1952 • Born in Germany
1975 • Communications Engineer
1976-1982 • Teacher, Werkstatt für Photographie, Berlin, Germany
1978-1982 • Director, Werkstatt für Photographie, Berlin, Germany
1981 • Airlift Memorial Fellowship, Berlin, Germany
1982-83 • Student, California Institute of the Arts, USA
1987 • Otto-Steinert-Award, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, Cologne, Germany
1989 • Grant, Kunstfond e.V., Bonn, Germany
1989 • Grant, Senator für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten, Berlin, Germany
1991 • Residency Award Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
1995 • Residency Award Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
1991-2017 • Professor, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
1993-2008 • Head, Department of Photography, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
1998 • Guest professor, California Institute of the Arts, USA
2001 • Guest professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany
2001 • Guest professor, California Institute of the Arts, USA
2008-2016 • Head, Master of Arts in Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
2004-2023 • Artistic research, Zurich University of the Arts / Institute for Contemporary Art Research, Switzerland
2017-now • Guest professor, MA Transdisciplinary Studies, Zurich University of the Art, Switzerland
Solo Exhibitions / Installations
1976 • Galerie des Kreuzberger Künstlerkreises, Berlin (Collaboration with Wilmar Koenig), Germany
1980 • Galerie Lange-Irschl, München, Germany
1982 • ID-Gallery CalArts, Valencia, USA
1982 • Galerie Novum, Hannover, Germany
1987 • Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
1987 • Michael Schwarz, Braunschweig, Germany
1988 • Kunstraum München, Germany (catalog)
1988 • Goethe House, New York, USA
1989 • Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
1990 • Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, Germany (catalog)
1992 • Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, (collaboration with Olaf Metzel) (catalog)
1992 • Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany, (collaboration with Olaf Metzel) (catalog)
1993 • Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, USA (catalog)
1994 • Palazzo Comunale, Civitella d‘Agliano, Italy (catalog)
1995 • Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany (permanent installation)
1996 • Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1997 • Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
2001 • DZ Bank Berlin, Germany (permanent installation)
2001 • cosba Zurich, Switzerland (permanent installation)
2001 • Allgemeine Finanzkredit Mainz, Germany (permanent installation)
2004 • Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt, Germany (permanent installation)
2012 • Kunstmuseum Thun/Labor 5 (collaboration with Meret Wandeler), Switzerland
2022 • Ortstermin – Fotografische Langzeitbeobachtung Schlieren, Ortsmuseum Schlieren, Switzerland (collaboration with Meret Wandeler)
Group Exhibitions
1975 • Rathaus Neuköln, Berlin, Germany
1979 • In Deutschland, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany (catalog)
1979 • Photographien 1839-1979, Galerie Kicken, Köln, Germany
1980 • Landschaftsfotografie, PPS-Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
1981 • Lichtbildnisse, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany (catalog)
1981 • Contemporary German Photography, Photographers Gallery, London, England (catalog)
1981 • Aspekte junger deutscher Fotografie, PPS-Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
1981 • Photographie en Allemagne 1920-82, Sixième Festival Photographique, Besançon, France
1981 • Berlin fotografisch, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
1984 • Fotografie aus Berlin, Castelli Graphics, New York, USA (catalog)
1984 • Fotografie aus Berlin, Jones/Troyer Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
1985 • Fotografie aus Berlin, Museum of Photography, Riverside, USA
1987 • documenta 8, Kassel, Germany (catalog)
1989 • Per gli anni novanta, PAC, Milan, Italy (catalog)
1989 • D&S, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany (catalog)
1989 • 2. Istanbul Bienali, Istanbul, Turkey (catalog)
1989 • Photographie als Kunst, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
1990 • Aus der Hauptstadt, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany (catalog)
1991 • Metropolis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
1991 • Outer Space, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, England (catalog)
1991 • Zeitrausch, Künstlerwettbewerb zur Magnetschnellbahn, Bonner Kunstverein, Germany (catalog)
1991 • Villa Massimo, Bewerbungen um das Rom-Stipendium, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany (catalog)
1991 • 2. Deutscher Photopreis ’91, Galerie Landesgirokasse, Stuttgart, 1991
1992 • Outer Space, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England (catalog)
1992 • A New Generation of German Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (catalog)
1993 • Industriefotografie heute, Staatsgalerie moderne Kunst, München, Germany (catalog)
1993 • Konstruktion Zitat, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany (catalog)
1993 • Villa Massimo, Galerie Hans Barlach, Hamburg, Germany
1994 • Revendo Brasilia, (catalog); Galeria Athos Bulcão, Brasilia; Museu de Imagem e Som, São Paulo; Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro; Museo Metropolitano de Arte, Curitiba; Usina do Gasómetro, Porto Alegre; Cantro Cultural da UFMG, Belo Horizonte
1995 • New Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1996 • Die Klasse, Museum für Gestaltung Zurich, Switzerland (catalog)
1996 • Der fixierte Blick, Deutschland und das Rheinland im Fokus der Fotografie, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany (catalog)
2000 • I Believe in Dürer, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany (collaboration with Olaf Metzel) (catalog)
2004 • Jede Fotografie ein Bild, Siemens Photography Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne München, Germany (catalog)
2007 • iheartphotograph, Higher Pictures Gallery New York, USA
2013 • Concrete, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (collaboration with Meret Wandeler) (catalog)
2013 • Terra Nostra, Photoforum PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland (collaboration with Meret Wandeler)
2016 • In Deutschland: reloaded, Galerie Kicken Berlin, Germany
2016 • Kreuzberg – Amerika Werkstatt für Photographie 1976 – 86, c/o Berlin, Germany (catalog)
2019 • Framed Landscapes European Photography Commissions 1984 – 2019, Fundación ICO Madrid, Spain (collaboration with Meret Wandeler) (catalog)
Collections
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
cosba privat banking, Zurich, Switzerland
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt, Germany
DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
UBS, Zurich, Switzerland
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Sammlung siebenhaar art consulting, Frankfurt, Germany
Sammlung Prof. Dr. Jörg Huber Zurich, Switzerland
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, Germany