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“In my work I fight for the freedom to be who I want to be and to love who I want to love.”
Born in the secluded region of the Austrian Waldviertel, Robert Hochstöger first worked for a master-builder before starting a career in the London film industry. In 2019, he began dedicating himself to painting. He currently lives and works in Vienna.
Robert Hochstöger is a painter whose work is characterized by an explicitly male gaze on the male body – direct, critical, heroic, dreamy, and often infused with an unapologetic sexual interest.
He finds most of the models for his predominantly realistic paintings on Instagram – a platform where self-staging and the desire to be seen, self-presentation and voyeurism come together.
*1972 in Zwettl/NÖ
living and working in Vienna, Austria and London, UK
EDUCATION
2025
Mentoring program for fine arts – Marko Zink
2020 – 2023
Vienna Atelier of Traditional Art – Workshops
Diana Buitrago / Jura Bedic / Dale Zinkowski / Leo Plaw / Tanvi Patharee / Patrick Byrne / Greg Mortensen
1998 – 2001
Architecture – Technical University Vienna, Austria
1986 – 1990
Artistic Education at BORG Krems, Austria – Günter Wolfsberger
EXHIBITIONS
2026 BASiS.KUNSTMESSE
2024 We Stand With Ukraine – SoHo Project Space in New York City, USA
2022 Enchantment – GAYT Gallery Vienna, Austria
2019 Royalty – Vienna Atelier of Traditional Art Vienna, Austria
PUBLICATIONS
2021 One Hour With The Model – Sergey Shipun by Igor Yermakov
limited hardcover edition, 20 x 23 cm
AWARDS
2015 Art Directors Guild – Winner for Excellence in Production Design
Guardians of the Galaxy
2016 Art Directors Guild – Nominee for Excellence in Production Design
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FILM (Selection)
2023 Woodwalkers – Blue Eyes Fiction / Studio Canal / DOR Film Austria
2020 Rubikon – Samsara Filmproduktion
2019 Star Wars – Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker – Lucas Film Ltd.
2017 Star Wars – Episode VIII – The Last Jedi – Lucas Film Ltd.
2015 Star Wars – Episode VII – The Force Awakens – Lucas Film Ltd.
2015 Mission Impossible 5 – Rogue Nation – Paramount Pictures
2014 Edge of Tomorrow – Paramount Pictures
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy – Marvel Productions LLC
2014 Maleficent – Walt Disney Pictures