Biography

Born in Munich, 1964Lives and works in New York and Munich Education 1984-90Akademie der Bildende Künste, Munich1988-89Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Solo Exhibitions 2024Subjective Evidence, Kunstmuseum Luzern2022Poesia e Verità, La Triennale, MilanoKuckei+Kuckei, Berlin2021Fashion, Monica De Cardenas, MilanoStreets, Fashion, Nudes, Still Lifes, Kunsthalle NurembergBohman-Knäpper, Stockholm2020Higher Pictures, New YorkKaléidoscope, Pasquart Kunthaus, Biel2019Monica De Cardenas, MilanoKuckei+Kuckei, BerlinThe Moment in Space, Le Bal, Paris2018Galerie Sabine Knust, MunichArt Basel Unlimited, Basel2017Kuckei+Kuckei, Berlin201612 Moments, Monica De Cardenas, ZuozLars Bohman Gallery, StockholmMurray Guy, New York2014Kuckei+Kuckei, BerlinGalerie Rudolfinum, PragueCentre Pasquart, Biel

2013Murray Guy, New YorkMonica De Cardenas, MilanoNational Museum of Photography, Copenhagen2012Wilkinson Gallery, LondonKuckei+Kuckei, BerlinLars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm2011Murray Guy, New YorkG Fine Art, Washington, D.C.2010Monica De Cardenas, ZuozLars Bohman Gallery, StockholmKuckei+Kuckei, BerlinJessica Bradley Art+Projects, Toronto2009Monica De Cardenas, MilanoKunstverein OldenburgStills Gallery, EdinburghMurray Guy, New York2008FRAC Bretagne, Domaine de Kerguehennec, BignanJessica Bradley Art and Projects, TorontoMedison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI2007Kuckei + Kuckei, BerlinExposures, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, ChicagoG Fine Arts, Washinton DC2006New Photography 2006, MoMA, New York, with Jonathan Monk and Jules SpinatschMurray Guy, New York2005Kuckei + Kuckei, BerlinJessica Bradley Art and Projects, Toronto (with Pascal Grandmaison)Exposures, G Fine Art, Washington2004Exposures, Murray Guy, New York2003Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich2002Kunstverein CuxhavenGalerie Otto Schweins, Cologne2001Kunstverein SchwerteWas Wirklich Geschah, ESCALE, Düsseldorf2000stop #1, Galerie Philomene Magers, Munich1998Interviews, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne1995Der Geplante Augenblick, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne1994InExspectation, Galerie Binder & Rid, MunichMy Museum, Galerie Philomene Magers Gallery, Cologne1993Interieur, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne1992Vier Interieurs, Galerie FOE, Munich1990Akademiegalerie, Munich Selected Group Exhibitions 2021Still / Live, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NYAngespannte Zustände, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, GermanyKuckei+Kuckei at the Collectors Room, Hamburg2020Body Performance, Museum für Fotografie, BerlinCámara y Ciudad, La Caixa Forum, MadridKleine Geschichte der Fotografie, Sprengel Museum, HannoverDes marches, démarches, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Cote d’AzurWhen We First Arrived, The Corner at the Whitman-Walker, Washington DCBiennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse, Freiburg2019Belichtungen, Städtische Galerie Viersen, ViersenThat one recognizes one another, curated by Anja Manfredi and Mirjam Angerer-Geier, Foto Wien, ViennaNullpunkt der Orientierung. Fotografie als Verortung im Raum, DZ Bank, FrankfurtRe-visions, Pinakothek der Moderne, MunichRagione e Sentimento, Galleria Nazionale, RomaAn Ort und Stelle, Fotografie des Gegenwärtigen, Kunstmuseum ReutlingenRealitätscheck, Kunstraum Potsdam2018Jamais laisser les photos trainer, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milano[CONTROL] NO CONTROL, curated by Petra Roettig and Stephanie Bunk, Triennial of Photography, Hamburger Kunsthalle, HamburgPerspectives. Strategies of Photographic Actions. 10th Darmstadt Days of Photography, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Designhaus Hessen, DarmstadtBohman Knapper, Stockholm2017January show, Murray Guy, New YorkClocks for Seeing: Photography, Time and Motion, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada10 Years Old, Decennial Exhibition of the Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Foro Boario, ModenaJeonJu International Photo Festival, Jeonbuk Art center, South KoreaFarewell Photography, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, LudwigshafenNever Ending Stories, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg(An-)Sichten, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt2016People, Akureyri Art Museum, AkureyriWith Different Eyes, The Portrait in Contemporary Photography, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, NorimbergaThe Lasting. L'intervallo e la durata, GNAM, RomaUn sogno fatto a Mantova, Palazzo tè, MantovaMit anderen Augen, KunstMuseum BonnMoCP at 40, MoCP at Columbia College, Chicago2015Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition, Hammer Museum, Los AngelesPassing Leap, Hauser & Wirth, New YorkStaged, Performed, and Manipulated: A Johnson Display, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, IthacaProof: Photographs from the Collection, Akron Art Museum, AkronSpielraum, Staedtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany…and there was time, Visual Arts Center Helga de Alvear Foundation, Cáceres2014Moving Parts: Time and Motion in Contemporary Art, Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, Saint LouisEyes on the Street, Cincinnati Art Museum, CincinnatiReliable Tension, or: How to Win a Conversation about Jasper Johns, 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery, Yale School of Art, New HavenPaparazzi! Photographers, stars and artists, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz(Mis)Understanding Photography, Museum Folkwang, EssenUnknown: Pictures of Strangers, Transformer Station, ClevelandI feel the need to express something, but I don’t know what it is I want to express. Or how toexpress it, Park View, Los AngelesStills, Michael Lowe Gallery, CincinnatiAmerican Scene, Martin Margulies Collection, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort LauderdaleDouble Back, Photographic Reflexivity, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park2013Pre Speculum Me Video, Frankfurter Kunstverein, FrankfurtL'altro ritratto, MART, Rovereto2012An Orchestrated Vision, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MOLost Places, Ort der Photographie, Hamburger Kunsthalle2011Things Are Queer: Highlights of the collection UniCredit, Marta Herford Museum, Herford, GermanyExposed: Voyeurism, Survelliance and the Camera, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MNPersona: A Body in Parts, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC2010New York Now, Murray Guy, New YorkSüßer Vogel Jugend,  Pinakothek der Moderne, MunichMixed Use: Photography and Other Practices in Manhattan, 1970s to the Present, Curated by Lynne Cooke and Douglas Crimp; Reina Sofia, MadridDo I know you, Inman Gallery, Houston TXPictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkTo a Degree, Rational, Galleria Gentili, PratoExposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, Tate Modern, LondonEsopus 14: Projects, Esopus Space, New YorkElles@centrepompidou, Centre Pompidou, ParisActs of Presence, Musee D´Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada2008Role Models, National Museum of Women in the arts, WashingtonA Matter Of Time, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York2007Body Double, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los AngelesStereoVision, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, TampaZeichen der Zeit, Rathausgalerie München, MunichModeling the Photographic: The Ends of Photography, a short critical  history, McDonough Museum, Youngstown State University, OhioFrame of Reference, Clifford Chance Projects, New YorkTell Me a Story: Narrative Photography Now, Museum of Photographic Arts, San DiegoArt Unlimited, Art Basel2006Next Next Visual Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NYNew Photography (with Jonathan Monk and Jules Spinatsch), Museum of Modern Art, New YorkGerman Photography, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque NM2005After the Fact, 1st Berlin Photography Festival, Walter-Gropius-Bau, BerlinThis Side Toward Screen, Murray Guy, New YorkLoop, G Fine Art, WashingtonGeo, Foxy Productions, New YorkWir Arbeiten Immer Noch Daran, Nicht Mehr Zu Arbeiten, Galerie der Künstler, Munich2004Camera Action, Museum of Contemporary Photography, ChicagoBetween Spaces, Galerie Asbaek, KopenhagenDer Widerstand der Fotografie, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz2003Off, Murray Guy, New YorkDouble Exposure, Edition Schellmann, Munich, traveling to G Fine Art, Washington; Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston; 2004: Galerie Graff, Montreal; Inman Gallery Houston ; Shearburn Gallery St. Louis; Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery Portland;  Godt-Cleary Projects, Las Vegas(April-June 2005).20th Anniversary-show, Galerie Monika Sprüth, CologneSubtle Occupation, Murray Guy, New YorkBetween Spaces, Centro Cultural Andratx, MallorcaShadow And Light, Galerie Sprüth Magers Lee, Salzburg, Austria2002Hollywood revisited, Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, DenmarkQUIVID I - im öffentlichen Auftrag, Technisches Rathaus, MunichHeute Bis Jetzt - Im Labor Der Bilder, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf2001Moving Pictures, Triennale der Photographie, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Villa Merkel, EsslingenCountdown, Kunstverein München, MunichMentalscape (eine Bibliothek), FOE 156, MunichHeute bis Jetzt - Im Labor der Bilder, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf2000Transporter, A Reading Room, BangkokSmili, De Chiara/Stewart Gallery, New York Awards 2002Fellowship of Kunstfonds, BonnPhilip Morris Award, Dresden1997Fellowship of Bavaria: New York residency1995Award, Cultural Board of the German Industry, Bund Deutscher Industrie1994Photography Award, Arts Council, Munich1992Fellowship of Kunstfonds, BonnDAAD Travel Grant: Rome1990Sanha Kaimer Fellowship: New York residency Works in Public Collections Museum of Modern Art, New YorkSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San FranciscoMuseum of Contemporay Photography, ChicagoMuseum of Contemporary Art, DenverMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonThe Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, MiamiCentre Pompidou, ParisFrac Brittany, FranceCentro de Artes Visuales  Fundación Helga de Alvear, CáceresPinakothek der Moderne, Munich,Lenbachhaus, MunichKolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln, Cologne,Galerie fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst, LeipzigNational Gallery of Canada, OttawaMusée d´Art Contemporain de Montreal