Kurt Stimmeder

Biography:

Kurt Stimmeder Born 1972 in Bad Leonfelden. Artist Lives and works in Linz / Austria. Hi is visual artist since 2008.

Kurt Stimmeder is self-taught artist with an interdisciplinary background in music and performance-based expression.
Since 2018 he studies intensive across Europe, focusing on painting from the 14th to 17th centuries as well as Symbolism and history painting.

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

Solo Exhibitions:
• 2022: Wenn ich schreiben könnte, müsste ich nicht malen, 3KW St. Martin (AT);
• 2014: Der springende Punkt, Galerie Thiele, Linz (AT);

Group Exhibitions:
• 2025: Clio Art Fair / Spring Art Week (New York, USA), Keshiki Kabutocho Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), Arte Genova / MOHO Art Gallery (Genoa, Italy), Galerie Dumas / Prints & Paperwork (Austria), Raiffeisen Art Collection / Pfad der Vielfalt (Austria);
• 2024: CONTEXT / Art Basel Miami Week (Miami, USA), a Palazzo Contemporary Art Prize (Vigevano, Italy), Design Festa Gallery WEST (Tokyo, Japan), A.R.T. Taipei / International Artist Grand Prize Competition (Taiwan), Galerie Dumas Hors des Murs / 59 Rivoli (Paris, France), MKG Annual Exhibition / Münchner Künstlerhaus (Munich, Germany), Arte Genova / MOHO Art Gallery (Genoa, Italy);
• 2023: Arte Padova / MOHO Art Gallery (Italy), Galerie Dumas / All about skin (Austria), A.R.T. Taipei / International Artist Grand Prize Competition (Taiwan), Artexpo New York (USA):
• 2022: Grimandi Art Gallery (New York, USA), Aqua Art Miami / Art Basel Miami Week (Miami Beach, USA), Biennale Chianciano (Tuscany, Italy), MKG Annual Exhibition / Münchner Künstlerhaus (Germany), Affordable Art Fair (London, UK), International Contest of Contemporary Art / Luciana Matalon Foundation (Milan, Italy);
• 2021: Red Dot Miami / Art Basel Miami Week / Best International Exhibitor (USA), London Art Biennale / Chelsea Old Town Hall (UK);
• 2010–2011: Galerie Thiele / Jaja, der Sommer ist da (2011, Linz), Wir lieben Kunst – 4 junge Positionen (2010, Linz), OÖ Kunstmesse / Landesgalerie Linz (2011), Attersee Perspektiven / Artist in Residence (2015).

Statement:

Kurt Stimmeder’s artistic practice merges classical painting techniques with psychologically driven stagings. His work explores questions of human existence and transformation, often through systemic role attributions, mythological narratives, and in-depth studies conducted in European museums. An intermedial approach – including video, installation, and digital interaction – shapes his work cycles, combining influences of Old Masters, contemporary themes, and personal experience. His recent triptych (Girl with Blackberries, Epagoge, Entity) investigates states of tension, transformation, and the painterly translation of transitions
between inner condition and external form.