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Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Markus HOFER

Austrian · b. 1977

Profile
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34–51 band

Discovery profile: exhibition record

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 11, 2026.

Overall34

Composite Codex score

Institutional57

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum0

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#77,496Mid-Career
Exhibitions30 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal00 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median—0 tracked lots
Sell-through—Recent 3-year market
Social Signals
294Instagram followers32nd percentile

Signal summary

Markus HOFER: exhibition record. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence: 3 tracked exhibitions; 0 current and 0 upcoming in Codex.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No tracked museum acquisition record yet. No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

No acquisition institutions tracked yet

Recent Exhibitions

  • Color Photos & other objects – Markus HoferLKFF
  • Markus Hofer – Le Tour de la RéalitéLKFF
  • « Thinking about Things » – Markus HOFER, solo showLKFF

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: —.
No annual auction series yet

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).

Global
  1. Paul McCartney#895 · Posters/ephemera · Under $5K · True North Gallery | The Music Gallery #784 · Emergingposter_ephemera · emerging · 1 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  2. Brian Froud#1,009 · IX Gallery #292 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  3. Sayed Haider Raza#1,299 · Akar Prakar #361 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  4. Klimt#1,721 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  5. Gautier Deblonde#1,908 · DTTH Gallery #283 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  6. Alex Ross#1,918 · Wyecliffe Galleries #746 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  7. Gelitin#2,081 · Perrotin #8 · Emergingemerging · 4 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  8. Josef Hoflehner#2,588 · Hamburg Kennedy Contemporary #46 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  9. Deborah Sengl#3,617 · Unclassified lots · $5K–10K · Galerie Deschler #496 · Early/mid-careerunknown · early/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  10. Markus HOFER
Regional
  1. Erwin Wurm#220 · Paintings · $10K–25K · Thaddaeus Ropac #12 · Mid-careerpainting · mid-career · 19 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  2. Heimo Zobernig#683 · Paintings · $25K–50K · Petzel Gallery #55 · Early/mid-careerpainting · early/mid-career · 8 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  3. Xenia Hausner#792 · Photographs · $10K–25K · Patricia Low Contemporary #47 · Early/mid-careerphotography · early/mid-career · 7 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  4. Valie Export#897 · Photographs · Under $5K · Thaddaeus Ropac #12 · Early/mid-careerphotography · early/mid-career · 8 yrs since first tracked solo/show · 0 yrs since first museum show
  5. Gelitin#2,081 · Perrotin #8 · Emergingemerging · 4 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  6. Josef Hoflehner#2,588 · Hamburg Kennedy Contemporary #46 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  7. Christian Eisenberger#3,487 · Paintings · Under $5K · Galerie Krinzinger #109 · Early/mid-careerpainting · early/mid-career · 7 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  8. Deborah Sengl#3,617 · Unclassified lots · $5K–10K · Galerie Deschler #496 · Early/mid-careerunknown · early/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  9. Markus Schinwald#3,630 · Paintings · $10K–25K · Thaddaeus Ropac #12 · Mid-careerpainting · mid-career · 18 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  10. Markus HOFER

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set
  1. Erwin Wurm#220 · Paintings · $10K–25K · Thaddaeus Ropac #12 · Mid-careerpainting · shared regional context · #220 Codex rank
  2. Heimo Zobernig#683 · Paintings · $25K–50K · Petzel Gallery #55 · Early/mid-careerpainting · Conceptual · shared regional context · #683 Codex rank
  3. Xenia Hausner#792 · Photographs · $10K–25K · Patricia Low Contemporary #47 · Early/mid-careerphotography · shared regional context · #792 Codex rank
  4. Valie Export#897 · Photographs · Under $5K · Thaddaeus Ropac #12 · Early/mid-careerphotography · shared regional context · #897 Codex rank
  5. Gelitin#2,081 · Perrotin #8 · Emergingshared regional context · #2,081 Codex rank
  6. Josef Hoflehner#2,588 · Hamburg Kennedy Contemporary #46 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #2,588 Codex rank
  7. Christian Eisenberger#3,487 · Paintings · Under $5K · Galerie Krinzinger #109 · Early/mid-careerpainting · shared regional context · #3,487 Codex rank
  8. Deborah Sengl#3,617 · Unclassified lots · $5K–10K · Galerie Deschler #496 · Early/mid-careerunknown · shared regional context · #3,617 Codex rank
  9. Markus Schinwald#3,630 · Paintings · $10K–25K · Thaddaeus Ropac #12 · Mid-careerpainting · shared regional context · #3,630 Codex rank
  10. Markus HOFER
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