Felix Hoffmann

Artistic Director of Foto Arsenal Vienna (Austria)

Felix Hoffmann is an arts and culture scientist and Artistic Director of the Foto Arsenal Vienna, the photography and lens-based media centre founded by the City of Vienna and opened in 2025. From 2005 to 2022, he was Head of Programmes at the C/O Berlin Foundation, responsible for exhibitions, programmes and strategy. He co-initiated the C/O Berlin Talent Programme for young photographers and art critics, and has curated numerous international exhibitions, including Nan Goldin (2009), Robert Mapplethorpe (2011), Peter Lindbergh (2011), Gordon Parks (2014), Elfie Semotan (2019), Mari Katayama (2023), as well as group exhibitions, such as The Uncanny Familiar – Images of Terror (2011), The Last Image. Photography and Death (2019) and Send Me an Image. From Postcards to Social Media (2021).

Portrait: © Michael Dooney