Susanne Stemmer Explained

Susanne Stemmer (born 1973) is an Austrian visual artist, director and photographer.[1]

Life and work

Stemmer was born in Feldkirch, Austria. She became a professional photographer in her early adulthood.

After her matura in 1992 she went to Afram Plains District in Ghana to work in development aid, followed by being a photographer on a cruise ship and opening her first photographic studio in Vienna in 2005. Later, alongside her job as a commercial fashion photographer for companies such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Swarovski, she started developing her artistic style, especially in her free works.[2] Her most famous works were created in the world of artistic underwater photography where she stages the depicted characters in dreamy, seemingly weightless underwater worlds to create a feeling of freedom, self-reflection and detachment from reality.[3] [4] She achieves these effects, for example, through long durations of exposure and playing with natural and artificial lighting.[5]

In addition to exhibitions at biennales and festivals, Stemmer also presents her works in solo exhibitions worldwide, for instance in her pop-up galleries in Vienna and Paris, where her photography is shown for one day only.[6] In her video installations, which are projected in large format on facades, the focus is on underwater visuals too, such as her work Beneath, presented on the occasion of Venice Biennale 2017and at Nuit Blanche Paris 2018, as well as Beneath II two years later onto the building of the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) in Vienna.[7] Furthermore, she is active as a director in the advertising industry and in her underwater art film series Under Surfaces.[8] [9] [10]

Stemmer lives and works in Vienna, Paris and travelling the world.

Exhibitions (selection)

References

  1. Web site: Susanne Stemmer. July 15, 2017. Wiener Zeitung. German. January 4, 2020.
  2. Web site: Susanne Stemmer – Schwebende Poesie.... Art On Screen Magazine . German . January 25, 2017 . January 5, 2020.
  3. News: Susanne Stemmer. January 5, 2020. Get Inspired Magazine. 2015. 25, spring 2015.
  4. Book: Atlantis Titel. Atlantis – Magazin für Divestyle. German. 3–2014.
  5. Web site: Susanne Stemmer is Breaking Down Walls On Wall Street. Robyn. Roberts. March 18, 2014. Whitewall Magazine. January 4, 2020.
  6. Web site: Biography of Susanne Stemmer on her website. January 6, 2020.
  7. Web site: "Beneath" by Susanne Stemmer at Biennale Arte Venice 2017. January 6, 2020.
  8. Web site: Kunstfilm Under Surfaces . German. October 21, 2014 . January 7, 2020.
  9. Web site: Susanne Stemmer – Under Surfaces. January 1, 2017. Art On Screen Magazine. German. January 7, 2020.
  10. Web site: Friendly Fire produziert neue Darbo Kampagne gemeinsam mit Susanne Stemmer (Regie/DOP) im Stop-Motion-Stil für TV und Online im Auftrag von Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann/Wien. September 19, 2018. GoSee. German. January 7, 2020.
  11. Web site: "Under Water" by Susanne Stemmer at Cipriani Wall Street . January 10, 2020.
  12. Web site: The 12th International Festival of Fashion Photography | the Untitled Magazine . Untitled Magazine . July 15, 2014 . January 10, 2020.
  13. Web site: OPENING: ALCHEMIC BODY – Bogotá 2017 . itsliquid . October 25, 2017 . January 10, 2020.
  14. Web site: BENEATH on occasion of Biennale Arte, Venice 2017 . October 8, 2017 . January 10, 2020.
  15. Web site: Stemmer's magische Unterwasserwelten . Heute.at . German . July 20, 2017 . January 10, 2020.
  16. Web site: "Beneath" by Susanne Stemmer for Nuit Blanche 2018 . January 10, 2020.

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