born in Krems/ Donau, Austria; lives and works in Vienna
Painting and Graphics, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
WALK!
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (curated by Fiona Hesse)
Michael Höpfner. Unfinished Walks
Galeria Michela Rizzo, Venice
Vienna Biennale for Change 2021
Museum for Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna
Sensing Nature
Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt
Ti Bergamo
GAMeC, Bergamo (curated by Lorenzo Giusti)
Von Ruthok bis Lhamo Latso
MQ Eikon Schauraum, Vienna
Fünf Wege zu Fuß
Fotohof, Salzburg
Introduction to a Distant World
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Durchwanderte Kreisläufe – Michael Höpfner
Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems
Sdraiarsi; Svegliarsi; Camminare;
Michael Höpfner, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice
Landscape – Albdorf, Bodnar, Höpfner, Guschlbauer, Rohrauer, Titz
Fotogalerie Wien, Galeria Posibilă Bucharest
Alice Cattaneo – Michael Höpfner
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Visions of Nature
(curated by Verena Kaspar), Kunsthaus Wien
Dear Michael, from Edgecombe to Qumalai, Antonio Rovaldi – Michael Höpfner
(curated by Davide Ferri), Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice
Step One Two
exhibition and workshop with Michael Höpfner, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
What Was Documentary Is Now Something, Else
Camera Austria, Graz
Disputed Landscape: Enacting Landscape
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
Lie down, Get up, Walk On/Niederlegen, Aufrichten, Gehen
Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
Hamish Fulton. Michael Höpfner, Canto di Strada
MAN Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Sardinia
2D23D photography as sculpture sculpture as photography
OstLicht, Vienna
archives, re-assemblances and surveys
(curated by Sandra Krizic Roban and Reinhard Braun), Klovicevi dvorni Gallery, Zagreb
Mobilität I. Reisen
Bilder, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
"Flex-Sil Reloaded". Eine Hommage an Roman Signer
Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen
after five and a half days the trail peters out
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Nacht
(curated by Verena Kaspar)
OstLicht, Vienna
Road Directions
(curated by Elisa Lenhart and Francesca Solero), Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin
Deseando Lo Real,
MUAC, Mexico City
DLF 1874 – The Biography of Images
(curated by Ruth Horak), Camera Austria, Graz
The Sound and the Fury
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Alpine Desire
(curated by Agnes Husslein), Austrian Culture Forum New York, New York
Sense and Sensibility
(curated by Hemma Schmutz), Kunstverein Salzburg, Salzburg
Like a Stranger in Moscow
Christinger de Mayo, Zurich
Stay Hungry, Gleisdreieck
(curated by Theo Lightard and Anna Redeker), Berlin
Artist+Artist
Rhode Contemporary, Copenhagen
Katarina Zdjelar – Michael Höpfner
(curated by Luigi Fassi), ar/ge kunst, Bozen/Bolzano
Shorakapoch, Antonio Rovaldi – Michael Höpfner
(curated by Davide Ferri), Magazzino 1b, Prato
Nous ne notons pas les fleurs, dit le géographe
(curated by Virginie Bobin and Julia Kläring), Betonsalon, Paris
HaVE A LoOk! HAve a Look!
(curated by Caterina Riva), FormContent, London
Talking to Rocks
Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin (solo)
Outpost of Progress
Galleria HIT, Bratislava (solo)
Station
Zeitkunst Galerie, Kitzbühel (solo)
Above And Beyond
Forum Stadtpark, Graz
On Foot
Galerie Hubert Winter, Wien (solo)
The Outpost
abc – Art Berlin Contemporary, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (solo)
Die Form der Isolation
Marc Aschenbrenner, Michael Höpfner, Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin
Distance Creates Desire
Kunstverein Salzburg, Salzburg
Herring Under A Furcoat, Caitlin Berrigan, Martin Kohout, Michael Höpfner
(curated by Carson Chan), Program, Berlin
The Hole
(curated by Andrea Domesle), The Grand Chelsea, New York
Open Studios
ISCP, New York
Open Space Uncurated 09 | Creative Migration
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
Outpost
Nomad Project, Bern
Richtung Norden
Kunstverein MAERZ, Linz
MAK NITE –the future is analogue
MAK, Vienna
Mifàn
Austrian Artists in China, Anniart Gallery, 798 Gallery District, Beijing
unsettled conditions
Kunstraum Noe, Vienna (solo)
An Area, a Territory, a Zone
Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (solo)
Dragged Down Into Lowercase
(curated by Clementine Deliss), Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Open Plan
Art Athina (curated by Bettina M. Busse), Athens
Artists on Tour
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Österreichischer Grafikpreis 2007
Südtiroler Kulturinstitut, Bozen/Bolzano
Ortung
Deutschvilla Strobl, Salzburg
Raumzeitraum
150 Jahre Künstlerhaus, Vienna
Waiting for the Barbarians
Marzena Nowak – Michael Höpfner
(curated by Goschka Gawlik), Galleria Piekary, Poznan
Die Fotosammlung der Neuen Galerie
Neue Galerie Graz, Graz
New Visions, Art from Private Collections
Viennafair, Vienna
Die Natur des Menschen liegt in der Bewegung
Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns
walk!
Kunstraum Kreuzberg-Bethanien, Berlin
Österreichischer Grafikpreis 2007
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
Beziehungsweise, Sammlung Holzer
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Die Astronauten in der Wüste: ratlos, Hamish Fulton – Michael Höpfner
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Maja Vukoje – Michael Höpfner
10th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo
unbekannte zone
Neue Galerie Graz, Graz (solo)
recordings of emptiness, visual drugs
Damian Christinger, Zurich (solo)
Leere Zone
Zeitkunstgalerie Ferdinand Maier, Kitzbühel (solo)
potential dialogue,
RCM Gallery Nanjing, PRC – Kunstaum Noe, Vienna
genuine happiness
Galerie Kunstbüro, Vienna
transistor_transformer
(curated by David Komary), dreizehnzwei, Vienna
Lower Austria Art Pric
e, Dok, St. Pölten
about this centre
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna (solo)
Die Ordnung der Natur
(curated by Martin Sturm und Hans-Peter Wipplinger), MMK Passau - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, Passau – OK Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz
Lebt und arbeitet in Wien
(curated by Hanna Wróblewska, Trevor Smiths and Yuko Hasegawa), Kunsthalle, Vienna - Zachenta, Warsaw
Arrêté
(curated by Ruth Horak), Kunstraum Noe, Vienna
definitively provisional
(curated by Cecilia Canziani and Kristine Siegel), Appendiks, Copenhagen
Sahara
Kunsthalle Wien Project Space, Vienna
Der doppelte Blick
Kunstverein Bregenz, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
animated from a distance
(curated by David Komary), dreizehnzwei, Vienna
zeichnen-sprechen-schreiben
Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna
junge wiener kunst
Galerie Walter Storms, Munich
Walking Rhetorics
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
aus 9
Galerie Steinek, Vienna
alternative trail
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna (solo)
Mo(u)numental
Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
current settings
Kunstverein Hallein, Hallein
Unfinished Valley
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems (solo)
Rolling Stones Adorned with Starlight
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Visiting Artist Fall 2013
Siena Art Institute (founded by Paul Getty III), Siena
nominated for Price of the National Gallery for Young Art 2010, Berlin
ISCP New York
6 months residency by BMUKK Austria
International Summer Academy Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Ortung, Summer Residency Salzburg Art Council, Salzburg
Österreichischer Grafikpreis
Unsettled Conditions, travel grant, Art Council Lower Austria and BMUKK Austria
10th International Cairo Biennale, representing Austria
Lower Austria Culture Price
empty zone, travel grant, Art Council Lower Austria and BMUKK Austria
Chengdu, PRC, 6 months residency by BMUKK Austria