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Basic Data
Candida Höfer is one of the most renowned German photographers and is, besides Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, and Tobias Struth, part of the photographic avant-garde of the contemporary. Höfer was professor for photography at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe until 2000 and is a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg.
- Born: 4 February 1944
- Place of birth: Eberswalde, Brandenburg
- Nationality: German
- Studied at: Kölner Werksschulen, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Teachers: Arno Jansen, Ole John, Bernd and Hilla Becher
- Similar artists: Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, Bernd und Hilla Becher, Thomas Demand
- Era: Contemporary art
- Stylistic direction: Fine-art photography
The artist lives and works in Cologne.
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Collections
Denmark
- Copenhagen - The National Museum of Photography Copenhagen
Germany
- Berlin - Georg Kolbe Museum
- Berlin – Hamburger Bahnhof
- Cologne – Museum Ludwig
- Cologne - Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur
- Neu-Ulm - The Walther Collection
- Karlsruhe – ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien & Museum für Neue Kunst
France
- Paris – Centre Pompidou
England
- London – Zabludowicz Collection
Austria
- Vienna – Wien Museum
Ireland
- Dublin - Irish Museum of Modern Art
Switzerland
Spain
USA
- Cambridge - MIT List Visual Arts Center
- West Palm Beach - Norton Museum of Art
Exhibtions
- 15.04.2018 – 06.01.2020 LICHTEMPFINDLICH. Fotografie aus der Sammlung Schaufler – Schauwerk, Sindelfingen.
- 20.09.2019 – 13.01.2019 Der Flaneur - Vom Impressionismus bis zur Gegenwart – Kunstmuseum Bonn.
- 17.03.2018 – 09.07.2018 CANDIDA HÖFER EN MÉXICO –Museo Amparo, Puebla.
- 16.09.2017 – 31.10.2017 Deutschland 8 – German Art in Beijing – Yuan Art Museum, Beijing.
- 27.04.2017 – 13.08.2017 Fotografien werden Bilder. Die Becher-Klasse – Städel Museum Frankfurt.
- 19.11.2016 – 04.02.2017 Candida Höfer – Observations – Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.
- 01.10.2016 – 22.01.2017 Sammlung Viehof. Internationale Kunst Der Gegenwart – Deichtorhallen, Hamburg & Sammlungen Falkenberg.
- 02.12.2015 – 28.05.2016 NO MAN'S LAND - Rubell Family Collection, Miami.
- 16.08.2015 – 07.10.2015 CANDIDA HÖFER. ON METHODS - Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing.
- 22.11.2014 – 24.06.2015 CANDIDA HÖFER CLOSER – Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich.
- 01.11.2014 – 08.02.2015 Candida Höfer - Düsseldorf – Kunstmuseum Luzern.
- 28.06.2014 – 05.10.2015 Unbeugsam und ungebändigt: Dokumentarische Fotografie um 1979 – Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
- 25.06.2014 – 19.09.2014 CANDIDA HÖFER: VILLA BORGHESE - Ben Brown Fine Arts, London.
Awards
- 2018: Sony World Photography Awards, London.
- 2015: Cologne-Fine-Art-Prize, Cologne.
- 2015: Bundesverdienstkreuz.
- 2007: Kunstpreis Finkenwerder, life's work.
- 1987: ars viva-Prize from the Cultural Circle of the German Economy.
Literature
- Candida Höfer. Nach Berlin, Marius Babias (Publ.), Berlin 2017.
- Candida Höfer in Mexiko, Uta Grosenick, Herbert Burkert (Publ.), Berlin 2016.
- Candida Höfer, Düsseldorf, Exhibition catalogue, Gunda Luyken (Publ.), Dusseldorf 2013.
- Affinities, Ausstellungskatalog, Artipelag (Publ.), Munich 2012.
- Candida Höfer, Haus Ludwig, Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Engelbach (Publ.), Nuremberg 2011.
- Candida Höfer - Spaces of their own, Exhibition catalogue, Herbert Burkert, Luisa Castro, Enrique Vila-Matas, Munich 2010.
- Candida Höfer, Philadelphia, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen (Publ.), Munich 2010.
- Candida Höfer, projects done, Exhibition catalogue, Markus Heinzelmann (Publ.), Cologne 2009.
- Candida Höfer. Orte Jahre. Photographien 1968–1999, Photographischen Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur (Publ.), Munich Paris London 1999.
Own Writings
- Silent spaces, Candida Höfer & Rui Xavier, Berlin 2015.
- Candida Höfer - Napoli, Candida Höfer & Angela Tecce, Munich 2009.
Weblinks
- Kunstaspekte Candida Höfer Exhibition and collection overview.
