Matthias Planitzer

lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Current

28.09.2024 – 12.01.2025
"Poetics of Encryption" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
12.09.2024 – 06.02.2025
"GOGBOT x RMT" at Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede

Upcoming

12.02.2025 – 01.05.2025
"Poetics of Encryption" at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague

Group exhibitions

2024
"Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin" at Fondation Fiminco, Paris
"Poetics of Encryption" at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2022
"Let's See What We Find" at Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
"Hybrid Biennale" at Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden
"Save changes" at Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
"Lensbased variety show and tell" at documenta fifteen, on invitation by Temporary Home / ruruhaus
2020
"Conditions of a Necessity" at Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
"Strange things" at Silent Green, Berlin
2019
"Interferences" at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2018
"Careful unrest" at Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
"Mutterzunge" at Kino Babylon, Berlin
"Wasting time" at Objekte unserer Tage, Berlin
2017
"Kombi 5" at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
"Encounter #2" at Im Leeren Raum, Berlin

Residencies

2017
"1/2/8 - Demanding Responses" at PACT Zollverein, Essen
2016 – 2023
study of Fine Arts, Meisterschüler, Lensbased Class (Hito Steyerl), Universität der Künste Berlin
2013 – 2016
research assistant at department of Image Guid­ance at Cluster of Excel­lence Image Knowl­edge Gestal­tung, Berlin
2008 – 2015
study of med­i­cine, Char­ité Uni­ver­sitätsmedi­zin Berlin

Publications

2025
Konstantin Daniel Haensch, Marie-Louise James, Matthias Planitzer (eds.): "Uncanny Environments"
2022
Konstantin Daniel Haensch, Lara Nelke, Matthias Planitzer, Caroline Ballegaard (eds.): "Uncanny Entrepreneurship"
2019
Konstantin Daniel Haensch, Lara Nelke, Matthias Planitzer (eds.): "Uncanny Interfaces"