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Candida Höfer 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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| Selected 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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| Links to further information |
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