MANFRED HELLWEGER
SCULPTURES
artworks
about
The Austrian sculptor Manfred Hellweger (*1986) lives and works in Pettneu am Arlberg and Nesselgarten near Fliess in Tyrol.
His artistic journey began at the Technical School for Art and Design in Elbigenalp (Tyrol), where he graduated as a sculptor in 2004. Driven by his passion for material and form, he soon established himself as a freelance artist. In 2013, he further honed his skills by earning a degree in stone sculpting from the renowned Technical School for Stone Working in Laas (South Tyrol).
Hellweger has participated in more than 30 international sculpture symposia and has shown his work in numerous national and international exhibitions. His sculptures are held in private and public collections across Europe, Asia, and North America.
CREATIVE PROCESS AND INSPIRATION
The artist Manfred Hellweger explores fundamental questions of meaning and values in human existence. His art reflects the dynamics of life, the constant change of the world and the transience of all things.
His distinctive sculptures are primarily made of wood, stone and metal, materials that symbolize both solidity and mutability.
Hellweger deliberately uses simple geometric forms such as cubes, strips, planks, nails or shaped tubes. These elements are assembled through various techniques into mostly figurative works that taper toward the bottom. This artistic approach gives the impression that his sculptures visually dissolve into the vertical, creating a flowing, almost floating dynamic.
Through this formal language, the artist alludes to the impermanence of being: nothing remains as it is, everything is in motion, in development, in transition.
His works invite viewers to reflect on their own transience and to become more aware of the present moment.
Despite their minimalist formal language, Hellweger's sculptures are expressive and rich in symbolic depth. His deliberate reduction to the essential represents an attitude of mindfulness and simplicity, a plea against the increasing sensory overload and excess of the modern world.
His artistic credo is not "more and more," but rather "back to the essential".
In an age of relentless progress and fast-paced
living, Manfred Hellweger's works serve as a reminder, that true essence is often found in simplicity.
EXHIBITIONS
2026: art Karlsruhe / Steinberger Galerien / Germany
Ein Schloss-sechs Positionen / Sigmundsried Castle / Tyrol / Austria
Art Salon Zürich / Steinberger Galerien / Germany
Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt / Steinberger Galerien / Germany
2025: Solo Exhibition / Cafmeyer Gallery / Knokke-Heist / Belgium
2024: Art Vienna International Art Fair / Orangerie Schönbrunn / Vienna / Austria
North Sea island Spiekeroog, 1st Prize Sculpture Competition Kulturstiftung Spiekeroog / Germany
2023: „how do we want to live" - Weisses Kreuz in Fliess / Tyrol / Austria
2022: „Graffiti & Unplugged 9.2“ in Sigmundsried Castle / Tyrol / Austria
2021: „wood you agree?“ – Rechelerhaus Gallery in Ladis / Tyrol / Austria
2020: „Körperhaftes“ – Augenblick Gallery in Tannheim / Tyrol / Austria
„20x20“ – Museum gallery Tarrenz / Tyrol / Austria
24. ART Innsbruck / Tyrol / Austria
2019: ART BOX Gallery in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
„Begegnungen“ - Kunstraum Pettneu / Tyrol / Austria
„Natural Moments“ - Hegemann Gallery in Munich / Germany
Hypo – Landesbank Vorarlberg in Lech / Vorarlberg / Austria
2018: ART BOX Gallery in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
„Graffiti & Unplugged 7.0“ in Sigmundsried Castle / Tyrol / Austria
Volksbank Tirol – Landeck branch / Tyrol / Austria
Group exhibition of BV in Verona / Italy
22. ART Innsbruck / Tyrol / Austria
„Megalopolis“ – KreativRaum Gallery / Vienna / Austria
2017: Volksbank Tirol – St. Anton am Arlberg branch / Tyrol / Austria
„Graffiti & Unplugged 6.0“ in Sigmundsried Castle / Tyrol / Austria
„DREIDIMENSIONAL“ - BV Gallery Schloss Schönbrunn / Vienna / Austria
Stage design for the Filmfest St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
2016: „UsbekischÖsterreichischeFreundschaft“ in Sigmundsried Castle / Tyrol / Austria
ART-HOF sculpture park in St. Konrad / Upper Austria / Austria
2015: Stage design for the Filmfest St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
Volksbank Tirol – Landeck branch / Tyrol / Austria
Symposium Exhibition“ - Kunstraum Pettneu / Tyrol / Austria
2014: Filmfest St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
Kaiser Art / Salzburg / Austria
2012: BV Gallery Kärnten / Carinthia / Austria
2011: „Holzkörper“ - Schloss Landeck Gallery / Tyrol / Austria
„Abend der besonderen Art“ - Schnitzschule Elbigenalp / Tyrol / Austria
2010: Hypo- Landesbank Vorarlberg in Lech / Vorarlberg / Austria
AK - Tyrolean art market in Landeck / Tyrol / Austria
"natura-art 2010“ in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee / Salzburg / Austria
2009: „WIR=4“ - Kunsthaus-Sudhaus in Villach / Carinthia / Austria
Volksbank Tirol – Landeck branch / Tyrol / Austria
Raiffeisenbank Pettneu / Tyrol / Austria
2008: „Kultur am Berg“ – Alpe Dias in Kappl / Tyrol / Austria
2007: „Symposium Exhibition“ - Steinfeld / Carinthia / Austria
2005: Kunstraum Pettneu / Tyrol / Austria
SCULPTOR SYMPOSIA
2021: Burgenwelt Ehrenberg in Reutte / Tyrol / Austria
2020: Plattling / Germany
Kunstforum Salvesen in Tarrenz / Tyrol / Austria
2019: Lindern / Germany
Schwabmünchen / Germany
Stams / Tyrol / Austria
10. Klausberg ICE GAMES in Steinhaus - BEST OF / Italy
2018: 4. Kulinarik und Kunst Festival in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
Ice sculpture competition at "Art on Snow" in Bad Hofgastein / Salzburg / Austria
2017: Uderns / Tyrol / Austria
2016: 3. Kulinarik und Kunst Festival in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
2015: „SkulpTour“ in Isen / Germany
Pettneu am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
6. Klausberg ICE GAMES in Steinhaus - 1st prize / Italy
2014: 5.Klausberg ICE GAMES in Steinhaus - 1st prize / Italy
Arlberger Kulturtage in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
Snow Festival in St. Vigil - 2nd prize / Italy
2012: Berg im Drautal / Carinthia / Austria
Steinhaus in the Ahrntal / Italy
2011: „KunstFluss“ – Symposim Schwendau / Tyrol / Austria
„Kunst in Behringen“ – Hütscheroda - Nationalpark Hainich / Germany
2010: Zug / Vorarlberg / Austria
Egg am See / Carinthia / Austria
2007: Pettneu am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
„Kunst im Luss“ - Lermoos / Tyrol / Austria
Steinfeld / Carinthia / Austria
2005: „Von Innen nach Außen“ - Imst / Tyrol / Austria
2004: Mattsee / Salzburg / Austria
2003: Gurgltal / Tyrol / Austria
„3 Länder Open Air“ - Wolkenstein / Italy
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2023: "time hole I" for the municipality of Grödig near Salzburg / Austria
2022: art acquisition "human cubes 162" / Technical University of Darmstadt / Germany
2021: Artistic interior design Intersport Tscherne Alpenstraße in Salzburg / Austria
2020: Artistic design „The Great Valluga“ Shop in St. Anton a./A. / Tyrol / Austria
Artistic interior design Intersport Okay Megastore in Innsbruck / Tyrol / Austria
2018: "Falke" project in Ladis / Tyrol / Austria
2017: „Origami Butterflies“ in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
2016: Sculptural group "Beschützer" in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
Artistic design of the water hiking trail in Ladis / Tyrol / Austria
2014: Entrance design Verwalltal in St. Anton am Arlberg / Tyrol / Austria
2012: Life-size sculpture St. Antonius for Hotel Anthony's in St. Anton / Tyrol / Austria
2007: "Path of reflection" in Telfs – 2nd station / Tyrol / Austria
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2024: North Sea island Spiekeroog / 1st prize sculpture competition of the Spiekeroog Cultural Foundation / Germany
2020: Working scholarship from the state of Tyrol / Innsbruck / Austria
PUBLICATIONS
2024: Artist Feature Catalogue: Volume 3 published by Aedra Fine Arts / New Jersey / USA
2023: Technische Universität Darmstadt- Kunst trifft Universität / Germany
2021: Tirolerin magazin – Kreative Köpfe / Austria
2020: bildhau KG - Gemeinsam für die Kunst / Germany
2014: Audi magazin- Das doppelte St. Anton / Austria
contact
gallery representations
Steinberger Galleries (Germany)
Weikersheim & Langenargen am Bodensee
studio
Manfred Hellweger
Nesselgarten 421
6500 Fließ
phone: +43 664/ 421 576 1
email: studio@manfredhellweger.com