Josef Fiscnaller
WORKS // INFO // BIOGRAPHY // EXHIBITIONS // COLLECTIONS
WORKS
Josef Fischnaller | Susan | 2022 | Inkprint auf Alu Dibond/Acryl | 80 x 60 cm
Josef Fischnaller | Neni | 2022 | Inkprint auf Alu Dibond/Acryl | 80 x 60 cm
Josef Fischnaller | Victoria | 2022 | Inkprint auf Alu Dibond + Acryl | 80 x 60 cm
Josef Fischnaller | Toulouse | 2022 | Inkprint auf Alu Dibond + Acryl | 80 x 60 cm
Josef Fischnaller | Rosso | 2022 | Inkprint auf Alu Dibond + Acryl | 80 x 60 cm
Josef Fischnaller | Polaris | 2022 | Inkprint auf Alu Dibond + Acryl | 120 x 90 cm
Josef Fischnaller | Green Dragon | 2022 | Inkprint auf Alu Dibond + Acryl | 80 x 60 cm
Josef Fischnaller | Combo | 2022 | C-Print auf Alu Dibond | 80 x 60 cm
ARTIST INFO
Josef Fischnaller
Josef Fischnaller, photographer and photo artist, was born in Austria in 1964. Influenced by his father, Josef Fischnaller, a well-known painter from Linz, discovered his interest for art at an early age, especially for painting.
It was only a few years later that Fischnaller discovered the medium of photography for himself. Accompanied by a fascination for photography, Fischnaller decides to train as a photographer in Vienna in 1982, which he completes in 1986. Only one year later he already opened his first own studio in Vienna. Numerous exhibitions follow in Berlin, Vienna, Miami, New York and Moscow. In 2000 he decides to move his center of life from Vienna in Austria to Berlin, where he still lives and works today.
Josef Fischnaller has already received a number of well-known prizes and awards, including the Kappa Korea Award or the EFFIES in gold and silver for Mastercard.
Fascinated by the works of the old masters, especially Caravaggio and Velázquez, Josef Fischnaller begins to stage his works through the medium of photography in such a way that he creates a balance between classical composition and modern staffage.
Not at least the splendid costumes from Renaissance times falsify the faces of today’s well-known personalities such as Andrea Sawatzki or Hannelore Elsner. Even the one or other detail, which does not quite correspond to past times, creates irritation and symbiosis at the same time.
Josef Fischnaller dares to try to translate the classical iconography of portraits and still lifes into today’s time. The notion and desire for the attention to detail, the use of light and shadow, and the exploration of space, and form, as he knew it from Caravaggio and Velàzquez, are thus transformed into the time of the 21st century. One could also say that Josef Fischnaller photographs as the old masters painted. The obvious irritation thus sharpens the viewer’s perception and makes visible.
BIOGRAPHY
1964
Born in Grieskirchen, Austria
1982
Apprenticeship as photographer in Vienna
1987
Foundation of own photo studio in Vienna, Neustiftgasse
1997
Silver Venus Austria for “Libro
CCA Special Award “Most Innovative Work” for Süddeutsche Zeitung
Magazine “Playboys Underwear
1998
Kapa Award Korea for “Playboys Underwear
1999/2000
Effie in gold and silver for “Mastercard
2000
Relocation to Berlin
2005
Eurobest Public Health & Safety Silver for Unicef “More Education for Girls in Islamic Countries
2006
CCA Venus in Gold and Silver
Int. Andy Awards of Montreux Public Interest Cresta Awards (Winner) for Unicef
2007
Founded own photo studio in Berlin
Lives and works as a freelance artist in Berlin.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000s
2022
In Bloom, Gallery Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt (Group Show)
2020
Apocalypse, Gallery Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, „Apocalypse“
2019
Cadogan London, „Prächtig“
Bad Gastein Pavillon, „Prächtig“
MIA Milan, „Erotica“ mit Gallery Forni, Bologna
2018
Gallery Friedmann Hahn, „Prächtig“, book presentation
Gallery Barbara von Stechow, „Prächtig“
PopUp Gallery Roschlaub Satelitte Offices Zürich
book presentation „Prächtig“ Stux Gallery NYC
EROTICA, Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin
2016
Gallery Hofkabinett, Linz
Brattelboro Museum, „Contemporary Artists vs. The Masters :Hommage,Battle, Recreation“
Kunstkreis Hameln
Gallery Roschlaub, Hamburg
2015
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin „Past Present Present Past“
2013
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin „Kings, Queens and other Friends“
2011
MunichModern, München
Zeitzeugen, Fotografien in Österreich seit 1945
Gallery Hilger, Wien „Dudes, Hustlers & other Weirdos“
2010
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin „Zeit Gewinn“
2007
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin „Adam & Eve“
2004
Café Moskau, Berlin „Portraits“
2003
Art Forum, Berlin „Ten Tins“
2002
Steins Diner, Wien „Ten Tins“
1980s & 1990s
1996
Steins Diner, Wien „Playboys Underwear“
Ursulinen Hof, Linz „Siebtelbauern“ Portraits
1988
Steins Diner, Wien „Work“
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Gallery Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt „IN BLOOM“
2020
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin
2019
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin
2018
Gallery Cadogan London „Springtime“
Nassau County Museum „Fool the Eye“
2017
Galerie Forni, Bologna „Springtime“
2016
Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin
2015
art Miami
MOP, Museum of Photographie, San Diego
Gallery Stux, New York
2014
art Miami
Gallery Stux, New York