about

Mathias Kniepeiss

mathias@kniepeiss.com
+43 664 8405253
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Mathias Kniepeiss was born in Graz, Austria and has been an expert designer and professional photographer since 2003. He has been working in the fields of sports, industry, portraits, reportage & commercial in over 50 countries of the world.

He was team photographer of Red Bull Racing in F1, host photographer of the Life Ball in Vienna and the Hahnenkamm Ski Race in Kitzbühel, personal photographer of Sebastian Vettel & Bill Clinton and had shootings with Quentin Tarantino, Bono & Prince Albert of Monaco. His pictures have been published in several magazines like Playboy, People Magazin, Vanity Fair, View and many more.

Known under the pseudonym “Mateo Moém“, he creates artworks within scenarios of different time periods, a mix fusion of staged photography and digital painting.

to achieve this, he and his team use the body language of his models, overall composition of the group, colour psychology, made to measure costumes, lavish set designs, real locations, accessories accurate in every detail, modern postproduction and finally, make use of a special printing-processes.

the depicted interpretation of history is based on extensive research of various time periods, with the intension of mirroring our present into the past and the past into our present.

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1980
born and raised in Austria
1985-1995
passionated painter and illustrator
1995 – 1998
education in design
1998 – 2003
professional designer
2003 – 2018
professional sports & travel photographer
2006 – 2018
industry & reportage photographer
2009 – 2018
fashion & people photographer
2012 – 2018
commercial & products photographer
2014 – 2018
historic & art staging director & photographer
2014
founder of Mateo Moém
2018
Sony Global Imaging Ambassador

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partners, clients & brands i´ve worked with

WWP, Getty Images, Red Bull, Korsa Media, Fritz van Eldik, Kaspersky, Eckstein Public Relations,
Orbit, Tesla Motors, NEO, Mercedes, BMW, Bavaria, Shell, Wings for Life, DHL, Puls 4, Schullin,
Federation of Austrian Industries, Pankl Racing, Magna Steyr, XAL, Borealis, X-Tec,…

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major events and carreer highlights

Host photographer for Air & Style
UEFA Cup & UEFA Champions League
Winter World Championships
team photographer of Red Bull Racing & Scuderia Toro Rosso
Red Bull Showrun photographer in Budapest, London, Pamplona, Moscow & Paris
Bavaria Showrun photographer in Moscow, Rotterdam and Dublin
part of the Ferrari showrun organisation team at Doha
personal photographer of Sebastian Vettel
personal photographer of Bill Clinton
4 times host photographer of Moscow City Racing
3 times host photographer at the Life Ball
5 times host photographer at the Hahnenkamm Ski Race
official photographer for the austrian federation of industry
official photographer of the DCL – Drone Champions League
Sony Global Imaging Ambassador

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exhibitions

2013 – „Rococo“ – Graz – San Pietro
2016 – „Rococo, Mafia & Birth of Beauty“ – Vienna – Hotel Hyatt
2016 – „Lust und Laster“ – Graz – Kaiserfeld
2019 – „Faces of Venice“ – Venice – Ca´Sagredo Hotel

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lectures

2018 – „Fit for Future“ – Graz – WK Steiermark
2018 – „Image Composition“ – Graz – Steiermarkhof
2018 – „Stunt & Photography Masterclass“ – Graz – AV Media Studio
2019 – „Expert Media Talk“ – Vienna – SAE Institute
2019 – „Stunt & Photography Masterclass“ – Zurich – Light&Byte

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clippings

Playboy, People Magazin, Glamour Magazine, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, View Magazin, Metro, Herald Tribune, Sinflash, Bild, Auto Touring, Autobild, News, Sportmagazin, Red Bulletin, TV Media, Kurier, Kronen Zeitung, Kleine Zeitung, Österreich, Salzburger Nachrichten, Tiroler Tageszeitung, Megaphon, ESPN.com, AOL, Discovery Website, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Swisscom, 999 Magazine, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, TMZ, Yahoo, BBC, Rollingstone, MGN, CNN, MTV Networks,…

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awards