Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Andreas Müller, 1982*, lives and works in Vienna Against the backdrop of his sculptural roots he uses photography and moving image as preferred means of expression in his artistic concepts since 2011, whereby the work is sometimes attributed to the field of artistic research. The materials fog, smoke and light are understood in their ephemerality as convenient building stock for the staging of image immanent questions concerning spacial phenomena of time specifically, as well as transformational processes generally. Andreas Müller studied sculpture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in the class of Erwin Wurm, and graduated 2012 under Martin Walde. In 2013 a diploma in art history on film-theoretical questions followed at the University of Vienna under Friedrich Teja Bach. In 2012 he was awarded a grant from the Emanuel and Sofie Fohn Stipendienstiftung, 2013 the Startstipendium for visual art from the Austrian Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture. In 2014 he received a project promotion from the Cultural Department Styria. From 2013-2023 he was part of the curatorial collective at Fotogalerie Wien. He also contributed to EIKON, the international magazine for photography and media art. Exhibitions (selected): Über das Neue/Belvedere21 Wien (2019), Präsenz & Erscheinung/Universalmuseum Joanneum Schloß Trautenfels (2018), Stratum/Cuevas de Hércules Toledo (2017), Licht II - Lichträume/Fotogalerie Wien (2016), Topia/Perd.Forum Wien (2016), To Draw a Bow to Bend a Line/Fotogalerie Wien (2015), Chemcraft/Espacio Gallery London (2015), Unframed/Galerie Raum mit Licht Wien (2014), Wald und Mensch – Konzepte zum Hier oder Jetzt/Universalmuseum Joanneum Schloß Trautenfels (2014), Me Myself & Them/Künstlerhaus Wien (2012), Situaktion/Krinzinger Projekte Wien (2012), Private Room/Galerie Raum mit Licht Wien (2011), Photomeeting Luxembourg/Konschthaus beim Engel Luxembourg (2011), Der alte Mann und das Meer/NÖ Dokumentationszentrum für Moderne Kunst St. Pölten (2010)
Curatorial Assistant to the gallery director for the setup and technical support of the respective exhibitions and other related work.
Andreas Müller is part of the Vienna based DJ-duo [ESC][ATT] with focus on science-fiction, life, the universe and everything – freely adapted from Douglas Adams. [ESC][ATT] were the hosts of club ASTRA – which took place on a monthly basis at Elektro Gönner – together with Viennese DJ-legends Sirius & Darktunes from 2014 – 2016.
The FOTOGALERIE WIEN is a non-profit organization organized as an association for the advancement of artistic photography and new media. The collective acts as an information gallery running independently from trends set by the commercial mainstream. Founded in 1981 by Josef Wais, a team of seven artists working in with photography began the exhibition program in 1982 at our current location Werkstätten und Kulturhaus (WUK) (studios and culture house). The goals today remain the same as they were when the association was initially established: to present contemporary art photography, interdisciplinary projects, and new media while responding directly to current themes, pressing issues, and discourses. Curatorial practice is a vital characteristic of the FOTOGALERIE WIEN. Together, the team – consisting of artists and art historians – curates exhibitions born from a pool of numerous artist submissions as well as from collected ideas, the objective being to reflect upon current issues and trends in art. One essential aspect of our program supports presenting not only well-known international artists, but young and emerging influences from both locally and abroad, thereby sponsoring a culture of exchange with foreign galleries and institutions. This has become a fixture of our programming for years and enables an exchange of information, provides a platform for discussion, as well as the presentation of the works from our partners in other countries as well as the presentation of Austrian artists abroad. Since 1985 we have accompanied every exhibition with the booklet BILDER, which is sent to countless interested parties in both Austria and abroad. Additionally, we publish two catalogs annually (to accompany the Werkschau and Themenschwerpunkt exhibitions).
Support for the planning and coordination of the exhibition "Moderns" at the University of Applied Arts/Exhibition center Heiligenkreuzerhof, where for the first time central works of the Indian Modernism was shown in Austria in the framework of the project. Further assistance for the symposium "Modernsim and Beyond", which accompanied the exhibition.