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Michael Najjar Biography
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Born in Landau, Germany
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Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
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2011
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Miniature, GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
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2011
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Minotaur, Lazarides Gallery / Old Vic Tunnel, London, UK
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2011
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Atlas. How to Carry the World on One's Back?, Deichtorhallen, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
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2011
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Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age, Photofestival Noorderlicht, The netherlands
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2011
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Alt. +1000, Festival de Photographie de Montagne, Rossinière, Switzerland
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2011
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Series of Portraits. A Century of Photographs, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
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2010
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high altitude, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2010
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high altitude, financial markets between reality and simulation, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy (solo)
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2010
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Apocalipsis, curated by Fernando France, CAC, Malaga, Spain
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2010
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Estancias, residencias, presencias, TEA - Tenerife espacio de las artes, Tenerife, Spain
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2010
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For real - 30 utopian projections in public space, curated by Bart van den Boom, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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2010
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meta.morf 2010 - new.brave.world!, biennial for art and technology, curated by Alex Adriaansens, Trondheim, Norway
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2010
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20 ans déjà!, Guy Bärtschi Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
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2010
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Trouble with love, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, The Czech Republic
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2010
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Ein hauch von Eden, Galerie Samuel Baumgarte, Bielfeld, Germany
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2009
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high altitude, Bitforms gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2009
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Landscape as a Dream, curated by Luigi Meneghelli, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
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2008
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Augmented Realities / works 1997– 2008, The Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
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2008
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The Gem Museum for Contemporary Art, curated by Wim Van Sinderen, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
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2008
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Map Games, curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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2008
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Map Games, curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato, Museum of Contemporary Art, Birmingham, UK
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2008
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En Privat 1, curated by Cristina Ros, Museo es Baluard, Palma, Majorca
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2008
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Dislocate 08, curated by Emma Ota, Exhibition Space Souzoukukan9001, Tokyo, Japan
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2008
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Festival of Digital Art, New Delhi, India
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2008
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Esquire Show – Los Angeles, Esquire House, Los Angeles, USA
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2008
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Digital Media Show, Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
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2008
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Optica Festival, Gijón, Spain
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2008
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Arco 08, Madrid, Spain
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2008
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Art Brussels 08, Brussels, Belgium
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2008
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Pulse Miami 08, Miami, Florida, USA
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2007
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Netropolis, Dubai Design Forum, Dubai, curated by Elie Dormit (solo)
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2007
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Japanese Style, curated by Susanne Ecker, Wilhelm-Hack Museum / Rudolf-Scharpf Gallery, Ludwigshafen, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Face-The new photography portrait, curated by William Ewing and Nathalie Herschdorfer, Forma-International Center for Photography, Milan, Italy
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2007
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Firt International Photographic Art Prize-Arte Laguna, Brolo Centro d’Arta e Cultura, Venice, Italy
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2007
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7 Wochen-7 Künstler, curated by Johann Holten, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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2007
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Act of Faith, curated by Wim Mellis, Noorderlicht Photofestiva, The Netherlands
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2007
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Poetic Terrorism, curated by Elga Wimmer, Festival Edicion Madrid (FEM), Madrid, Spain
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2007
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Esquire Show 2007, curated by Steve Sacks, Esquire House, New York, USA
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2007
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Ellison und Peter W. Klein Collection, curated by Peter W. Klein, Museum Kunstwerk, Stutggart, Germany
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2007
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Arco 2007, Artfair presentation with Bitforms Gallery New York, Madrid, Spain
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2007
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Pulse New York 2007, Artfair presentation with Bitforms Gallery New York, NY, USA
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2007
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Dfoto 07, San Sebastian – Santander, Spain
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2007
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Pulse London 2007, London
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2007
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Arte Lisboa 2007, Lisbon, Spain
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2007
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Pulse Miami 2007, Miami, Florida, USA
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2007
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Cities, Architecture and Society, curated by Antonio Sanz, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
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2006
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Bionic Angel, Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2006
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Netropolis, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2006
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Selected Works, curated by Sherin Hamed, Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain (solo)
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2006
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Urban Dynamics, IX Biennale dell’Havana, Cuba
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2006
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Mascarada, curated by Bodo Rau, Museo Da2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain
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2006
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Photo Traffic, curated by André Iten, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
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2006
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Visibilities-Between Facts and Fiction, curated by Sabine Himmelsbach, Edith – Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany
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2006
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Mass Media Manipulation, curated by Marita Ruiter, photomeetings Luxembourg 2006, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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2006
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Mass Media Manipulation, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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2006
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Art Basel Miami/Pulse, Miami, Florida, USA
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2006
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Paris Photo 2006, Paris, France
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2006
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Venice Video Artfair 2006, curated by Rafaelle Gavarro, Venice, Italy
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2006
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Seoul Photo Show, Gana Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
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2006
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Arco 2006, Madrid, Spain
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2006
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Dfoto 2006, San Sebastian, Spain
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2006
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Future Face, curated by Tak-Cheung, National Museum of Science, Taiwan
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2005
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Japanese Style, Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2005
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Über Schönheit/About Beauty, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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A First Korean Groupshow, Bitforms Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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2005
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Traces and Omens, curated by Wim Mellis, Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Groningen, The Netherlands
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2005
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The Junction of East Longitude 116.65 and North Latitude 40.13, Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China
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2005
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Ciudades/Cities, Photography Festival Photoespaña 05, Madrid, Spain
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2005
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The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Environment, curated by Susan Hoeltz, Lehman College Gallery, New York, USA
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2005
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City of Future, Gesellschaft für Technologische Zusammenarbeit, Frankfurt, Germany
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2005
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Art Basel Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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2005
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Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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2005
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Arco 05, Madrid, Spain
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2005
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Diva Video Artfair, New York, USA
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2005
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Dfoto 05, San Sebastian, Spain
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2005
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The Beauty of Failure/ the Failure of Beauty, curated by Harald Szeemann, Fundacion Joan Mirò, Barcelona, Spain
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2004
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Netropolis, Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2004
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Future Face, Science Museum, London, UK
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2004
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Art Works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection, Kulturbiehorde der Freien Hanselstadt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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2004
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Touch and Temperature, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
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2004
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Arco 04, Madrid, Spain
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2004
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Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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2004
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A Clear Vision-Photography from the F.C. Gundlach Collection, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
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2003
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Bitforms Groupshow 2003, Bittforms Gallery, New York, USA
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2003
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Designkrokken, Museum Traphold, Kolding, Denmark
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2003
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What’s Next?, Danish Design Centre (DDC), Copenhagen, Denmark
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2003
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Mythos St. Pauli, Museum fur Kunst unt Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
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2003
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Information and Apocalypse, Goethe-Institut, New York, USA (solo)
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2003
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Zone Zero — between simulation and hyperreality, selected works 1997-2002, curated by Gisela Kayser, Galerie im Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2002
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No Memory Access, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany, in collaboration with Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2002
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Japanese Style, Sonycenter, Berlin, Germany, in collaboration with Teutloff Kultur+Medienprojekte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Splitimages — Trip through Reality, Galerie Zagreus Projekt, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2001
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No memory access, Exhibition Space Sony, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Internationale Funkausstellung, Berlin, Splitimages — trip through reality, Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2000
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Nexus Project part I, Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2000
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Nexus Project part I, Kodak, Photokina, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1999
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Reise in den zwischenraum, Galerie Raab, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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1998
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Iviva fidel! — reise in die absurdität, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Forum Fotografiegewerbe, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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1998
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Reise im kreis, Projectspace Oberbaum City, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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