b. 1995 in Vienna, Austria
b_waechter@hotmail.com
studio: Antonsplatz 24/6, 1100 Vienna
This artistic practice explores the intersection of self-produced systems and industrially standardized objects. Drawing on processes of mass-production, Bartholomaeus Wächter creates unique sculptural forms that resemble functional elements but resist utility. These objects operate as regulatory tools: they demarcate space, direct movement, and subtly choreograph bodily interaction. Through materials and methods rooted in “tooling” and control logic, his work reflects on the fragile promise of structure, the social infrastructures embedded in technologies of organization and the crowds that inhabit these frameworks.
co-founder
since 2023 together with Magdalena Stückler
and Steffan Pfattner
https://www.garageshow.info/
2026
upcoming: The Instruments, Shore Gallery, Vienna (AT)
upcoming: Mystery Train, ayayay, Offenbach (DE)
Daily Special 2, Echo Raum, Vienna (AT)
Only you can change it but you are frozen, Plateau, Vienna (AT)
The Car Show, Hope Art Service, Leo Diskont, Vienna (AT)
2025
Vakuum., curated by Magazin53a, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
display for N, display for Neomirage, Praterstraße, Vienna (AT)
Neben der Zeit sein, Symposium, Intervention, Schloss Ladendorf (AT)
Insides of a Practice, duo-exhibition with Michael Reindel, Laurenz Space, Vienna (AT)
ANTON, duo-exhibition with Anna Hostek, Plateau Vienna (AT)
2024
underneath another/another underneath, Gallery Wonnerthdejaco, curated by Clara Grillmayer, Parallel Vienna (AT)
Tooling, graduation show, Sculpture and Space, University of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
A simultaneity of stories-so-far, curated by Juliane Bischoff, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna (AT)
2023
Systems of Support, curated by Mirela Baciak, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
CURE, curated by Marlene Coates and Amanda Weimer, Chess Club, Hamburg (DE)
Gathering, solo exhibition, Garage Show, Nonntaler Hauptstraße 84, Salzburg (AT)
Blind Spot, solo exhibition, BCK29, Amsterdam (NL)
Basement Booth, duo exhibition, Basement of Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
2022
Stage objects/Stage Design for Red Rooms by Angelica Castello, Wien Modern, Schauspielhaus, Vienna (AT)
Tipsy Tina, curated by Anna Hostek, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (AT)
Werktitel Unbekannt/Box Shaped Memories, curated by Ada Karlbauer and Siena Brunnthaler, Enns Museum, Weyer (AT)
2021
Haus Wien, Vienna (AT)
In conversation with places, curated by Fanny Hauser, Osstation, Vienna (AT)
cu whenever, duo exhibition with Valerie Ludwig, bau2-6, Vienna (AT)
2020
drop out, zoom in, curated by Lukas Posch, PARALLEL Vienna (AT)
unter flaschen - Die Fledermaus in der Bar du Bois, curated by Cosima Rainer, Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna (AT)
2025
Garage Show, CINEMA, screeningprogram/groupexhibition, Salzburg (AT) (organization/curation)
Garage Show, Entrance by Porto, publication release, Prosopopoeia, Vienna (AT) (organization/curation)
2024
Entrance by Porto, group exhibition, Garage Show, Salzburg (AT) (organization/curation)
2023
Garage Show, publication release, Nonntaler Hauptstraße 84, Salzburg (AT)
Garage Show, founding member of artist collective
2024
Start-Stipendium Bildende Kunst, Austrian Federal Chancellery (AT)