Philipp Hoelzgen






Upcoming:  2026

April - September    St. Virgil, Salzburg
June - December     Haus des Papiers Berlin
June - September    Artemis Gallery, Vienna
Juli                          Performance w  Airborne Extended
August ->                Residency  Greece

Silhouettes of Terraforming

September -  November 2025
studio photos


The series of works titled 'Silhouettes of Terraforming' explores how humans shape their environment and social reality through architectural interventions. Starting with alpine shingle houses, whose wooden façades turn silvery over time, a series of photographic sculptures and 'costume-like' objects was created. These works address the transition between humans and spaces, interiors and exteriors, and the relationship between individuals and their environments.  

    Unstoppable Yesterdays

    25 October - 21 November 2025
    periscope:, Salzburg Austria


    Unstoppable Yesterdays brings Jurij Hartmann and Philipp Hoelzgen together for the first time in a joint project. Their work explores how the past remains present in materials, objects, and surfaces. Some things gain value with change and age, while others decay and lose their meaning. The exhibition space functions as a large shop window that reveals traces of use, wear, and change. Materials carry both personal and collective stories. Visitors see how fragile our notions of value and memory can be and how the past asserts itself even when it seems to have disappeared.

    Mining Roots of Planets


    Keramikos23, Athens, 2025


    We have spent thousands of years practicing how to live on a planet. History feels like Pokémon evolution stages leading us to a future of artificial intelligence and drone warfare.  I wonder if we possess the Earth or if the Earth possesses us. From my studio I watch the satellite dishes and antennas. My work links the technosphere, biosphere and geosphere to form a network. I create objects to understand the thin lines between the living and the non-living

    Portrait Cicada: Theodora Vasileiadou

    Circular Reset, 2025

    Performance, 11 min
    Theodora Vasileiadou, Philipp Hoelzgen


    Level Zero, 2025

    Soundperformance, 15min 
    Vasilia Georgiou, Philipp Hoelzgen

      Driver Protocol not supported, 2026



      A boxing-glove helmet sewn from photographic paper is mounted on a rolling tripod. Detached from the human body, this symbolic representation of fighting loses its original function and is transformed into a state of clinical-technical isolation. The title “driver protocol not supported” functions as a metaphor for systemic incompatibility: it describes the failure of the interface, where a physical connection exists but understanding does not flow. The hardware is connected, but the software produces error messages.

      Gelatin Silver Prints,  Eylets, Roller Stand
      165 cm (variable) x 85 cm x 85 cm

      Substrates of old Gardens


      17 September - 9  November 2025
      Kunstraum St. Virgil, Salzburg Austria


      The exhibition presents works by Linda Luse and Philipp Hoelzgen, created during the Artist in Residence 2024 program at St. Virgil. At its core is an exploration of materials such as stone, earth and textiles, not as passive substances but as active elements that co-create worlds in which space, body and environment are constantly redefined by time, memory and transformation. The ecological environment appears here not as a neutral backdrop, but as a shared field where human and non human forces intersect. Through ceramic and photographic works, the artists trace these dynamics, uncovering sedimented stories and revealing forgotten scripts.The exhibition unfolds in the distinctive spaces of St. Virgil, a building designed by Wilhelm Holzbauer, whose communicative interiors and open structures embody the expressive architectural language of post modernism. In her new ceramic series "Dry Pastures", Linda Luse explores the fragile and increasingly threatened relationship between human activity and ecological health, with a particular focus on soil as an essential foundation of life. Her work is based on intensive research and a conceptual engagement with the ecological consequences of interventions such as soil sealing, pollution and unsustainable land use. Soil, the most species rich habitat on earth, becomes a central metaphor in her work. Within its complex web of microorganisms and underground networks lies the basis for plant growth, nutrient cycles and functioning ecosystems. Yet this living space is increasingly degraded, depleted and overlooked. Philipp Hoelzgen presents new works from his series "Silhouettes of Terraforming". The starting point is his observation of traditional shingle architecture in the Alpine region, which he studied during his residency at St. Virgil. His work examines how human construction not only shapes the environment but also transforms social reality. Here, architecture is understood not merely as a functional system but as an expression of ideologies, transience and bodily presence. Drawing on Alpine shingle houses, whose wooden facades turn silvery over time, Hoelzgen has created a series of photographic sculptures and costume like objects. Analog photographic paper becomes a material that, like shingles, responds to light, moisture and time.

      with Ceramics by Linda Luse
      curated by Andrea Lehner-Hagwood

      Tap, 2026

      The tap-dancing machine entices with its irregular clicks and clacks. It reveals a sensitive industrial mechanical choreography, turning the repetitive march into a tentative process that carefully seeks a way forward.

      Tap dance machine, Fishing Rods, Tap Shoes
      approx. 180 x 80 x 210 cm (height variable)

      Cardio, 2026

      Power dressing is a technique that aims to make one's body appear larger and project a powerful aura. Perfume, loud shoes or roaring engines can signal a person's presence long before they come into view. This allows individuals to occupy spaces that are larger than their physical presence. The machine mimics the rhythmic clatter of footsteps and emits a dominant sound.

      Marching sound machine, planetary gear motor
      approx. 210 x 50 x 40 cm

      Morphologies of Becoming


      15 October - 18  October 2025
      Kombinage, Wien


      Morphologies of Becoming unfolds over four days as a live, evolving dialogue between Daniel Hill and Philipp Hoelzgen. Moving fluidly between photography, performance, and sculpture, the exhibition opens a space where bodies and materials, images and objects, the human and the more‑than‑human encounter one another. Each day brings new gestures and interventions: through their work with photographic materials, the artists gradually reshape the environment. Visitors are not passive observers but participants in the process mirrored, refracted, and implicated in the transformation of the space. The project inhabits a terrain of fragmentation and assembly, where identities shift, merge, and dissolve. Disorienting spatial relations and unexpected sensory triggers invite reflection on the instability of perception and the possibilities of dynamic, fluid futures. On the final day, the sculptural forms that have emerged carry the traces of performance, participation, and transformation. They appear not as a conclusion but as a collective composition — a visible convergence of processes that continue to resonate beyond the exhibition.


      with Daniel Hill

      Performance Photos by Selina de Beauclair

      Curriculum Vitae, 2026

      The artist's CV has been translated into military insignia. It displays where the artist served and whether they received any medals. As soon as art becomes professional, it seeks categorization and hierarchy. When artists are intro- duced, the art takes a backseat, and the prizes and awards they have received become prominent. The slowly marching parade uniforms embody artistic biographies. By moving through space, they can be adapted to various artistic personas, raising questions about hierarchy, identity, and categorization.

      Circulating Installation of artistic parade uniforms
      approx.  300 x 300 cm

      Insulation Jacket, 2026



      Dressing up for work. The Insulation Jacket exists at the interface of human anatomy and mechanical workwear. High Temperature Steam & Flame Resistance Hook-and-eye closure with corset lacing Heavy insulation material for vibrating bodies Protection of surrounding components Application-specific insulation Where bodies reach their limits, machines take over. It is a successful attempt to cast thought and action processes into a physically static form. They perform the labor we require for survival. The work opens a space in which man and machine blur as ambivalent beings. Between garment and component, a moment emerges in which static humming resembles a breath.

      Silverlamee, Polyester fabric, Polyester vlies, Stainless Steel Lace
      60 × 79 × 20 cm
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