Artworks by Sonja Braas at Galerie Tanit on artnet

Sonja Braas

(German, born 1968)

Sonja Braas

Icestorm, 2005

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Sonja Braas

Flood, 2006

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Sonja Braas

Blizzard, 2006

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Sonja Braas

Wave, 2008

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Sonja Braas

Pool, 2016

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Sonja Braas

Switchboard, 2015

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Sonja Braas

Container from the Series „An Abundance of Caution“, 2015

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Sonja Braas

Target, 2015

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Sonja Braas

The Other Day M I, 2019

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Sonja Braas

The Other Day M II, 2020

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Sonja Braas

The Other Day M III, 2020

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Sonja Braas

An Abundance of Caution - Suits, 2015

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Biography

Timeline

1968: Born in Siegen
1987 - 1988: Travels in Costa Rica and Guatemala
1987: Highschool graduation
1990 - 1991: Work as an assistant for photographers in Toronto, Canada
1991: Begin of the study at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, Germany
1992 - 1993: Travels in Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragua
1992: Seminar at the Parson Scholl of Design, New York
1995 - 1996: Studies at the School of Visual Arts, New York, major photography (FulbrightGrant, German Academic Exchange Service Grant)
1995: Fulbright scholarship
: Grant of DAAD
1996: FOCUS prize
1997: Kodak prize for young artists
: Graduation at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Degree Diploma Visual Communication / Photography
: Stay in Australia
: Rheinhard Wolf Prize
1998: Otto Steinert Preis, honorable mentioned
: Images 98, Grand Prix de la Ville de Vevey
1999: DG Bank Arts scholarship
: lives and works in New York

Exhibitions

2013: JENSEITS DER ANSICHTSKARTE, Die Alpen in der Fotografie, Galerie Stihl, Waiblingen, Germany
: Still – Photography in the Museum, Modem Centre, Debrecen, Hungary
: Sonja Braas, Retrospective Exhibiton, BTV FO.KU.S, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
: The Passage, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2012: The Passage, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany (solo)
: Forces & The Quiet of Dissolution, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
: Ground Control (Curated by Michael Goldgruber), Kunsthaus Muerz, Muerzzuschlag, Austria
2011: FORCES PAR SONJA BRAAS (curated by Paul Cottin), La Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Berne, Switzerland (solo)
: Elsewhere, Idyll and Friction in the landscape, Sint-Michelsgestel, The Netherlands
: Fotografie, Sammlung Alison und Peter Klein, Landesvertretung Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Germany
2010: Sonja Braas. The Quiet of Dissolution, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany (solo)
2009 - 2010: Kunstwerk, Deutsche Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany
2009: Ferne Nähe, >Natur< In der Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
: AntArctica, Haugar Art Museum, Tonsberg, Norway
: The Best of Stash – g27", Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
: (Serien "The Quiet of Dissolution" und "FORCES"), Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
: Manipulating Reality – How Images Redefine The World, Strozzina, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea a palazzo Strozzi, Fondatione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
2008: Landscape Beyond Romanticism, part 1 ofTea Time – Living with Art, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany
: The Quiet of Dissolution, fiedler contemporary, Cologne, Germany (solo)
: In den Alpen, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
: Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
: Galerie Xippas, Paris, France (solo)
: The Quiet of Dissolution, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
: Überblick – Konstruktionen der Wahrheit, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany
2007: White out, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
: Galerie Xippas, Paris, France (solo)
2006: Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
: The Quiet of Dissolution, Galerie Tanit, Munich (solo)
: The Quiet of Dissolution, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (solo)
: Gletscherdämmerung, Alte Residenzpost, Munich
: Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany (solo)
: Forces, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
: Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
: FORCES, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany (solo)
: Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
: Gezähmte Natur, Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris, France
: Perspective contemporaine, Galerie Vedovi, Bruxelles, Belgium
: Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
: hoch hinaus, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
: Munch Revisited, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany
: Forces, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany (solo)
: Ideal Worlds – New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt, Germany
2005: In den Alpen, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
: Strömungen - Wasser in der Fotografie, Wäcker & Jordanow - Galerie für Fotografie, Munich
: Natur ganz Kunst, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
: Landscapes, Special Exhibition, Kunstmesse Cologne, Germany
: Contemporary Art from Germany, ECB, Frankfurt, Germany
: Waves II - Tribute and Degressions, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France
: XL Photography, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt, Germany
: Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany
2004: Gezähmte Natur, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlung Cottbus, Germany
: Forces, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany (solo)
2003: Wonderlands, Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany
: In Nature, From the Obsessive to the Blind, X Photography Biennale, Turin, Italy
: James Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco
: Ordnung und Chaos, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
: Gallery Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, Germany (solo)
: Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
: Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
: Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
: Better that the Real Thing, Smart Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Zwischen Konstruktion und Wirklichkeit - Landschaft in der zeitgenössischen deutschen Fotografie, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, Germany
: Art Cologne, Paris Photo, Art Basel and The Armory (represented by Galleries Tanit, Munich/ Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne/ Beckers, Frankfurt and Akinci, Amsterdam)
2002: Saar Ferngas Preis, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
: Franciscus, Kunstenaars brengen een ode, Fries Museum Leeuwarden
: True Fictions, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Kunstverein Lingen, Kunst Haus Dresden, Kunstverein Bad Arolsen
: Between Construct and Reality - Landscape in Contemporary Photography, Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
: La Filature, Mulhouse, France
: Gallery Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, Germany (solo)
: Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
: Gallery Windows, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo)
: The Promise of Photography, The Collection of the DG-Bank, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
: Gallery Bernier/ Eliades, Athens, Greece
: Utopien heute, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
: Wild Gliders, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001: Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt, Germany
: Landscape in Contemporary Photography, Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, German
2000: Gallery Bill Maynes, New York (solo)
: You Are Here, Bill Maynes Gallery New York, NY
: Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
: Fotowerken, Galerie Akinci Amsterdam, Netherlands
: La Filature Mulhouse, France
: Landesmedienzentrale, Hamburg, Germany
1999: L'espace des Spaces, La Filature Mulhouse, France
1998: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
: European Photography Contest, Vevey, Switzerland
: Kodak Nachwuchsförderung (young talent), Cologne, Germany
: Zeche Eins Essen, Germany
1997: Galerie Energy, Dortmund, Germany
1996: Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany
1995: Stadthalle Waldbröl, Germany
1993: Galerie der Neuen Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany

Public Collections

: Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg
: Westdeutsche Landesbank, Düsseldorf, Germany
: Sammlung Alison & Peter Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
: Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
: Deutsche Börse AG, EZB, Frankfurt, Germany
: Deutsche Bank
: DZ Bank
: European Central Bank
: EON AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
: Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
: Münchner Rück, Munich, Germany
: Museum Küppersmühle; Duisburg, Germany
: Sammlung Hans Grothe
: FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

Literature

2013: Sonja Braas: So Far, Texts by Stephan Berg, Diana Edkins, graphic design by Felix Kunkler, Sonja Braas
2010: Elsewhere, Idyll and Friction in the landscape, Sint-Michielsgestel, Holland
2009: Antarctica, Haugar Vestfold Museum, Tonsberg, Norway, catalogue with texts by Tone Lyngstad Nyaas (curator), Jan Erik Ringstad, Jan Ake Petterson
: Manipulating Reality – How images redefine the World, Strozzina, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea a palazzo Strozzi, Fondatione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy Catalogue with texts by James Bradburne, Franziska Nori (Curator), Elena Esposita at al.
: Ferne Nähe, 'Natur' in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bonn, catalogue with texts byStephan Berg, Volker Adolphs, Martin Seel (p.129-130, 136-141)
2004: Forces, Kerber edition
: Natur ganz Kunst, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, catalogue
: Contemporary Art from Germany”, EZB, Frankfurt, Germany, catalogue
2003: Wonderlands, Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany, catalogue
: Ordnung und Chaos, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, catalogue
: XL Photography 2, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, catalogue
2002: Junge Kunst, Saar Ferngas Förderpreis, catalogue
2001: Utopien heute?, Wilhelm-Hack-Musem, Ludwigshafen, Germany, catalogue
: Urbane Paradiese, Bauhaus Dessau, Germany, catalogue
: Wild gliders, Galerie Aschenbach & Hofland, Amsterdam, Netherlands,catalogue

Sonja Braas

(German, born 1968)

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Sonja Braas

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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