Exhibitions + Collections

Exhibitions

2015

Catch, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus (Museum Augsburg),
Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg in Halle; Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne

2012

Au Centre de la Vitesse, Galerie de la Corderie,
Marcq-en-Baroeul, France

2011

Drift 44 Gallery, Brügge, Belgium

2010

Drift Uno Art Space, Stuttgart
Terra Incognita Fotofestival in Warschau, Poland
So Far, So Close Galerie Ruhnke, Potsdam
Im Zentrum der Geschwindigkeit Galerie Villa Ruh, Zingst

2009

Drift – Photographs 1980 – 2006
Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Drift Loris, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin

2008

China! Which China? V8 Galerie, Cologne
Drift FSM Gallery, Firenze

2007

Drift Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA;
Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne; Third Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2007, China

2006

Drift Hexgalleries, Heks, Belgium
dressur real Kulturhaus Osterfeld, Pforzheim
In the Labyrinth of Signs Meeting with the Middle East/
9th International Photography Gathering /Aleppo, Syria

2005

dressur real Prospekto Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2004

Terra Incognita L’Usine Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2003

dressur real Galeria FF, Lodz, Poland; Galerie Schulgasse 18 Eibelstadt by Würzburg, Germany
Dokument 03, BildensHus, Sundsvall, Sweden
Terra Incognita Reger Forum, Munich, Germany

2002

dressur real Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim;
Galerie Coiffeur Burg, LE-Musberg
Terra Incognita Bielefeld City Theatre

2001

dressur real Schaden.com, Cologne; Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne; Photography Now, Berlin; L’Usine Galerie, Brussels
6. Internationale Fototage Herten

2000

dressur real Monreal & Poppen, art consulting, Bonn
In the Labyrinth of Signs Psychoanalytic working group, Cologne

1999

In the Labyrinth of Signs Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe,Hamburg and Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt

1998

dressur real Int. Meetings of Photography in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Au Centre de la Vitesse Fotomanifestatie Eindhoven

1997

Au Centre de la Vitesse Centre Régional de la Photographie Nord, Pas de Calais, Douchy les Mines ( book )
ART NTC Neurological Therapie Center, Cologne

1995

In the Labyrinth of Signs R(h)einblick, Cologne;
State Gallery Moritzburg, Halle ( leporello )

1994

In the Labyrinth of Signs ACC Gallery, Weimar
Photographs 1986-1993 Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Danmark and Gentofte Kunstbibliotek, Kopenhagen - Hellerup

1993

Photographs 1986-1991 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, USA (catalogue)

1991

Photographs 1986-1991 Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, Center of Industrial Culture Nürnberg
High School for Graphic and Art of Book, Leipzig ( catalogue )

1988

People Pictures - Picture People Fotogallery in Wedding, Berlin
Amusementparcs and other pictures 1981-1984
Landesbildstelle Hamburg

1987

People Pictures - Picture People Museum Folkwang, Essen

1986

Amusementparcs Bavarian State School of Photography, Munich

Groupexhibitions

2015

Imagine Reality - RAY 2015 Fotoprojekte Frankfurtm RheinMain,
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt

2014

Asia Express, BruggeFoto14, Brügge, Belgien
Alles Maskerade - Fasching, Karneval & Mummenschanz im Spiegel der Kunst, MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen
Editionen der Internationalen Photoszene Köln, SK-Stiftung Köln
The Theatre of Real Life Ergebnisse von Workshops in Ahmedabad und Kolkata und eigene Fotografien aus Indien, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, Indien
Marks of Honour The PhotoBookMuseum, Köln

2013

China Stories Kolga Tbilisi Photo Meeting, Tseretili Museum, Tiflis, Georgien

2012

Catch Shortlist des Photobook Awards 2012, Le Bal, Paris
Mistigris - German Contemporary Photography, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Meeting, Tseretili Museum, Tiflis, Georgien
Images Against War, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Meeting, Underground Gallery
Voices of the Sea, Musée des Beaux-Arts Calais, Frankreich
PIMP the TIMP Volume II, Ausstellungsprojekt von Galerie Lichtblick, FENZkunstraum und Galerie Kunstwerk Nippes,
im Rahmen der 21. Internationalen Photoszene Köln

2011

Street Photography Now - London Street Photography Festival,
UNO ART SPACE, Stuttgart
Faites comme chez vous – Centre Régionlae de la Photographie Nord Pas de Calais, Douchy Les Mines, Frankreich

2010

China Stories Athens Photo Festival, Esplanade Building
Street Photography Now  Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, Wales;
Trail Show in street facing windows in Paris; Contributed – Studio for  the Arts, Berlin; Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne
T.I.M.P. – Kunst im Etablissement  former hotel Timp, Cologne
10 Years School for Art Photography Düsseldorf
fiftyfifty-Galerie, Düsseldorf
Regionale 2010  Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
Im Glanze dieses Glückes II  Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne
Mitten im Westen  Projection Thrown at the Wall,
Photoireland Festival 2010, Dublin
Pixelprojekt_Ruhrgebiet  Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen
Come home 11  by Steff Adams, Cologne
ÜberTage – Pixelprojekt Ruhrgebiet, Kunstmuseum Mülheim

2009

Who is a Foreigner? – Contemporary German Photography Musrara Mix art festival, Jerusalem, Israel
Mitten im Westen – A Journey of Discovery in the Rhein-Sieg-Area Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne; Pumpwerk Siegburg

2008

How to Hang a Book - Six Case Sudies Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt
Western Eye on East Fotofetiwal 08, Lodz, Poland
Pixelprojekt Ruhrgebiet Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen
In Memoriam Dr. Reinhold Mißelbeck galerie skala, Cologne
Come Home 9 by Steff Adams, Cologne

2007

Univers Industriel - Un parcours dans la collection du CRP
galerie de L'ancienne poste, Douchy-les-Mines and l’Université de Valenciennes, France
Abgebrannt Zephyr – Raum für Fotografie, Mannheim
come home 8 by Steff Adams, Cologne
Mistigris – Contemporary German Photography Gallery at University of Texas at Arlington

2006

Kommen und Gehen German Photographic Academy, Echterdingen
Amsterdam in the exhibition Twin Pics # Tausend Bar, Cologne
Ausser Haus Schloss Burgau, Düren
come home 7 by Frederic Lezmi in Beirut, Lebanon

2005

Drift Fotonoviembre 2005, Tenerife, Spain
Üppige Askese with Kapitel 2, Alte Feuerwache, Cologne
Come home 7 by Steff Adams, Cologne
Come home 6 by Harvey Benge, Auckland, New Zealand
Images against War and L.Fritz Gruber, a Photographic Homage Internationale Fototage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen
New German Photography Edition Gallery Lumas by the festival Rencontres d’Arles
Unforeseen Vuokala 05, Savonranta, Finland
Marks of Honour – A striking Library FOAM and Gallerie van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam
Escaping Toronto Photography Festival

2004

On the Body and Other Things- German Photography of the 20th Century The Museum Moscow House of Photography and Museum Bochum
5xLu – Five Photographers looking at Ludwigshafen
Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
Images against War Kunstencentrum Belgie, Hasselt, Belgium
Best of 5 L’Usine Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
Missing Pictures Künstlerforum, Bonn

2003

On the Body and Other Things-
German Photography of the 20th Century
City Gallery Prague; Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
images against war Galerie Lichtblick, Colgne; Technical University, Berlin; L’Usine Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
Missing Pictures ZDF Mainz. Meistermann-Halle
Come Home 4 by Midori Mitamura in Tokyo, Japan
Come Home 5 by Steff Adams, Cologne, Germany
and Mark Met, Amsterdam
Floor Shots Kunstbunker Tumulka, Munich, Germany
Acquisitions 1997– 2003
of State Gallery Moritzburg, Halle, Germany

2002

VorOrt Galerie der Künstler, Munich
Missing Pictures Moscow House of Photography;
Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle
Unsolid Icons International Meetings of Photography Plovdiv,
Bulgaria

2001

Split View Projektraum M 54, Basel
Luoghi Come Paesaggi Museo di Fotografie Contemporanea,
Milano, Itaien; L’Ospitale, Rubiera, Italy (catalogue)
Missing Pictures Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, Belgium;
Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin
Come home 3 by Steff Adams, Int. Photoszene Cologne

2000

venha para casa Porto Alegra, Brasilien
Crossborder Print Workshop Gallery Article, Cologne
Ist die Photographie am Ende? - Aktuelle Photo- und Medienkunst International exhibition and symposion of the German Society of Photography in Halle (catalogue)
100 Years School of Photography in Munich (catalogue)
(in)realidados Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
Missing Pictures German Hygiene-Museum in Dresden
Luoghi Come Paesaggi
Galleria degli Uffizi, Biblioteca Magliabechiana Florence, Italy;
L'Ospitale, Rubiera, Italy
160 ans de photographies
Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle a Calais

1999

Crossborder Print Workshop Galleri Aneny, Göteborg and Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden
Paysage Urbains École d'Architecture de Lille
Kommen Sie nach hause by Steff Adams, Cologne

1998

Constructions of Images Deutsche Fotografische Akademie Leinfelden-Echterdingen (German Photographic Academy)
L.Fritz Gruber-Hommage for his 90th birthday lichtblick downtown and Hoppers Hotel, International Photoszene Cologne (book)
Otto Steinert-Fellowship-Winners Rheinterrassen , International Photoszene Cologne (book)

1997

Otto Steinert - Fellowship - Winners Fototage Herten
Photoszene Cologne, FM Schwarz Gallery

1996

20 Years Blue Sky Gallery Augen Gallery, Portland, USA
Collision Gallery Article, Cologne
10 Years Lichtblick - Mission Photographique Transmanche – In the Middle of the Speed DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne

1995

KÖLNKUNST 4 BBK, Köln
Local Studies Fototage Herten
Game Gallery Article, Cologne
Ralph Bageritz-11 Years Ehrenstr, and Surroundings

1993

TATA OST Globus Gallery Leipzig catalogue)

1990-92

Children in Photography 150 Years Dalhousie Art Gallery, Saldy Bronfman Centre, Memorial University Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Koffler Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Vancouver Museum and Edmonton Art Gallery (catalogue)

1989

Carnival Gallery Lichtblick, Cologne
Cologne - Vienna Photogallery Vienna (catalogue)
Prospect Photographie Frankfurter Kunstverein (catalogue)

1986/87

3 und 1 im Sinn with Susanne Brügger, Ingo Taubhorn and Piet Wessing, Gallery Lichtblick,Cologne and PPS. Gallery F.C.Gundlach, Hamburg

1986

50 Years Modern Colour Photography Photokina Cologne (catalogue)

1985/86

For Example Photography buk-Gallery, Dortmund; Technical High School Cologne: Museum for Photography, Braunschweig; Brunswiker Pavillon Kiel; House of Theater, Stuttgart (catalogue)

1985

The Secret of the 11 000 Virgins Stadttheater Frankfurt

1982

52 Young German Photographers Gallery Gaiser, Weißenhorn
(catalogue)

1980/81

Edition rAuslöser in Osnabrück and Münster

Collections

Museum Folkwang, Essen

PPS. Galerie F.C.Gundlach

Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum

Kupferstichkabinett Dresden

Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Danmark

Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg

Portland Art Museum

Museum Ludwig, Cologne

Archive of the German Phoptographic Academy, Leinfelden-Echterdingen

Garanti Bank Istanbul, Turkey