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Helmut Heiss (b. 1976, Bolzano) is an artist based in Vienna. His practice explores spatial and social structures through installations, collaborative formats, and curatorial experiments. He studied in Bologna and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In 2019, he co-founded Stiege 13, an independent art space in a Viennese municipal housing complex, followed in 2023 by Stiege Hills, a treehouse gallery in the Italian Alps. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions, including at Fox Vienna, Efes Linz, Center for Contemporary Art Tbilisi, and venues in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Chicago.
2025:
co-founder of the exhibition-format LEGENDE SOLUTIONS (with Rainer Grilberger), Vienna
Ranking, (solo), Blumberggasse, Vienna
AU-DESSUS DES CAPITALES #2&3 (group exhibition), Scherben, Berlin & Glassbox Nord, Paris
2024:
TOMBOLA VII, (group exhibition), ES49, Vienna
GEKAUFT! UND DANN?, (group exhibition), Musa, Vienna
AU-DESSUS DES CAPITALES #1 (group exhibition), Salzamt, Vienna
NEUE ARBEITEN & BAR, (group exhibition), Wonnerth Dejaco, Vienna
DER BOTANISCHE GARTEN SPEISING, (group exhibition), Gallgasse , Vienna
COME TI VIENE 4, (group exhibition), Meshit, Vienna
SLIPSTREAM, (solo), FOX, Vienna
2023:
CANDY OR NOT, (solo), Hyrtlgasse 21, Vienna
PLAY ESCAPES, (group exhibition), Spazio CUT, Bolzano
A PLACE TO LIVE, reimagining Tbilisi, (group exhibition), CCA, Tbilisi
CLUB LIAISON, Wiener Festwochen, Liesl Raff & guests: Mme Psychosis & Helmut Heiss, Vienna
co-founder of the exhibition-format STIEGEHILLS (with Daniel Ramirez & Bernhard Fuchs), Silandro
SCHWEISS, (duo-show with Stefan Brandmayr), global-international, Vienna
2022:
SHOW DOWN, (group exhibition), Tankstelle Simmering, Vienna
SPRITEGATE, (group exhibition), Vienna
HALBE TAUBE, (with Thea Moeller and Elisabeth Windisch), Köln
STAATSSTIPENDIUM, BMKÖS, Vienna
2021:
HAUS WIEN, (group exhibition), Vienna
ES IST VIEL PASSIERT (group exhibition), Apartmenthotel Marienhof, Vienna
POSSESSED FOOD (solo), efes 42, Linz
TAKING MY THOUGHTS FOR A WALK; (intervention in public-space, invited by Peter Fritzenwallner) cooperativ project between Dortmunder Kunstverein and Urbane Künste Ruhr, Dortmund
2020:
CURATED BY_BRIGITTE HUCK: SCOTT CLIFFORD EVANS, MURDERKINO, (group exhibition), Charim Events, Vienna DAIHATSU ROOFTOP GALLERY, Vienna
2019:
co-founder of the exhibition-format STIEGE13 (mit Daniel Ramirez & Bernhard Fuchs), Vienna
HEADQUARTERS#1,(group exhibition) Schneiderei.Home.Studio.Gallery, Vienna
PARALLEL, artist statement, Vienna
FUELSAVE, (group exhibition), gas-station Simmering, Vienna
ÜBER DAS NEUE, (group exhibition) invited by SORT, Belvedere 21, Vienna
2018:
NOTHING SEEMS QUITE REAL WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, Ve.sch, Kaltenleutgeben, Niederösterreich
NEW ISSUES (group exhibition by Karo Dausien), Pina, Vienna
CHAMPAGNOLA (group exhibition), Westwerk, Hamburg
PUBIC VIEWING, (group exhibition) Notgalerie, Vienna
2017:
A GARDEN,(group exhibition) Obere Amtshausgasse, Vienna
BILGERI – SCHEUTZ ESTATE, apartment show, Vienna
WIR KÖNNEN ALLE NOCH UMFALLEN (Gruppenausstellung), Fluc, Vienna
SAMMLUNG HEISS (solo), Kluckyland, Vienna
Helmut Heiss: YOU BEST PUT STICKS IN YOUR BOOTS, (solo) new yörg, Vienna
2016:
GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG, Studio Liebhartsgasse, Vienna
HARTER HAGEL (with Christoph Harringer), Kaeshmaesh, Vienna
OPENING (Gruppenausstellung), Atelier Hasnerstrasse, Vienna
BONES CAN FOOL PEOPLE (Helmut Heiss, Katharina Höglinger, Noële Ody), Kluckyland, Vienna
DELICIOUS SANDWICHES, rooftop Gruppenausstellung, Downtown, Los Angeles
HELMUT HEISS & THEA MOELLER, (Duoshow) 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
DIENSTAG ABEND, (group exhibition) Baba Vasa, Shabla, Bulgarien
SCHANIGARTEN # 2 (mit Albert Allgaier), Afg, Vienna
NRG (with Carmen Loch and Thea Moeller), Lenikus Studios, Vienna
NO RISK NO FUN, (group exhibition) Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna
PÖSIE, (group exhibition) Friday Exit, Vienna
ASDF, (group exhibition) Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna
ADRIA (group exhibition) cafe Adria, Vienna
2014:
THE SELF – SUSTAINABLE SCULPTURE SYMPÓSION (mit 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, invited by Deuxpiece, Basel
LA DESINVOLTURE DE NOS GANGSTERS, (group exhibition) Les salaisons, Paris
BE THE PARTY (PLEASE DON’T GO), (solo)Slow Gallery, Chicago
BUSSI BABA, (group exhibition) Elephant Art Space, L.A.