Christian Kosmas Mayer
“Petrified (can)”, 2019
Can, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Petrified (can)”, 2019
Can, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Photo: Simon Vogel
Exhibition view, 2019
“Unverhofftes Wiedersehen”
Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
Photo: Simon Vogel
Exhibition view, 2019
“Unverhofftes Wiedersehen”
Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Silene”, 2019
Primeval plants of the genus Silene in vitro, laboratory glasses, culture medium, plant light, glasshouse made from mouth-blown glass*
*Glass object designed by: Kristýna Markvartová
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Silene”, 2019
Primeval plants of the genus Silene in vitro, laboratory glasses, culture medium, plant light, glasshouse made from mouth-blown glass*
*Glass object designed by: Kristýna Markvartová
Photo: Simon Vogel
Exhibition view, 2019
“Unverhofftes Wiedersehen”
Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Unverhofftes Wiedersehen, Johann Peter Hebel, 1811″, 2019
Inkjet on copper plate, passe-partout, soot, frame, museum glass
100 x 80 cm
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Treue Liebe, Friedrich Hebbel, 1828″, 2019
Inkjet on copper plate, passe-partout, soot, frame, museum glass
100 x 80 cm
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Petrified (shoe)”, 2019
Shoe, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Petrified (shoe)”, 2019
Shoe, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Petrified (shoe)”, 2019
Shoe, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Petrified (shoe)”, 2019
Shoe, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Petrified (hat)”, 2019
Hat, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Petrified (shoe)”, 2019
Shoe, minerals (deposit from water of a natural petrification well), custom made box
Dimensions variable
Photo: Simon Vogel
“If you love life like I do (yellow)”, 2019
Stainless steel, aluminum, sleeping bag, belt
210 x 76 x 64 cm
Photo: Simon Vogel
“If you love life like I do (blue)”, 2019
Stainless steel, aluminum, sleeping bag, belt
210 x 76 x 64 cm
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Ansichten von der Nachtseite der Naturwissenschaft,
Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, 1808″, 2019
Inkjet on copper plate, passe-partout, soot, frame, museum glass
100 x 80 cm
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Die Bergwerke zu Falun, E.T.A. Hoffmann, 1819″, 2019
Inkjet on copper plate, passe-partout, soot, frame, museum glass
100 x 80 cm
Photo: Simon Vogel
“Des ersten Bergmanns ewige Jugend, Achim von Arnim, 1810″, 2019
Inkjet on copper plate, passe-partout, soot, frame, museum glass
100 x 80 cm
Photo: Simon Vogel
„Scenic“, 2011
Installation, consisting of:
„Escalante Expedition Named This Glowing Valley “Kodachrome Flat”
Through Historic Hole in the Rock Mormons Blasted a Path to Their Promised Land“
Wallpaper, honeycomb panels with plywood
164 x 266 x 4 cm
181 x 130 x 4 cm
„Untitled“
Fiberglass, polyester resin, mortar
85 x 90 x 190 cm
„Amerika in Farbe“
9 Ilfochrome Color Photographs, enlarged from a Kodachrome film, developed on 12/30/2010 at Dwayne’s Photo, the last Kodachrome lab that stopped developing films on this day
Each: 48 x 58 cm (framed)
Installation views: “Museum der Wünsche”, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok), 2011
„Scenic“, 2011
Installation, consisting of:
„Escalante Expedition Named This Glowing Valley “Kodachrome Flat”
Through Historic Hole in the Rock Mormons Blasted a Path to Their Promised Land“
Wallpaper, honeycomb panels with plywood
164 x 266 x 4 cm
181 x 130 x 4 cm
„Untitled“
Fiberglass, polyester resin, mortar
85 x 90 x 190 cm
„Amerika in Farbe“
9 Ilfochrome Color Photographs, enlarged from a Kodachrome film, developed on 12/30/2010 at Dwayne’s Photo, the last Kodachrome lab that stopped developing films on this day
Each: 48 x 58 cm (framed)
Installation views: “Museum der Wünsche”, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok), 2011
„tell-tale“, 2012
Weather sticks made from the dried twigs of balsam fir trees
Installation views from Strombad Kritzendorf, Austria
„tell-tale“, 2012
Weather sticks made from the dried twigs of balsam fir trees
Installation views from Strombad Kritzendorf, Austria
„tell-tale“, 2012
Weather sticks made from the dried twigs of balsam fir trees
Installation views from Strombad Kritzendorf, Austria
„tell-tale“, 2012
Weather sticks made from the dried twigs of balsam fir trees
Installation views from Strombad Kritzendorf, Austria
„tell-tale“, 2012
Weather sticks made from the dried twigs of balsam fir trees
Installation views from Strombad Kritzendorf, Austria
„time and again“, 2014
Installation with mixed media
Installation views: MAK Center, Los Angeles
„time and again“, 2014
Installation with mixed media
Installation views: MAK Center, Los Angeles
„time and again“, 2014
Installation with mixed media
Installation views: MAK Center, Los Angeles
„time and again“, 2014
Installation with mixed media
Installation views: MAK Center, Los Angeles
„manufaktus“, 2014/2015
circular knitting machine (Fouquet & Frauz, 1925), cotton thread, circular machine-knit cotton fabrics, metal suspensions, metal rings, dimensions variabel
Installation views: “wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles”, Künstlerhaus/Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, June 2015
„manufaktus“, 2014/2015
circular knitting machine (Fouquet & Frauz, 1925), cotton thread, circular machine-knit cotton fabrics, metal suspensions, metal rings, dimensions variabel
Installation views: “wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles”, Künstlerhaus/Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, June 2015
„manufaktus“, 2014/2015
circular knitting machine (Fouquet & Frauz, 1925), cotton thread, circular machine-knit cotton fabrics, metal suspensions, metal rings, dimensions variabel
Installation views: “wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles”, Künstlerhaus/Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, June 2015
„manufaktus“, 2014/2015
circular knitting machine (Fouquet & Frauz, 1925), cotton thread, circular machine-knit cotton fabrics, metal suspensions, metal rings, dimensions variabel
Installation views: “wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles”, Künstlerhaus/Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, June 2015
„manufaktus“, 2014/2015
circular knitting machine (Fouquet & Frauz, 1925), cotton thread, circular machine-knit cotton fabrics, metal suspensions, metal rings, dimensions variabel
Installation views: “wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles”, Künstlerhaus/Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, June 2015
„Kodachrome“, 2011/2015
UV direct prints on lightweight panels with paper honeycomb core, vinyl record, record player
Installation view “Disputed Landscape”, Camera Austria, Graz
„Kodachrome“, 2011/2015
UV direct prints on lightweight panels with paper honeycomb core, vinyl record, record player
Installation view “Disputed Landscape”, Camera Austria, Graz
„Kodachrome“, 2011/2015
UV direct prints on lightweight panels with paper honeycomb core, vinyl record, record player
Installation view “Disputed Landscape”, Camera Austria, Graz
„Kodachrome“, 2011/2015
UV direct prints on lightweight panels with paper honeycomb core, vinyl record, record player
Installation view “Disputed Landscape”, Camera Austria, Graz
„Kodachrome“, 2011/2015
UV direct prints on lightweight panels with paper honeycomb core, vinyl record, record player
Installation view “Disputed Landscape”, Camera Austria, Graz
„Kodachrome“, 2011/2015
UV direct prints on lightweight panels with paper honeycomb core, vinyl record, record player
Installation view “Disputed Landscape”, Camera Austria, Graz
„Palm Capsule“, 2015-2115
Airtight stainless-steel box, silicone O-ring, stainless steel bolts, ageless oxygen absorbers, desiccants, contributions in mixed media by more than 30 artists and scientists, 6.5 feet deep hole in Exposition Park (Los Angeles)
„Palm Capsule“, 2015-2115
Airtight stainless-steel box, silicone O-ring, stainless steel bolts, ageless oxygen absorbers, desiccants, contributions in mixed media by more than 30 artists and scientists, 6.5 feet deep hole in Exposition Park (Los Angeles)
„Palm Capsule“, 2015-2115
Airtight stainless-steel box, silicone O-ring, stainless steel bolts, ageless oxygen absorbers, desiccants, contributions in mixed media by more than 30 artists and scientists, 6.5 feet deep hole in Exposition Park (Los Angeles)
„Palm Capsule“, 2015-2115
Airtight stainless-steel box, silicone O-ring, stainless steel bolts, ageless oxygen absorbers, desiccants, contributions in mixed media by more than 30 artists and scientists, 6.5 feet deep hole in Exposition Park (Los Angeles)
„Palm Capsule“, 2015-2115
Airtight stainless-steel box, silicone O-ring, stainless steel bolts, ageless oxygen absorbers, desiccants, contributions in mixed media by more than 30 artists and scientists, 6.5 feet deep hole in Exposition Park (Los Angeles)
Installation views: “The Poetics of the Material”, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2016
„Riverside“, 2016
Fences with intergrown wood, laquer (Pantone 17-4028)
9 parts, each 120 x 200 cm
„Portrait of a Lady“, 2016
Naturally polished Suiseki viewing stone found in a Japanese river
53 x 18 x 12 cm
Installation views: “The Poetics of the Material”, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2016
„Riverside“, 2016
Fences with intergrown wood, laquer (Pantone 17-4028)
9 parts, each 120 x 200 cm
Installation views: “The Poetics of the Material”, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2016
„Portrait of a Lady“, 2016
Naturally polished Suiseki viewing stone found in a Japanese river
53 x 18 x 12 cm
Installation views: “The Poetics of the Material”, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2016
„Sending the 70s 5000 Years into the Future“, 2016
Panasonic Corporation’s archive photo “Content of the Osaka Expo ‘70 Time Capsule”, UV Print on aluminium
200 x 300 cm
„Portrait of a Lady“, 2016
Naturally polished Suiseki viewing stone found in a Japanese river
53 x 18 x 12 cm
Installation views: “The Poetics of the Material”, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2016
„Sending the 70s 5000 Years into the Future“, 2016
Panasonic Corporation’s archive photo “Content of the Osaka Expo ‘70 Time Capsule”, UV Print on aluminium
200 x 300 cm
„Riverside“, 2016
Fences with intergrown wood, laquer (Pantone 17-4028)
9 parts, each 120 x 200 cm
„Portrait of a Lady“, 2016
Naturally polished Suiseki viewing stone found in a Japanese river
53 x 18 x 12 cm
Installation views: “The Poetics of the Material”, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2016
„Sending the 70s 5000 Years into the Future“, 2016
Panasonic Corporation’s archive photo “Content of the Osaka Expo ‘70 Time Capsule”, UV Print on aluminium
200 x 300 cm
„Riverside“, 2016
Fences with intergrown wood, laquer (Pantone 17-4028)
9 parts, each 120 x 200 cm
Constructing Paradise
„Les Vues du Brésil“, 2007
Ink on wallpaper
Dimensions variable
Installation view of works by Mark Dion and Christian Kosmas Mayer in the show “Constructing Paradise” at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, February 2017
Constructing Paradise
„Les Vues du Brésil“, 2007
Ink on wallpaper
Dimensions variable
Installation view of works by Mark Dion and Christian Kosmas Mayer in the show “Constructing Paradise” at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, February 2017
Constructing Paradise
„Les Vues du Brésil“, 2007
Ink on wallpaper
Dimensions variable
Installation view of works by Mark Dion and Christian Kosmas Mayer in the show “Constructing Paradise” at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, February 2017
Constructing Paradise
„Les Vues du Brésil“, 2007
Ink on wallpaper
Dimensions variable
Installation view of works by Mark Dion and Christian Kosmas Mayer in the show “Constructing Paradise” at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, February 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s “Olympic Oak”, steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Installation views: “Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen”, mumok, Vienna, 2017
Putting in time, 2012-ongoing
Original press photo from american newspaper archive, UV direct print on passepartout, acrylic frame
54 x 67 x 4 cm or 67 x 54 x 4 cm
Installation views from the exhibition “Resonanzen”, ZKM Karlsruhe, November 2017–February 2018
Cycles Galore!, 2018
BMW G650 Xmoto, engraved aluminium plate, concrete, aluminium glass vitrine in RAL Ocean blue
300 x 150 x 215 cm
Site-specific permanent sculpture for the emergency mooring at the Danube riverbank in Lower Austria
Foto: Christian Kosmas Mayer
Cycles Galore!, 2018
BMW G650 Xmoto, engraved aluminium plate, concrete, aluminium glass vitrine in RAL Ocean blue
300 x 150 x 215 cm
Site-specific permanent sculpture for the emergency mooring at the Danube riverbank in Lower Austria
Foto: Christian Kosmas Mayer
Cycles Galore!, 2018
BMW G650 Xmoto, engraved aluminium plate, concrete, aluminium glass vitrine in RAL Ocean blue
300 x 150 x 215 cm
Site-specific permanent sculpture for the emergency mooring at the Danube riverbank in Lower Austria
Foto: Christian Kosmas Mayer
Cycles Galore!, 2018
BMW G650 Xmoto, engraved aluminium plate, concrete, aluminium glass vitrine in RAL Ocean blue
300 x 150 x 215 cm
Site-specific permanent sculpture for the emergency mooring at the Danube riverbank in Lower Austria
Foto: Christian Kosmas Mayer
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Atlas / Pilot“, 2016
4 pinewood trunks
Exhibition view
Biennale Gherdëina 5, 2016
Italy
„Atlas / Pilot“, 2016
4 pinewood trunks
Exhibition view
Biennale Gherdëina 5, 2016
Italy
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Atlas / Pilot“, 2016
4 pinewood trunks
Exhibition view
Biennale Gherdëina 5, 2016
Italy
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Atlas / Pilot“, 2016
4 pinewood trunks
Exhibition view
Biennale Gherdëina 5, 2016
Italy
„Atlas / Pilot“, 2016
4 pinewood trunks
Exhibition view
Biennale Gherdëina 5, 2016
Italy
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Atlas / Pilot“, 2016
4 pinewood trunks
Exhibition view
Biennale Gherdëina 5, 2016
Italy
„Fet-Mats“, 2019
UV-durable print, acrylic paint, Alu-Dibond, frame
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
„Petrifying Well / Versteinerungsquelle“, 2019
Artificial rock, wood, plush toys, limestone, water, calcium carbonate, pump
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Petrifying Well / Versteinerungsquelle“, 2019
Artificial rock, wood, plush toys, limestone, water, calcium carbonate, pump
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Petrifying Well / Versteinerungsquelle“, 2019
Artificial rock, wood, plush toys, limestone, water, calcium carbonate, pump
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Aevum“, 2019
Primeval plants of the genus Silene in vitro, Erlenmeyer flasks, culture medium, LED lights, spraypaint, cement, styrofoam, HD video
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Aevum“, 2019
Primeval plants of the genus Silene in vitro, Erlenmeyer flasks, culture medium, LED lights, spraypaint, cement, styrofoam, HD video
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
„Aevum“, 2019
Primeval plants of the genus Silene in vitro, Erlenmeyer flasks, culture medium, LED lights, spraypaint, cement, styrofoam, HD video
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
Exhibition view
„Aeviternity“, 2019
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Photo: Klaus Pichler
„The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival“, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s „Olympic Oak“, sheet steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Exhibition view
„The Way Things Run, Part II: Cargo“, 2018
PS120, Berlin
„The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival“, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s „Olympic Oak“, sheet steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Exhibition view
„The Way Things Run, Part II: Cargo“, 2018
PS120, Berlin
„The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival“, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s „Olympic Oak“, sheet steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Exhibition view
„The Way Things Run, Part II: Cargo“, 2018
PS120, Berlin
„The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival“, 2017
Seedlings cloned from an acorn from Cornelius Johnson’s „Olympic Oak“, sheet steel, gold foil, silkscreen print, LED lamps, Mylar, laboratory jars, HD video
Exhibition view
„The Way Things Run, Part II: Cargo“, 2018
PS120, Berlin
„Atlas / Pilot“, 2016
4 pinewood trunks
Exhibition view
Biennale Gherdëina 5, 2016
Italy
Photo: Simon Perathoner
„Intervention: Musis et Mulis“, 2013-2014
Ausstellungsansicht
Belvedere, Wien
© Belvedere, Wien
„Intervention: Musis et Mulis“, 2013-2014
Ausstellungsansicht
Belvedere, Wien
© Belvedere, Wien
„Intervention: Musis et Mulis“, 2013-2014
Ausstellungsansicht
Belvedere, Wien
© Belvedere, Wien
„Intervention: Musis et Mulis“, 2013-2014
Ausstellungsansicht
Belvedere, Wien
© Belvedere, Wien
„Intervention: Musis et Mulis“, 2013-2014
Ausstellungsansicht
Belvedere, Wien
© Belvedere, Wien
„Intervention: Musis et Mulis“, 2013-2014
Ausstellungsansicht
Belvedere, Wien
© Belvedere, Wien
„Intervention: Musis et Mulis“, 2013-2014
Ausstellungsansicht
Belvedere, Wien
© Belvedere, Wien
Three of Diamonds, 2014
HD Video, 12 Min
Putting in time (12/31/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (11/01/1992), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (10/16/87), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (08/31/87), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (08/28/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (08/04/92), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (06/15/67), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (06/07/62), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (06/03/58), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (03/28/80), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (03/03/61), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Holy Lotus, 2014
Dye Transfer (Cyan/Yellow)
38 x 52 cm (ungerahmt) / 63 x 78 cm (gerahmt)
Foto: Simon Vogel
Holy Lotus, 2014
Dye Transfer (Cyan/Magenta)
38 x 52 cm (ungerahmt) / 63 x 78 cm (gerahmt)
Foto: Simon Vogel
Holy Lotus, 2014
Dye Transfer (Magenta/Yellow)
38 x 52 cm (ungerahmt) / 63 x 78 cm (gerahmt)
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (08/09/67), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (05/19/82), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (07/08/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (02/12/78), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (12/16/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (11/21/68), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (02/27/83), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (07/24/41), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (08/05/90), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (11/16/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (04/17/85), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
66 x 53 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (10/11/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (08/28/63), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (05/10/91), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (01/29/84), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (11/11/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (03/11/84), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (12/22/76), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Putting in time (06/89), 2014
Originales Pressefoto aus Zeitungsarchiv, UV Druck auf Passepartout, Acrylglasrahmen
53 x 66 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Pilot, 2014
Kieferstamm (Alter ca. 400 Jahre, zwischen 1710 und 2012 als Stützpfeiler unter dem Berliner Stadtschloß verwendet), Schellack
339 x 33 cm and 347 x 32 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Holy Lotus, 2014
Dye Transfer (Cyan/Magenta, Cyan/Yellow, Magenta/Yellow)
je 38 x 52 cm (ungerahmt) / 63 x 78 cm (gerahmt)
Foto: Simon Vogel
“paelis”, 2014
Installationsansicht
Galerie Nagel Draxler
Foto: Simon Vogel
“paelis”, 2014
Installationsansicht
Galerie Nagel Draxler
Foto: Simon Vogel
“paelis”, 2014
Installationsansicht
Galerie Nagel Draxler
Foto: Simon Vogel
Piloten, 2014
3 Kieferstämme (Alter ca. 400 Jahre, zwischen 1710 und 2012 als Stützpfeiler unter dem Berliner Stadtschloß verwendet), Bienenwachs 592 x 40 cm, 656 x 30 cm und 645 x 33 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
Piloten, 2014
3 Kieferstämme (Alter ca. 400 Jahre, zwischen 1710 und 2012 als Stützpfeiler unter dem Berliner Stadtschloß verwendet), Bienenwachs 592 x 40 cm, 656 x 30 cm und 645 x 33 cm
Foto: Simon Vogel
“paelis”, 2014
Installationsansicht
Galerie Nagel Draxler
Foto: Simon Vogel
„Taim Kaepsyul“, 2012
Installationsansicht
Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
Photo: Sven Goyvaerts
„Taim Kaepsyul“, 2012
Installationsansicht
Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
Photo: Sven Goyvaerts
„Taim Kaepsyul“, 2012
Installationsansicht
Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
Photo: Sven Goyvaerts
„Taim Kaepsyul“, 2012
Installationsansicht
Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
Photo: Sven Goyvaerts
„Taim Kaepsyul“, 2012
Installationsansicht
Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
Photo: Sven Goyvaerts
„Silene (outgrowths)“
3 Dye Transfer (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow)
je 52 x 38 cm (ungerahmt)
je 78 x 63 cm (gerahmt)
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
„Silene (seeds)“
3 Dye Transfer (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow)
je 52 x 38 cm (ungerahmt)
je 78 x 63 cm (gerahmt)
Edition von 3 + 1 AP
„Untitled (Wednesday, April 4, 2012/Friday, April 6, 2012)“
Styropor, PVC, Polyesterharz, Glasfaser, Baumwollleinen, Serbacryl
185 x 188 x 22 cm
„Untitled (Monday, April 9, 2012/Tuesday, April 10, 2012)“
Styropor, PVC, Polyesterharz, Glasfaser, Baumwollleinen, Serbacryl
192 x 199 x 22 cm
„Untitled (Saturday-Sunday, April 14-15, 2012/Tuesday, April 17, 2012)“
Styropor, PVC, Polyesterharz, Glasfaser, Baumwollleinen, Serbacryl
190 x 197 x 22 cm
„Ulam“
HD Video, 7 min (loop)
Edition von 5
„Árvore petrificada“
Versteinerter Baumstamm aus Brasilien, ca. 10 Millionen Jahre alt
50 x 35 cm
„Amerika in Farbe“, 2011
Ilfochrome
48 x 58 cm (gerahmt)
Auflage 1/4 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Amerika in Farbe“, 2011
Ilfochrome
48 x 58 cm (gerahmt)
Auflage 1/4 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Amerika in Farbe“, 2011
Ilfochrome
48 x 58 cm (gerahmt)
Auflage 1/4 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Amerika in Farbe“, 2011
Ilfochrome
48 x 58 cm (gerahmt)
Auflage 1/4 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Amerika in Farbe“, 2011
Ilfochrome
48 x 58 cm (gerahmt)
Auflage 1/4 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Amerika in Farbe“, 2011
Ilfochrome
48 x 58 cm (gerahmt)
Auflage 1/4 + 1
Photo: Steffi Rossol
ohne Titel (2), 2011
Glasfaser, Polyesterharz, Mörtel
57 x 130 x 135 cm
Unikat
Photo: Steffi Rossol
ohne Titel (3), 2011
Glasfaser, Polyesterharz, Mörtel
57 x 130 x 135 cm
Unikat
Photo: Steffi Rossol
ohne Titel (1), 2011
Glasfaser, Polyesterharz, Mörtel
57 x 130 x 135 cm
Unikat
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Through Historic Hole in the Rock Mormons Blasted a Path to Their Promised Land“, 2011 Tapete, Wabenplatten mit Sperrholz
181 x 130 x 4 cm
Auflage 1/3 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Escalante Expedition Named This Glowing Valley „Kodachrome Flat“, 2011
Tapete, Wabenplatten mit Sperrholz
164 x 266 x 4 cm
Auflage 1/3 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„From Boynton’s Lookout the Author Photographs the Grandeur of Escalante Canyon“, 2011
Tapete, Wabenplatten mit Sperrholz
197 x 268 x 4cm
Auflage 1/3 + 1 AP
Photo: Steffi Rossol
„Scenic“, 2011
Installationsansicht
Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
Photo: Steffi Rossol
Christian Kosmas Mayer
„Scenic“, 2011
Installationsansicht
Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
Photo: Steffi Rossol
Biography
CHRISTIAN KOSMAS MAYER
geboren / born 1976 in Sigmaringen
lebt und arbeitet in Wien / lives and works in Vienna
christiankosmasmayer.site
STIPENDIEN UND PREISE / SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2022 Falling Walls Award, Art and Science
2020
Outstanding Artist Reward of the Republic of Austria
"Schaufler Residency@TU", Artist in Residence, Schaufler Lab@TU, Dresden.
2017 "Project: Olympic Oak Tree", Artist in Residence, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan / Poland.
2013 Schindler Stipendium Los Angeles.
2012
Staatsstipendium Bildende Kunst der Republik Österreich;
Stipendium der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg.
2011 Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis, Salzburg.
2008 Stipendium Cité des Arts, Paris.
2006 Förderpreis der Stadt Wien.
2005 Würdigungspreis der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
goart Prize, Bratislava, Slovakia.
EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN / SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
"The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival", Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
"En deux mille cent quatre-vingt-un, le monde entier verra sa fin", Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva
2021
"A&I", mit/with Anton Ginzburg, Altana Galerie, Dresden
Kunstmuseum Albstadt, Albstadt
2020
"MI", mit/with Andreas Fogarasi, Vintage Galéria, Budapest
Wetterleuchten am Horizont [permanent artwork], University of Pedagogy, Linz
2019
"Unverhofftes Wiedersehen", Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
"Aeviternity", mumok, Vienna
"Les Vue d'amerique du Nord", Café Else, Vienna
2018
"cycles galore!", [permanent public art work], Danube Bank, Klein-Pöchlarn
2017
"The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson's Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival", Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Poznan
Kunstverein Hechingen, Hechingen
"Sonia Leimer and Christian Kosmas Mayer", 33 Orchard, New York
2016
"Now, At The Latest", Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
"Flirting with Strangers", 21er Haus, Belvedere, Austria
2015
"L’heure entre chien et loup", Galerie Mezzanin, Genf
"Semperdepot (with Manuel Gorkiewicz)", Near My Desk, Semperdepot, Vienna
2014
"paelis", Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin.
"& Cie", with Alexander Wolff, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns
"Threshold and Inertia", Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan
2013
"Musis et Mulis", kuratiert von Luisa Ziaja, Prunkstall im Unteren Belvedere, Wien.
2012
"Taim Kaepsyul", Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
"prezjnt", Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
"laengwedzh", Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
2011
"Scenic", Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
"Les Vues d'Amérique du Nord", Apartement 2, Los Angeles
"Fruits, Flowers, & Clouds", Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna
2009
"Gizmo", Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
2008
"Les Vues d'Amérique", FIAC (Galerie Mezzanin), Paris
"Elseworlds" (with Sonia Leimer), public art project, Laa an der Thaya
2007
"flotsam and jetsam", Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
"Another city, not my own", Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw
2006
"Serious Immobility", Thomas K. Lang Gallery, Vienna
"Untitled", Space Invasion, Vienna
2005
"α β γ", Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
"New Talents", Art Cologne (Galerie Mezzanin)
2004
"Manuel Gorkiewicz, Christian Mayer", Mandla Reuter, Dresden
2003
"Vorführung der Ausstellungspraxis", Café am Park, Vienna
"Venedig in Wien in Venedig", Castello 3271, Venice
"Christian Mayer kommt aus Wien und bringt was mit aus Berlin", Atelier Just, Düsseldorf
"Christian Mayer", Kastanienallee 82, Berlin
2001
"Offspace", Offspace, Wien
GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN / GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
"beyond soundscapes", Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim, Germany
"Die beste aller Welten?!", Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
"Kunst trifft Wissenschaft. Schaufler Lab @ Schauwerk", Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany
"HEAVEN CAN WAIT", Innsbruck International Biennial of Arts 2024, Innsbruck, Austria
2023
"and yet you grow", MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
"SHIFT – AI and a future community", Marta Herford Museum, Herford
„On the Road Again“, Wiener Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2022
"Vom Stilleben zum Food Porn", Museum Brot und Kunst, Ulm
Ars Electronica, Linz
"Black Pages 01-100", Franz Josef Kai 3, Vienna
2021
"25 Jahre Kunstforum Montafon", Kunstforum Montafon
"Wenn Maschinen Zukunft träumen" [conference], Hygiene Museum, Dresden
"Wetterleuchten am Horizont" [permanent artwork], University of Pedagogy, Linz
"Natur Retour, Theater an der Ruhr", Mühlheim/Ruhr
"The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson's Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival" [performance], Weisse Nächte, Mühlheim/Ruhr
"Verwilderung" [performance], Impulstanz Festival, Vienna
"Erste Sekunde Ewigkeit" [conference], TU Dresden
"Solar Habitat", Symposion Lindabrunn
"Noa and Snow", Volkskundemuseum Vienna
2020
"Outstanding Artist Award", Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Austria
"Der Angriff der Gegenwart", Universitätsgalerie im Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Wien
"Grandfather's Axe", Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
"Ein Museum auf Probe", Villa Merkel, Esslingen
2019
"Daguerre's Soup", Kunstforum, Wien.
"Video Kabuff", Blickle Raum, Wien.
"In zwei- oder dreihundert Jahren wird das Leben auf der Erde unvorstellbar schön sein", Espace Nalon, Esslingen am Neckar.
Vienna Biennale 2019: "Pattern Recognition", Kunstfabrik Groß Siegharts, Wien.
"Pattern Recognition", Kunstfabrik Groß Siegerharts, Vienna Biennale 2019, Wien.
"Neptune", Zahorian & Van Espen, Bratislava.
"Palmen und Stauden im Palmenhaus", curated by Markus Waitschacher, Pavelhaus, Laafeld.
2018
"Doppelleben. Bildende Künstler_innen machen Musik", mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien.
"Cycles Galore!" [permanent public art work], Danube Bank, Klein-Pöchlarn.
"One Hour and a Half in the Life of Ztscrpt", BRUX – Freies Theater Innsbruck, Innsbruck.
"The Way Things Run, Part II: Cargo", PS120, Berlin.
"Dream'n Wild", ALASKA Projects, Sydney.
"Re-Appropriating History", in der Kubatur des Kabinetts, FLUC, Wien.
2017
"Naturgeschichten – Spuren des Politischen", curated by Rainer Fuchs, MUMOK – Museum für Moderne Kunst Wien, Vienna.
"Das LAMOA präsentiert: Mülheim/Ruhr und die 1970er-Jahre", curated by Alice Koenitz, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr.
"Constructing Paradise", Austrian Cultural Forum, New York.
"Resonanzen", curated by Georg Milla und Phillip Ziegler, ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe.
"Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989–2017", curated by Luca Lo PintO, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna.
"Welt Kompakt", Freiraum, Museumsquartier, Vienna.
Solo booth with Galerie Mezzanin, [solo], Independent Art Fair, New York
"Sonia Leimer/Christian Kosmas Mayer", 33 Orchard, New York.
2016
"Poetiken des Materials", Leopold Museum, Wien.
"Mit anderen Augen - Das Portrait in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie", Kunsthalle Nürnberg.
"Mit anderen Augen - Das Portrait in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie", Kunstmuseum Bonn.
"Works and Lives in", Szona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland.
"Drawings | Fridges", Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles.
"Fluca", Austrian Cultural Pavilion, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
"The Peacock", Grazer Kunstverein, Graz.
"from here to eternity", V. Biennale Gherdëina, St. Ulrich, Italy.
"Seeing is Believing",Thalheim bei Wels, Österreich.
"Subjektive Wien", contemporallye, Augsburg.
2015
"Days of Future Just Past", Charim Galerie, Wien.
"Flirting with Strangers", 21er Haus, Belvedere, Wien.
"Forgetting the Future - Entropy in the Reflective Age", Torrance Art Museum, Torrance.
"24/7: the human condition. 1st Vienna Biennale", MAK - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Wien.
"wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles", Künstlerhaus KM - Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz
"Animal Photographers", Acud Projektraum, Berlin
"Drawings / Fridges", Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles.
"Palm Capsule", MAK Center, Los Angeles.
"Der Raum nach dem Raum", Kunsthaus März.
"Destination Wien", Kunsthalle Wien, Wien.
"Mainzer Ansichten", Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz.
"Disputed Landscape", Camera Austria, Graz.
"Repeat/Persona", Porous Space, Wien.
"Now, At The Latest", Kunsthalle Krems.
2014
"2D23D", Ostlicht, Wien.
"Archives, Re-Assemblances and Surveys", Galerija Klovicevi dvori, Zagreb.
Muzej Iikovinh umjetnosti, Osijek, Kroatien.
"Bayerle, Domenig, Mayer, Reuter", Galerie Mezzanin, Genf.
"jaywalk", MAK Center, Los Angeles.
"PRESENTS", Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles
"Wörter als Türen in Sprache, Kunst, Film / Words as Doors in Language, Art, Film", Künstlerhaus KM - Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz
“Notes from Underground,” Baba Vasa's Cellar, Shabla, Bulgaria
“A Stone, A Word, Activated By”, Blickle Raum, Vienna
2013
"Repertory", curated by Gary Carrion-Murayari, Palazzo Cavour, Turin.
"Unter 10 - Wertvolles en miniature", Wien Museum, Vienna.
"The shape of things to come", Ve.sch, Vienna.
"The Biography of Images: Parallel Biographies", Audain Gallery, Vancouver.
"Blue Monday", moins un, Paris.
“Die Sammlung #4, 21er Haus”, Belvedere, Vienna.
“Some Woolly Buzz”, Publication Studio Vancouver.
“Gegenklänge”, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen.
2012
"DLF - Die Biografie der Bilder / The Biography of Images", Camera Austria, Graz.
"DLF 1874 - Die Biografie der Bilder. Eine Inventur der Voraussetzungen.", Halle 14, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig.
"Sculptured", Strombad Kritzendorf.
"Predicting Memories", Vienna Art Week, Wien.
"Die illustrierte Ausstellung", Kunstverein Kärnten, Klagenfurt.
"Galicia–Topographies of Myth", SOKOL, Nowy Sayz.
"Demnächst", Galerie 5020, Salzburg.
2011
"Museum der Wünsche", Mumok, Vienna.
"Wiener Glut", KIT, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf.
2010
"Invisible Play", Kadirga Art Center, Istanbul.
"da bao”, Anni Art, Bejing.
"Forschungsbericht", COCO, Vienna.
"Walls Rooms Illusions", Temporary Gallery, Cologne.
"Bare House Project", Art Museum, Pori.
"Paradise Lost - Holidays in Hell", Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca.
"Pro Choice in Schattendorf", Kunstverein Schattendorf.
2009
"Sleepwalking", temporary gallery, Cologne.
"Weltpanorama", 6th Biennial of Photography, Poznan, Poland.
"Figure/Ground", Galerie Transit, Mechelen.
"Gastspiel", Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf.
"En vue… des manières de voir – la nature mise en images et en vitrine", Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest.
"Bulletin Board Blvd.", pro choice, Vienna.
"Miete Strom Gas oder Brasilian Wax", freiraum, Museumsquartier, Vienna.
2008
"Principle Hope", Manifesta 7, Rovereto, Italy
"Bass Diffusion Model", Fieldgate Gallery, London
"Manual CC", uqbar, Berlin
"Utopia and Perception", Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki
"Zoomandscale", Akademie der Bildenden Künste/Kunsthalle project space, Vienna
"Missing Scene", Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
"Missing Scene", Galerie Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
2007
"Images", Into Position, Wien
"This is happening", Galerie Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
"Toposcapes", Pavelhaus, Laafeld
"Groupshow", Tanzquartier, Vienna
"Logbuch", Galerie 5020, Salzburg
2006
"for example F, N, G, L, B, C", Shedhalle, Zurich
"Klartext Berlin", Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
"Mongolia: Perception and Utopia", Union of Mongolian Artists, Ulaanbaator
"Pigment Piano Marble", Maipu 327, Buenos Aires
"Société des nations, factice et scindée en elle-même", Circuit, Lausanne
"Describing the booth", ViennaFair 2006, Vienna
"Artsessions", Kunsthalle Wien, project space, Vienna
"mehr nicht", AUTO, Wien
"Zur Zeit", Künstlerhaus Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
"for example TEU: 8 feet x 20 feet", Shedhalle Zurich
2005
"Kolonialismus ohne Kolonien?", Shedhalle Zurich, Zurich
"Computerprints of whales/too", Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels
"PERFORMANCE", Flaca, London
"Best European Design 2005", Design Museum, London
"Exhibition for an art lover", project room, Glasgow
"Videoscreening", Galerie Antik, Berlin
"Lassie in Frankfurt", Projektraum, Frankfurt
"The Thomas Ender Expedition-Reconsidered", Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
2004
"Offspace, Ass Peep and Champagne", Musterraum München, Munich
"The Thomas Ender Expedition-Reconsidered", Sao Paulo Biennial 2004, Sao Paulo
"living room", Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
"10th International Festival of Computer Arts", Gallery Media Nox, Maribor
"CONSTRUCTa", Galerie 5020, Salzburg
2003
"Vorführung der Ausstellungspraxis”, Café am Park, Wien.
"21er", 20er Haus Wien, Vienna
"ABCity", Trafó Galléria, Budapest
"Kontext, Form, Troja", Secession, Vienna
"Videoscreening", Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz
"Total motiviert" (invited by Michael Beutler), Kunstverein München, Munich
2002
"Double Heart", Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
"Jahresausstellung", Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien
2001
"Kohorte", Städtische Galerie, Albstadt
"Ausflug", Robert-Stolz-Platz, Vienna
"I`ve never seen an exhibition like you before", Art A.T.O.M., Vienna
"Videoscreening", Galleria zeroartecontemporanea, Piacenza
"Real Presence", Museum of 25th may, Belgrade
2000
"Mayer/Pfrommer/Reuter/Yang", Galerie Goldankauf, Kunstraum München, Munich
"Schraegspur", Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019
"Christian Kosmas Mayer x FOTOGRAFIS", Kunstforum Wien, Vienna.
2015
Palm Capsule, MAK Center, Los Angeles with works and texts by Kathryn Andrews, James Benning, Kaucyila Brooke, York Chang, Young Chung, Zoe Crosher, Victoria Dailey, Morgan Fisher, Andreas Fogarasi, Andrea Fraser, Mariah Garnett, Lenz Haring, Marcus Herse, Donald R. Hodel, Darcy Huebler, Alice Könitz, Sonia Leimer, Christian Mayer, Herbert Mayer, Devon McDonald-Hyman, Kimberli Meyer, Davida Nemeroff, Luciano Perna, Gala Porras-Kim, Stephen Prina, Six & Petritsch, Mandla Reuter, Stephanie Taylor, Geoff Tuck, Erin Olivia Weber, Alexis Hyman Wolff, Alexander Wolff, Heimo Zobernig
2014
One Shots and Imagines, Downtown Photoroom, Los Angeles
with works by Kaucyila Brooke, Clegg & Guttmann, Markus Krottendorfer, Sonia Leimer, Sharon Lockhart, Josephine Pryde, Mandla Reuter, Stephanie Taylor
2013
Conlang, mumok kino, Museum Moderner Kunst Wien
with films by Mark Briggs, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Susan Hiller, Alice Könitz and Stephanie Taylor, BS Johnson, Christian Mayer
2006
Société des nations, factice et scindée en elle-même (with Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz,
Yves Mettler, Magda Tothova, Ruth Weismann, Alexander Wolff), Circuit, Lausanne
2005
PERFORMANCE (with Alice Chauchat, Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz,
Yves Mettler, Magda Tothova, Ruth Weismann, Alexander Wolff), Flaca gallery, London
2004
living room (with Yves Mettler), Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
PERFORMANCES / AKTIONEN / PROJEKTE
2021
"The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson's Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival" [performance], Weisse Nächte, Mühlheim/Ruhr
"Verwilderung" [performance], Impulstanz Festival, Vienna
"Erste Sekunde Ewigkeit" [conference], TU Dresden
2016
Lecture, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan.
Seit 2002
Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift / since 2002 co-editor of the magazine Chicago, Times, Plotter, DIN, Techno, Löhfelm, RR_02, Univers, Tiffany, Circuit, Memphis, Gringo, Zeus, The Mix, Princess Lulu, Pigiarniq, Paper, Libertine, Trixie.
2013
“Conlang”, Christian Mayer presents films and videos by: Mark Briggs, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Susan Hiller, Alice Könitz & Stephanie Taylor, BS Johnson and Christian Mayer, Filmscreening im mumok, Wien, 30. Oktober 2013, 19 Uhr.
Bibliography
MONOGRAPH
2023
Christian Kosmas Mayer, Phileas, Distanz Verlag, 2023
KÜNSTLERBÜCHER / ARTIST BOOKS
2015
Threshold and Inertia, Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Poznan, 2015
2014
elseworlds, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich, 2014
Christian, Blackpages (#51), 2014
2013
Quest for fire: Language, Publication Studio Vancouver, 2013
Musis et Mulis (brochure), Belvedere, Wien, 2013
2012
Gizmo, Passagen Verlag, 2012
Ted, Scriptings #19, Berlin, 2012
2008
flotsam and jetsam, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna, 2008
KATALOGE GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN / CATALOGUES GROUP SHOWS (Auswahl/Selection)
2020
Dr. Johann Gruber-Annäherung und Anstoß, Wagner Verlag, Linz, 2020
Grandfather's Axe, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, 2020
2019
Resonanzen, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, 2019
Dreamin' Wild, Distracted Editions, 2019
Landmarks, Verlag für Moderne Kunst Wien, 2019
Real Presence, nKA / Ica - Independent Cultural Association, 2019
2017
Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Köln, 2017
Constructing Paradise, Verlag Anton Pustet, 2017
2016
Poetiken des Materials, Leopoldmuseum, Wien, 2016
Mensch macht Natur, De Gryter, 2016
from here to eternity, Biennale Gherdeina 5, 2016
Seeing is Believing, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2016
Words as Doors in Language, Art, Film, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2016
Mit anderen Augen–Das Portrait in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie, Snoeck, 2016
2015
Flirting with Strangers, Belvedere Wien, 2015
wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles, Künstlerhaus KM, Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, 2015
Vienna Biennale, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Wien, 2015
Landschaft, Kunsthaus Graz, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Köln, 2015
Destination Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, 2015
2014
2D23D, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Wien, 2014
Archives, Re-Assemblances and Surveys, Edition Camera Austria, 2014
2013
One Torino, Artissima, 2013
2012
DLF 1874 – Biografie der Bilder, Fotohof Edition, 2012
Galicja, Mon Amour. Folly, Fantasy and Phantasm, Centrum Kultury Sokol, 2012
2011
Museum der Wünsche, Museum Moderner Kunst Vienna, Distanz Verlag, 2011
Divergencies of Perception, University Helsinki, 2011
Kardinal König Kunstpreis 2011, müry salzmann Verlag, 2011
Pori AiR, Aalto University, Pori, 2011
da bao, Magazine.ws Publishing, Vienna, 2011
Wiener Glut, KIT Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 2011
2010
EINE #3, Summer 2010
2009
Gastspiel, Hetjens Museum Düsseldorf, 2009
Democratic Design, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2009
2008
Mongolia: Utopia and Perception, Kerava Taidemuseo, Helsinki, 2008
2007
This is happening, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna, 2007
Skizzen des Verschwindens, Revolver, Frankfurt/Main, 2007
Toposcapes, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, 2007
art catalogue, T-Mobile, Vienna, 2007
+10/2007, Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg, 2007
2006
Last Minute, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Cologne, 2006
pigment piano marble, Revolver, Frankfurt/Main, 2006
2005
Diplomarbeiten, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, 2005
2004
Scandinavian Sparks, Sauna, Stockholm, 2004
2003
Helvetica, Secession, Vienna, 2003
2000
Mediasplit, HBK Saar, Saarbrücken, 2000
PERIODIKA
2021
Ursula Maria Probst: "Christian Cosmas Mayer – Auf die Zukunft" KUNSTFORUM International Bd. 272 Jan. –Feb. 2021
2015
Stephanie Wurster: "Kunst Kolumne: Animal Photographers",TAZ, 16.07.15
2014
Ariane Grabher: "Handgestricktes und Songs als Audioguide", Vorarlberger Nachrichten, 06.12.14
Sabine B. Vogel (Interview), Kunstforum International, Band 229, September 2014
"Putting in time (12/23/88)",Spike #41, Herbst 2014
Daniela Fasching: "2D23D: Aus zwei mach drei", Kurier, 08.10.14
2013
Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer: "Materialien mit Lebenssinn", Wiener Zeitung, 18.12.2013
Brigitte Huck: "Christian Mayer. Galerie Mezzanin", Artforum, February 2013, Vol. 51, No. 6
Jörg Heiser: "Christian Mayer. Galerie Mezzanin", Frieze, No. 153, March 2013
2012
Christa Benzer: "Zivilisation in Kapseln", Der Standard, 22.11.2012
Matthias Dusini: "Zurück in die Zukunft. Der Zauber der Bilder", Falter, 47/12
Georg Leisten: "Bei denen piept's", Stuttgarter Zeitung, 02.08.2012
2011
Anne Katrin Fessler : "Vom Unmöglichen und der Kraft der Imagination", Der Standard, 29.11.2011
Ernst Strobl: "Recherche ist das halbe Leben", Salzburger Nachrichten, 28.11.2011
Anniette Bosetti: "Wundertüte aus Wien", Rheinische Post, 06.08.2011
Brigitte Huck: "Biedermeier and Brazil, Wallpaper Landscapes, Polaroids and Thoughtographs", Frieze d/e, Issue 1, Summer 2011
2010
Andreas Schlaegel: "The Worktools and the Workshop", Spike Nr. 25, Herbst 2010
Johanna Hofleitner: "Ikea: Du, Bild und die Kunst!", Die Presse, Schaufenster, 26.03.2010
2009
Saara Hacklin: "Kysymys fenomenologiasta ja valokuvasta", Synteesi, 1/2009
Manisha Jothady: " Technik verschwindet, Kunstwerk entsteht", Falter, Nr. 40/09
"Venedig in Wien in Venedig", Archithese 5.2009
"In the instant of memory, everything was swirling and dissolving", Springerin, Band XV, Heft 4, Herbst 2009
Christa Benzer: "Zwischen den Bildern" ,Der Standard, 17.09.09
2008
Johanna Hofleitner: "Der Zeit voraus", Die Presse, Schaufenster, 18.7.2008
Vera Tollman, Kito Nedo: "Wer kuratiert mein Wohzimmer?", FAZ, 13.1.2008
2007
Christian Egger: "Forscher des Dazwischen, Retter des Kontexts", Parnass 3/2007
Nicole Scheyerer: "Edle Wilde in guter Stube", Falter, 29/07
Christa Benzer: "Ausschneiden und Einfügen", Der Standard, 5.7.2007
Ursula Maria Probst: "In Wien", Spike Art Quarterly, 13/2007
Nicole Scheyerer: "Leidenschaft für die gezähmte Exotik", Die Presse, 28.6.2007
2006
"The supplement issue", Parabol Art Magazine, 1/2006
2005
Jürgen Raap: "Verwirrend schön", Kunstforum International, 178/2005
Robert Wagner: "alpha, beta, gamma", Spike Art Quarterly, 6/2005
2004
"Graffiti", derive – Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung, 17/2004
2001
Sönke Gau: "Christian Mayer, Yves Mettler, Alexander Wolff", Flash Art, 34/2001
2000
Joanna Sandell: "Real Presence", nu: the nordic art review, 6/2000