Born in 1967, Stuttgart, Germany
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2020 – Galerie Van der Grinten, Cologne, Germany
2020 – Musée de la Mer, Ile Sainte Marguerite, Cannes, France
2020 – Inherent time, Bruce Silverstein, New York, USA
2020 – Van der Grinten, Cologne, Germany
2019 – Entre temps et durée, Galerie RX, Paris, France
2019 – De Sérignant à Giverny, Tour46, Belfort, France
2019 – Morgenland, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, France
2018 – Oeuvres choisies, Bae Bien-U, Elger Esser, Galerie RX, Paris, France
2018 – Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2018 – Elger Esser, Paysages intimes, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2018 – Elger Esser, Paysages intimes, Van der Grinten, Cologne, Germany
2017 – Morgenland, Galerie Kewenig, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Du Nil à la Loire, Chateau de Chaumont, Chaumont sur Loire, France
2017 – Morgenland, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany
2017 – Elger Esser – De sublime, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
2017 – Morgenland, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK
2017 – Elger Esser – Aetas, Landesgalerie Linz. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
2017 – Paris Photo at RX Galerie, Paris, France
2016 – From Shivta to Lifta, Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 – Elger Esser – Zeitigen, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
2015 – Irides, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2015 – New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2015 – Cabinet de travail, Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2015 – New Works, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2015 – Australian Journal, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Ninfa, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2014 – Combray, The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, USA
2014 – L’age d’or, Kewenig Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2014 – Ninfa, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2014 – Nimfees i Ondines, Fundació Palma Espai d’art, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2014 – Ninfa, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
2013 – Méséglise, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands
2013 – Giverny, Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, Netherlands
2013 – Giverny, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany
2013 – Méséglise, Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
2013 – Egypt, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
2012 – Galería Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2012 – Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2012 – Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2011 – Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2011 – Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 – Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
2011 – Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2011 – Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2011 – Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland
2010 – Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2010 – Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2010 – Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
2010 – Photobiennale Moscow, Exhibition Hall, Russia
2010 – New Manege, Moscow, Russia
2009 – Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
2009 – Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 – Galleria Bonomo, Bari, Italy
2009 – Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2008 – Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2008 – Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2008 – Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2007 – Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
2007 – Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
2007 – Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2006 – Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2006 – Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2006 – Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
2005 – Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2005 – Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2004 – Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland
2003 – Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
2003 – Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2002 – Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2002 – Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
2002 – Palazzo delle Papesse – Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy
2001 – Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2001 – Galleria d‘Arte Moderna – Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy
2000 – Alte Feuerwache Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
2000 – Galerie 213, Paris, France
1999 – neg-gallery, Milan, Italy
1997 – Galerie Andreas Grimm, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1995 – Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2020 – Im Garten der Farben, PEAC Museum, Paul Edge Art Collection, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
2020 – The Sonnabend Collection, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada
2019 – Light Sensitive 2 Photography from the Schaufler Collection / Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany
2019 – Zwischen Nähe und Distanz: Konstruktion von Wirklichkeiten. Von Goya bis Picasso Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018 – The pulse of the body. Uses and representations of space, BombasGens, Valencia, Spain
2018 – The Sonnabend Collection: Half a Century of European and American Art. Part II, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
2018 – It comes in waves, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Pantin Paris, France
2018 – Entfesselte Natur Kuratiert von Dr. Markus Bertsch, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2018 – Wasser & Wein. Neupräsentation der Sammlung I Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
2016 – Gärten der Welt. Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland
2016 – Magical Surfaces: The Uncanny in Contemporary Photography. Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK
2015 – Dusseldorf Photography: Bernd & Hilla Becher and Beyond. Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2015 – The Mirror of Illusions. Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
2015 – Photographier les jardins de Monet. Cinq regards contemporains. Almond · Esser · Foucault · Plossu · Shore. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, Giverny, France
2015 – Open Rhapsody. A journey into photography and video collections. Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, Lebanon
2015 – Landscape in my Mind – Landscape photography today. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria
2014 – Una colección basada en la naturaleza y el medio ambiente. Colección MP de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
2014 – Temporary living. Galerie de Zaal, Delft One Work. The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, USA
2013 – Vacatio. Fotografia – Festival Internazionale di Roma. MACRO, Rome, Italy
2013 – Old School. Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
2013 – Ghosting Machine. Delmar Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013 – Tour d‘horizon – Landspapes. Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2013 – Land in Sight! Landscapes from the Collection. Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria
2013 – Landmark: The Fields of Photography. Somerset House, London, UK
2012 – Fotografia Contemporanea Tedesca La Scuola di Düsseldorf. Galleria Alberto Peola, Torino, Italy
2012 – Il Fuoco Della Natura / The Flash of Nature. Salone degli Incanti, ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy
2011 – Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire. Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre, France
2011 – Within / Beyond Borders – Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, Greece
2011 – Kunst befreit! Neupräsentation der Sammlung. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 – ILEANA SONNABEND. AN ITALIAN PORTRAIT. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy
2010- Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 – Viaggio in Italia, sguardi internazionali sull’Italia contemporanea. Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, Italy
2010 – Collezioni Contemporanee, sms santa maria della scala, Siena, Italy
2010 – Konstellationen. Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
2009 – Siedlungen und Wohnanlagen 1858–1937. Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008 – True North. Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
2008 – Objectivités, la photographie à Düsseldorf. Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2008 – How to look at Venice? Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, Italy
2008 – BESart – Photography. Museu Coleccao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
2007- Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2007 – FOTO.KUNST. Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2007 – Seestücke. Von Max Beckmann bis Gerhard Richter. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2006 – Arcadia, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA
2006 – Room with a view – The Bouwfonds Art Collection. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands
2006 – Peintres de la vie moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2005 – angekommen – Die Sammlung im eigenen Haus. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2005 – dreamscapes. Aeroplastic contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
2004 – Intuition/(Im)Precision. Curated by Thomas Krens, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2004 – Vagues II – Hommages et digressions / Waves II – Homages and Digressions. Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France
2003 – Dialog im Bunker I. Sublime Landschaften. Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
2002 – HEUTE BIS JETZT. Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Düsseldorf. museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002 – 10 young german artists. Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands
2002 – MOVING PICTURES. Guggenheim Museum, New York / Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
2002 – Zwischen Konstruktion & Wirklichkeit. Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, Germany
2002 – Photobiennale Moscow. House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
2001 – From the Dark Room. Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, UK
2001 – Images u Centre_01. Centre des monuments nationaux, Paris, France
2000 – Friesland is… Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2000 – Landscapes – Portraits. Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, UK
1999 – Insight Out – Landschaft und Interieur als Thema zeitgenössischer Photographie. Kunstraum Innsbruck / Kunsthaus Basel-land / Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
1999 – Views from the Edge of the World. Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
1999 – Lawrence Beck, Elger Esser, Hiroshi Sugimoto. Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
1999 – Biennale della Fotografia. Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy
1998 – When season becomes form, Kulturallianzen, Cologne, Germany
1996 – Auslöser: Professionelle Fotografie aus Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, Germany

AWARDS

1998 / 2001 – DAAD-travel grant „Italy“, Advancement award of Fine Arts of the city of Düsseldorf, Germany

EDUCATION

1991-1997 – Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts (with Prof. Bernd Becher), Düsseldorf, Germany