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 Bilderbude, Kreuzberger Künstlerkreis e.V., Berlin, Germany
1979 • Werkstatt für Photographie, Berlin, Germany
1980 • Galerie Lange-Irschl, München, Germany
1982 • ID-Gallery CalArts, Valencia, USA
1982 • Galerie Novum, Hannover, Germany
1987 • Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
1987 • Michael Schwarz, Braunschweig, Germany
1988 • Kunstraum München, Germany
1988 • Goethe House, New York, USA
1989 • Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
1990 • Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, Germany
1992 • Salve Hospes, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, (collaboration Olaf Metzel)
1992• Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany, (collaboration Olaf Metzel)
1993 • Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, USA
1994 • Palazzo Comunale, Civitella d‘Agliano, Italy
1995 • Portrait Prof. Zapf, 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, Switzerland (collaboration with Meret Wandeler)
2022 • Ortstermin – Fotografische Langzeitbeobachtung Schlieren, Ortsmuseum Schlieren, Switzerland (collaboration Meret Wandeler)
202 • Urban Change over Time, book publishing, Architekturforum Zürich, Switzerland (collaboration Meret Wandeler)
Group Exhibitions
1975 • Rathaus Neuköln, Berlin, Germany
1979 • In Deutschland, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
1979 • Photographien 1839-1979, Galerie Kicken, Köln, Germany
1980 • Landschaftsfotografie, PPS-Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
1981 • Lichtbildnisse, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
1981 • Contemporary German Photography, Photographers Gallery, London, Great Britain
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
1984/85 • Fotografie aus Berlin
Castelli Graphics, New York, USA
Jones/Troyer Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
Museum of Photography, Riverside, USA
1987 • documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
1989 • Per gli anni novanta, PAC, Milan, Italy
1989 • D&S, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
1989 • 2. Istanbul Bienali, Istanbul, Turkey
1989 • Photographie als Kunst, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1990 • Aus der Hauptstadt, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany
1991 • Metropolis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
1991/92 • Outer Space
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, Great Britain
Ferens Art Gallery Hull, Great Britain
Camden Arts Center London, Great Britain
Arnolfini, Bristol, Great Britain
1991 • Zeitrausch, Künstlerwettbewerb zur Magnetschnellbahn, Bonner Kunstverein, Germany
1991 • Villa Massimo, Bewerbungen um das Rom-Stipendium, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1991 • 2. Deutscher Photopreis ’91, Galerie Landesgirokasse, Stuttgart, 1991
1992 • Humpty Dumpty’s Kaleidoscope A New Generation of German Artists, Ed. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 1992
1993 • Konstruktion Zitat, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
1993 • Villa Massimo, Galerie Hans Barlach, Hamburg, Germany
1994 • Revendo Brasilia
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, Brasilia
1995 • New Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1996 • Die Klasse, Museum für Gestaltung Zurich, Switzerland
1996 • Der fixierte Blick, Deutschland und das Rheinland im Fokus der Fotografie, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany
2000 • I Believe in Dürer, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany (collaboration Olaf Metzel)
2004 • Jede Fotografie ein Bild, Siemens Photography Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne München, Germany
2007 • iheartphotograph, Higher Pictures Gallery New York, USA
2013 • Concrete, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (collaboration Meret Wandeler)
2013 • Terra Nostra, Photoforum PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland (collaboration Meret Wandeler)
2016 • In Deutschland reloaded (I):, Galerie Kicken Berlin, Germany
2016 • Kreuzberg – Amerika Werkstatt für Photographie 1976 – 86, c/o Berlin, Germany
2019 • Framed Landscapes European Photography Commissions 1984 – 2019, Fundación ICO Madrid, Spain (collaboration Meret Wandeler)
2024 • weg, Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland (collaboration Meret Wandeler)
2024 • Holz, Skulptur, Relief und Arbeiten auf Papier, Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, Germany (collaboration Olaf Metzel)
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