About Matthaeus Kostner - photography

born in 1973, live and work in Ortisei Val Gardena

1992        graduated at the Ortisei "Art high school"
1993-96  director of the "Fotoclub Gherdeina"
1996-97  sculptor training in a woodcarving workshop in Ortisei | Val Gardena | Italy
1997-98  technical assistant at the Ortisei "Art high school" | Italy
1999-01  product manager and responsible for production and quality at "SEVI", a worldwide know
                brand that produces wooden toys
2001        first solo exhibition in the city of Siena | Italy
2002        started career as freelens photographer
2003-04 teacher at the "Vocational school" in Ortisei | Val Gardena | Italy
2004        "Landscape" a personal photo exhibition at the "Cafe Soviso" in Ortisei | Val Gardena | Italy
2004        International Summeracademy Salzburg with Lynne Cohen
2004        awarded with scholarship for International Summeracademy Salzburg
2004        "Open house" group exhibition at the Alte Saline Hallein | Austria
2005        started working on the project "Meeting point"
2005        International Summeracademy Salzburg with Reiner Leist and Lynne Cohen
2005        "Open house" group show at the Alte Saline Hallein | Austria
2005        started working on the project "Meeting point" 
2006        International Summeracademy Salzburg with Roger Palmer 
2006        awarded with scholarship for International  Summeracademy Salzburg 2007
2006        "Open house" group exhibition at the Alte Saline Hallein | Austria
2006        "Piece of evidence" project about imagination and visual manipulation due to the limits
                 of the media photo & video
2006        "Celeste art prize" selected for the catalogue
2007        International Summeracademy Salzburg with Katharina Sieverding
2007        "Open house" group exhibition at the Alte Saline Hallein
2009        "Eroism: Inier, inco, doman" group exhibition of the 11 finalists of the art prize
                "Premio cultura Ladina" | Gallery Prisma in Bolzano | Italy
2010        "meetings" solo show at the "Circolo artistico culturale" in Ortisei | Val Gardena | Italy 
2010        International Summeracademy Salzburg with Elfie Semotan
2010        "Open house" group show at the Alte Saline Hallein | Austria
2011        "Unì a lum" show with Flavio Senoner (sculptor) at Miil | Kränzelhof | Tscherms | Italy
2011        "Territori astratti e informali" group show at Galleria Ariele | Torino | Italy
2011        "Underground" group show in collaboration with "Associazione Culturale Soqquadro"
                 at Galleria Arte e Design | Roma | Italy