MATTHIAS WEIGOLD – BIO

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