David Mase, *1986 Klagenfurt/AUSTRIA, lives and works in Vienna.

In his current series “Transmissions”, he attempts to capture the intangible phenomena of our time, such as the flow of digital data and artificial intelligence, in visual form. His works often reference used everyday objects as well as historical and pop-cultural sources. In addition to his own work, he collaborates with his colleague Markus Riedler as an artist duo on installation exhibitions and collective paintings. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide, including in New York, Vienna and Paris. David Mase won the Bank Austria Art Prize in 2014 and has completed residencies in renowned art centers.

2025

• Groupshow “Vergnügen” Galerie3, Klagenfurt

• Duo exhibition “Sleazy,Echo,Flesh” KUNSTRAUM SUPER, Vienna, with Markus Riedler

2024

• Group exhibition 37x21x21 Picture Theory, New York

• Duo exhibition “poison, honey, spike” Gallery Clubclub, Independent Space Index Festival, with Markus Riedler

• Group exhibition “Tombola”, ES49, Vienna

• Duo exhibition “velvet,ego,void” Gallery District4Art, with Markus Riedler

• Group exhibition “Haut und Haar”, Galerie Aggsbach Art, Aggsbach/NÖ

• Art fair “Parallel Vienna”, Galerie KAH, Vienna

• Group exhibition 95x55x55, Kunstraum Super, Vienna

• Group exhibition “A Suitcase”, SVR 33, Klagenfurt

• Group exhibition “Kunst schenken” Galerie3, Vienna

2023

• Residency - Mothership NYC, Brooklyn NY

• the other island -  Group exhibitiong, Bräuhausgasse Vienna

• Artist Intervention „Parallel Vienna“, Otto Wagner Spittal Vienna

• „The Group Show“, Lothringerstraße 4, Vienna

• „Traum“, curated by Dessous, Group exhibitiong, Vienna

2022

• „The Group Show“, Lothringerstraße 4, Vienna

• „Young Vienna Artists“, Galerie Graf, 1010 Vienna

• Solo Show „maybe it´s a duck“, GALERIE3, Velden

• „Pretend it´s a painting“, FLUX23, Klagenfurt

• Gruppenausstellung „last night on mars“, Vienna

2021

• Group exhibitiong „GOTO“, Westbahnstraße, Wien

• Vienna Art Week „Wie geht´s?“, Hütteldorfer Straße 59, Wien

2020

• Solo show “Innen-Innen=Außen”, 

  Q21, Museumsquartier Wien, Jan Arnold Gallery

• „Creating Space“, Galerie Jonathan Seiffert, Wien

• „Abstrakt - Geometrie und Konzept“, museum show, MMKK, Museum of Modern Art, Carinthia

2019

• “Living Studio”, Q21, Museumsquartier Wien, Jan Arnold Gallery

• „Wolken und andere Wahrheiten“ Vienna Art Week, T/abor

• Group exhibition “Törn”, Velden with GALERIE3 | FLUX23

• Group exhibition  „Playground Zero”, Raum8, Klagenfurt

2018

• Parallel Vienna - mit Creative Cluster Traktorfabrik, art fair, Vienna

• „GOTO World Tour“ - Tobačna Ljubljana (Slovenia)

• Group exhibition  - Traktorfabrik, Wien

2017

• ART AUSTRIA (Wien) with GALERIE3 | FLUX23, art fair, Vienna

• Parallel Vienna with GALERIE3 | FLUX23, art fair, Vienna

• Group exhibition, Stift Millstatt „GOTO bleibt“

2016

• Solo show „Habitat“, Galerie3, Klagenfurt

• Group exhibition, „1000 Jahre GOTO“, ARTLANE Klagenfurt

2015

• Installation „walk of fame“ in Doha, Katar 

• „NEVER | LAND“ - Solo Show, Schau-Kraftwerk Forst-     

   see, Velden 

• Solo Show „Kunst im Werk“, Traibacher Industrie, Althofen

2014

• 1. price, BA-Art Grant, Galerie 3, Klagenfurt

• Exhibition BA-CA Art Grant, Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach

2013

• “This too shall pass” – Solo show, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Living Studio

• “20+20” – Galerie Freihausgasse Villach

2012

• Residency at Cite des Arts Paris / Series „Human Disposables“ 

• Scholarship Studio Smartno, Slovenia

In my current work series Transmissions, I deal with the immaterial phenomena of our time: the invisible flow of data, the power of artificial intelligence and the increasing dissolution of reality and simulation. The ghostly figures that populate my pictorial spaces appear as fluid forms between presence and dissolution - symbols of a fragmented world in which identity, perception and truth are constantly being renegotiated. Inspired by the “spirit photography” of the 19th century, I draw parallels between the technical upheavals of that time and today's questions about the credibility of digitally generated images. Despite the thematic proximity to digital aesthetics, my images are not created digitally, but through distorted reflections on the surface of a pool of water - an analog process that deliberately breaks the illusion. Transmissions sees itself as a painterly contribution to a critical examination of digital realities.