Josef
Rainer

Josef Rainer was born in 1970 in Bressanone (I). Between 1991 and 1997 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 2001 to 2003 he received a scholarship in Vienna and since 2003 has divided his time between Dufftown and Scotland. In 2008 he stayed in London and in 2010 in Vienna. In 2019 he won the HGV Artist of the Year award. He currently lives and works in Bressanone.

Among the main solo shows we remember: 

2022
Metamorphoses, Galleery Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano (I)
L'artista è annoiato, Galerie Völs (I)

2016
Synapsen, City Gallery, Bressanone (I)

2015
Die wundersame Vermehrung des Loretoschatzes, oder die Frage nach den Zusammenhängen, City museum of Chiusa (I)

2014
Aktenzeichen Kunst, Gallery Goethe2, Bolzano (I)
Von denen die auszogen..., Galleria Prisma, Bolzano (I)

2010
Gnorismata, Gallery Goethe2, Bolzano (I)

2006
Verschlungene Wege, Gallery Goethe2, Bolzano (I)
Urban Paths, Gallery Shillam Smith 3, London (UK)

2004
Metropolis, AR/GE Kunst, Bolzano (I)

He has also taken part in numerous goup exhibitions, including: 

2023
What's new?, Galleria Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano (I)

2022
My favourite work, Galleria Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano (I)

2014
Il dolore del presente, City Gallery, Bressanone (I)
New Tradition, Biennale Architettura, Timisoara, Romania (R)

2020
Short List, Premio Combat, Livorno (I)

2019
Essere corpo, Kunsthalle West, Lana (I)

2014
Tirol-München, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck (A)

2013
Spuren, Martin and Josef Rainer, Kartause Schnals (I)

2011
Disturbi e Disordini, Biennale Alessandria Video Fotografia Contemporanea (I)

2009
Playstation, Merano Arte (I)
Todesangst - Positionen 09, Galleria Prisma, Bolzano (I)

2008
Manifesta 7, Parallel Event, We all hang together, Le carceri, Caldaro (I)

2005
7 Positionen, RLB-Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck (A)

2003
Panorama 03, Arte giovane in Alto Adige, Bolzano (I)

2002
Das absurde Bekannte, Phoenix Art, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg (D)

2000
Premio Suzzara, Galleria Civica, Suzzara (I)