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
2021
Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Autumn 2021
2020
Musée de la Mer
Ile Sainte Marguerite, Cannes, France
2019
Morgenland
Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, France
De Sérignant à Giverny
Tour46, Belfort, France
2017
Du Nil à la Loire
Chateau de Chaumont, Chaumont sur Loire
El tiempo en suspenso
Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
Elger Esser – De sublime
Fondazione Stelline, Milan
Morgenland
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London
Elger Esser – Aetas
Landesgalerie Linz. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz
2016
Elger Esser – Zeitigen
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe,Karlsruhe, Germany
2014
Elger Esser – Combray
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, USA
2012
Stille Weiten
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Elger Esser – Lichte Weite
LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2010
Elger Esser – Eigentijd
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Netherlands
2009
Elger Esser – Eigenzeit
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2007
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA
2006
Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Corea
Musée de la Cohue, Vannes, France
Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee, USA
2004
Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland
2003
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany