Johann Husser (b. 1990, Kemerovo) is a photographer and visual artist currently based in Dresden, Germany.
He studied Photography (B.A., Fachhochschule Dortmund) and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Media Arts
at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). His artistic work moves between documentary strategies, digital manipulation, and cross-media presentation.

Education
2018 – 2022 Academy of Media Arts Cologne / KHM (Diploma in Media Arts, with distinction)
2013 – 2017 Fachhochschule Dortmund (Bachelor of Arts in Photography)

Exhibitions
2025   Heads, Bengtsson Gallery, Festival OFF Arles, France
           Schichten, Geh8, Dresden, Germany
2024   Working Traces, Industra Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic 
2023   Photography in Progress,Internationale Photoszene Festival Cologne, Michael Horbach
           Stiftung, Cologne, Germany
           Apartment #2, Apartment, Dresden, Germany
2022   Currents#10, Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, Netherlands
           Heaven on Earth, Agony Books, Richmond, USA
           Am Rande, Superraum, Dortmund, Germany
           Proposal for a city, Projektraum Ebertplatz, Cologne, Germany
           Photographic Utopia, KunstWerk, Cologne, Germany
2021   Wir verlassen die Erden, Space Place Gallery, Nizhni Tagil, Russia
2020   Passing Times, Labor Ebertplatz, Cologne, Germany
2019   Butterland: Delusion of Photography, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
           Site#1, Studio & Galerie Ludwig XIV, Wuppertal, Germany
           Whose City? Our City!, CASE Projektraum, Cologne, Germany
           Pixelprojekt Ruhrgebiet, Wissenschaftspark, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
           Palm*Photo Shortlist Show, theprintspace Gallery, London, United Kingdom 
2018   Our Only True Life Is In The Future, Banditenbar, Essen, Germany
           Butterland: Delusion of Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
           Walden#2, Treibhaus, Dortmund, Germany
           Fotofilmic17, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, Canada
           Fotofilmic17, Galery Binome, Paris, France
           Fotofilmic17, Stereosis, Thessaloniki, Greece
2017   In Sichtweite, Blam! Produzentengalerie, Dortmund, Germany
           Fotofilmic Shortlist Show, Pulp Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
           Between Realities, FH Gallery, Dortmund, Germany

Lectures
05/2025  Technical University Dresden, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Design. Guest Lecture "Proposal for a city"
12/2023  University of Munich, Faculty of Design. Guest Lecture "Proposal for a city"

Scholarships / Residencies
2016 – 2022 German Academic Scholarship Foundation 
2022 Landskrona Foto Residency and Bursary 

Publications / Features
2025 deutsche bauzeitung, 09.2025, pp. 42 – 48, Konradin Medien GmbH, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany 
2025 German Architecture Annual, pp. 74 – 79, DOM publishers Berlin, Deutsches Architekturmuseum Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2025 Architekturführer Deutschland, pp. 72 – 73, DOM publishers, Berlin, Germany
2025 Architektur. Aktuell: Climate Awareness, pp. 112 – 117, Architektur Aktuell GmbH, Vienna, Austria
2025 DUMMY Feinde, p. 92, DUMMY Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2025 Erleweinpries 2024, Cover, pp. 7, 10 – 11, Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Germany
2025 BY Magazine #6, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany (Layout & Art Direction)
2024 Die Zeit Verbrechen #30, p. 6, Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius GmbH & CO KG, Hamburg, Germany
2024 Baunetz, IFZ Dresden Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen, online
2024 Bauwelt 243: Utopischer Pragmatismus, pp. 66 – 69, Bauverlag BV GmbH. Berlin, Germany
2024 Dezeen, IIFZ Dresden Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen, online
2024 Die Architekt Nr.2 2024, pp. 12 – 13, Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten BDA, Berlin, Germany
2024 ArchDaily, IFZ Dresden Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen, online
2023 Surface Editions: Reconstruct, West Yorkshire, UK
2023 Capital 11/2023, Gruner + Jahr Verlag, Hamburg, Germany
2023 Vostok Magazine: Urban Spaces, pp. 128 – 141, Seoul, South Korea
2023 PhMuseum, Interview Residency Landskrona Foto, online
2023 Capital 10/2023, p. 114, Gruner + Jahr Verlag, Hamburg, Germany
2023 Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022 Yearbook, pp. 14 – 21, Urbanautica Institute
2023 Allcitiesarebeautiful, Interview, online
2023 Heaven on Earth, Pomegranate Press, Richmond, USA (Artist Book) 
2023 Mit den Gespenstern leben (haunting | heritage), pp.129 – 142, Burg Hülshoff – Center for literature, Havixbeck, Germany
2022 Until We Meet Again, Until Appendix, Marres, House of Contemporary Culture, pp. 177, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2022 Valentine Editions: Rock, Bristol, UK
2022 LFritz #8, pp. 24 – 27, Internationale Photoszene Köln, Cologne, Germany
2022 Photographic Utopia Exhibition Catalogue, pp. 33 – 35, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany (Contribution and Coordination)
2022 April Recorder, pp. 15, 19, 21, 41, 58, 68, 75, Eclectic Lab, Vienna, Austria
2022 The Wire 455, p. 16, The Wire Magazine Ltd., London, UK
2021 C41 Magazine, Like Seaweed Tossed Around In The Ocean, online
2020 INMYHANDS #5, Academy of Media Arts Cologne & Inmyhands, Cologne, Germany (Layout & Art Direction)
2020 C41 Magazine, Our Only True Life Is In The Future, online
2019 Lodown Magazine: Vehikel (3), pp. 104 – 109, Berlin, Germany
2019 Fotoroom, online
2019 Booooooom Magazine, Our Only True Life Is In The Future, online 
2019 Butterland: Delusion of Photography Exhibition Catalogue, pp. 20 – 21, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany
2018 Arcade issue three: the suburbs of Berlin, p. 202 – 234, London, UK
2018 Cahiers - Hefte zur Fotografie #5, pp. 46 – 51, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany
2018 BY Magazine #3, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany (Layout & Art Direction)
2018 Velveteyes, On The Edges Of An Idea, onlin
2018 Our Only True Life Is In The Future, Weltgast Edition, Essen Germany (Artist Book)
2018 Walden #2, Miriam Neitzel, Dortmund, Germany
2018 Pixelprojekt Ruhrgebiet, An den Rändern einer Idee, online
2017 BY Magazine #2, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany (Layout & Art Direction)
2017 Der Greif Issue 10, p. 40, Munich, Germany
2016 Cahiers - Hefte zur Fotografie #4, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany (Layout, Art Direction & Production)
2016 BY Magazine #1, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany (Layout & Art Direction)
2016 Der Greif Issue 9, pp. 8, 71, Munich, Germany
2015 Cahiers - Hefte zur Fotografie #3, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany (Layout, Art Direction & Editorial)