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Biography |
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1944 |
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Born in Eberswalde, Germany |
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1963 - 1964 |
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Voluntary at Fotoatelier Schmölz-Huth, Cologne |
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1964 - 1968 |
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Studied at the Kölner Werkschule |
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1968 - 1970 |
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Free photographer in Cologne |
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1970 - 1972 |
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Employee at photo studio Werner Bokelberg, Hamburg (reconstruction of daguerreotypes) |
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1972 - 1973 |
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Employee in a gallery in Cologne |
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1973 - 1982 |
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Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Duesseldorf
Film class of Ole John
Photography class of Bernd Becher |
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1997 - 2000 |
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Professorship at Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe |
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Lives and works in Cologne |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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In Italy: Part I Florence; Part II Naples, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK (solo) |
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2009 |
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Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, Italy (solo) |
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2009 |
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Napoli Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy (solo) |
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2009 |
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Candida Hófer, Sonnabend gallery, Nueva York, EEUU (solo) |
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2008 |
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Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2008 |
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Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo) |
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2008 |
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Werkgruppen seit 1968. ZKM Karlsruhe I Museum für Kunst und edientechnologie. Karlsruhe, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Paris Serie, Yvon Lambert Paris, Paris, France (solo) |
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2008 |
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Weimarer Räume, Schloß Benrath, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Photographien, Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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Fúcares Gallery, Madrid (solo) |
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2007 |
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Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (solo) |
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2007 |
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Weimarer Räume; Neues Museum Weimar (solo) |
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2007 |
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Palaces, Theatres, Churches and a Casino, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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Museo Pescheria, Pesaro (solo) |
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2007 |
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In Portugal, Sonnabend Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2007 |
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Kunsthaus Hamburg (at the occasion of receiving the Finkenwerder Art Award 2007), Hamburg (solo) |
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2007 |
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The Brussels Series, Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke (solo) |
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2007 |
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Galleria Marabini, Bologna (solo) |
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2007 |
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Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
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2007 |
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Louvre, Brazil and Other Places, Henle-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (solo) |
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2007 |
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Galerie Friedrich, Basel (solo) |
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2007 |
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Neues Museum, Weimar (solo) |
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2006 |
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Mythos Dresden. Eine kulturhistorische Revue, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden |
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2006 |
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Why Pictures Now. Fotografie, Film, Video heute, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna |
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2006 |
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Candida Höfer. Em Portugal In Portugal, Centro de Exposições do Centro Cultural de Belém, Belem (solo) |
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2006 |
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Le Louvre, Musée du Louvre, Paris (solo) |
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2006 |
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Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zurich, Räume einer Hochschule ETH Zürich, Zurich (solo) |
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2006 |
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Frye Museum, Architecture of Absence, Seattle, WA (solo) |
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2006 |
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Architecture of Absence, Philadelphia (solo) |
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2006 |
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Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (solo) |
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2006 |
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Galleria Marabini, Bologna (solo) |
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2006 |
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Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (solo) |
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2006 |
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Berlin Tokyo / Tokyo Berlin, Die Kunst zweier Städte, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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2006 |
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Helga de Alvear – Conceitos para uma colecção, CCB Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon |
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2006 |
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Candida Höfer, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
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2005 |
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Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco (solo) |
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2005 |
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Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan (solo) |
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2005 |
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Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo (solo) |
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2005 |
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Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (solo) |
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2005 |
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Gallery of Photography of the Sheldon Art Galleries, Saint Louis, Missouri (solo) |
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2005 |
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Museum Folkwang Essen, Das Tier. Nützlich, süss und museal, Fotografische Sammlung, Essen |
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2005 |
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CentrePasquArt, Kunsthaus Centre d’art, Helden heute – Das Heldenbild in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Biel |
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2005 |
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Bulger Gallery, Bibliotheca, Toronto |
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2005 |
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Museum der Moderne, Les Grandes Spectacles: 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur, Salzburg |
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2005 |
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Kühn Malvezzi Architekten, Berlin |
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2005 |
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Le Fonds régional d’art contemporain d’Ile-de-France à l’Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville, Reperages, Paris |
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2005 |
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Kunstmuseum Bonn, Sich selbst bei Laune halten. Kunst der 70er aus der Schenkung Ingrid Oppenheim, Bonn |
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2005 |
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6. Architecture Biennale, Sao Paulo |
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2005 |
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Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne, Private View 1980/2000: Collection Pierre Huber, Lausanne |
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2005 |
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Kölnischer Kunstverein, Projekt Migration, Cologne |
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2005 |
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Candida Höfer. Architecture of Absence. UAM, CSULB, Long Beach, CA; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL |
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2005 |
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Johnen Galerie, Berlin (solo) |
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2005 |
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Fotografien 2004-2005, Kestnergesellschaft Hanover, Germany |
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2004 |
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Libraries, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London |
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2004 |
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Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
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2004 |
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Eingelagerte Welten, Candida Höfer in ethnographischen Sammlungen. Völkerkundemuseum, Zürich |
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2004 |
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German Art. Deutsche Kunst aus der Sammlung des Saint Louis Art Museum, Eine Ausstellung des ALTANA Kulturforums zu Gast im Städel, Städel, Frankfurt |
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2003 |
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The Museum Moscow House of Photography |
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2003 |
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New Photographs, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco |
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2002 |
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Photographies récentes. Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris |
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2002 |
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Die Welt des Wissens. Japanisches Palais, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden |
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2002 |
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Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe |
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2002 |
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Limits of Perception. Fundación Miró, Barcelona |
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2002 |
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Dresden, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany |
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2001 |
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Museum unserer Wünsche/Museum of our wishes. Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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2001 |
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Photographs, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachuttes |
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2001 |
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Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber |
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2000 |
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Natuurriumten, Naturmuseum Rotterdam |
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1999 |
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Not There, Rena Bransten Gallery San Francisco, CA |
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1999 |
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Leseräume, Kunsthalle Basel |
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1998 |
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Thirty Years Back, The British Council, Cologne |
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1998 |
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Centro de Fotografia, Universita de Salamanca |
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1997 |
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Centre Photographique d’Ile de France, (C.P.I.F.), Pontault-Combault |
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1996 |
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA |
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1996 |
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Robert Prime Gallery, London, GB |
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1995 |
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Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich, CH |
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1994 |
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Das Genre Tier, Munich |
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1994 |
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Anderson O'Day Gallery London, England |
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1993 |
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Photographie - Öffentliche Innenräume, Leonhardi Museum, Dresden/ f-stop Gallery, Bath, GB |
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1993 |
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Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg |
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1993 |
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Zoologische Gärten. Photographien, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kunsthalle Bern |
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1992 |
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Humpty Dumpty's Kaleidescope: A New Generation of German Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Australia |
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1991 |
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Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich, CH |
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1990 |
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Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA |
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1989 |
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Fotografien, Kunstverein Bremerhaven |
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1989 |
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Accrochage II, Galerie Meert/ Rihoux Brussels |
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1988 |
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Galerie Johnen & Schöttle Cologne, Germany |
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1985 |
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Räume, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (& Ludger Gerdes) |
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1984 - 1985 |
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Innenraum. Fotografien 1979-84, Regionalmuseum Xanten and Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn |
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1984 |
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Aus den Trummern, Rheinisches Landsmuseum Bonn |
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1982 |
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Öffentliche Innenräume 1979 - 1982, Fotografische Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen |
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1979 |
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Galerie Arno Kohnen, Düsseldorf |
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1976 |
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Nachbarschaft, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf |
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1975 |
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Galerie Konrad Ficher, Düsseldorf |
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Literature |
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2006 |
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Mortier, Gerard and Höfer, Candida (ed.), Paris Opera, Munich, Schirmer/Mosel, 2006 |
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2005 |
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Grosenick, Uta, Art Now – Vol. 2, Cologne: Taschen Verlag, 2005, p. 212-215 |
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2005 |
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Höfer Candida, Bibliotheken (with an essay by Umberto Eco), Munich, Schirmer/Mosel, 2005 |
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2005 |
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Schirmer/Mosel (ed.), Candida Höfer: Libraries. Munich, 2005 |
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2004 |
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Steiner, Shep. „Candida Höfer“, in: Contemporary: Special issue on photography. No. 67. London: Art 21, 2004, pp. 50-53 |
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2004 |
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Chaslin Francois. The Dutch Embassy in Berlin by OMA/Rem Koolhaas. Rotterdam: Nai Publishers, 2004 |
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2003 |
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Waddington Galleries (ed). Objective Space: Photographers from Germany. London, 2003 (exh. cat.) |
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2003 |
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Basting, Barbara. Candida Höfer, Deutschland. Das Dokumentieren dokumentieren, in: 50. Biennale di Venezia, du (Supplement). Die Zeitschrift der Kultur, Zurich, no. 735, April 2003, p. 17, ill. |
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2002 |
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Candida Höfer. Hamburg (with an essay by Michael Driers), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2002 |
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2002 |
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Spiegler, Marc. Candida Höfer in: Artnews, New York, vol. 101, no. 1, January 2002, p. 127, ill. |
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