1952 born in Bolzano, Italy, where he still lives. Trained as an electrical engineer, computer scientist and technical draughtsman. Started filming during his studies and photographing in 1970. Since 1985, he has been working on several photo series: 'Alpine Landschaften', 'Raumfolgen', 'Bildraum', 'Rohbauten' and 'Artefakte'. He is represented by the following galleries: Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin; Bob van Orsouw, Zurich; Robert Miller, New York; Suzy Shammah, Milan.
Selected solo exhibitions
1993 'Die bleichen Berge', Ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano, Italy / travelled to Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland
1996 Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
1997 Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden, and again in 2001 and 2003
1998 Centre Photographique d'île-de-France, Pontault Combault, France
1999 Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA, and again in 2006
1999 'Reservate des Augenblicks', Ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum Bolzano, Italy
1999 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA, and again in 2001
2000 Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 Koyanagi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2003 Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
2003 Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
2003 Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
2004 'Zivile Operationen', Museion, Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Bolzano, Italy and Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Galleria Suzy Shammah, Milan, Italy
2006 Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (permanent installation)
2007 deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium (with Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA)
Selected group exhibitions featuring work by Niedermayr
1995 'Campo', Corderie dell'Arsenale, Venice, Italy / travelled to Fondazione Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy and Konstmuseet, Malmö, Sweden (cat.)
1996 'Prospect '96', Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.)
1996 'Obiettivi/Soggettivi', Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (cat.)
1997 'Alpenblick', Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (cat.)
1997 'La Collection de la Fondation Cartier', Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
1998 'Dissin' the Real', Lombard Freid, New York, USA
1999 'Das Versprechen der Fotografie: Die Sammlung der DG Bank', Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan / travelled to Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany / Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France (cat.)
2000 'Antimemory', Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan (cat.)
2000 'A Place I Have Never Been to', Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2001 'An Eye for the City', University Art Museum, Albuquerque, USA (cat.)
2001 'Art Unlimited', Basel, Switzerland (cat.)
2002 'The Politics of Place', Bildmuseet, Umeå; Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Stockholm; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland; Länsmuseum Västernorrlands, Härnösand, Sweden (cat.)
2003 'The Spirit of White', Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
2003 'Public Record', MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
2004 'Metamorph 9', Biennale di Architettura Venezia, Venice, Italy (cat.)
2005 'SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa)', 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (cat.)
2005 'Multiple Räume (2) Park', Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany (cat.)
2005 'La Dolce Crisi', Villa Manin, Passariano-Codroipo, Italy (cat.)
2005 'Trans Emilia', Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (cat.)
2006 'Out of the camera', Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
2006 'Novartis Campus', Architekturmuseum, Basel (with SANAA), Switzerland (cat.)
2006 'Young Italian Artists At The Turn Of The Millennium', Galeria Continua, Beijing, China
2006 'UBS Openings', Tate Modern, Bankside, London, UK
2006 'Archit- Action', Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Monographs
1993 'Die bleichen Berge, Walter Niedermayr', ed. AR/GE Kunst, Bolzano, Italy
1994 'Hotel Café Kusseth', Bolzano, Südtirol Profil, Italy
1998 'Reservate des Augenblicks, Walter Niedermayr', ed. AR/GE Kunst, Bolzano, Hatje-Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany
2001 'Raumfolgen 1991-2001, Walter Niedermayr', ed. Carl Aigber, Andrea Domesle, Eikon Verlag, Vienna, Germany
2003 'Zivile Operationen, Walter Niedermayr', ed. Marion Piffer Damiani, Kunsthalle Wien, Hatje-Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany
2004 'Titlis, Walter Niedermayr', ed. Codax, Zurich, Hatje-Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany
2006 TAV, Viadotto Modena, Walter Niedermayr', ed. Linea di Confine, Rubiera / Schleebrügge, Vienna, Austria
2007 'Walter Niedermayr / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)', ed. deSingel, international arts centre, Antwerp, Hatje-Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany