BIOGRAPHY
* 1967 born in Stuttgart, Germany, raised in Rome, Italy.
Lives and works in Düsseldorf.
2016
Oskar-Schlemmer-Preis, Großer Staatspreis für Bildende Kunst Baden Württemberg, Stuttgart
2012
Fellowship Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst
2010
Rheinischer Kunstpreis, Bonn
2008
Visiting Professor of Photography at Folkwang Hochschule
2006–09
Professor of Photography at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2001
DAAD-travel grant ‘Italy’
1998
Advancement award of Fine Arts of the city of Duesseldorf
1997
Academy diploma
1996
Student of Master Class
1991–1997
Studies at Duesseldorf Academy of Fine Arts with Prof. Bernd Becher
CV EXHIBITIONS
Selection
2024
Die engen Wasser
Haus Beda, Neue Galerie
Bitburg, DE
Mémoire céleste
L’Abbaye de Mont-Saint-Michel
Normandie, FR
2021
Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, AU
Autumn 2021
2020
Musée de la Mer
Ile Sainte Marguerite, Cannes, FR
2019
Morgenland
Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, FR
De Sérignant à Giverny
Tour46, Belfort, FR
2017
Du Nil à la Loire
Chateau de Chaumont, Chaumont sur Loire, FR
El tiempo en suspenso
Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, ES
Elger Esser – De sublime
Fondazione Stelline, Milan, IT
Morgenland
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, GB
Elger Esser – Aetas
Landesgalerie Linz. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz, AT
2016
Elger Esser – Zeitigen
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, DE
2014
Elger Esser – Combray
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, US
2012
Stille Weiten
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg, DE
Elger Esser – Lichte Weite
LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Bonn, DE
2010
Elger Esser – Eigentijd
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL
2009
Elger Esser – Eigenzeit
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, DE
2007
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, US
2006
Gana Art Center, Seoul, KR
Musée de la Cohue, Vannes, FR
Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee, US
2004
Fondation Herzog, Basel, CH
2003
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, DE