Born and based in Vienna, Christoph Weber is a conceptual sculptor and artistic researcher. He develops projects that reflect on the politics of human and non-human intra-actions through sculptural material transformations and research-based interrogations. Questions regarding the materiality of the art object have informed his practice in multiple ways: he studied the materiality of dematerialized art of the 60ies, explored artistic methodologies in accordance with material histories of chosen contexts and researched the agency of the built environment.
From 2009, he devoted himself exclusively to the material concrete for about a decade. For him, concrete has become a medium through which the state of global communities can be critically negotiated in diverse and nuanced ways. This quintessentially universal, utopian and modernist material is also highly destructive and green-washed – with underlying contradictions that indicate the tensions within human societies and with planetary futures.
By creating settings of situated perception with conceptual sculptural methods he uses the role of art in the contemporary realm to navigate historical and speculative future contexts.
EDUCATION
2024 Reverse Imagining Vienna, AIL Vienna (with Nikolaus Eckhard)
2023 Facing the Technosphere, Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
2022 Touch Fragments, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris Romainville
Posthuman Stones, EAVT Paris-Est, curated by Anna Rosellini (with Nikolaus Eckhard)
Artspace, Wien (with Judith Fegerl)
2021 Geteilter Raum, Brigitte Kowanz & Christoph Weber, Collectors Agenda, Vienna
2019 FRAGILE, Earth and Sky, Maria Elisabetta Novello, Christoph Weber, Anna Marra Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy, curated by Giorgia Gastaldon
2018 Contact, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 On Fold, ProjecteSD, Barcelona
2016 Judith Fegerl, Christoph Weber, KV Leipzig, Germany
Carte Blanche à Birgit Werres: Christoph Weber, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany
Carton / pierre, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
2015 Das Obskure im Konkreten, O.T., Vienna (collaboration with Andreas Duscha)
Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
2013 uncast, ibid, London
2012 10, 25, 80 - ProjecteSD, Barcelona
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
2010 loose concrete, Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
2008 Opening of BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, curated by Christine Kintisch and Brigitte Huck
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
2007 silent disbelief, Neue Galerie, Studio, Graz, curated by Elisabeth Fiedler
Damage#1, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Login, Vienna
2005 Objets Externes, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
2004 Playback Spaces, Display, Prague
Eines abends spät in der Zukunft, Kubus, Leipzig (collaboration with Clemens von Wedemeyer)
Stagnation, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
2024 Volume invisible, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris Romainville
2023 Sur Le Fil (On the Line), Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris Romainville
Supermodels, Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna
Projectesd 2003 - 2023, Projected, Barcelona
2022 La Suite de l’Histoire, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Varia, Abbaye St André, Centre d’art contemporain Meymac, Meymac, France
Via Detour, Baumhaushotel Robins Nest, Witzenhausen, Deutschland; curated by Maria Hinze
2021 House of Losing Control, Vienna Art Week, Wien
Vienna Biennale for Change, CLIMATE CARE: Reimagining Shared Planetary Futures, MAK Vienna
InConcrete Stones, Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem, curated by Maayan Sheleff
PROTESTformen, online Festival, curated by Judith Fegerl and Günther Friesinger
Austrian Sculpture Park, Graz, Artist in Residence, commissioned piece
2020 InConcrete Stones, Manofim Jerusalem (online), Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem, curated by Maayan Sheleff
Galerie Anke Schmidt, Cologne, curated by Rolf Ricke
Silence is so Accurate, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, curated by Liens Craps
2019 Discrete Austrian Secrets, The Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China, curated by Margareta Sandhofer
70.001, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
50 Jahre, Steinbruch Lindabrunn, Austria, curated by Günther Friesinger
SilvrettAtelier, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis BV:BKV, Bregenz, Austria
Der Duft der Bilder, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany
Kalt, Ve.Sch Verein für Raum und Form in der Bildenden Kunst, Vienna
2018 Structures of Thought, Structura Gallery, Sofia, curated by Walter Seidl and Maria Vassileva
Face Contre Terre, Le SHED, France
Der Duft der Bilder, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, curated by Beate Kemfert
Sculpture as History, Sculpture Festival Ping Yao, China, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti
Guerre aux démolisseurs!, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon, France
Just So Stories, Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
2017 don’t call it off-space!, das weisse haus, Vienna
Perpetual Construction: A Dialogue with the House of Jean Prouvé III, CAB Art Center Brussels
Wasserbiennale, Fürstenfeld, curated by Günther Pedrotti
La idea en un signo, Cóllection Sánchez-Ubiría, Centro de arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Damage Control, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles
Three Positions. Six Directions. Chapter I: The Brutalist Ideal - König Galerie, Berlin
Black Magic, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, curated by Andreas Duscha
2016 Le futur doit être dangereux, Musée des Beaux Arts de Dôle, Dôle
Der fremde Raum (Bizarre Spaces), Marta Herford, Germany, curated by Friederike Fast
Die Sprache der Dinge, Materialgeschichten aus der Sammlung, 21er Haus, Vienna
Choices Paris 2016, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
not really really, Brussels
2015 Palinsesti, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy, curated by Giorgia Gastaldon
Parallel United, Parallelvienna, Vienna
Mortel - suite et fin, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen, curated by Mathieu Mercier
Flirting with Strangers, 21er Haus, Vienna
Tree House Down, ibid, Los Angeles
Sommerfrische, Weyregg, Austria, curated by Lucas Cuturi
Passion, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Mainzer Ansichten, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, curated by Thomas Trummer
ELSEWHERE. Observations on Islands, Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna, curated by Marlies Wirth
2014 New York Stories: Twenty Years of ISCP, ISCP, New York City, NY
La Biennale de Belleville 3, Pavillon Carré de Baudoin, Paris
Another Ghost, Gallery 100, Taipei
Merzen, LiveInYourHead, Geneva
Post / Postminimal, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, curated by Konrad Bitterli
2013 An I for an Eye, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, curated by S. Gregory and A. Stadler
Collection, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen
The Christoph Project, Kunstforum Pro Arte, Hallein, Austria, curated by Christoph Draeger
On Things, On Minds, Kunstverein Schattendorf, curated by F. Seiz, I. Eden and S. Lernout
map, record, picture, sculpture, ProjecteSD, Barcelona
In The Shape of Things to Come, Vesch, Vienna, curated by Sonia Leimer
2012 Spieltrieb, Ibid Gallery, London
Biennale de Belleville 2, Paris
Luisa Kasalicky und Christoph Weber, Projektraum, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna
Sleepwalking, Freies Museum Berlin
Independent, New York City
2011 Zizania, Lage3zu20, Berlin, curated by Marie Graftieaux
Villa Tokyo, Tokyo, organized by raster gallery, Warsaw
Archivisions #2, Le PARVIS centre d’art, curated by Magali Gentet
Judith Fegerl und Christoph Weber, In der Kubatur des Kabinetts, Fluc, Vienna
Schattendorfbiennale, Kunstverein Schattendorf, curated by Christian Egger
Livret III, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, curated by Laurent Montaron
Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis, Hommage to Jan Mancuska, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Prolonged Exposure, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, curated by Maayan Sheleff
LE CHOIX DU TITRE EST UN FAUX PROBLÈME, cneai, Paris, curated by Samon Takahashi
Independent, New York City
2010 10.11.2010-23.12.2010, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, curated by E. Verhagen and Jocelyn Wolff
Open Studios, ISCP, New York
Psychosculptures, Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands, curator by Lorenzo Benedetti
in:system, Schloß Ulmerfeld, Austria, curated by Anna Spohn, Bernhard Hosa
Independent, New York City
Arrivals and Departures, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Walter Gasperoni
Fine Line, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, curated by Fiona Liewehr
2009 Reception: Pieter Vermeersch hosts... ProjecteSD, Barcelona
Sleepwalking, temporary gallery cologne, curator: Amer Abbas
Antirepresentationalism III, kow-gallery, Berlin, curated by Alexander Koch, Nikolaus Oberhuber
Antirepresentationalism II, kow-gallery, Berlin, curated by Alexander Koch, Nikolaus Oberhuber
Antirepresentationalism I, kow-gallery, Berlin, curated by Alexander Koch, Nikolaus Oberhuber
Eté 2009, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Frontières Invisibles, Lille3000, Lille, curated by Elena Sorokina
2008 Notorious, Frac Ile de France - Le Plateau, Paris, curated by Xavier Franceschi
Bass Diffusion Model, Fieldgate Gallery, London, curated by Caroline Soyez and Gallien Dejean
[Scene Missing], Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, curated by Fiona Liewehr
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, curated by Antonia Lotz
[Scene Missing], Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, curated by Fiona Liewehr
2007 Kunstverein dasweissehaus, Vienna, curated by Elsy Lahner
On fait le mur, L'Espace d'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France. curated by Jean-Marc Avrilla
Kopf oder Zahl, Kunstraum NOE, Wien. curated by Tina Schulz, Helmut Mark
2006 Egon Schiele. Vorbild und Widersacher in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Atelier Augarten, Vienna
curated by Tobias G. Natter and Thomas Trummer
wood, photographs,... , Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Suma, Wien, curated by Susanne Klien, Markus Strobl
Villa Warsaw, Raster Gallery Summer Festival, Warschau
Nothing but Pleasure, BAWAG Foundation, Wien, curated by Christine Kintisch, Brigitte Huck
Videothèque Mobile, Architecture University, Paris, curated by Maelle Dault
2005. MeisterschülerInnenausstellung, HGB Leipzig
Loop, Video Art Festival, Barcelona
2004 Der Sprung im Wasserglas, Kunstraum B2, Leipzig, curated by Ulrike Kremeier, Alexander Koch
Nine points of the Law, NGBK, Berlin, curated by Arbeitsgruppe Fotografie
2003 Open Studio, ISCP, New York City, USA
Rundgang, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Klasse Georg Herold
2002 Falsche Freunde, Galerie Barakk, Berlin. curated by Tobias Laukemper
Playing in the dirt while the others work, Galerie Fisk, Bergen, Norwegen