FOTOGALERIE WIEN is constituted as an “association for the promotion of artistic photography and new media” and sees itself as an information gallery. Founded in 1981 by Josef Wais, seven artists began exhibiting in the current premises of FOTOGALERIE WIEN in the Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus (WUK) in 1982. The aim then, as now, was to show contemporary photographic art, interdisciplinary projects and new media. Today, a team of ten artists and theorists curate thematic exhibitions based on numerous submissions and ideas.