Rainer Hosch is a photographer based in Los Angeles. His father, a fearless photojournalist whose assignments took him around the world, was Hosch’s first teacher. After his sudden death when Hosch was only 11 years old, he committed to carrying on his father’s legacy by pursuing photography. He started his career documenting the music scene of his hometown of Vienna. In 1998, he moved to New York City, where he soon worked for magazines such as Esquire, L’Uomo Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, and Wired, as well as commercial clients ranging from Nespresso to Sony Music. Hosch has captured some of the most iconic faces in art, design, technology, sports, politics, and business. In addition to his portrait work, Hosch is a street, landscape, and documentary photographer. His work can be found in the Permanent Collection National Museum of Photography in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the New York headquarters of Roc Nation. He has had exhibitions in Miami, New York, Austria, Copenhagen, and the Dean Collection in Los Angeles.
In 2022, Hosch created the Genesis NFT collection “52icons,” dedicated to his late father, Heinz Hosch. The collection was dropped via Twitter and connects with a growing global community of over 2000 collectors. The overwhelming popularity of his Iggy Pop portraits inspired an Open Edition NFT minted 3537 times in 52 hours. While Hosch’s career is rooted in analog, he believes in the future of digital art.
Rainer Hosch
Born 1970, Vienna, Austria
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
Studied photography at die Graphische
Selected Solo Exhibitions
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
Selected Group Shows
2025
The Art of __ supporting the Laurel Foundation, Presented by Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Art of Punk- Francisco Carolinum Linz - Linz, Austria
The Last Judgement: New Art from New York and Other Places, Part XV - Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Art of __ supporting the Laurel Foundation, Presented by Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA
FOCUS photo l.a. Summer Edition, Galerie XII- Santa Monica, CA
2023
Music Legends: Photographs from Then & Now, Sunset House LA- Los Angeles, CA
2022
The Art of __ supporting the Laurel Foundation- presented by Bonhams Los Angeles
Size Matters hosted by Medium Photo- Sparks Gallery San Diego, CA
Gmunden Photo- Gmunden, Austria
2021
The Intouchables New Art from New York and Other Places, Part XII- Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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 Poulsen Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Gallery Poulsen at PULSE, Miami Beach, FL
Inglorious Basterds- Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
The Dean Collection x Bacardi Rum Room- Los Angeles, CA
PUSH, Surf and Skate in California, Quixote Studios- Los Angeles, CA
Once Upon A Time in America, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Los Angeles Artists for Clean Water, Installation Gallery- Santa Monica, CA
2015
YOUNG AUSTRIAN PHOTOGRAPHY VIP Program at PARIS PHOTO LOS ANGELES, Fitzpatrick-Leland House- Los Angeles, CA
The Copenhagen Interpretation, The Lodge Gallery- New York, NY
2014
Artists Across America, Flower Pepper Gallery- Los Angeles, CA
2013
10 Years Anniversary Show, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
The Buzz of Urban Surroundings, Gallery Poulsen- Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected Collections
2019
Roc Nation, New York, New York
2009
Permanent Collection National Museum of Photography- Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected 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
Photo Director for Installation Magazine, 2012-Present