Peter Kogler, whose works are now included in the collections of some of the world’s most important institutions such as MoMA (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Mamco (Geneva), Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art, and ING Art Center (Brussels), was born in Innsbruck in 1959. Since the 1980s, he has placed the computer at the center of artistic production. He transformed the computer into the language of artistic production through the relationships he established between graphics, architecture, and new media. Kogler’s work features recurring visuals such as ants, brain folds, veins, and tubes. These elements function as metaphors for the individual’s position within social structures, mental processes, and digital data flows.
The artist’s works invite the viewer into a sensory experience by interacting with the architectural space. His installations, which transform architecture, focus on the viewer’s physical and mental participation.
In the 1990s, he won the Prix Ars Electronica Award for his computer-aided work ‘Untitled I’. The artist continues to produce works in both two- and three-dimensional forms. Kogler’s recent projects include Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh (2024–2025); Galerie Mitterrand, Paris (2024); Kunstraum St. Virgil, Salzburg (2025); and Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (2025).
