Susanne Stemmer

Susanne Stemmer (born 1973) is an Austrian visual artist, director and photographer. Her most famous works were created in the world of artistic underwater photography where she stages the depicted characters in dreamy, seemingly weightless underwater worlds to create a feeling of freedom, self-reflection and detachment from reality. She achieves these effects, for example, through long durations of exposure and playing with natural and artificial lighting.

In addition to exhibitions at biennales and festivals, Stemmer also presents her works in solo exhibitions worldwide, for instance in her pop-up galleries in Vienna and Paris, where her photography is shown for one day only. Furthermore, she is active as a director in the advertising industry and in her underwater art film series Under Surfaces.

Stemmer lives and works in Vienna, Paris and travelling the world. 2014: Festival International de la Photographie, Cannes (group exhibition) 2015: Paris Photo LA, Los Angeles (group exhibition) 2017: Venice Biennale, Venice (group exhibition) 2018: Nuit Blanche, Paris (group exhibition)