Née/Born:
1944 Eberswalde, Germany

Formation /Education:
1973-76 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf
1976-82 Photography with Bernd & Hilla Becher

Expositions personnelles/Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2005
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Candida Höfer: Architecture of Absence," University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach, CA, and the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL. Traveling. (Catalogue)
The Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, MO
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2004
Arte Contemporanea Alberto Peola, Torino, Italy
"Candida Höfer in Ethnographischen Sammlungen," Volkerkundemuseum, Zurich, Switzerland (Catalogue)
"Tschechische Botschaft, Berlin Wilhelmstrasse 44-Fotografien," Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
"Schloss St. Emmeram Regensburg," Marstall des Furstlichen Schlosses, Regensburg, Germany
"/hier groeien boeken uit de grond,/books grow out of the ground here, Dutch Libraries and Librarians photographed by Candida Höfer and Bert Nienhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Rudiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Ben Brown, London, UK
"Traces - Spuren," Goethe Institut, New York, NY

2003
Antiquariat Grundel Gelbert, Köln, Germany
Johnen + Schöttle, Köln, Germany
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany
German Representative at the German Pavilion, 50th Venice Biennale, Itlay
"Candida Hofer: New Photographs," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002
"Zwolf," Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, Germany
"Candida Hofer," Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue)
"Zwolf - Twelve," Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (catalogue)
"Candida Hofer," Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
"The World of Knowledge II," Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde, Japanisches Palais and Das Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany
"Candida Hofer: Bibliotheksbilder," Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany
"Candida Hofer Basel," Ausstellung im Kunstforum Baloise, Baswl, Switzerland
"Leseraume II von Candida Hofer," Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Kaiser Wilelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany

2001
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Photographies recentes," Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France
Galerie Hauser and Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
"Candida Hofer: Photographs," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
"Candida Hofer. Douze. Twelve," Musee des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France
Galleri K, Oslo, Norway
Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium

2000
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gregorio Magnani, London, UK
"Natuurruimten," Natuurmuseum Rotterdam, Netherlands
"Otre Jahre. Photographien 1968-1999," Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Germany (catalogue) and The National Museum of Photography, DET KGL BIBLIOTEK, Copenhagen
Galerie Johnen + Schottle, Cologne, Germany
"Museumsbilder," Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany
"Die Welt des Wissens. Archive, Bibliotheken, Museen," Staattliche Museum, Dresden, Germany
"Neue Fotoarbeiten," Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany
"Targeting images, objects + ideas," The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Palacio del Embarcadero, Santander, Spain (catalogue)
Galeria Fucares, Madrid, Spain
"Espais," Galeria Visor, Valencia, Spain
MODULO, Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
"Fotografien," Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany

1999
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany

1998-99
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany
Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Germany

1997-98
Centre Photographique d'lle de France, Pontault-Combault

1997
"Intérieurs," Galerie Condé, Paris, France

1996
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (with Bernd & Hilla Becher)
Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Germany
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York

1994
Anderson O'Day Gallery, London
Galerie Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
L'Aquarium Galerie d'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes

1993
"Zoologische Gärten," Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich
Leonhardi Museum, Dresden, Germany
F-Stop Gallery, Bath; Anderson/O'Day Gallery, London
"Zoologische Gärten," Hamburger Kunsthalle and Kunsthalle Bern, Germany (Catalogue)
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg, Germany

1992
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
Nicole Klagsburn, New York, NY
Stadtische Galerie Haus Seel, Siegen (Catalogue)
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (with James Welling)
Portikus, Frankfurt/Main (Catalogue)
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Kunstverein Hagen (Catalogue)
"Photographie," Hagener Kunstverein, Hagen (Catalogue)

1991
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich

1990
Nicole Klagsburn, New York, NY
Franz Paludetto, Turin, Italy
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (with Michael Bach)

1989
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg
Kunstverein, Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Faust, Genf
Galerie Westersingel 8, Rotterdam (with Axel Hütte)

1988
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne

1985
"Räume," Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (with Ludger Gerdes)

1984
"Innenraum Fotografien 1979-1984," Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Catalogue)

1982
Fotographische Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen (Catalogue)

1979
Galerie Arno Kohnen, Düsseldorf

1975
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf

Expositions de groupe /Selected Group Exhibitions:
2005
"The Anniversary Show," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004
"Artitecture," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003
"Scenery," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002
"Zwichen Schonheit und Sachlichkeit," Kunsthalle in Emben, Germany
"Today til now: Contemporary Photography from Dusseldorf, Part I," Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany

2001
"Museum as Subjects," The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
"minimalismos, un signos de los tiempos," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Aldeasa, Madrid, Spain
"In Between: Art and Architecture," Austrian Museum of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria
"Depicting Absence/Implying Presence," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
"Show Time," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
"Of the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection," SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
"Inside Out: Reality or Fiction?" Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
"Paper Cuts," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Ansicht Aussicht Einsicht, (Gursky, Hofer, Hutte, Ruff, Struth)" Crakow (catalogue)
Kunsthalle Kornwestheim, Stuttgart, Germany
"Architecture without shadow," Centro de Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona, Spain (catalogue)
"BMW exhibition," Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue)

1999
"Not There," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998
"Spread," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Stilleben," Kunstverein Goppingen, Goppingen, Germany

1997
"Elke Denda/Candida Höfer," SalzburgerKunstverein, Austria
"Normotic," One Great Jones, New York, NY

1995
"Giovani Artisti Tedeschi," Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivara, Turin
"Zimmerdenkmaler," Blumenstrasse, Bochum
"Five Photographers," Rena Bransten Gallery, CA
"Beyond Recognition," Contemporary International Photography,National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Traveled

1994
"Das Genre Tier," Munich
"Architektur in der Fotographie," Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg
"Deutsche Kunst mit Photographie. Die 90er Jahre," Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
"Los Gerneros de la Pintura," Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderna, Las Palma

1993
"Photographie in der deutschen Gegenwartskunst," Museum Ludwig, Germany
"Distanz und Nahe," Nationalgalerie, Berlin

1992
"Gilles Porret, Christoph Rutimann, Candida Hofer," KunsthallePalazzo, Liestal Galerie Johnen & Schottle, Cologne
"Humpty Dumpty's Kaleidoscope: A New Generation of German Artist,"Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
"Finale," Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne
"Four Visions of Interior and Exterior Landscapes," Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne

1991
"Typologies: Nine Contemporary Photographers," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
"Aus der Distanz - Photographien von Bernd und Hilla Becher,Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Axel Hutte, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, Petra Wunderlich," Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
"Paesaggi - La Scuola di Rivara," Castello di Rivara, Turin

1990
"German Photography. Documentation and Introspection," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
"Perspectives on Place - Attitudes Toward the Built Environment,"University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Gunther Forg, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hofer, Thomas Ruff," Kunstverein, Ulm

1989
Shifting Focus," Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol: Serpentine Gallery, London
"Sei Artisti Tedeschi," Castello di Rivara, Turin
"Accrochage II," Galerie Meert/Rihoux, Brussels

1988 Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich
"Fotografen," APAC, Nevers
"Klasse Bernhard Becher," Galerie Johnen & Schottle, Cologne

1987
Foto/Realismen," Kunstverein Munich: Nationalgalerie im Kunstforum der rundkreditbank Berlin: Villa Dessauer, Bamberg

1986
Gursky, Höfer, Hutte," Ausstellungsraum Brukenstrasse, Dusseldorf
"Fotografie und Skulptur," Hansaallee, Dusseldorf
"Sieben Fotgrafen," Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich

1984
Aus den Trummern," Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn

1983
22 Fotgrafinnen. Ein Querschnitt Zeitgenossisher Fotografie," Hahnentorburg, Cologne

1982
Work by Young Photographers from Germany," Art Galaxy, NY

1981
Galerie Konrad Fischer (Forderprogramm fur junge Kunst),
Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne

1979
"In Deutschland - Aspekte gegenwartiger Dokumentarfotografie,"Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
"Schlaglichter. Eine Bestandsaufnahme aktueller Kunst im Rheinland 1979, " Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn

1978
"Europa und Vorderasien," Museum fur Volkerkunde, Hamburg
"Nachbarschaft," Kunsthalle Dusseldorf