Since 1985, work on projects that investigate space as a reality occupied and shaped by humans. Perception of space and spatial atmosphere in both open and closed spaces are recurring themes in his photographic and video works. Alpine regions and urban structures, architectures and industries as well as prisons and hospitals and related patterns of life are themes and locations for his artistic engagements. This is evident in his work groups Alpine Landschaften (since 1987), Raumfolgen (since 1991), Rohbauten (since 1997), Artefakte (since 1992), Bildraum (since 2001). The group IRAN was created between 2005 and 2008, and The Aspen Series between 2009 and 2016, Raumaneignung between 2015-2016. From 2011 work on the project Koexistenzen (completed 2017). 2012 beginning of a further work series in the alpine landscape: the Portraits and simultaneously he initiated another focus on objects and structures that become Relicts through their loss of function.

Full CV

Solo Exhibitions

2027

Walter Niedermayr / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)

Taichung Green Museumbrary, Taiwan
2026

Koexistenzen

Biennale Gherdëina 10, 2026: (Future) Paradise Gardens, St. Ulrich and St. Christina; FLATZ Museum, Zentrum für Photographie Dornbirn
2025

Marghera 1997

Ncontemporary, Giudecca/Venice
2024

Walter Niedermayr, Usable surface

Johann Widauer Gallery, Innsbruck (A)
2021

Transformations

Camera, Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Torino
2017

Koexistenzen

aut.architektur und tirol, Innsbruck*
2014

Oberflächen

Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
2009

Robert Miller Gallery, New York
2007

Walter Niedermayr / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), with SANAA Architects

DeSingel, International Arts Centre, Antwerpen, Arc en Rêve Centre d’Architecture Bordeaux, aut. Architektur und Tirol Innsbruck, Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio*
2003-04

Zivile Operationen

Kunsthalle Wien, Kunstverein Hannover, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Museion Bolzano/Bozen*
1999

Reservate des Augenblicks

ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum Bolzano/Bozen, Centre Photographique d´Ile de France Pontault-Combault*
1998

Photographs

White Cube, London
1996

Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin
1994

Forum Stadtpark, mit Wout Berger, Graz
1993

Die bleichen Berge

ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum Bolzano/Bozen. Printemps de Cahors. Museum für Gestaltung Zürich*

(*) Monographie

Special projects
and recognitions

2022

Casanza, two channel video with Marina Ballo Charmet with exhibition and publications

Casa di reclusione in Giudecca/Venezia
2009/2016

The Aspen Series, ortspezifisches Projekt mit Ausstellung und Publikation/project-based work with multi-sites installation, publication, ASC Aspen*

Aspen Skiing Company, Aspen
2006

Artefakte 85/2005, Mythos 4

Neues Mercedes Benz Museum, Stuttgart
2006

Agente Apri

Video mit/with Marina Ballo Charmet

Group Exhibitions

2027

CIVILIZATION – The way we live now

New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut (USA)
2026

Il senso della neve

MUDEC, Museo delle Culture, Milano
2025

Fuoripista – arte, sport e inverno, Gres art 671, Bergamo

No place like home, Italienische Fotografie seit den 1980er Jahren, Kunsthalle Darmstadt (D) Passaggi Paesaggi, Fotografia Italiana della Collezione AGO, Palazzo Santa Margherita Modena
2024–2025

Berge, Walter Niedermayr & Axel Hütte

Kunstraum Zug, Lech a. Arlberg (A)
2019–2024

CIVILIZATION: The way we live now

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, UCCA (UllensCenter for Contemporary Art) in Beijing, China, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Museum of Civilization, Marseille, Musei San Domenico Forlì, Saatchi Gallery London, JUT Art Museum, Taipei City, Kunsthalle München
2014

Fundamentals -14th International Architecture Exhibition

La Biennale, Venezia
2010

People meet in Architecture

12. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Arsenale Venice Biennale*
2009

Natur in der Kunst der Gegenwart

Kunstmuseum Bonn 
2008

Manifesta7, The Rest of Now

Alumix Bozen/Bolzano, Region Trentino-South Tyrol*
2007

Reality Crossings

2. Fotofestival Mannheim / Ludwigshafen / Heidelberg*
2006

Peintres de la vie moderne

Centre Pompidou, Paris
2004

Metamorph

9. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Biennale di Venezia*
2002

The Politics of Place

Bildmuseet Umea, Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Stockholm; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; Västernorrlands Länsmuseum, Härnösand*
1999

Unschärferelation

Kunstverein Freiburg*
1998

Das Versprechen der Fotografie

Hara Museum Tokyo, Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, Center National de la Photographie Paris, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt*
1997

Alpenblick

Kunsthalle Wien*
1997

Venezia contemporanea

Marghera, Pilkington Pavillion, Marghera, Biennale di Venezia*
1996

Prospect ’96

Schirnhalle, Frankfurt*
1995

Campo

Corderie dell'Arsenale, Venezia*

Selected public collections

Albertina Wien

Centre Pompidou Paris

Denver Art Museum

Fondation Cartier Paris

Fondazione Fotografia Modena

Fonds national d’art contemporain / Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie Paris

Frac Basse Normandie

Frac Haute Normandie

Frac Île de France

Frac Limousin

Frac Pays de la Loire

Frac Alsace

MAMBO Bologna

House of Parliament Oslo

MART Rovereto

MAXXI Roma

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Art Sion

MAMCS Strasbourg

Musée du Château d’Annecy

Museion Bolzano

Museo Fortuny Venezia

Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig

Museum der Moderne Salzburg

MoCa Los Angeles

MOMA New York

Museum of Modern Art Seoul

Neue Galerie Graz

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Saatchi Foundation London

Städel Museum Frankfurt

Tate Modern London

UBS Art Collection 

World Center Miami