BIOGRAPHY

Kevin Krautgartner, born and raised in Germany, currently lives and works in Wuppertal. Already during his design studies, he devoted himself intensively to digital photography, which today is the core of his artistic work.

Conceptually, Krautgartner's projects focus not only on classical architectural photography but also primarily on aerial perspectives, from which he rediscovers and redefines landscapes and habitats created by nature in general, geological processes and/or man-made structures as enormous "Found Art" objects. Particularly in the case of geological conditions, the characteristics of which are largely attributable to the Anthropocene, his works also touch on current, socially relevant topics.

For his high-resolution photographs Krautgartner largely dispenses with
drones, but claims an authorial perspective with the help of various flying objects such as helicopters or small planes. In search of previously undiscovered places and images, the artist travels to a multitude of countries on all continents.

In order to make the eminently important, differentiated and difficult textures of the captured earth's surfaces, which are as much a part of his work, tangible for the viewer, the intensive accompaniment of the printing process using the highest quality materials and equipment is an integral part of his creative process. Only through the enormously high fidelity of the exhibited exhibits, which is achieved in this way, do the forms and structures, which at first glance appear rather abstract, reveal themselves to the recipient on closer inspection as immensely detailed images of an environment that is familiar or alien to him.

In addition to national and international exhibitions, Krautgartner's works can regularly be found in magazines and illustrated books. He has received various awards for his work, including the ADC Young Guns Award and the Epson International Pano Award.

Exhibitions and awards:

2022 The Independent Photographer: Landscape Award 2022 // Winner
2021 Exhibition at South Australian Museum // Adelaide, Australia
2021 Exhibition at Cascina Roma Fotografia // Rome, Italy
2021 Exhibition at Gallery LIK17 // Vienna, Austria
2021 APA Annual Photo Awards // Silver Award
2021 MonoVisions Photography Awards // Honorable Mentions
2021 Exhibition at Casa de Cantabria en Madrid // Spain
2021 Exhibition at University of Kinshasa // Democratic Republic of the Congo
2021 TIFA Awards // Gold Award
2020 Exhibition at Photocenter // Moscow, Russia
2020 PX3 - Prix de la Photographie // “Gold” Winner
2020 Aerial Photography Awards // 1st Place Winner
2020 Exhibition at Gallery of Apogee // Pretoria, South Africa
2020 Budapest International Foto Awards // “Gold” Winner
2020 Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest // 2nd Place Winner
2020 ADC International Awards // Winner
2020 Chromatic International Award // 2nd Place Winner
2020 Moscow International Photography Awards // “Gold” Winner
2020 One Eyeland Fine Art Photo Award: National // Gold
2020 One Eyeland Fine Art Photo Award: International // Silver
2020 ND Awards // 2nd Place Winner
2020 Exhibition at Gallery LIK17 // Vienna, Austria
2020 Fine Art Photography Awards // 1st Place Winner
2020 International Spider Awards // Fine Art: 2nd Place Winner
2020 Minimalist Photography Awards // 3rd Place Winner
2020 Exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery // Middlebury, USA
2020 Vienna International Photography Awards // Finalist
2020 Rise International Photography Awards // Finalist
2020 Exhibition at Haarhaus // Gevelsberg, Germany
2020 Top 101 intl. Landscape Photographer of the year
2020 Exhibition at Peinture Fraîche Gallery // Brussels, Belgium
2020 Exhibition at Blank Wall Gallery // Athens, Greece
2020 International Color Awards // Winner
2020 CitiesToBe Photo Award // Finalist
2019 Young Guns 17 // Winner
2019 Lynx International Award // Winner
2019 Epson Pano Awards // Gold
2019 Top 101 intl. Landscape Photographer of the year
2019 CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year // Shortlisted
2019 ND Awards // Honorable Mentions
2019 One Eyeland Fine Art Photo Award: National // Gold
2019 One Eyeland Fine Art Photo Award: International // Silver
2019 Group exhibition at Tivarnella Art Consulting, Friuli Venezia Giulia // Trieste, Italy
2019 Group exhibition at Lokarjeva Galerija, Carniola interna // Ajdovščina, Slovenia
2019 Group exhibition at Museum MIIT, Piemonte // Torino, Italy
2019 Fine Art Photography Awards // Winner: Travel
2019 International Photography Awards (IPA) // Honorable Mentions
2018 Epson Pano Awards // Highest Scoring Aerial Image
2017 Solo exhibition at SpacePlace gallery // Nischni Tagil, Russia
2016 Wuppertaler-Photoaward
2015 Collective exhibition with J. Grossmann at Sommerloch // Wuppertal, Germany
2015 Group exhibition at Fiona-Fischer gallery // Wuppertal, Germany
2014 1st place Maestro photo award from fotoMAGAZIN
2014 Winner of the EISA´s peoples choise award

Selected publications:

2022 Lumas Art Magazine // Germany
2021 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung // Germany
2021 Aesthetica Magazine // United Kingdom
2021 Westart WDR // German Television
2021 WELT // Germany
2021 Faces // Switzerland
2021 3sat // Switzerland
2021 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Book // Australia
2021 Monthly Photography Magazine // South Korea
2021 On Landscape Magazine // United Kingdom
2021 Chromatic Awards Annual Book // USA
2020 Phototrend // France
2020 Aerial Photography Annual Book // France
2020 Kwerfeldein // Germany
2020 International Landscape Photographer of the year Book // Australia
2020 My Modern Met // USA
2020 GEO // France
2020 Forbes // USA
2020 NTV // Germany
2020 Elle Decor // Italy
2020 Business Insider // Australia
2020 Chromatic Award Annual Book // USA
2020 MSN // USA
2020 The Canberra Times // Australia
2020 Westfalenpost // Germany
2020 bantmag // Turkey
2020 Periodismo // Argentinia
2019 Daily Mirror // United Kingdom
2019 Der Spiegel // Germany
2019 Yahoo // USA
2019 AIDA-Cruises Magazine // Germany
2019 Photographie Magazin // Germany
2019 digitalPHOTO // Germany
2019 International Landscape Photographer of the year Book // Australia
2019 Get Inspired Magazine // Netherlands
2019 Feature shoot // USA
2019 ZETT by Zeit-Online // Germany
2019 Our Culture Mag // United Kingdom
2019 Archikultura // Uzbekistan
2019 Fubiz // France
2018 Aesthetica Magazine // United Kingdom
2018 Weandthecolor // Germany
2017 iGNANT // Germany
2017 Fubiz // France
2017 Abduzeedo // USA
2017 CreativeBoom // United Kingdom
2017 AWorkstation // USA
2016 Designideas // USA
2016 Photography Masterclass Magazine // United Kingdom
2016 PhotogrVphy // USA
2014 Fotomagazin // Germany
2014 Fachhochschule Dortmund // Germany