Born, Stuttgart, Germany 1967
Elementary education in Rome, Italy
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Education
1991–97
Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1996
Masters of Fine Art
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
Galería Fúcares, Madrid
Photobiennale Moscow, Exhibition Hall New Manege, Moscow
2009
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Galleria Bonomo, Bari
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
2008
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
2007
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2006
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München
Musée de la Cohue, Vannes
Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee
Gana Art Center, Seoul
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Galeria Fúcares, Madrid
Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg
Musée de Vannes, France
Galerie De Zaal, Delft
2005
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln
Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rom
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2004
Galerie de Zaal, Delft (with Christina Doll)
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg
Fondation Herzog, Basel
Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2003
Kunsthalle Rostock
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Munich
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
2002
Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome
Galerie Sfeir Semler, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (with Olivo Barbieri)
2001
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln (with Candice Breitz)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropas, Salzburg
Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
Galleria d’arte moderna Villa della Rose, Bologna
2000
Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim (with Sigune Sievi)
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Galerie inge Friebe, Lüdenscheid
Galerie 213, Paris
Galerie de Zaal, Delft
1999
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
Andreas Grimm Galerie, Palma Spain
NEG Gallery, Milan
1998
Kunstverein, Siegen, Germany
De Zaal Gallery, Delft, Netherlands, (with Michel Sauer)
Alte Post, Neuss, Germany
Inge Friebe Gallery, Lüdenscheid, Germany
Galerie 213, Paris, France
Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, Germany (with Barbara Meisner)
1997
Andreas Grimm Galerie, Palma, Spain
Kunstverein, Hagen, Germany
ILEANA SONNABEND. AN ITALIAN PORTRAIT. Peggy Guggenheim
Collection – New Wing, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice
2010
Der rote Bulli: Stephan Shore und die neue Düsseldorfer Fotografie. NRW-Forum
Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf
Viaggio in Italia, sguardi internazionali sull’Italia contemporanea. Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia
Collezioni Contemporanee. sms santa maria della scala, Siena
Konstellationen. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Et in Arcadia Ego. Paraísos cercanos. TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife
The Düsseldorf School of Photography. Bernd & Hilla Becher, Thomas Ruff, Candida Höfer, In Sook Kim, Elger Esser. Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque
IMAGINÁRIO DA PAISAGEM. Obras da BesArt - colecção Banco Espírito Santo. CAV Centro de artes Visuais. Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra
ZERO - ∞. Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
2009
Tago-Mago. Galería Fúcares, Almagro
Siedlungen und Wohnanlagen 1858–1937. Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Voyages pittoresques, 1820–2009: La Normandie contemporaine. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen
Les Recontres d’Arles – Photographie. Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles
6 views of photography. Galerie de Zaal, Delft
Sammlung Lothar Schirmer. Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich
La Colección 2. La densidad del aire, la levedad de la tierra. TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife
Schenkung Thaddeus Ropac. Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Mönchsberg
2008
“True North”, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
“Französische Landschaften”, FO.KU.S, Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck
“Landschaft als Metapher”, Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung,
Stille Landschaften. Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Lüdenscheid
Objectivités, la photographie à Düsseldorf. Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
two. Galerie de Zaal, Delft
How to look at Venice? Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice
BESart – Photography. Museu Coleccao Berardo, Lissabon
Pures Wasser – Elementares Motiv der Gegenwartskunst. Kunstverein Villa Streccius, Landau
2007
“Seestücke”, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
“FOTO.KUNST”, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
“berlin_nl”, Niederländische Botschaft, Berlin
Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Less Roses. Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut
Tripp and Friends. Galerie ABTart, Stuttgart
2006
“Paisajes”, Galeria Arnes y Röpke, Madrid
“Arcadia”, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
“Room with a View”, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
“Les Peintres de la vie moderne”, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
“Fotokunst aus NRW”, Flottmann Hallen, Herne
2005
“The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Environment,” Lehmann College Art Gallery, NY
“Angekommen” Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
“Landschaft al Metapher” Ursula Blickle Stiftung
“Memoria y Tiempo” Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona
“Flight 405”, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg and Beirut
2004
“Art History: Photography References Painting,” Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
“Vague II Hommage et disgressions” Musee Malraux, le Havre
“Art Hisory, Photographs ref. Paintings” Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY
“HSL-Projecten” Den Haag
2003
“Affinities…Now and Then,” Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
“Kunsthalle I” Kunsthalle Mannheim
2002
“From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection,” The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“Aus Düsseldorf,” Baronian-Francey Galerie, Brussels
“In Szene gesetzt-Architektur,” ZKM, Karlsruhe; Städtische Galerie, Erlangen; Kunsthaus, Kaufbeuren
“10 Young German Artists,” Galerie de Zaal, Delft
“Hier und jetzt,” Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
“Moving Pictures,” Guggenheim Museum, New York
“Now, What is Photo,” Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Zwischen Konstruktion und Wirklichkeit,” Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen
2001
“Christina Doll, Elger Esser, Michael van Ofen,” Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg
“Ohne Zögern,” Sammlung Olbricht, Museum Weserburg, Bremen
2000
“The Sea & The Sky,” Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA; Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
“Friesland is…,” Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, Holland
“Landscapes-Portraits,” Michael Hue Williams Fine Art, London
“Retrospective,” Sonnabend Gallery, New York
“Inside Out,” Thomas Segal Gallery, Baltimore
1999
“Views From the Edge of the World,” Marlborough Gallery, New York
“Lawrence Beck, Elger Esser, Hiroshi Sugimoto” Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
“Insight-Out,” Kunstraum, Innsbruck; Kunsthaus, Baselland; Kunsthaus, Hamburg
“Landschaften,” de Vleeshal, Middelburg
“VISA,” Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln
“Landschaften,” Galerie Carolin Lindig, Nürnberg
“Biennale della Fotografia,” Fondazione per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy
1998
“Landschaftsbilder,” Stadtische Galerie, Tuttlingen, Germany
“Umgebung und Aussicht,” Cora Hölzl Gallery, Düssseldorf, Germany
Lisi Hämmerle Gallery, Bregenz, Austria
“When Season Becomes Form,” Kulturallianzen, Cologne, Germany
1996
“Auslöser,” Düsseldorf, Germany
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Villa Massimo. Deutsche Akademie Rom 1910 - 2010. Joachim Blüher (ed.), Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2010. Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980. Kevin Moore (ed.), text James Crump and Leo Rubinfien, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, pp. 42–48. Das Komische der Ideen. Nachgestellte Haltungen: ein Mediencrossover zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Andrea Gnam, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, No. 36 / international issue, 13. February 2010, p. 21. Ein Magazin über Orte, No. 7 Sommer/Summer 2010, p. 09. Photobiennale 2010. Eighth International Month of Photography in Moscow. House of Photography (ed.), Moscow, 2010, pp. 160–161, 236. Sightseeing. Ann Shelton, Hanna Scott (ed.), Rim Books, Auckland 2010. Elger Esser – Eigenzeit. Martin Blättner, Kunstforum No. 201, March / April 2010, pp. 338–339.
2009
Chronik 2006–2009. Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (ed.), Karlsruhe Die Düsseldorfer Photoschule. Lothar Schirmer (ed.), Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich Elger Esser. Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Marco Meneguzzo, Artforum May 2009, p. 254.
2008
Verschwindende Landschaften. Nadine Barth (ed.), DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne Artention – Une saison culturelle du land de Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie 2008/2009. Armin Zweite, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (ed.), Verlag K-West, Essen 2008. Neue Arbeiten von Elger Esser – Nachbilder. Thomas W. Kuhn, Kunstforum No. 191 May / June 2008, pp. 332–334. Interview: Elger Esser. Ralf Hanselle, ProfiFoto – Magazin für professionelle Fotografie. No. 6/2008, pp. 42–46. Grüsse aus einer anderen Welt. Andrea Gnam, mare No. 70, October / November, dreiviertel verlag & Co KG, Hamburg 2008, pp. 106–107.
2006
Elger Esser. Bilder gegen das Verschwinden der Welt. Alexander Pühringer, frame the state of the art, March / April 2006, Frame Projects, Vienna 2006, pp. 34–47.
Elger Esser. Paolo Pirona, JULIET art magazine, February / March 2006, p. 77.
2005
Kunstfenster Stadtwerke Lüdenscheid. Stadtwerke Lüdenscheid (ed.),
Lüdenscheid 2005. ART NOW Vol 2 – The new directory to 136 international contemporary artists. Uta Grosenick (ed.), Taschen, Cologne 2005. Painting Photos. Ein Überblick. frame the state of the art, May / June 2005, Frame Projects, Vienna 2005, pp. 54–55.
2004
Hurwitz, Laurie, Elger Esser, Art and Auction, February, XXVI, no.8, pp 32-36
2002
Cap Antifer/Étretat, testo di Peter Foos, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich
Claudia, Colasanti, Elger Esser, Flash Art, June – July, 35, no. 234 p.140
Frankel, David, Elger Esser, Artforum, April, 40, no. 8, p. 136 From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, exhibition catalogue, curated by Charles Stainback, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Gigliotti, Guglielmo, Elger Esser, Tema Celeste, Jan – Feb, nn. 88–89, pp. 64-67 In Szene Gesetzt. Architektur in der Fotografie der Gegenwart, exhibition catalogue, curated by Götz Adriani, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
2001
Marne & Loire, exhibition catalogue, curated by Peter Weiermair, Galleria d’Arte Moderna-Pendragon, Bologna
2000
Friesland is..., exhibition catalogue, testo di Wim van Sinderen, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Manfred ed Elger Esser, Nach Italien, Kehrer-Verlag, Heidelberg
Elger Esser, Georg Elben, Rupert Pfab, Elger Esser. Veduten & Landschaften, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich
1999
Insight Out, exhibition catalogue, testo di Barbara Hofmann, Edition Stemmle, Koln.
1998
Kunst-Stücke, exhibition catalogue, collezione Deutsche Ausgleichsbank, testo di Georg Elben, Stefan Gronert and Barbara Hofmann, Oktagon Verlag, Köln Mit dem Auge des Photographen, exhibition catalogue, testo di Anja Eichler, Städtische Galerie, Tuttlingen Posed Spaces, exhibition catalogue, testo di Kerstin Stremmel, Alte Post, Neuss Veduten & Landschaften, exhibition catalogue, testo di Rupert Pfab, Kunstverein, Siegen When Season Becomes Form, exhibition catalogue, testo di Barbara Hofmann, Kulturallianzen, Köln
AWARDS and PRIZES
DAAD – Stipendium for Italy
Kunstpreis der Stadt Düssseldorf
Forderkoje Art Cologne, Friebe Gallery
Deutsches Studienzentrum Venedig
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fond National Art Contemporain
Guggenheim Collection
Metropolitan Museum New York
Albright Knox Gallery Buffalo
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Kunsthaus Zürich
Lenbachhaus München
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
