SIAF 2019, Salzburg (AUT)
2018 3. Roter Salon, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot (DEU)
Art Austria, Palais Lichtenstein (AUT)
Art Bodensee, Dornbirn (AUT)
Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg (DEU)
2017 Art Vienna, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AUT)
Art Bodensee, Dornbirn (AUT)
2016 Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AUT)
2015 Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AUT)
Vienna Contemporary, Marxhalle, Vienna (UT)
Viennafair, Messehalle, Vienna (AUT)
Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Wien (AUT)
Wikam 2015, Wien (AUT)
2014 Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Wien (AUT)
2012 Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AUT)
Art Fair, Köln (DEU)
2011 Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AUT)
Munich Contempo, art fair, Munich (DEU)
2010 Art Austria, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AUT)
Art Fair 21, Köln (DEU)
2009 kunStart 09, Messe Bozen (ITA)
2008 Arte Padova, Padova (ITA)
Art collections
Collection of the Federal Government of Austria BKA (AUT)
Collection of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck (AUT)
Collection of the Salzburg Museum (AUT)
Collection ÖBV, Vienna (AUT)
Collection of the Government of Tyrol (AUT)
Collection of the City of Innsbruck (AUT)
Collection of the City of Salzburg (AUT)
Collection of the City of Imst (AUT)
Collection Hypo Tirol Bank, Innsbruck (AUT)
Collection Soravia Group, Vienna (AUT)
Collecktion Red Bull (AUT)
Collection Raiffeisen (ITA)
Collection Urban (AUT)
Collection Hauser (AUT)
Collection Finstral (ITA)
Several national and international publications
