Martin Hochleitner

Martin Hochleitner (born 1970) is an Austrian art historian and since 2012, curator of the Salzburg Museum.

[1][2] In 2002, he completed his studies in art history at the University of Salzburg with the title Dr. phil..[1] He wrote his dissertation on the subject of Fundamentals and Reception of Sculptural Forms of Appearance in 20th Century Upper Austrian Art (Grundlagen und Rezeption skulpturaler Erscheinungsformen in der oberösterreichischen Kunst des 20.

)[3][1] From 1993 to 2000, he was a staff member at the Institute for Cultural Promotion of the Province of Upper Austria (head of the promotion areas fine arts, photography, film, new media and architecture) and director of the gallery in the Stifterhaus [de] together with Peter Assmann.

[1] In the 2007/08 academic year, he held a visiting professorship for photo theory at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

[1] Hochleitner conceived and organised, among others, the architecture symposium at the ORF regional studios and the gallery in the Stifterhaus in Linz.