BORN
1965 Herten (Kreis Recklinghausen), Germany
EDUCATION
1986-93 Studies in painting, art academy, Nürnberg
1985-86 Studies in history of art at the University of Wurzburg
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2003 Förderpreis des Förderkreises Bildende Kunst, Nürnberg
1998 Frankreich Stipendium des Bayerischen Staates, Cite des Arts, Paris
1997 Bayerischer Staatsförderpreis für junge Künstler, Fotografie
1991 Stipendium des LIONS Clubs, Nürnberg
1989 Publikumspreis der Stadt Lauf
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 "Der verstellte Blick," kunst galerie fuerth
2005 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005 Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2005 Koldo Mixtelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, Spain
2004 Photomuseum, Den Haag
2004 Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam
2004 "Movies 2nd part," L.A. Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2003 Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2003 "Festival de l'Image," Toulouse, France
2003 Wahrnehmungsmuseum, Graz, Austria
2003 Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2002 L.A. Galerie - Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany
2002 "Imago 2003," Universidad de Salamanca, Centro de Fotografia, Spain
2002 "Art-chitektur," Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
2001 The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2001 "Wirklichkeiten," Städtische Galerie, Schweinfurt
2001 "Himmel," L.A. Galerie - Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany
2001 "Skies," Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich, Germany
2000 "Das ist nicht die Wirklichkeit," Städtische Galerie, Erlangen
1999 L.A. Galerie - Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany
1999 Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
1998 L.A. Galerie - Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 "Barock," Sao Paolo, Brazil
2005 "a la recherche du paysage perdu," Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2005 Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2004 "Uber den Himmel," Freshfields Bruckhas Deringer, Hamburg, Germany
2004 "Paisaje & Memoria/ Landscape & Memory," La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2004 "Wirklich wahr! Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien," Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany
2004 "Sets and Situations," Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2003 "Cambio de Valores - Fondos de la Coleccion fundacion ARCO," Espai dart Contemporani de Castello, Spain
2003 "Constructed Realities: Contemporary Photography," Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2003 "Positionen und Tendenzen 2003," Kunsthalle, Kunstbunker Nürnberg
2003 "boring..boring..boring," Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam, NL
2003 "Die Neue Kunsthalle Mannheim," Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
2003 "Faking Real," Neiman Gallery, Columbia University
2003 "Constructed Realitites, The Garden of Golf, Environments and Realities," Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2003 "Moving Pictures," Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2002 "True Fictions, Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
2002 "Seeing Things," Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2002 "In Szene gesetzt. Architektur in der Fotografie der Gegenwart, Museum fur neue Kunst, ZKM Karlsruhe;
Städtische Galerie Erlangen; Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren
2002 "Constructed Reality," Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2002 "Paradise in Search of a Future, Part II," Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2002 "Constructed Realities," Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
2001 "Paradise in Search of a Future," CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2001 "Urban Pornography," curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Artist Space, NY
2001 "Phigment," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2001 "Photo-Synthesis - Recent Developments in Contemporary Photography," Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL;
traveled to Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington
2001 "BOGUS: Issues of the Counterfeit in Art," Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2001 "The City: Prints and Photographs from 1930 to the Present, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
2001 "Contemporary German Photography," Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 "Supernature - Landscape in Contemporary Art," Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2000 "Supermodels," Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
2000 "Uber die Wirklichkeit," Erzbischofliches Diozesanmuseum, Cologne, Germany
2000 "Zeitgenössische Positionen zur Architekturphotographie," Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2000 "Dirty Realism," Robert Paerre Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2000 "Experiment," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2000 "Staged," Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY
2000 "Codici Virtuali/Virtual Codes," Salara, Bologna, Italy
2000 "Summer 2000," Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2000 "Architectural Constructs in Contemporary Photography," Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
1999 "Inventional," Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 "Views from the Edge of the World," Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
1999 "Tagebuch oder die Irritation der Erfahrung," Brecht Haus, Berlin
1999 Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1999 Galerie Haus Schneider, Ettlingen
1999 James Kelly Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1998 "Zeichnung und Raum," Kunsthaus Nürnberg
1998 Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Bethmann Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Erzbischöfliches Diözsesanmuseum, Cologne, Germany
LAC, Geneve, Switzerland
Sammlung DG-Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
REFCO, Chicago, IL
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Neuberger Bermann, New York, NY
Collection of E. Berg, Florida
Collection of Martin Margulies, Florida
Colleciton of JK Brown, New York, NY
Sammlung Künne, Hannover, Germany
Sammlung Loulakis, Frankfurt, Germany
Sammlung Dr. S. Löscher-Lorenz, Munich, Germany
Yoshii Collection, New York, NY
Norton Museum of Art, Florida
The Metropolitan Bank & Trust Collection, Cleveland, OH
Fundacion ARCO, Spain