Sonja Braas - Biography
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Lives and works in New York and Germany |
| 1997 |
Graduation at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Degree Diplom Visuelle Kommunikation/ Fotografie |
| 1995/96 |
Study at the School of Visual Arts, New York, major photography (Fulbright Grant, German Academic Exchange Service Grant) |
| 1991 |
Begin of the study at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany |
| 1968 |
Born in Siegen, Germany |
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2006 |
Galerie Tanit, Munich
Galerie Beckers, Frankfurt |
| 2005 |
Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
Gallery Fabian & Claude Walter, Zurich |
| 2004 |
Kunsthalle Rostock
Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg |
| 2003 |
fiedler contemporary, Cologne
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Beckers, Frankfurt
Galerie Tanit, Munich |
| 2001 |
fiedler contemporary, Cologne
La Filature, Mulhouse
Goethe Institut, Paris
Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt
Gallery Windows, Bruxelles
Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt |
| 2000 |
Gallery Bill Maynes, New York
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
Group Exhibitions
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| 2006 |
Gallery Fabian & Claude Walter, Zurich |
| 2005 |
"Hoch Hinaus", Kunstmuseum Thun
"Munch Revisited", Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund
"Strömungen", Gallery Wäcker & Jordanow, Munich
"Perspective Contemporaine", Gallery Vedovi, Bruxelles |
| 2004 |
"A Traveller", Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam
"Waves II - Tribute and Degressions", Musée Malraux, Le Havre
"Natur ganz Kunst", Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Photography XL II, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt
Contemporary Art from Germany, ECB, Frankfurt
"Landscapes", Special Exhibition, Art Cologne
Gallery Anne Barrault, Paris
"Gezähmte Natur", Brandenburgische Kunstsammlung, Cottbus |
| 2003 |
"Wonderlands", Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg
"In Nature", From the Obsessive to the Blind,
X Photography Biennale, Turin
Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco
"Ordnung und Chaos", Fotomuseum Winterthur
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| 2002 |
"Better Than the Real Thing", Smart Projects, Amsterdam
Saar Ferngas Preis, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
"True Fictions", Ludwig Forum Aachen, Kunstverein
Lingen, Kunst Haus Dresden, Kunstverein Bad Arolsen
"Franciscus, Kunstenaars brengen een ode", Fries Museum Leeuwarden
"Between Construct and Reality - Landscape in Contemporary Photography", Suermondt
Ludwig Museum, Aachen |
| 2001 |
"The Promise of Photography", The Collection of the DG-Bank, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
"Wild Gliders", Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam
"Utopien heute", Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
Gallery Bernier/ Eliades, Athens |
| 2000 |
"Landscape in Contemporary Photography", Landesmuseum Oldenburg |
| 1999 |
La Filature, Mulhouse
Landesmedienzentrale, Hamburg |
| 1998 |
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
European Photography Contest, Vevey, Switzerland
Kodak Nachwuchsförderung (young talent), Cologne
Zeche Eins, Essen |
| 1997 |
Galerie Energy, Dortmund |
| 1996 |
Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund |
| 1993 |
Galerie der Neuen Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin |
Grants / Awards
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| 1999 |
DG Bank Art Grant |
| 1998 |
Otto Steinert Preis, Honorable Mentioning
Images 98, Grand Prix de la Ville de Vevey |
| 1997 |
Rheinhard Wolf Prize
Kodak Prize for Young Artists |
| 1996 |
FOCUS prize
DAAD Grant (German Academic Exchange Service) |
| 1995 |
Fulbright Grant |
Publications (Selection Catalogues)
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| 2005 |
"Hoch hinaus", Kunstmuseum Thun |
| 2004 |
"FORCES", Kerber Verlag
"Natur ganz Kunst", Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
"Contemporary Art from Germany", ECB
"Gezähmte Natur ", Brandenburgische Kunstsammlung Cottbus |
| 2003 |
"Wonderlands", Museum Küppersmühle
"Photography XL II", German Stock Exchange
"Ordnung und Chaos", Fotomuseum Winterthur
"In Nature", X Photography Biennale, Turin |
| 2002 |
"Young Art", Saar Ferngas
"True Fictions", Ludwig Forum Aachen
"Wild Gliders", Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries |
| 2001 |
"Utopien heute?", Wilhelm Hack Museum
"Urbane Paradiese", Bauhaus Dessau |
| 2000 |
"you are here", Künstlerhaus Bethanien
DG Bank Art Grant
Kodak-Nachwuchsförderpreis, Kodak |
| 1996 |
Focus 96, FH Dortmund |
| 1993 |
Leipzig trifft Dortmund in Berlin, NGBK |
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