Person

Object Artist with the Focus on Neo-Archeological Rescues 

 

Born 1951 in Regensburg, Germany. Lives in Munich and works internationally.

 

Since 2018 Matthias Weigold has been developing his artistic practice of „Neo-Archäology“.His work is based on the rescue and recovery of objects from abandoned buildings and forgotten places. These found objects are documented, collected and transformed into installations, assemblages, steles and material-based artworks.

 

Before turning to visual art, Weigold has worked for several decades as a journalist, photographer, author, screenwriter, editor-in-chief and communications consultant. His profound experience in documentary observation and storytelling continues to shape his artistic perspective on the meaterial traces of human activities.

 

Biography 

 

1951              Born in Regensburg, Germany

 

1973 –1978  Studied Theatre Studies, German Literature and Communication Science at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

 

1974–1979   Theatre director and actor with his own internationally active theatre company

 

1980–2020   Worked as a journalist, photographer, author, screenwriter, editor-in-chief, media entrepreneur and communications consultant

 

Since 2018   Development of his artistic method of Neo-Archeology

 

Lives in Munich and works internationally

 

Solo Exhibitions 

 

2025              The Hohenburg Project – Neo-Archeological Rescues, Hammermühle, Hohenburg, Germany

 

2022–2023  Mission Graffl – Neo-Archeological Rescues, Open Air Museum Massing, Germany

 

Group Exhibitions 

 

2023              Hommage an Ingeborg Bachmann, Art Active Gallery, Passau, Germany

 

2023              Halloween, Atelier M&M, Munich Germany

 

2021              The Rough and the Beauty, Gallery at Hara, Skala Eresou, Levos, Greece

 

2021              Participation in the project The Living Room of Lee Mingwei, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany

 

2020             What Touches People, Paul Klinger Artist's Social Foundation, Munich, Germany

 

Art Fairs 

 

2024              ARTe Wiesbaden, Germany

 

 

Grants and Awards 

 

2022              Grant Young Art and New Paths by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and Arts for the project Mission Graffl

 

2021               Artist in Residency, The ZEN House, Tulum, Mexico

 

Publications 

 

2025              Exhibition Catalogue The Hohenburg Project, Hammermühle Hohenburg

 

2023              Exhibition Catalogue Mission Graffl, Open Air Museum Massing

 

2022              Catalogue Contribution The Living Room to Lee Mingwei, Li, Gifts & Rituals, Museum Villa Stuck

  

Press (Selection) 

 

2026              Interview in the cultural magazine NULLNEUN

 

2024              Feature article in the cultural magazine MUH – Bavarian Perspectives

 

2023              Feature article in AVISO, the cultural magazine of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and Arts

 

2023              Coverage of the exhibition Mission Graffl in Süddeutsche Zeitung

 

Collections 

 

2025              Acquisition of the work "Roadside Findings Goa #7" by the Landolt Collection, Switzerland

 

2020               Acquisition of the stele "Wires" by the Art Hotel Casa Luna, Tulsayab, Mexico