Rainer Hosch’s migration from his native to Vienna, to the kinetic urbanity of New York City and finally to his
current home in the serene landscape of Topanga Canyon has allowed him to explore various photographic
methods and styles. Ultimately it his work as a portraitist that continues to capture his imagination and allows
him the opportunity to meet creatives shaping the world of entertainment, art, design, athletics, business,
politics and technology. For Hosch the portrait allows for a conversation between himself and the subject and
a moment to reveal the true state of what is- the stories contained within the face in front of the lens.
SELECT CLIENTS
C Magazine, L’Uomo Vogue, ESPN, The Hollywood Reporter, L’Officiel, Billboard , Los Angeles Magazine, WWD,
Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Island Records, Sony Music, Random House, NBC Universal,
Hulu, Red Bull, Facebook, Google, Nespresso, Dedon, Volkswagen, T-Mobile, Nike.
ARTIST CV
Rainer Hosch
Born 1970, Vienna, Austria. Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Studied photography at die Graphische in Austria.
SOLO SHOWS
2019 - Topanga Beach, Gallery Poulsen - Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 - Photographs, Gallery Poulsen - Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 - New York New York, Gallery Poulsen - Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 - Thank You, Museum of the 20th Century- Vienna, Austria
GROUP SHOWS
2020 - Apocalypse Now - New Art from New York and Other Places, Part XI, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
Together but Separately - An Unusual Group Show Live, Gallery Pouslen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2019- Gallery Poulsen at Pulse Miami Beach
Inglorious Basterds New Art from New York - part X, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2018 - The Dean Collection x Bacardi Rum Room- Los Angeles, California
PUSH, Surf and Skate in California, Quixote Studios- Los Angeles, California
Once Upon A Time in America, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2017- The Cannonball Run: New Art from New York - part IV, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2016 - Los Angeles Artists for Clean Water, Installation Gallery- Santa Monica, California
2015 - The Copenhagen Interpretation, The Lodge Gallery- New York, New York
2014 - Artists Across America, Flower Pepper Gallery- Los Angeles, California
Pumpkin Pie, Daniel Rolnik Gallery- Los Angeles, California
2013 - 10 Year Anniversary Show, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 - The Buzz of Urban Surroundings, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
COLLECTIONS
2009 - Permanent Collection National Museum of Photography- Copenhagen, Denmark
PUBLICATIONS
SMILE "The best of 20 years of ID" (Taschen), London
ZOO #11, Quarterly London
THE FASHIONBOOK, Phaidon (Collaboration with Stephen Sprouse)
THANK YOU VIENNA, Ahead Media (Catalogue for Exhibition in Vienna 2004)
PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS, Self-published
NEW YORK NEW YORK, GP, Limited Edition of 50
Vanguard Photo Director for Installation Magazine, 2012-present