Draft:Vince Voltage

Life and Work as a Photographer

Vince Voltage taught himself photography. He joined the Stuttgart artist group "Kunscht" in 2015, which was later renamed "Plattform 11". In 2016, he created his first photo series "iron republic" with models from the fetish scene, which was exhibited in the rooms of the Stuttgart District Court. This was followed by further exhibitions in galleries and at scene events, two self-published art books, and magazine and newspaper features. Voltage's photographs have been published in international art magazines. In 2019, an exhibition of his work took place in Canada.

In 2019, Vince Voltage also organized the first cyberpunk event in Germany at the Arcotel Stuttgart under the motto "ARTIFICIAL DOWNTOWN - fashion meets art".

His mostly erotically staged motifs play with sexual taboos and gender roles. The backgrounds of his pictures are mostly in the colors pink and baby blue. This is characteristic of his style. Voltage finds his themes in the fetish, cyberpunk, and end-of-the-world scenes. He uses the collaboration of professional and amateur models for his work. Voltage's works from the field of Neo Dark Art deal with themes such as transience, self-discovery, and melancholy. Voltage is celebrated as the "inventor and father of the genre Neo Dark Art".

Vince Voltage has photographed celebrities such as Dani Divine and Micaela Schäfer. His works can be seen on the covers of author Ines Witka's books, among others.

At public appearances and openings, Voltage himself appears in attire that matches his work. In 2022, the first group exhibition staged by Voltage on the topic of Neo Dark Art opened in Hamburg.

In the same year, his photobook "RAW LOVE" (U-Line Verlag) was published, which was recommended by the Orkus magazine as a book tip. The threewords magazine writes about "RAW LOVE" that the book is "a masterpiece of sex-positive photography" and a "trailblazer for more openness and acceptance in our society." Voltage himself describes the magazine as "a visionary who breaks the boundaries of art" and as a "true pioneer of sex-positive art."

Kink'd magazine featured Voltage on its cover on July 4, 2020 with the headline "the man. the genius. the legend." The Marquis magazine calls Voltage a "Stuttgart star photographer" and one of the "most controversial and creative artists of our time" in issue #77. He creates "artworks that cover a spectrum that far exceeds human imagination."

Kulturbox describes Voltage as "the shining jewel of contemporary art" and as "an internationally renowned artist who constantly breaks new ground with his works in the fields of performance art and photography.

In 2023, Voltage presented his first "waving exhibition" at the Street Parade in Zurich. His works were also exhibited in Japan for the first time in 2023.

The exhibition in Nagoya opened on August 27, 2023. A few days later, on September 2, the exhibition opened in Tokyo at the Tokyo Kinema Club.

On November 11, 2023, Voltage's works were exhibited at the Globe Theatre, 740 S Broadway in Los Angeles, California, as part of the Torture Garden event series.

On the occasion of this exhibition, the BILD newspaper wrote: "Americans are crazy about this German scandal photographer." BILD describes his pictures as highly erotic, sometimes frivolous, and often disturbing.

BILD further wrote: "He's hitting the nerve of many people in this country [with his motifs]. Now his success has spread to the USA." “More than 2,000 guests at the fetish exhibition” and “The Japanese also wanted to see his extreme pictures.”

In the same month, Voltage's images appear in “My Secret Eye XXXVIII: Yearbook of Eroticism”

In an article about the exhibition "Midnight Creatures Vol.2" in February 2024, Hamburg.de writes that "the legendary art consortium returns under the leadership of spiritual leader and creative genius Vince Voltage." Voltage is described by Hamburg.de as "one of Germany's most famous photographers."