Philipp Hoelzgen




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Upcoming



Sept_25 Kunstraum St. Virgil, Salzburg
Oct_25 Kunstverein Kombinage, Vienna
Oct_25 periscope, Salzburg



Currently: Kunstverein Augsburg



About

b.94 Germany
working from Vienna

Education

25_Athens School of Fine Arts
research stay
Supervisor: Nikos Arvanitis

24_Summeracademy of Fine Arts
Salzburg
Pascal Petignat

21_*University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Fine Arts Program
Prof. Gabriele Rothemann 
Prof. Jan Svenungsson

21_School for artistic Photography - Friedl Kubelka, Vienna
Anja Manfredi
21_BA. Mass Media & Communication Science, University Vienna 

Residencies

25_Athens (GR), Keramikos23
24_Salzburg (A), St. Virgil


Bio Philipp Hoelzgen's work explores the tense relationship between humankind and its surroundings through the use of technology. He is interested in society's view of the concept of nature and how manufactured objects can open up anthropomorphic perspectives. In his work, he transfers metaphorical objects into various media such as photography, video, drawing and object, in order to collage and expand them in further steps. Philipp Hoelzgen studies Fine Arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. His work has recently been shown at Fotohof Salzburg (2024), Austrian Cultural Forum London (2023), Circuit and Currents Athens (2023) and Dito.Space Vienna (2024).











Exhibitions

(upcoming)

Augsburger Kunstverein (D)
Kunstverein Kombinage (A)
Kunstraum St. Virgil, Salzburg (A)
periscope, Salzburg (A)

2025

Spectrum Metallic, OKP 3. Floor, Vienna (A)
Exhibition Part 1, Keramikos 23, Athens (GR)
24 1/2, Atelier Augarten, Vienna (A)
Rethinking Headgear, Handwerksmuseum  Deggendorf (D)
Video of the Month, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna (A)
(Solo) Mining Roots of Planets, K23_artstudio, Athens (GR)
Cosmic Treatment, Landscape Exhbibition, Tourkovunia (GR)

2024
Beyond the Lens , masc foundation - Rotlicht Festival, curated by Daniel Hill, Vienna (A)
Contact and Scale, Fortress Hohensalzburg, curated by Pascal Petignat, Salzburg (A)
Material Dreams, Angewandte Festival, Vienna (A)
hoffentlich wenigstens, Dito, Vienna (A)
A Poem Is Being Written, Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna (A)
Wolf Suschitzky Fotopreis, Fotohof Salzburg (A)
Harmlessly contagious, OK-Transit, curated by Tsai-Ju Wu, Expositur Paulusplatz, Vienna (A)
This side up, Intervention in public space, London (UK)
Stofflichkeit, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Vienna (A)
Observing Systems, Dito, curated by Günther Selichar, Vienna (A)

2023
Im Augenblick Gefangen / Capturing the Moment, Austrian Cultural Forum, London (UK)
WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT, Billboard Installation, Group Project, Vienna (A)
chamber of secrets, Kunstraum OK 3rd floor, Vienna (A)
Kopfverlängerung, Angewandte Festival, Vienna (A)
Wired Realities, Trumpeldor Gallery, Beer Sheva, Israel (IL)
TBH - to be honest, Advertising pillar on a public square in Vienna, Foto Wien, Vienna (A)
Look, a thorn blossoms!, Intervention in public space, Vienna (A)
LAUGH, LAUF, LIMES - painting with a backpack on, Kunstraum Schwaz, Schwaz (A)
TIME OUT I, Circuits and Currents, Athens (GR)
Projection d‘illusions, Filmkoop, Vienna (A)

2022
WHEREVER, OFF Festival, Bratislava (SK)
37 THINGS I CARRY, Safehouse 1, London (UK)
Zustandsgesteuert, Angewandte Festival, Vienna (A)
FotoTOPOS, Angewandte Festival, curated by Philipp Goldbach, Vienna (A)
Stones in a Glasshouse, Foto Wien 2022, Vienna (A)
Photobook Market, Foto Wien 2022, Vienna (A)

2021

Fleisch und Stein, Popup Group Exhibition, Vienna (A)
Together /AND apart, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna (A)


Grants

“masks and other interfaces”, Athens
Research-grant University of applied Arts, Vienna_2025

Scholarship: Society of Friends of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts_2024

Interdisciplinary art project
Special Project Grant, Austrian Student Union_2023

Interdisciplinary art project
Special Project Grant, HUFAK, Vienna_2023

Incentive Grant, University of Applied Arts, Vienna_2022


Publications

Vogue Greece
Photography Lies, Steidl
Kuba Paris



Awards

Vogue Greece, New Talents
Wolf Suschitzky Photography Prize (shortlisted)



Imprint
© 2025 Philipp  Hoelzgen