Helmut Heiss * in Bolzano, lives and works in Vienna. 2008 diploma in performance and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.

EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS, AWARDS:

2024: NEUE ARBEITEN & BAR, (group show), Wonnerth Dejaco, Vienna /// DER BOTANISCHE GARTEN SPEISING, (group show), Gallgasse, Vienna /// COME TI VIENE 4, (group show), Meshit, Vienna /// SLIPSTREAM, (solo), FOX, Vienna

2023: CANDY OR NOT, (solo), Hyrtlgasse 21, Vienna /// PLAY ESCAPES, (group show), Spazio CUT, Bolzano /// A PLACE TO LIVE, reimagining Tbilisi, (group show), CCA, Tbilisi /// Wiener Festwochen, CLUB LIAISON, Liesl Raff & guests: Mme Psychosis & Helmut Heiss, Vienna /// STIEGEHILLS, a tree-house-gallery project with Daniel Ramirez & Bernhard Fuchs, Blosnegg, Italy /// SCHWEISS, (duo show with Stefan Brandmayr), global-international, Vienna

2022: SHOW DOWN, (group show), gas station Simmering, Vienna /// SPRITEGATE, (group show), Vienna /// HALBE TAUBE, (with Thea Moeller and Elisabeth Windisch), Cologne /// STAATSSTIPENDIUM, BKA, Vienna

2021: HAUS WIEN, (group show), Vienna /// ES IST VIEL PASSIERT (group show), Apartmenthotel Marienhof, Vienna /// POSSESSED FOOD (solo), efes 42, Linz /// TAKING MY THOUGHTS FOR A WALK; (interventions, public space) a cooperation of Dortmunder Kunstverein and Urbane Künste Ruhr, Dortmund

2020: CURATED BY_BRIGITTE HUCK: SCOTT CLIFFORD EVANS, MURDERKINO, group show, Charim Events, Vienna /// DAIHATSU ROOFTOP GALLERY, Vienna

2019: cofounder of the space „STIEGE 13“, with Daniel Ramirez & Bernhard Fuchs, Vienna /// HEADQUARTERS#1, group show, Schneiderei.Home.Studio.Gallery, Vienna ///  PARALLEL, artist statement, Vienna /// FUELSAVE, group show, gas station Simmering, Vienna /// ÜBER DAS NEUE, invited by SORT, Belvedere 21, Vienna

2018: NOTHING SEEMS QUITE REAL WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, Ve.sch, Kaltenleutgeben, Lower Austria /// NEW ISSUES (by Karo Dausien), Pina, Vienna /// CHAMPAGNOLA (with Cordula Ditz, Michael Gumhold, Helmut Heiss, Roland Kollnitz, Thea Moeller, Liesl Raff), Westwerk, Hamburg /// PUBIC VIEWING, Notgalerie, Vienna

2017: A GARDEN, (group show) Obere Amtshausgasse, Vienna /// BILGERI – SCHEUTZ ESTATE, apartment show, Vienna /// WIR KÖNNEN ALLE NOCH UMFALLEN (group show), Fluc, Vienna /// SAMMLUNG HEISS, Kluckyland, Vienna /// Helmut Heiss: YOU BEST PUT STICKS IN YOUR BOOTS, new yörg, Vienna

2016: AUSSTELLUNG (group show), Studio Liebhartsgasse, Vienna /// HARTER HAGEL (with Christoph Harringer), Kaeshmaesh, Vienna /// OPENING (group show), Atelier Hasnerstrasse, Vienna ///BONES CAN FOOL PEOPLE (Helmut Heiss, Katharina Höglinger, Noële Ody), Kluckyland, Vienna /// DELICIOUS SANDWICHES, rooftop group show, Downtown, Los Angeles; /// HELMUT HEISS & THEA MOELLER, (duo show) Venice 6114, Los Angeles

2015: A CONFLICT OF SITE, Helmut Heiss & Katharina Höglinger; P//O//P, Toronto /// LIVING AND WORKING, (with Albert Allgaier, Helmut Heiss, Seth Weiner), Malonioji 6, Vilnius, Lithuania /// DIENSTAG ABEND, Baba Vasa, Shabla, Bulgaria /// SCHANIGARTEN # 2 (with Albert Allgaier), Afg, Vienna /// NRG (with Carmen Loch and Thea Moeller), Lenikus Studios, Vienna /// NO RISK NO FUN, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna /// PÖSIE, Friday Exit, Vienna /// ASDF, Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna /// ADRIA (organized with Thea Moeller) cafe Adria, Vienna

2014: THE SELF – SUSTAINABLE SCULPTURE SYMPÓSION (with Gruppe Uno Wien), Kasko, Basel /// ME ME MIRROR, Ha’riviera Seaside Gallery, Bat Yam, Israel /// PARALLEL VIENNA (with Gruppe Uno Wien), Altes Zollamt, Vienna /// HANS IM GLÜCK (with Gruppe Uno Wien) Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna /// WE NEVER LEARN #2, Prater, Vienna /// EIN LETZTES MAL VOR DER SOMMERPAUSE (II)…, Vesch, Vienna /// SUPERTITELSOWIESO (with Gruppe Uno Wien), Lust gallery, Vienna /// SCULPTURE ME (with Gruppe Uno Wien), Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna /// DIE GLORREICHE SIEBEN, Fluc, Vienna /// KAMINARI ZOKU, afg, Vienna

2013: LISTE 18, Deuxpiece, Art Basel /// LA DESINVOLTURE DE NOS GANGSTERS, Les salaisons, Paris /// BE THE PARTY (PLEASE DON’T GO), Slow Gallery, Chicago /// BUSSI BABA, Elephant Art Space, L.A.

2012: DIE WEISSEN WÄNDE DER WELT, guest of the solo show of Adrian Tirtiaux, Villa Merkel, Esslingen /// TECHNOPIZZA, (with Philip Kaufmann) ACRE, Steuben, Wisconsin /// RAPID PULSE FESTIVAL, (international performance festival) Chicago /// FLIP/FLOP, Austrian Studio, Chicago /// ((SOUNDS AND SHAPES)), Electrodes, dfb, Chicago /// Residency CHICAGO, BMUKK /// HOTEL ANANAS, Galerie 5020, Salzburg

2011: Jederland, ARTISSIMA LIDO, Torino /// DEUXPIECE, (with Nora Rekade) Basel, Swizerland /// AQUARELLHAPPENING, Hintertux, Tirol /// APPEAL TO PROBABILITY, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam /// SYMBOLISCHE AKTIONEN FÜR UNSERE GEGENWART / AZIONI SIMBOLICHE PER IL NOSTRO PRESENTE, gallery Lungomare Bozen, Italy /// DOUBLE FEATURE, Museum Théo Kerg, Mannheim

2010: UNDER COVER, Lysekil, Sweden /// COMMON SENSE, Eppan, Italy /// Residency HOTEL CHARLEROI, Belgium /// IT LOOKS LIKE A BUILDING BUT IT IS ALIVE, Bäckerstrasse 4, Wien /// I LIKE THE WEATHER AND THE WEATHER W(H)ETHER LIKES ME… (with Nora Rekade, text: Robert Müller) Interventionsraum, Stuttgart /// UNERWARTETE WENDUNGEN, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck & Rotor Graz /// BURNING HOUSE, Mackey Apartments, L.A.

2009: ERROR % ART (with Cäcilia Brown, Miriam Jessacher, Daniel Ramirez Turecek), Warszawa /// THE WILLING SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF, Hinterconti, Hamburg /// STARTSTIPENDIUM BMUKK, Wien /// RESIDENCE IN ISTANBUL, Turkey /// RAUMANZUG, gallery 5020, Salzburg

2008: KLEINSTES GEMEINSAMES VIELFACHES, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna /// UNTITLED, (with Jan Groos) Sommerstage, Rossauer Lände, Vienna /// TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND HOLD IT (with Nora Rekade), C17, Vienna; ARCHIVE IN RESIDENCE, Vienna / gallery UNA, Bucharest /// FLATCUBE, Academy of fine Arts, Vienna /// UNTITLED, Apartment, Schönbrunnerstrasse 91, Vienna /// MISE EN SCÈNE, Rundgang, Academy of fine Arts, Vienna

2007: contest: Art in public space, LANDMARK LEISER BERGE, 1. place (Sofie Thorsen, assist. Helmut Heiss) /// COFFEE AND DRINA, residence in Ostbosnia, VBK, Vienna

2006: WAKING DOUBTING ROLLING SHINING AND MUSING IMPROVISATION OF A FAUN, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna /// ABSEITS / FURI GIOCO, gallery Lungomare, Bolzano /// Project VEREIN ZUR FÖRDERUNG DES PROFESSIONELLEN DILETTANTISMUS, Gumpendorferstrasse 157, Vienna (Helmut Heiss, Jan Groos, Cäcilia Brown, Adrien Tirtiaux, Hans Wagner, Fabia Paller, Gonzalo Diaz) /// contest: ART ON ARCHITECTURE, gym. Bruneck, 2. place (Helmut Heiss, Vera Mair) /// OHMANN PFANN PRICE.