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1967
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Born in Stuttgart, Germany
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1969 - 1986
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Raised in Rome, Italy
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1996
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Student of Master Class
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1991 - 1997
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Studies at Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, master class of Prof. Bernd Becher
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1998
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Foreign DAAD-travel grant 'Italy'
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1998
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Recipient, Supporting award for Art Düsseldorf
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1998
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Supporting area Art Cologne (Gallery Inge Friebe)
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1998
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Recipient, DAAD-travelling award, Italy
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1998
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Advancement award of Fine Arts of the city of Düsseldorf, Germany
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2001
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Deutsches Studienzentrum Venice
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2008
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Visiting Professor of Photography at Folkwang Hochschule Essen
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2006 - 2009
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Professor of Photography at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2010
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Rheinischer Kunstpreis
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2012
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Fellowship Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany
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Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
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2012 |
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‚Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden’, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany |
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2012 |
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‚Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire’,
Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux, MuMa, Le Havre, France |
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2012 |
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‚Il Fuoco Della Natura / The Flash of Nature’, Salone degli Incanti, ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy |
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2012 |
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‚Exposition photographique: Eaux précieuses – Eaux sauvages’, Galerie d’art du Conseil général, Hôtel de Castillon, Aix-en-Provence, France |
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2012 |
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Lichte Weite, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (solo) |
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2012 |
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Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome (solo) |
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2012 |
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Katz Contemporary, Zurich (solo) |
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2012 |
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Stille Wellen, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany (solo) |
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2011 |
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ILEANA SONNABEND. AN ITALIAN PORTRAIT. Peggy Guggenheim Collection – New Wing, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy |
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2011 |
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Kunst befreit! Neupräsentation der Sammlung. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2011 |
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Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo) |
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2011 |
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Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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2011 |
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Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (solo) |
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2011 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo) |
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2011 |
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Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland (solo) |
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2011 |
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2011 |
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‚Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire', Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre, France |
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2011 |
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‚light-sensitive – Contemporary Photography from the Schaufler Collection’, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany |
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2011 |
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Welt-(er)-findung, zeitgenössische Photographie - Collection Olbricht, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany |
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2011 |
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‚La ciudad magnífica. Arquitecturas en la colección CIRCA-XX Pilar Citoler’, The Andalusian Centre of Photography, Almería, Spain |
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2010 |
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Photobiennale Moscow, Exhibition Hall New Manege, Moscow, Russia (solo) |
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2010 |
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Der rote Bulli: Stephan Shore und die neue Düsseldorfer Fotografie, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2010 |
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Viaggio in Italia, sguardi internazionali sull’Italia contemporanea, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, Italy |
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2010 |
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Collezioni Contemporanee, SMS Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy |
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2010 |
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Konstellationen, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria |
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2010 |
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Sin Tiempo, Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2010 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo) |
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2010 |
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Landschaften-Veduten-Ansichten-Heliogravüren, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo) |
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2010 |
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ELGER ESSER, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2010 |
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EIGENTJD-ELGER ESSER, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem, Holland (solo) |
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2010 |
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Et in Arcadia Ego. Paraísos cercanos, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
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2010 |
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The Düsseldorf School of Photography. Bernd & Hilla Becher, Thomas Ruff, Candida Höfer, In Sook Kim, Elger Esser, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, USA |
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2010 |
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IMAGINÁRIO DA PAISAGEM. Obras da BesArt - colecção Banco Espírito Santo, CAV Centro de artes Visuais, Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal |
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2010 |
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ZERO - ∞. Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany |
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2009 |
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TAGO - MAGO, Galería Fúcares, Almagro & Espacio de arte Hospital de San Juan de Dios. Almagro, Spain (group) |
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2009 |
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Voyages pittoresques, Normandie 1820-2009, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Le Château - Caen, France (group) |
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2009 |
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Les Rencontres D'Arles Photographie, Arles, France (group) |
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2009 |
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Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (solo) |
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2009 |
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Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles, Arles, France |
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2009 |
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Voyages pittoresques. Normandie 1820-2009, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Le Château - Caen, France |
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2009 |
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Sonnabend Gallery, NY (solo) |
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2009 |
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‚6 views of photography’, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands |
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2009 |
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Fotos que ver en Madrid cuando aún no estés muerto...de calor, Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain |
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2008 |
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FO.KU.S - Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France |
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2008 |
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Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut, Lebanon (group) |
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2007 |
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Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida (solo) |
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2007 |
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Seestücke, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany |
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2007 |
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Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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Ileana Sonnabend, New York, NY (solo) |
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2006 |
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Galeria Fúcares, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2006 |
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Johnen+Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2006 |
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Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, 2006 (solo) |
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2006 |
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Gana Art Center, Seoul (solo) |
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2005 |
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Flight 405, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut, Lebanon |
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2005 |
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dreamscapes, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels |
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2005 |
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Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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2005 |
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The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Enironment, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY |
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2005 |
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Landschaft als Metapher, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany |
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2005 |
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo) |
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2004 |
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Fondation Herzog - Ein Laboratorium für Photographie, Basel, Switzerland (solo) |
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2004 |
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Landschaften – Sonderausstellung zur KunstKöln, Cologne, Germany |
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2004 |
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Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo) |
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2004 |
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Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo) |
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2004 |
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Art History: Photography References Painting, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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Vague II Hommages et digressions, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France |
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2004 |
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Imágenes en movimiento // Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain |
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2003 |
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2003 |
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Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2003 |
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Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Marco Voena, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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2002 |
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Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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2002 |
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Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy (solo) |
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2002 |
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Galerie Sfeier-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (Solo) |
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2002 |
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Aus Düsseldorf, Baronian-Francey Galerie, Brussels, Belgium |
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2002 |
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10 young german artists, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands |
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2002 |
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Biennale der Fotografie, Moscow, Russia |
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2002 |
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Wallflowers, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland |
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2002 |
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In Szene gesetzte Architektur, ZKM Karlsruhe/Stadtische Galerie Erlangen/Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren |
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2001 |
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Chrisitna Doll, Elger Esser Michael van Ofen, Galerie Sfeier Semler, Hamburg, Germany |
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2001 |
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Ohne Zögern, Sammlung Olbricht, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany |
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2001 |
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Retrospective, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY |
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2001 |
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Galleria de Arte Moderne Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy (Solo) |
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2001 |
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Ileana Sonnabend, New York, NY (Solo) |
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2000 |
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Alte Feuerwache Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany (Solo) |
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2000 |
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Galerie Inge Friebe Lüdenscheid, Germany (Solo) |
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2000 |
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Galerie 213, Paris, France |
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2000 |
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Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands |
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2000 |
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Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (with Candice Breitz) |
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2000 |
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Retrospective, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY |
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2000 |
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Friesland is …, Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands |
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2000 |
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Landscapes - Portraits, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, England |
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1999 |
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New Photography, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY |
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1999 |
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VISA, Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany |
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1999 |
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Andreas Grimm Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo) |
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1999 |
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Massimo Lauro Galleria, Milan, Italy (Solo) |
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1998 |
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Galerie Marion de Beaupre, Paris, France (Solo) |
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1998 |
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Alte Post Neuss, Neuss, Germany (solo) |
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1998 |
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Umgebung und Aussicht, Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1998 |
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When season becomes form, Kulturallianzen Cologne, Germany |
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1998 |
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Kunstraum Düsseldorf (Advancement Award of Fine Arts), Düsseldorf, Germany (solo) |
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1997 |
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Andreas Grimm Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo) |
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1997 |
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Kunstverein Hagen, Hagen, Germany (solo) |
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1997 |
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ARToll Labor Bedburg-Hau, Germany |
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1996 |
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Auslöser, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1995 |
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Kulturbahnhof Eller, Germany (solo) |
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1994 |
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Idus Nemorensis Nemi Italy |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
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DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany
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SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris
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Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
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Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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