Thomas Hörl

Hörl spent his childhood and youth in Golling an der Salzach and Salzburg. Hörl currently lives and works in Vienna, where he rents a studio in the sculpture buildings of the federal government in the former 1873 world expo pavilions. He studied art at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, at Iceland University of the arts Reykjavík and Tokyo Zokei University. Before his art studies he was trained as a chef and visited a school for sculpture.

He works solo as well as in various collaborations (Gin Müller, Sir Meisi, Michikazu Matsune, Jakob Lena Knebl, Sodom Vienna) and from 2003-2020 in the artist group kozek hörlonski together with Peter Kozek. In the year 2020, however, the two have appeared in their collaborations under their civil names and have dispensed with a group name. Hörl's artistic focus is on researching regional customs and traditions. The artist transfers folkloric contents and forms into new contexts. Using the collage technique as well as reenactment, extensive installations are created. His artistic work includes performances, video works, installations, objects, collage, and staged photography, and recently film projects are increasingly appearing in his diverse oeuvre. As part of artist-in-residence programs or self-organized work residencies, he has been active in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Tokyo, Paris, London, Vilnius, Tallinn, Tirana, Timișoara, Warsaw and Reykjavík. Hörl exhibited mainly in Austria but also in Germany, Japan, UK, Estonia and in the USA. File:F.W.M.Symphonie 1.70.1.png|thumb|Filmstill from the movie F.W.M. Symphony, starring Vito Baumüller.

• Castle Museum of Golling (2023) • Kunstraum Pro Arte, Hallein (2022) • Kulturdrogerie Vienna (2020) • Salzburg Museum (2018) • Zeta Gallery, Tirana (2016) • Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, Vienna (2016/17) • Dwarf Gallery, Reykjavík (2012)

• Neue Galerie Graz (2024/25) • EKO9 Triennial of Art and Environment, Maribor (2024) • Soho Studios, Vienna (2023) • Museum of applied Arts Vienna (2022) • Centrum Berlin (2017) • Museum Villa Rot (2014/15) • ACF London (2013) • mumok Vienna (2004)

• Wien Modern (2022) • Tanzquartier Wien – Centre for Contemporary Choreography and Performance Vienna (2022) • Diagonale (2020) • Steirischer Herbst, Graz (2018) • Internationale Schillertage, Mannheim (2011)