lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf
lives and works in Düsseldorf
| Biografie | |
| 1970 | geboren in Düsseldorf |
| 1992–2000 | Fotografiestudium an der Universität Essen |
| 2000 | Diplom mit Auszeichnung bei Prof. Bernhard Prinz |
| 2001 | Berufung in die Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA) |
| 2002 | Gefellers Fotobuch Soma erscheint im Hatje Cantz Verlag |
| 2005 | Gefellers Fotobuch Supervisions erscheint im Hatje Cantz Verlag |
| 2009 | Das Fotobuch Andreas Gefeller – Photographs erscheint im Hatje Cantz Verlag |
| 2011 | Das Fotobuch The Japan Series erscheint im Hatje Cantz Verlag |
| Biography | |
| 1970 | born in Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1992–2000 | study of photography at the University of Essen |
| 2000 | Diploma with honor by Prof. Bernhard Prinz |
| 2001 | appointment to the German Academy of Photography (DFA) |
| 2002 | Gefeller's photobook Soma is published at Hatje Cantz Publishers |
| 2005 | Gefeller's photobook Supervisions is published at Hatje Cantz Publishers |
| 2009 | The photobook Andreas Gefeller – Photographs is published at Hatje Cantz Publishers |
| 2011 | The photobook The Japan Series is published at Hatje Cantz Publishers |
| Preise | |
| 2012 | Leadaward, Hamburg: Auszeichnung |
| 2011 | Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2012: Gold für "The Japan Series" |
| 2010 | "European Eyes on Japan" by EU-Japan Fest: Stipendium |
| 2007 | Real Photography Award, Amsterdam: Nominierung |
| 2005 | Leadaward, Hamburg: erster Preis |
| 2004 | Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn, Nordhorn: erster Preis |
| 2004 | Phase One Prize, Vevey, Switzerland: erster Preis |
| 2003 | Umbo Photo Prize 2003, Lippstadt: Nominierung |
| 2003 | KunstRai Prize 2003, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Nominierung |
| 2003 | European Award of Architectural Photography 2003, Bonn: Anerkennung |
| 2002 | Peter Keetmann Award 2002, Hamburg: Anerkennung |
| 2001 | Reinhart Wolf Prize 2001, Hamburg: erster Preis |
| Prizes | |
| 2012 | Leadaward, Hamburg: honorable mention |
| 2011 | German Photo Book Award 2012: "The Japan Series" achieves Gold. |
| 2010 | "European Eyes on Japan" by EU-Japan Fest: scholarship |
| 2007 | Real Photography Award, Amsterdam: nomination |
| 2005 | Leadaward, Hamburg: prizewinner |
| 2004 | Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn, Nordhorn: prizewinner |
| 2004 | Phase One Prize, Vevey, Switzerland: prizewinner |
| 2003 | Umbo Photo Prize 2003, Lippstadt: nomination |
| 2003 | KunstRai Prize 2003, Amsterdam, Netherlands: nomination |
| 2003 | European Award of Architectural Photography 2003, Bonn: honorable mention |
| 2002 | Peter Keetmann Award 2002, Hamburg: honorable mention |
| 2001 | Reinhart Wolf Prize 2001, Hamburg: prizewinner |
| Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) | |
| 2012 | Blank, Thomas Rehbein Galerie Köln |
| 2011 | The Japan Series, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York |
| 2011 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Kunsthalle Erfurt |
| 2010 | The Japan Series, Thomas Rehbein Galerie Köln |
| 2010 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Landesgalerie Linz |
| 2010 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Münchner Stadtmuseum Sammlung Fotografie |
| 2009 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken |
| 2009 | Andreas Gefeller – Recent Works, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York |
| 2008 | Andreas Gefeller – Supervisions, Zern, Berlin |
| 2008 | Andreas Gefeller – Supervisions, Kunstverein Augsburg |
| 2008 | Andreas Gefeller, Thomas Rehbein Galerie Köln |
| 2007 | Supervisions, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York |
| 2007 | Andreas Gefeller − Fotografien, Kunstverein Heinsberg |
| 2006 | Supernatural, Dubbelbee Gallery, Amsterdam |
| 2005 | Supervisions, Campus Galerie, Bayreuth |
| 2005 | Supervisions, Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, (mit Ron Hooghiemstra) |
| 2004 | Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn |
| 2004 | Supervisions, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln |
| 2003 | Archespective, Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, |
| 2002 | Soma, Galerie Hohmann, Hamburg |
| Single Exhibitions (Selection) | |
| 2012 | Blank, Thomas Rehbein Galerie Cologne |
| 2011 | The Japan Series, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York |
| 2011 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Kunsthalle Erfurt |
| 2010 | The Japan Series, Thomas Rehbein Galerie Cologne |
| 2010 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Landesgalerie Linz |
| 2010 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Münchner Stadtmuseum Sammlung Fotografie |
| 2009 | Andreas Gefeller – Photographs, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken |
| 2009 | Andreas Gefeller – Recent Works, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York |
| 2008 | Andreas Gefeller – Supervisions, Zern, Berlin |
| 2008 | Andreas Gefeller – Supervisions, Kunstverein Augsburg |
| 2008 | Andreas Gefeller, Thomas Rehbein Galerie Köln |
| 2007 | Supervisions, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York |
| 2007 | Supervisions, Kunstverein Heinsberg |
| 2006 | Supernatural, Dubbelbee Gallery, Amsterdam |
| 2005 | Supervisions, Campus Galerie, Bayreuth |
| 2005 | Supervisions, Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, (with Ron Hooghiemstra) |
| 2004 | Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn |
| 2004 | Supervisions, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne |
| 2003 | Archespective, Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, |
| 2002 | Soma, Galerie Hohmann, Hamburg |
| Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) | |
| 2013 | Self ? Control, Old Factory of Wire, Gliwice |
| 2013 | An Idea of Beauty, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence |
| 2013 | Metropolis: Reflections on the Modern City, Birmingham Museum of Art |
| 2013 | Vue d'en haut, Centre Pompidou Metz |
| 2013 | Light Sensitive, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham |
| 2012 | Religion & Riten, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2012 | Points of View, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim |
| 2012 | Scape, Hasted Kraeutler, New York |
| 2012 | Leadaward, Haus der Photographie, Hamburg |
| 2012 | Wasserstandsmeldung, Kunstmuseum Bonn |
| 2012 | Out of Focus, Saatchi Gallery, London |
| 2012 | Obsessions, La Filature, Mulhouse |
| 2012 | Dark Sights, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2011 | European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today vol. 12, Prefectural Museum, Tottori |
| 2011 | Spektrale 2011, Rheingoldhalle Mainz |
| 2011 | Size:Matters, art:sensus, London |
| 2011 | Metropolis – City Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2011, Groningen |
| 2011 | The Detour of the Real, Seoul Photo Festival 2011, Seoul Museum of Art |
| 2011 | Für Hund und Katz ist auch noch Platz, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2011 | Spannungsbogen. Figur und Raum. Aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus |
| 2011 | A to Z – 26 Great Photographs from the Norton Collection, Norton Museum, West Palm Beach |
| 2011 | Fotopreis der Alison und Peter Klein Siftung, Kunstwerk, Nussdorf |
| 2010 | Who want to use my windows?, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto |
| 2010 | European Eyes on Japan – Japan Today Vol 12, Antrepo No 5, Istanbul |
| 2010 | Landschaft ohne Horizont, Museum Schloss Moyland |
| 2009 | Pittoresk – Neue Perspektiven auf das Landschaftsbild, MARTa Herford |
| 2009 | Realtà Manipolata – Manipulating Reality, Palazzo Strozzi, Florenz |
| 2009 | Ferne Nähe – Natur in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bonn |
| 2009 | Nature and Nation, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem |
| 2009 | Veto – Zeitgenössische Positionen in der deutschen Fotografie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg |
| 2008 | Quest, Zern Galerie, Berlin |
| 2008 | Rethinking Landscape: Photography from the Allen G. Thomas Jr. Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Virginia, USA |
| 2008 | Domestic Scape, Galerie Reckermann, Köln |
| 2008 | Human/Nature: Recent European Landscape Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA |
| 2008 | Angelandet. Die Sammlung im neuen Haus, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus |
| 2008 | Chisel, New York Photography Festival |
| 2008 | Wert-Schätzung, Sammlung Sander, Berlin |
| 2008 | Real Photography Award, Amsterdam |
| 2007 | Made in Germany, Kunstverein Hannover |
| 2007 | Spectacular City, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf |
| 2007 | Unter Sternen − Aus der Sammlung Willy Michel, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Schweiz |
| 2006 | Tschernobyl, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin |
| 2006 | Perceptions of Everyday Life, Veletrzni Palace, Tina B. Art Festival, Prague, Czechia |
| 2006 | Room with a View, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag |
| 2006 | Prix du Festival Voies Off, Arles, France |
| 2006 | Homestories, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten |
| 2006 | On the Road − Unterwegs, Galerie Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin |
| 2006 | Spectacular City, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2005 | Les Grands Spectacles, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria |
| 2005 | Hidden Sites, Groningen, Netherlands |
| 2005 | ev+a, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland |
| 2005 | Constructed Moment, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| 2005 | Leadaward, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg |
| 2004 | Gezähmte Natur, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlung, Cottbus |
| 2004 | Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal |
| 2004 | Festival Images, Vevey |
| 2004 | Urbane Räume, Eur. Architekturfotopreis 2003, Goethe-Institut, Budapest |
| 2004 | Biennale de Liège, Espace d'Art Contemporain, Liège |
| 2003 | Umbo Photopreis, Städtische Galerie Lippstadt |
| 2003 | Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf |
| 2003 | Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen |
| 2003 | Rückblende: Hochsommer, mit Norbert Bisky, Sven Kroner und anderen, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren |
| 2003 | Die Verheißung des Individuellen, Städtische Galerie Leinfelden |
| 2003 | Andreas Gefeller, Josef Schulz, Thomas Proffe, Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart |
| 2003 | Urbane Räume, Eur. Architekturfotopreis 2003, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn |
| 2002 | Peter Keetmann Preis 2002, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg |
| 2001 | Reinhart Wolf Preis 2001, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg |
| Group Exhibitions (Selection) | |
| 2013 | Self ? Control, Old Factory of Wire, Gliwice |
| 2013 | An Idea of Beauty, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence |
| 2013 | Metropolis: Reflections on the Modern City, Birmingham Museum of Art |
| 2013 | Vue d'en haut, Centre Pompidou Metz |
| 2013 | Light Sensitive, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham |
| 2012 | Religion & Riten, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2012 | Points of View, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim |
| 2012 | Scape, Hasted Kraeutler, New York |
| 2012 | Leadaward, Haus der Photographie, Hamburg |
| 2012 | Wasserstandsmeldung, Kunstmuseum Bonn |
| 2012 | Out of Focus, Saatchi Gallery, London |
| 2012 | Obsessions, La Filature, Mulhouse |
| 2012 | Dark Sights, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2011 | European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today vol. 12, Prefectural Museum, Tottori |
| 2011 | Spektrale 2011, Rheingoldhalle Mainz |
| 2011 | Size:Matters, art:sensus, London |
| 2011 | Metropolis – City Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2011, Groningen |
| 2011 | The Detour of the Real, Seoul Photo Festival 2011, Seoul Museum of Art |
| 2011 | Für Hund und Katz ist auch noch Platz, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2011 | Spannungsbogen. Figur und Raum. Aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus |
| 2011 | A to Z – 26 Great Photographs from the Norton Collection, Norton Museum, West Palm Beach |
| 2011 | Fotopreis der Alison und Peter Klein Siftung, Kunstwerk, Nussdorf |
| 2010 | Who want to use my windows?, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto |
| 2010 | European Eyes on Japan – Japan Today Vol 12, Antrepo No 5, Istanbul |
| 2010 | Landscape without Horizon, Museum Schloss Moyland |
| 2009 | Pittoresk – Neue Perspektiven auf das Landschaftsbild, MARTa Herford |
| 2009 | Realtà Manipolata – Manipulating Reality, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence |
| 2009 | Ferne Nähe – Natur in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bonn |
| 2009 | Nature and Nation, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem |
| 2009 | Veto – Zeitgenössische Positionen in der deutschen Fotografie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg |
| 2008 | Quest, Zern Galerie, Berlin |
| 2008 | Rethinking Landscape: Photography from the Allen G. Thomas Jr. Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Virginia, USA |
| 2008 | Domestic Scape, Galerie Reckermann, Köln |
| 2008 | Human/Nature: Recent European Landscape Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA |
| 2008 | Angelandet. Die Sammlung im neuen Haus, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus |
| 2008 | Chisel, New York Photography Festival |
| 2008 | Wert-Schätzung, Sander Collection, Berlin |
| 2008 | Real Photography Award, Amsterdam |
| 2007 | Made in Germany, Kunstverein Hannover |
| 2007 | Spectacular City, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf |
| 2007 | Unter Sternen − Aus der Sammlung Willy Michel, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Schweiz |
| 2006 | Tschernobyl, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin |
| 2006 | Perceptions of Everyday Life, Veletrzni Palace, Tina B. Art Festival, Prague, Czechia |
| 2006 | Room with a View, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag |
| 2006 | Prix du Festival Voies Off, Arles, France |
| 2006 | Homestories, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten |
| 2006 | On the Road − Unterwegs, Galerie Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin |
| 2006 | Spectacular City, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2005 | Les Grands Spectacles, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria |
| 2005 | Hidden Sites, Groningen, Netherlands |
| 2005 | ev+a, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland |
| 2005 | Constructed Moment, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| 2005 | Leadaward, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg |
| 2004 | Gezähmte Natur, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlung, Cottbus |
| 2004 | Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal |
| 2004 | Festival Images, Vevey |
| 2004 | Urbane Räume, Eur. Architekturfotopreis 2003, Goethe-Institut, Budapest |
| 2004 | Biennale de Liège, Espace d'Art Contemporain, Liège |
| 2003 | Umbo Photopreis, Städtische Galerie Lippstadt |
| 2003 | Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf |
| 2003 | Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen |
| 2003 | Rückblende: Hochsommer, with Norbert Bisky, Sven Kroner and others, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren |
| 2003 | Die Verheißung des Individuellen, Städtische Galerie Leinfelden |
| 2003 | Andreas Gefeller, Josef Schulz, Thomas Proffe, Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart |
| 2003 | Urbane Räume, Eur. Architekturfotopreis 2003, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn |
| 2002 | Peter Keetmann Preis 2002, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg |
| 2001 | Reinhart Wolf Preis 2001, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg |
| Sammlungen | |
| The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK | |
| Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| Kunstmuseum Bonn | |
| Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia | |
| Städtische Galerie Nordhorn | |
| Norton Museum, West Palm Beach | |
| Noorderlicht Photography Foundation, Groningen | |
| Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City | |
| National Gallery of Canada, Toronto | |
| Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf | |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | |
| Elgiz Collection, Istanbul | |
| ev+a, Limerick | |
| DZ Bank Sammlung, Frankfurt a. M. | |
| Deutsche Bank Sammlung, Frankfurt a. M. | |
| British American Tobacco Collection, London | |
| Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus | |
| Collections | |
| The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK | |
| Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| Kunstmuseum Bonn | |
| Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia | |
| Städtische Galerie Nordhorn | |
| Norton Museum, West Palm Beach | |
| Noorderlicht Photography Foundation, Groningen | |
| Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City | |
| National Gallery of Canada, Toronto | |
| Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf | |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | |
| Elgiz Collection, Istanbul | |
| ev+a, Limerick | |
| DZ Bank Sammlung, Frankfurt a. M. | |
| Deutsche Bank Sammlung, Frankfurt a. M. | |
| British American Tobacco Collection, London | |
| Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus | |