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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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Candida Höfer Palast Rom Photography Edition

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Candida Höfer Reggia di Portici Original Photoedition

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Candida Höfer Colored Wood Photography Edition

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Candida Höfer Edition Printer J.J. Augustin

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Candida Höfer Museum Morsbroich Art Edition

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Exhibtions

21.03.2020 – 16.08.2020 SUBJEKT und OBJEKT. FOTO RHEIN RUHR – Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
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.