Maximilian Rossner

author · photographer

German[1] active 2013–2024

Maximilian Rossner is a German artist and photographer based in Weimar. He studied Free Art with a focus on printmaking and drawing at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (2015–2021), where he earned his Diplom under Prof. Jana Gunstheimer and Peter Heckwolf. Since 2022, he has worked as an independent artist. His artistic practice encompasses experimental printmaking, drawing, and photography, often exploring themes of imagination, abstraction, and structures. He has served as a lecturer for screen printing and graphics at the Mal- und Zeichenschule Weimar since 2019 and was previously a workshop manager at Gerber Siebdruckerei Weimar. Rossner has received several grants, including from the Thüringer Staatskanzlei and the Stiftung Kunstfonds.[1,2]

  • imagination
  • abstraction
  • structures
  • printmaking
  • drawing

Books

Works by Maximilian Rossner

  • 2010 II II V Two And Two Makes Five Self published · book · English Photographs 2006 - 2008. Duplex printed, 92 pages.
  • 2021 Unitates Mal- und Zeichenschule Weimar · book Grafikmappe (Graphic folder)

Exhibitions

  • 2023 Relikt Nimbus Galerie Forum K, Plauen · solo
  • 2021 Zur Inneren Oberfläche Alter Schlachthof, Weimar · solo
  • 2020 Intensitäten Galerie Markt 21, Weimar · solo
  • 2019 Schweigen Altes Rathaus, Heilbad Heiligenstadt · solo
  • 2019 Alternative Facts Reizüberflutung Artspace, Weimar · solo
  • 2018 Ad Absurdum Kunsthaus Eigenregie, Eschenbach · solo

Awards

  • 2021 Absolventenstipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds
  • 2022 Erhalt des Chancengeber*innen Stipendiums Thüringer Staatskanzlei / Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Thüringen

References

  1. II II V two and two makes five. The Independent Photo Book blog. 2011 link
  2. Vita. max-rossner.de link