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Elger Esser
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German
, born 1967)
Elger Esser
Combray (Arc-en-Barrois),
2007
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1967
Born in Stuttgart, Germany
1969 - 1986
Raised in Rome, Italy
1991 - 1997
Studies at Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, master class of Prof. Bernd Becher
1996
Student of Master Class
1997
Academy diploma
1998
Foreign DAAD-travel grant 'Italy'
Recipient, Supporting award for Art Düsseldorf
Supporting area Art Cologne (Gallery Inge Friebe)
Recipient, DAAD-travelling award, Italy
Advancement award of Fine Arts of the city of Düsseldorf, Germany
2001
Deutsches Studienzentrum Venice
2006 - 2009
Professor of Photography at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany
2008
Visiting Professor of Photography at Folkwang Hochschule Essen
2010
Rheinischer Kunstpreis
2012
Fellowship Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
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Exhibitions
2014
One Work. The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Temporary living. Galerie de Zaal, Delft, The Netherlands
Una Colección Basada en la Naturaleza y el medio ambiente. Colección MP de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
Home (Very) Sweet Home, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Elger Esser: Ab Olympo, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy (solo)
Elger Esser, Fundació Palma Espai d'art, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
Elger Esser, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo)
One Work, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
L’âge d’or, Kewenig, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Elger Esser: Saeculum Aureum, Sonnabend Gallery, New York (solo)
Nocturnes à Giverny. Photographies de Elger Esser, Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France (solo)
Meseglise, Institut für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg, Germany (solo)
Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire, Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux, MuMa, Le Havre, France
Il Fuoco Della Natura / The Flash of Nature, Salone degli Incanti, ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy
Exposition photographique: Eaux précieuses – Eaux sauvages, Galerie d’art du Conseil général, Hôtel de Castillon, Aix-en-Provence, France
OLD SCHOOL Anachronismus in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
Nocturens à Giverny. Photographies de Elger Esser, Galerie Photo du Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France (solo)
Elger Esser. Giverny, Heliogravuren, Schirmer und Mosel, München (solo)
2013
Desaster / The End of Days, Galerie Taddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Meseglise, Institut für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg, Germany (solo)
Stille Wellen, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany (solo)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York (solo)
‚Exposition photographique: Eaux précieuses – Eaux sauvages’, Galerie d’art du Conseil général, Hôtel de Castillon, Aix-en-Provence, France
‚Il Fuoco Della Natura / The Flash of Nature’, Salone degli Incanti, ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy
‚Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire’, Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux, MuMa, Le Havre, France
‚Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden’, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Katz Contemporary, Zurich (solo)
2012
Galeria Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
Lichte Weite, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (solo)
Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire', Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre, France
Welt-(er)-findung, zeitgenössische Photographie - Collection Olbricht, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany
La ciudad magnífica. Arquitecturas en la colección CIRCA-XX Pilar Citoler, The Andalusian Centre of Photography, Almería, Spain
light-sensitive – Contemporary Photography from the Schaufler Collection, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
ILEANA SONNABEND. AN ITALIAN PORTRAIT. Peggy Guggenheim Collection – New Wing, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy
Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome (solo)
2011 - 2012
Voyage en Egypte, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
Elger Esser - Landscapes and heliogravures, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo)
ZERO - ∞. Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Der rote Bulli: Stephan Shore und die neue Düsseldorfer Fotografie, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
Viaggio in Italia, sguardi internazionali sull’Italia contemporanea, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, Italy
Collezioni Contemporanee, SMS Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
Water, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
‚La ciudad magnífica. Arquitecturas en la colección CIRCA-XX Pilar Citoler’, The Andalusian Centre of Photography, Almería, Spain
Nocturnes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
‚Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire', Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre, France
Kunst befreit! Neupräsentation der Sammlung. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (solo)
2011
Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo)
‚light-sensitive – Contemporary Photography from the Schaufler Collection’, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
Collezioni Contemporanee, SMS Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
Viaggio in Italia, sguardi internazionali sull’Italia contemporanea, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, Italy
Der rote Bulli: Stephan Shore und die neue Düsseldorfer Fotografie, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
Photobiennale Moscow, Exhibition Hall New Manege, Moscow, Russia (solo)
ZERO - ∞. Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
IMAGINÁRIO DA PAISAGEM. Obras da BesArt - colecção Banco Espírito Santo, CAV Centro de artes Visuais, Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal
Konstellationen, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Et in Arcadia Ego. Paraísos cercanos, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Sin Tiempo, Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Eigenzeit, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany (Solo)
EIGENTJD-ELGER ESSER, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem, Holland (solo)
ELGER ESSER, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo)
2010
Landschaften-Veduten-Ansichten-Heliogravüren, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
The Düsseldorf School of Photography. Bernd & Hilla Becher, Thomas Ruff, Candida Höfer, In Sook Kim, Elger Esser, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, USA
Siedlungen und Wohnanlagen 1858-1937, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
Voyages pittoresques, Normandie 1820-2009, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Le Château - Caen, France (group)
TAGO - MAGO, Galería Fúcares, Almagro & Espacio de arte Hospital de San Juan de Dios. Almagro, Spain (group)
Six American Sunsets, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Waterloo, Australia (solo)
Wrecks and Landscapes, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Galeria Bonomo, Bari, Italy (solo)
Saône et Rhône, Exhibition on the occasion of Paris Photo, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
Sonnabend Gallery, NY (solo)
Voyages pittoresques. Normandie 1820-2009, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Le Château - Caen, France
Elger Esser, Eigenzeit, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
Fotos que ver en Madrid cuando aún no estés muerto...de calor, Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
2009
Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles, Arles, France (solo)
‚6 views of photography’, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut, Lebanon (group)
2008
Objectivités. La photographie à Düsseldorf, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC, Paris, France
untitled (photography), Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Pures Wasser. Elementares Motiv der Gegenwartskunst, Kunstverein Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany
Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy (solo)
Johnen+Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo)
FO.KU.S - Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Germany (solo)
Combray, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida (solo)
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
Ileana Sonnabend, New York, NY (solo)
2007
Seestücke, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2006
Landscapes and Postcards, Haggarty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA (solo)
Important early photographs, Thomas Segal Gallery, Baltimore, USA (solo)
Gana Art Center, Seoul (solo)
Galeria Fúcares, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Johnen+Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany (solo)
Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, 2006 (solo)
2005 - 2006
Fast Nichts. Minimalistische Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
dreamscapes, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
Flight 405, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut, Lebanon
2005
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo)
The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Enironment, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Landschaft als Metapher, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
Landschaften – Sonderausstellung zur KunstKöln, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
Landschaften – Sonderausstellung zur KunstKöln, Cologne, Germany
Art History: Photography References Painting, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Vague II Hommages et digressions, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France
Fondation Herzog - Ein Laboratorium für Photographie, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2004
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
Imágenes en movimiento // Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Marco Voena, Milan, Italy (solo)
2003
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany (solo)
Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo)
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany (solo)
Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo)
Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany (solo)
In Szene gesetzte Architektur, ZKM Karlsruhe/Stadtische Galerie Erlangen/Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
Wallflowers, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie De Zaal, Delft, The Netherlands
Biennale der Fotografie, Moscow, Russia
Interieur, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany
Aus Düsseldorf, Baronian-Francey Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Sfeier-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (Solo)
Cityscapes/Landscapes, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy (solo)
10 young german artists, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands
2002
Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy (solo)
Ileana Sonnabend, New York, NY (Solo)
Galleria de Arte Moderne Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy (Solo)
Retrospective, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
Ohne Zögern, Sammlung Olbricht, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, England (solo)
Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (mit | with Candice Breitz), Germany
Château de Sully, Sully sur Loire, France (solo)
2001
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
Chrisitna Doll, Elger Esser Michael van Ofen, Galerie Sfeier Semler, Hamburg, Germany
Friesland is …, Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Landscapes - Portraits, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, England
Landscapes - Portraits, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, England
Retrospective, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
Friesland is …, Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands
Galerie 213, Paris, France
Galerie Inge Friebe Lüdenscheid, Germany (Solo)
2000
Alte Feuerwache Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany (Solo)
Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (with Candice Breitz)
Andreas Grimm Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
VISA, Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
New Photography, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
insight-out, Kunstraum Innsbruck / Kunsthaus Baselland / Kunsthaus Hamburg, Austria and Germany
Massimo Lauro Galleria, Milan, Italy (Solo)
Landschaften, Galerie Carolin Lindig, Nuremberg, Germany
Lawrence Beck, Elger Esser, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Ileana Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
1999
neg-gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
Landschaften, de Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Kunstverein Siegen, Germany (solo)
Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands (mit | with Michel Sauer)
Galerie Inge Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany (solo)
Galerie 213, Paris, France (solo)
Umgebung und Aussicht, Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf / Galerie Lisl Hämmerle, Bregenz Landschaftsbilder, Städtische Galerie Stuttgart, Germany
Kunstraum Düsseldorf (Advancement Award of Fine Arts), Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
Umgebung und Aussicht, Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf, Germany
Alte Post Neuss, Neuss, Germany (solo)
1998
Galerie Marion de Beaupre, Paris, France (Solo)
When season becomes form, Kulturallianzen Cologne, Germany
ARToll Labor Bedburg-Hau, Germany
1997
Andreas Grimm Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
Kunstverein Hagen, Hagen, Germany (solo)
1996
Auslöser, Düsseldorf, Germany
Projektausstellung Siedlungen in Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1995
Kulturbahnhof Eller, Germany (solo)
1994
Idus Nemorensis Nemi, Italy
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Public Collections
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany
SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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