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Most exhibitions in: |
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| Germany | 50 |
| USA | 17 |
| Austria | 14 |
| France | 10 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Austria |
7 |
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Galerie de zaal, Netherlands |
5 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, France |
5 |
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Johnen & Schöttle, Germany |
5 |
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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Germany |
4 |
Biography: 
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Foto: Courtesy by gallery "Galerie Friebe"
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1967 Born in Stuttgart (DE)
1969 - 1986 Raised in Rome
1991 - 1997 Studies at Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts with Prof. Bernd Becher
1996 Student of Master Class
1997 Academy diploma
1998 DAAD-travel grant „Italy“ Advancement award of Fine Arts of the city of Düsseldorf
2006 - 2009 Professor of Photography at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2008 Visiting Professor of Photography at Folkwang Hochschule Essen
Awards 2010 Rheinischer Kunstpreis
Lives and works in Duesseldorf (DE)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 129
from 2.11.
until 9.6.
until 1.6.
until 1.6.
Solo shows 44
2012
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| Elger Esser - Heliogravuren - Katz Contemporary, Zurich |
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| Stille Wellen - Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg |
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| Elger Esser - Galería Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca |
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| Elger Esser - Ägypten - Katz Contemporary, Zurich |
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| Elger Esser - Lichte Weite - LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Bonn |
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| Elger Esser - Katz Contemporary, Zurich |
2011
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| Voyage en Egypte - Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Et nous avons des nuits plus belles que vos jours.“ - Sonnabend Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Voyage en Egypte - Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Beirut, Beirut |
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| Nocturnes - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
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| Arc, Lys et Douville. Neue Heliogravuren. - Kunstforum Baloise, Basel |
2010
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| Elger Esser - Sin Tiempo - GALERIA FÚCARES - Madrid, Madrid |
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| Elger Esser - Eigentijd - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem |
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| Elger Esser - Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
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| Elger Esser - Photobiennale Moscow, Exhibition Hall New Manege, Moscow |
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| Landschaften - Veduten - Ansichten - Heliogravüren - Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Elger Esser - New Works - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
2009
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| Elger Esser - Eigenzeit - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
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| Elger Esser - Saone and Rhone (Exhibition held during Paris Photo) - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
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| Elger Esser - Galleria Bonomo, Bari |
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| Wrecks and Landescapes - Sonnabend Gallery, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Six American Sunsets - Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Elger Esser, Combray (Editions) - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| Elger Esser - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
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| Elger Esser - Französische Landschaften 1990 - 2008 - FO.KU.S - Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck |
2007
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| Elger Esser. Combray - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| Elger Esser - Sonnabend Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Elger Esser - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL |
2006
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| Elger Esser / Espacio 1 - GALERIA FÚCARES - Madrid, Madrid |
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| Elger Esser - Neue Werke - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| Elger Esser: Landscapes And Postcards - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Elger Esser - Landscapes and Postcards - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Elger Esser - Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
2005
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| Elger Esser - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
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| Elger Esser - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
2004
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| Elger Esser - New Works - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
2003
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| Elger Esser - Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
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| Elger Esser - Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich |
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| Elger Esser - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
2002
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| Elger Esser - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
2000
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| Elger Esser - Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid |
1998
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| Landschaften Jun. - Sep. - Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid |
Group shows 81
2013
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| presentation in de zaal - Galerie de zaal, Delft |
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| Kalte Rinden-Seltene Erden - Die Landschaft in der Gegenwartskunst – 12 Positionen - Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
2012
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| Im Schein des Unendlichen - Romantik und Gegenwart - ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg |
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| showroom II - Galerie Mirko Mayer / m-projects, Cologne |
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| Religion & Riten - Art Foyer der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Kalte Rinden – seltene Erden – Die Landschaft in der Gegenwartskunst - Stadtmuseum Hattingen, Hattingen |
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| Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden - Märkisches Museum Witten, Witten |
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| Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden - Die Landschaft in der Gegenwartskunst - Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel |
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| Great Photographs: Scape - Hasted Kraeutler, New York City, NY |
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| Photographieren - Galerie Tanit, Munich |
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| Il Fuoco della Natura - Salone Degli Incanti - Ex Pescheria Centrale, Trieste |
2011
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| Water - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
2010
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| Der Rote Bulli. Stephen Shore und die Neue Düsseldorfer Fotografie - NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf |
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| Imaginário da Paisagem: Works from BESart / Banco Espirito Santo Collection - CAV - centro de artes visuais, Coimbra |
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| Ars Itineris - El viaje en el arte contemporáneo - Museo de Navarra, Pamplona |
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| Konstellationen - Sammeln für ein neues jahrhundert - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
2009
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| Picturing Nature - Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg |
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| Die Düsseldorfer Schule: Photographien aus der Sammlung Lothar Schirmer - Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich |
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| 6 views of photography - Galerie de zaal, Delft |
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| Schenkung Thaddaeus Ropac - Museum der Moderne - MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg |
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| Not for Sale - Galería Toni Tàpies, Barcelona |
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| Zum Strand - To the beach - Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne |
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| Voyages pittoresques Normandie 1820-2009 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen |
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| Silenzi - Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin |
2008
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| 2 - Galerie de zaal, Delft |
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| Objectivités - La photographie à Düsseldorf - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris |
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| Oasis - Gana Art Busan, Busan |
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| Alessandra Bonomo Gallery in London - - Laure Genillard, London (England) (closed, 2010) |
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| Tripp & friends - Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell |
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| Stille Landschaften - Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Lüdenscheid |
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| Pures Wasser - Kunstverein Villa Streccius, Landau / Pfalz |
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| untitled (photography) - Galerie Tanit, Munich |
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| AFTERNOON OF A DUESSELDORF FAUN II - Galerie Andreas Brüning, Dusseldorf |
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| True North - - Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (closed, 2013) |
2007
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| Group Show - Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo |
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| Tripp & Friends - Galerie ABTART, Stuttgart |
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| FOTO.KUNST - Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus der Sammlung Essl - ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg |
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| Less Roses - Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Beirut, Beirut |
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| Seestücke - Von Max Beckmann bis Gerhard Richter - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Elger Esser: new landscapes. Ian Hamilton Finlay: numbers and letters. - Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| New Arrivals and Classix - - Galerie Hafenrichter & Flügel (ex Galeria2000), Nuremberg (closed, 2009) |
2006
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| Peintres de la vie moderne Modern-life painters - Donation - Caisse des Dépôts' photograph collection - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Room with a view - The Bouwfonds Art Collection - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague |
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| GLORIA - Gloria Halle, Dusseldorf |
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| Fotokunst aus 60 Jahren. Kunst aus NRW unterwegs - Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen |
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| Shifting Terrain. Contemporary Landscape Photography - The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT |
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| Arcadia - Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City, NY |
2005
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| Landschaft als Metapher - Gruppenausstellung - Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim |
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| Collectables - Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague |
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| XL Photographs - Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The City - Contemporary Views of the Built Environment - Lehman College Art Gallery, New York City, NY |
2004
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| De leur temps. Collections privées Francaises - MUba Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing |
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| Intuition/(Im)Precision - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| My Father´s Eyes - Galerie Andreas Brüning, Dusseldorf |
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| Art History: Photography References Painting - Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Yet Untitled - Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Copenhagen |
2003
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| 2003 Beaufort: kunst aan zee - Beaufort Triennale, Oostende |
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| Affinities... Now and Then - H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO |
2002
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| Cabinet with Outfit - Galerie Andreas Brüning, Dusseldorf |
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| Time Space Motion - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection - The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
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| group exhibition 10 young artists from germany - Galerie de zaal, Delft |
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| In Szene gesetzt: Architektur in der Fotografie der Gegenwart - Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen |
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| A Short Treatise On The Subject Of Landscape - Moscow House of Photography, Moscow |
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| Heute bis Jetzt - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf |
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| Interieur - Andreas Grimm - München, Munich |
2001
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| Paola de Pietri e Elger Esser - - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna (closed, 2007) |
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| Candice Breitz / Elger Esser - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
2000
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| Candice Breitz / Elger Esser - Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
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| The Sea and the Sky - RHA Gallery - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin |
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| The Sea & The Sky - Arcadia University Art Gallery , Glenside, PA |
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| Elger Esser / Sigune Siévi - Fotogalerie in der Alten Feuerwache, Mannheim |
1999
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| Insight Out - Landschaft und Interieur als Themen zeitgenössischer - Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel |
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| Insight Out - Landschaft und Interieur als Themen zeitgenössischer - Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| VISA - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
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| Elger Esser - Jan Koster - Gerco de Ruijter - Landschappen - De Vleeshal, Middelburg |
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| Insight Out - Landschaft und Interieur als Themen zeitgenössischer Photographie - Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck |
1998
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| Barbara Meisner, Elger Esser - Förderpreisträger 1998 - Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf |
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| Umgebung und Aussicht (aus der Erinnerung) - Fotografie - Galerie Cora Hölzl, Dusseldorf |
| Dealer Directory 17 |
Australia
Austria
| | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg
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Canada
| | Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
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France
| | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris
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Germany
| | Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg, Hamburg
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| | Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
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Italy
| | Galleria Amedeo Porro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Milan
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| | Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome
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| | Valentina Moncada - Arte Contemporanea, Rome
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Lebanon
| | Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Beirut, Beirut
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Netherlands
Spain
| | GALERIA FÚCARES - Madrid, Madrid
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USA
| | Sonnabend Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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| | Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY
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Collections 6
Austria
| | ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg
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Italy
| | SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena
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Netherlands
| | Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam
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Spain
USA
| | Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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| | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
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