Born Stuttgart, Germany, 1973
Lives and works in Köln and Los Angeles
EDUCATION
_ University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, M.F.A. (DAAD Grant)
_ University of Essen, Germany
_ Hoegskolan for Fotografi och Film Gothenborg, Sweden
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
_ Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza , Madrid, Spain
_ Baronian_Francey, Brussels, Belgium
2007
_ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006
_ Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
_ 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2005
_ Baronian_Francey, Brussels, Belgium
2004
_ Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan
_ The Bridges of Cologne, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2003
_ Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan
2002
_ Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
_ L.A. Desire, Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Dusseldorf 2007
_ Mario Testino: At Home, Yvon Lambert New York, New York, NY
_ Three for Society, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2006
_ Particulate Matter, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
_ USA TODAY, Saatchi Gallery / Royal Academy Of Arts, London, UK
_ Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2005
_ Photography 2005, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
_ Group Show curated by Mario Testino, London, UK
_ Set Up: Recent Acquisitions in Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2004
_ Kommando Pfannenkuchen: Deutsche und Amerikanische Kunst, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
_ Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan
2003
_ Gilbert & George, Cristina Iglesias, Mike Kelley, George Lappas, Florian Maier-Aichen, Nikos Navridis, Tony Oursler, Thaddeus Strode, Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece
_ Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2002
_ Constructed Realities, Grand Art, Kansas City, MO (traveled to Las Vegas Art Museum (curated by Barbara Bloemink)
_ Anti-Form: New Photographic Work from Los Angeles, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO (curated by James Welling)
_ Ich ging im Walde so fuer mich hin: Markus Amm, Florian Maier-Aichen, Gondi Norola, Nicole Wermers, Borgmann-Nathusius, Cologne, Germany
2001
_ Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Dave Muller, Florian Maier-Aichen, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
_ Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami) (cat.) _ Vision Embraces the World, Echo Park Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2000
_ Can, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
1999
_ Gesundheit, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany
1998
_ Art in the City, Stockholm, Sweden
1997
_ Galeri Gufot, Gothenburg, Sweden
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005
_ Agenda, Islington Gazette, January 13, 2005
_ Casadio, Mariuccia. sunset rising, Vogue (Italia), January 2005, pg. 370-376
_ Chapman, Peter. Private View, The Independent: The Information, January 22, 2005
_ Dillion, Brian. Photography 2005, Modern Painters, March 2005
_ Guner, Fisun. Much ado about nothingness, Metro 18, January 2005
_ Picks of the Week, The Guardian, January 24, 2005
_ Previews, Dazed and Confused, January 2005
_ Kunitz, Daniel and João Ribas The ArtReview 25: Emerging US Artists, ArtReview, International Edition volume V3N3
_ Pitman, Joanna. Young and Original: six visual artists in the frame, The Times, January 2005
_ Steward, Sue. A focus on six of the best, Evening Standard, January 19,
2004
_ Holl, Jess. Lying with the camera eye, Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2004, p. E60
_ Myers, Holly. Undermining Perceptions, Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2004, p. E21
_ Thornton, Sarah. NOCTURNES, Contemporary, Issue 62, 2004, pg. 32-37
2003
_ Influence, Issue 1, pg. 88-91
2002
_ Bailey, Matthew. Constructed Realities, Art Papers Magazine, July/August 2002, p. 49
_ McGraw, Hesse. Fiction and History: A Science of Disputed Signs, Review, May/June 2002, pg. 38-39
_ Myers, Holly. Testing the Bounds of Photographic Truth, Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2002, p. F17
_ Thorson, Alice. Everything Here is Not What it Seems, The Kansas City Star, May 3, 2002, pg. 26-27
_ Von Kisters, Jurgen. Die Kunst fragt nach Wirklichkeit, Kolner Stadtanzeiger; Kultur, February 2002
2001
_ Dambrot, Shana Nys. Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, Tema Celeste, September/October 2001, p. 102
_ Harvey, Doug. Are We Photographs?, Camerawork, A Journal of Photographic Arts, Fall/Winter 2002, pg. 18-21
_ Knight, Christopher. A ‘Snapshot’ of L.A. Artists, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2001, pg. F1 & F4
_ Patterson, Carrie. Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, Flash Art, July/September 2001, p. 69
_ Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum, pg. 31-32 (cat.)
_ Subotnick, Ali. Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, Frieze, October 2001, pg. 99-100
_ Tumlir, Jan. Snapshot, Artforum, October 2001, pg. 155-156
_ von Schlegell, Mark. Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, Artext, November 2001-January 2002, pg. 76-77
1999
_ Input, Self Service Magazine, Spring 1999, pg. 128-135
AWARDS
1999-2000
_ DAAD Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
_ Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
_ Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
_ Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
_ Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Lives and works in Köln and Los Angeles
EDUCATION
_ University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, M.F.A. (DAAD Grant)
_ University of Essen, Germany
_ Hoegskolan for Fotografi och Film Gothenborg, Sweden
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
_ Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza , Madrid, Spain
_ Baronian_Francey, Brussels, Belgium
2007
_ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006
_ Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
_ 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2005
_ Baronian_Francey, Brussels, Belgium
2004
_ Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan
_ The Bridges of Cologne, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2003
_ Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan
2002
_ Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
_ L.A. Desire, Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Dusseldorf 2007
_ Mario Testino: At Home, Yvon Lambert New York, New York, NY
_ Three for Society, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2006
_ Particulate Matter, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
_ USA TODAY, Saatchi Gallery / Royal Academy Of Arts, London, UK
_ Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2005
_ Photography 2005, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
_ Group Show curated by Mario Testino, London, UK
_ Set Up: Recent Acquisitions in Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2004
_ Kommando Pfannenkuchen: Deutsche und Amerikanische Kunst, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
_ Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan
2003
_ Gilbert & George, Cristina Iglesias, Mike Kelley, George Lappas, Florian Maier-Aichen, Nikos Navridis, Tony Oursler, Thaddeus Strode, Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece
_ Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2002
_ Constructed Realities, Grand Art, Kansas City, MO (traveled to Las Vegas Art Museum (curated by Barbara Bloemink)
_ Anti-Form: New Photographic Work from Los Angeles, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO (curated by James Welling)
_ Ich ging im Walde so fuer mich hin: Markus Amm, Florian Maier-Aichen, Gondi Norola, Nicole Wermers, Borgmann-Nathusius, Cologne, Germany
2001
_ Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Dave Muller, Florian Maier-Aichen, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
_ Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami) (cat.) _ Vision Embraces the World, Echo Park Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2000
_ Can, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
1999
_ Gesundheit, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany
1998
_ Art in the City, Stockholm, Sweden
1997
_ Galeri Gufot, Gothenburg, Sweden
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005
_ Agenda, Islington Gazette, January 13, 2005
_ Casadio, Mariuccia. sunset rising, Vogue (Italia), January 2005, pg. 370-376
_ Chapman, Peter. Private View, The Independent: The Information, January 22, 2005
_ Dillion, Brian. Photography 2005, Modern Painters, March 2005
_ Guner, Fisun. Much ado about nothingness, Metro 18, January 2005
_ Picks of the Week, The Guardian, January 24, 2005
_ Previews, Dazed and Confused, January 2005
_ Kunitz, Daniel and João Ribas The ArtReview 25: Emerging US Artists, ArtReview, International Edition volume V3N3
_ Pitman, Joanna. Young and Original: six visual artists in the frame, The Times, January 2005
_ Steward, Sue. A focus on six of the best, Evening Standard, January 19,
2004
_ Holl, Jess. Lying with the camera eye, Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2004, p. E60
_ Myers, Holly. Undermining Perceptions, Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2004, p. E21
_ Thornton, Sarah. NOCTURNES, Contemporary, Issue 62, 2004, pg. 32-37
2003
_ Influence, Issue 1, pg. 88-91
2002
_ Bailey, Matthew. Constructed Realities, Art Papers Magazine, July/August 2002, p. 49
_ McGraw, Hesse. Fiction and History: A Science of Disputed Signs, Review, May/June 2002, pg. 38-39
_ Myers, Holly. Testing the Bounds of Photographic Truth, Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2002, p. F17
_ Thorson, Alice. Everything Here is Not What it Seems, The Kansas City Star, May 3, 2002, pg. 26-27
_ Von Kisters, Jurgen. Die Kunst fragt nach Wirklichkeit, Kolner Stadtanzeiger; Kultur, February 2002
2001
_ Dambrot, Shana Nys. Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, Tema Celeste, September/October 2001, p. 102
_ Harvey, Doug. Are We Photographs?, Camerawork, A Journal of Photographic Arts, Fall/Winter 2002, pg. 18-21
_ Knight, Christopher. A ‘Snapshot’ of L.A. Artists, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2001, pg. F1 & F4
_ Patterson, Carrie. Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, Flash Art, July/September 2001, p. 69
_ Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum, pg. 31-32 (cat.)
_ Subotnick, Ali. Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, Frieze, October 2001, pg. 99-100
_ Tumlir, Jan. Snapshot, Artforum, October 2001, pg. 155-156
_ von Schlegell, Mark. Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, Artext, November 2001-January 2002, pg. 76-77
1999
_ Input, Self Service Magazine, Spring 1999, pg. 128-135
AWARDS
1999-2000
_ DAAD Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
_ Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
_ Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
_ Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
_ Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY