Né en 1968 à Horn en Autriche, Gernot Wieland a étudié à l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Vienne, puis de Berlin. Il a participé à de nombreuses expositions et festivals internationaux, parmi lesquels on peut citer Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2020, solo); 12×12, IBB Video Space at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (2020, solo); Videoart at Midnight, Berlin, (2020, solo); Risentimento / Ressentiment, Merano Arte, Merano (2020); Ten Slotte 4, Het Bos, Antwerp (2019); Grand Hotel Abyss, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz (2019); EMAF – European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (2019); Belmacz, London (2019, solo); Vdrome, London (2019, solo); Symposium on Humour and Absurdity, Nida Art Colony, Lithuania (2019); Monitoring – Exhibition for Media Installations, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel (2018); Zeitspuren, Centre d ́art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne (2018), Shame, Künstlerhaus Bremen (2018); Survival Kit 9, LCCA – Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga (2017); MOSTYN Open 20, Llandudno, Wales (2017); 9th Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, Vigeland Museum, Oslo (2017); Body Luggage – Migration of Gestures, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (2017); Puppet Slam, Objects Do Things, CCA – Center for Contemporary Art, Warszaw(2016) and The reluctant narrator, Museo Berardo, Lisbon (2015). Récemment, il a reçu plusieurs prix : le Best Film Award, VIII Kinodot Experimental Film Festival, St. Petersburg (2020), une bourse de recherches artistiques du Berlin City Administration for Culture (2020), le EMAF Media Art Award of the German Film Critics à EMAF, Osnabrück (2019) ainsi que le Award of the 20th edition of MOSTYN Open, Llandudno (2017).