(b. 1967, Stuttgart, DE)
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, DE
EDUCATION
2012 Fellowship Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, DE
2006 -2009 Photography Professor at the University of Art and Design, Karlsruhe, DE
2006 -2009 Visiting Professor at the Folkwang Hochschule of Essen, DE
1991-1997 Masterclass, Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, DE
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 L’Etre du temps, RX&SLAG, Paris France.
2024 Exposition photo d'Elger ESSER, Journées Européennes du Patrimonie, Musée Narbo Via, Narbonne, France.
2024 Mémoire celeste, L’Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandie, France.
2024 Dominik Mersch Gallery, Ruschcutters Bay, Australia.
2024 Lacus Rubresus, La Maison des Arts, Bages, France.
2024 Die Engen Wasser, Haus Beda, Bitburg, Germany.
2023 Le Lys dans la vallée, Fondation des Artistes, Rotonde Balzac, Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris, France.
2023 Das Stille Sein, Galerie Van der Grinten, Cologne, Germany.
2023 Aestus I, Galerie Kewenig, Pied à terre, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany.
2023 Aestus II, Galerie Kewenig, Berlin, Allemagne / Rosegallery, Santa Monica, USA.
2023 Voyages, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, USA.
2023 Photographie sur cuivre, Musée d’art moderne de Fontevraud, France.
2022 Silberblumen, FLOWERS, Hong Kong, China.
2021 Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2020 Inherent Time, Bruce Silverstein, New-York, USA.
2020 12 Rooms ELGER ESSER, Kewenig Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2020 Grey le Gray, Van der Grinten Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
2020 En somme, j’ai vu de l’eau, du soleil, des nuages…, Museum of the Sea, Cannes, France.
2019 De Sérignant à Giverny, Tour46, Belfort, France.
2019 Morgenland, Fernet Branca Foundation, Saint-Louis, France.
2019 Entre temps et durée, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2018 Elger Esser, Paysages intimes, Van der Grinten, Cologne, Germany.
2018 Elger Esser, Paysages intimes, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2018 Elger Esser, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2018 Le Nil sur la Loire, Domain of Chaumont, Chaumont sur Loire, France.
2018 Elger Esser, Galerie Kewenig, Berlin, Germany.
2018 Elger Esser, Galerie RX, EXPO Chicago, USA.
2017 Paris photo 2017 soloshow, Galerie Rx, Paris, France.
2017 Le Nil sur la Loire, Domaine de Chaumont, Chaumont sur Loire, France.
2017 El tiempo en suspenso, Valladolid, Spain.
2017 Morgenland, galerie Kewenig, Berlin, Germany.
2017 Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany.
2017 De Sublime, Stelline Foundation, Milan, Italy.
2017 Delfts Blauw, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2017 Morgenland. Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK.
2017 Mix, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2017 Aetas, Landesgalerie Linz, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz, Autriche.
2016 Zeitigen, Oskar Schlemer State Prize, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2016 From Shivta to Lifta, Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2015 Irides, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
2015 Cabinet de travail, Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland.
2015 New Works, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2015 Australian Journal, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2014 Ninfa, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany.
2014 Combray, The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, USA.
2014 L’âge d’or, Kewenig Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2014 Ab Olympo, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2014 Elger Esser, Fundació Palma Espai d'art, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2014 Saeculum Aureum, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2013 Heliogravue, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2013 Nocturnes à Giverny, Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France.
2013 Giverny, Heliogravuren, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany.
2013 Meseglise, Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany.
2013 Elger Esser, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2012 Stille Wellen, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
2012 Elger Esser, Galería Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Espagne.
2012 Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland.
2012 Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2012 Leichte Weite, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
2011 Voyage en Egypte, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2011 Landscapes and heliogravures, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2011 Et nous avons des nuits plus belles que vos jours, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2011 Voyage en Egypte, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
2011 Nocturnes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
2011 Arc, Lys et Douville. Neue Heliogravuren, Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland.
2010 Neue Werke, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
2010 Landschaften - Veduten - Ansichten – Heliogravüren, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany.
2010 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany.
2010 Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Netherlands.
2010 Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain.
2010 Photobiennial Moscow, Exhibition Hall New Manege, Moscow, Russia.
2009 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2009 Six American sunsets, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2009 Galleria Bonomo, Bari, Italy.
2009 Saone and Rhone, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
2009 New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
2009 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
2008 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany.
2008 Combray, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
2008 Französische Landschaften, FO.KU.S - Foto Kunst Stadtforum – Innsbruck, Austria.
2008 Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2008 Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2007 Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA.
2007 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2007 Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany.
2007 Combray, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
2006 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany.
2006 Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea.
2006 Musée de la Cohue, Vannes, France.
2006 Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee, USA.
2006 Am Strand, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2006 Neue Werke, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
2006 Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain.
2005 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2005 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany.
2005 Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2005 New Works, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France.
2004 Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2004 Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany.
2004 Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland.
2004 New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
2003 Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
2003 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2003 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany.
2003 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany.
2002 Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2002 Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany.
2002 How to see Venice, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
2002 Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy.
2001 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany.
2001 Elger Esser, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
2001 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
2001 Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy.
2000 Alte Feuerwache Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
2000 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany.
2000 Galerie Inge Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany.
2000 Galerie 213, Paris, France.
2000 Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
1999 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA.
1999 Galerie Andreas Grimm, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
1999 NEG-gallery, Milan, Italy.
1998 Kunstverein Siegen, Siegen, France.
1998 Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
1998 Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss, Germany.
1998 Galerie Inge Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany.
1998 Galerie 213, Paris, France.
1997 Galerie Andreas Grimm, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
1997 Kunstverein Hagen, Hagen, Germany.
1995 Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Im Fluss, Eine Geschichte über das Wasser, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany.
2024 Von Julia Margaret Cameron bis Elger Esser, FOTO – KUNST – FOTO, Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Neuss, Germany.
2024 Sacré, RX&SLAG, Paris, France.
2024 Licht und Schatten made in Düsseldorf #6, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany.
2024 Panel Discussion with Elger Esser, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany.
2023 Transformation : Material & Auflösung, Galerie Van der Grinten, Cologne, Germany.
2023 Never Lost and Always Found, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2023 Landscape and Psyche, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2023 Landscapes, Florenz & Istanbul, Museum Schloss Moyland, , Bedburg-Hau, Germany.
2023 Rembrandt en Eau Forte with Elger Esser Landscapes, Abbaye de Fontevraud, France.
2023 Rosenrot, Grasgrün, Quittengelb, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
2023 Au Milieu des Terres - En carnet de voyages en méditerranée, Espace Cultural Départemental 21, Bis Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence, France.
2023 Wasser, Wolken, Wind, Elementar – und Wetterphänomene in Werken der Sammlung Würth Forum Würth Rorschach, Switzerland.
2022 Earth : A Retrospective, El Ultimo Grito I La Colleccio Per Amor de l’Art, Bombas Gens Centre d’Art, Valencia, Spain.
2022 Momente des Sehens, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Schloss Dätzingen, Grafenau, Germany.
2022 Life :Still, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA.
2022 On View, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2022 Fantastic Visions, AMoA, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, USA.
2022 Une histoire de famille, Collection(s) Robelin, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France.
2022 Nature, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2022 Unfolding Worlds, Hopstreet Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2022 Belonging, The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Irland.
2022 15 years of DMG, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2021 Focus On Photography, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany.
2021 Into the Blue, Rosegallery, Santa Monica, USA.
2021 Aufbruch in die 2020er Jahre, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Schloss Dätzingen, Grafenau, Germany.
2021 Groups and Spots Zeitgenössische Kunst bei der Baloise, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
2021 „Photography!“ - Meisterwerke aus dem SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz, Saarbrücken, Saarlandmuseum, Moderne Galerie, Germany.
2020 Mr. Brainwash and Kitzbuehel Autumn Crossover, Frank Fluegel Gallery, Kitzbuehel, Austria.
2020 Loosely Stated, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA.
2020 The Armory Show, Bruce Silverstein, New-York, USA.
2020 ARCOmardid, Kewenig Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2020 Die Illusion der Realität, Stuttgart, Germany.
2020 Mediations Biennial Polska, Warsow, Poland.
2020 NÄHE – FERNE, Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2020 Blue, Loushy Art and Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2020 Seria Gracioso, TEA Las Catalinas, Tenerife, Spain.
2020 The Sonnabend Collection, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada.
2019 L’invention d’un monde – Photographies des collections Robelin, FRAC – Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France.
2019 Zwischen Nahe und Distanz : Konstruktion von Wirklichkeiten. Von Goya bis Picasso, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2019 The Moment is Eternity – Works from the Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany.
2019 As Far as the Eye Can See, Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany.
2019 Light Sensitive 2: Photography from the Schaufler Collection, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany.
2019 Paris Photo, Galerie RX, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
2018 Œuvres Choisies, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2018 Elger Esser and Raymond Depardon, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2018 Œuvres Choisies, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2018 Eau et Vin, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany.
2018 Bernd, Hilla et les autres, HUIS MARSEILLE, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2018 Chambres des Autres II, Villa Steccius, Landau, Germany.
2018 The pulse of the body, Bombas Gens, Valencia, Spain.
2018 Enfesselte Natur, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hambourg, Germany.
2018 It comes in waves, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France.
2018 The Sonnabend Collection: Half a Century of European and American Art. Part II, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal.
2018 Gest 2018, Binary / Non-Binary, Geste Paris, France.
2018 Photo stories, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany.
2018 A Look at the Collection: Landscape – Transformation – Space, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany.
2017 Wiesenstück, Van der Grinten Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
2017 Esser.McCaw.Mann.Wylie, Neal Guma Fine Arts, Charlottesville, USA.
2017 Nouvelle Photographie de Duessoldorf, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2017 Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France.
2017 Luther und die Avantgarde. Zeitgenössische Kunst in Wittenberg, Berlin and Kassel. Altes Gefängnis, Wittenberg, Germany.
2017 On Escape and Concurrence: Inverting the Gaze. Espaço Novo Banco, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Water, Clouds, Wind. Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
2017 Split - Mirror. Light. Reflection. SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Germany.
2017 I Prefer Life. Reydan Weiss Collection. Exhibition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Weserburg, Bremen, Germany.
2016 Langmatt, Licht, Libellen - Impressionismus heute, Museum Langmatt, Baden, Germany.
2016 Aus der Sammlung: Landschaft. Landesgalerie Linz, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria.
2016 Der typologische Blick - Ausstellung für Hilla Becher, Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung für Kultur, Cologne, Germany.
2016 Winter Group Show 16, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
- Paris Photo, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2016 Winter, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
2015 Fascination Photography, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg / Vienna, Austria.
2015 Déjà-vu in der Fotokunst, ART FOYER, DZ BANK Art Collection, Frankfurt, Germany.
2015 Dusseldorf Photography: Bernd & Hilla Becher and Beyond, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK.
2015 The Mirror of Illusions, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany.
2015 Photographier les jardins de Monet, Cinq regards contemporains. Almond · Esser · Foucault · Plossu · Shore. Musée des impressionnismes, Giverny, France.
2015 Baywatch, Galerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany.
2014 Los Bragales. Pasión y fotografía de una colección, Centro de Arte Juan Ismael, Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Spain.
2014 Home (Very) Sweet Home, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France.
2014 Una Colección Basada En La Naturaleza Y El Medio Ambiente, Colección MP de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain.
2014 Temporary living, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2014 One Wor,. The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, USA.
2014 Los Bragales. Pasión y fotografía de una colección, Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
2014 Human Landscape, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2013 Vacatio. Fotografia - Festival Internazionale di Roma, MACRO, Rome, Italy.
2013 Old school. Anachronism in Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
2013 Ghosting Machine, Delmar Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2013 Tour d'horizon – Landscapes, Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland.
2013 Land in Sight! Landscapes from the Collection, Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Salzbourg, Austria.
2013 Landmark: The Fields of Photography, Somerset House, Londres, UK.
2013 Disaster - The End of Days, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
2013 Wetterdämmerung - ein Blick zurück, Sammlung Alison und Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany.
2013 Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.
2012 Im Schein des Unendlichen - Romantik und Gegenwart, Altana Kulturstiftung, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany.
2012 Fotografia Contemporanea Tedesca La Scuola di Düsseldorf, Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin, Italy.
2012 Religion und Riten, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung. Art Foyer, Frankfurt, Germany.
2012 Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden, Märkisches Museum Witten / Stadtmuseum, Hattingen, Germany.
2011 Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d’un musée imaginaire, Musée d’Art moderne André Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre, France.
2011 Lichtempfindlich - Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus der Sammlung Schaufler, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany.
2011 Within / Beyond Borders, Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, Greece.
2011 Welt-(er)-findung, zeitgenössische Photographie - Collection Olbricht. Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany.
2010 Der rote Bulli: Stephan Shore und die neue Düsseldorfer Fotografie, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2010 Viaggio in Italia, sguardi internazionali sull’Italia contemporanea. Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia Collezioni
2010 Contemporanee, sms santa maria della scala, Siena, Italy.
2010 Konstellationen, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria.
2009 Tago-Mago, Galería Fúcares, Almagro, Spain.
2009 Siedlungen und Wohnanlagen 1858–1937, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2009 Voyages pittoresques, 1820–2009: La Normandie contemporaine, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France.
2009 Les Rencontres d’Arles – Photographie, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles, France.
2009 6 views of photography, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2009 Sammlung Lothar Schirmer, Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, Germany.
2009 Schenkung Thaddeus Ropac, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Mönchsberg, Austria.
2009 La Colección 2. La densidad del aire, la levedad de la tierra., TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain.
2008 True North, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany.
2008 Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Lüdenscheid, Germany.
2008 Objectivités, la photographie à Düsseldorf, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
2008 Two, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2008 How to look at Venice?, Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, Italy.
2008 BESart – Photography, Museu Coleccao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal.
2008 Pures Wasser – Elementares Motiv der Gegenwartskunst, Kunstverein Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany.
2007 Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
2007 FOTO.KUNST., Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
2007 Berlin nl. Niederländische Botschaft, Berlin, Germany.
2007 Seestücke. Von Max Beckmann bis Gerhard Richter, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
2007 Less Roses, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
2007 Tripp and Friends, Galerie ABTart, Stuttgart, Germany.
2006 Paisajes, Galerie Arnes y Röpke, Madrid, Spain.
2006 Arcadia, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA.
2006 Room with a view – The Bouwfonds Art Collection - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, La Haye, Pays-Bas.
2006 Peintres de la vie moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
2006 Fotokunst aus 60 Jahren. Kunst aus NRW unterwegs, Flottmann Hallen, Herne, Belgium.
2005 Angekommen – Die Sammlung im eigenen Haus, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
2005 Landschaft als Metapher. Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim, Germany.
2005 Dreamscapes - Aeroplastic contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
2005 The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Environment, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, USA.
2005 Halte Brussels - Vlaams-Nederlands Huis, Brussels, Belgium.
2005 Flight 405 - Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut / Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hambourg, Germany.
2005 XL Photographs - Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA.
2005 Memoria y Tiempo. Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain.
2004 Vagues II – Hommages et digressions / Waves II – Homages and Digressions. Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France.
2004 Art History: Photography References Paintings, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA.
2004 HSL-Projecten, The Hague, Netherlands.
2003 Dialog im Bunker I. Sublime Landschaften, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
2003 Beaufort 01, Oostende, Belgium.
2002 Aus Düsseldorf, Baronian_Francey Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2002 In Szene gesetzt – Architektur in der Fotografie der Gegenwart, ZKM Karlsruhe / Städtische Galerie Erlangen / Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Germany.
2002 HEUTE BIS JETZT. Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Düsseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2002 10 young German artists, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands.
2002 Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA / Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain.
2002 Now, what is photo, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea.
2002 Zwischen Konstruktion & Wirklichkeit, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aix-la-Chapelle, France.
COLLECTIONS
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, France.
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzbourg, Austria.
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria.
DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany.
SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena, Italy.
Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain.
LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Germany.
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, USA.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA.
Landesgalerie Linz, Austria.
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA.
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Museum Kurhaus, Cleve, Germany.
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Elger Esser. Morgenland. Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, Germany.
2016 Elger Esser. Combray, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich, Germany.
2016 Elger Esser. Zeitigen, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich, Germany.
2012 Elger Esser. Nocturnes à Giverny, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich, Germany.
2009 Elger Esser. Eigenzeit, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich, Germany.
2009 Elger Esser. Wrecks. Self-published, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2009 Chronik, edition of the author/University of Art and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2008 Elger Esser. Anisichten/Views/Vues, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich, Germany.
2006 Elger Esser and Bae Bien-U. Gana Art Center, the 6th Photo Festival, Gana Art Publisher, Seoul, Korea.
2002 Elger Esser. Cap d’Antifer-Etretat, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich, Germany.
2002 Olivo Barbieri – Elger Esser : Cityscapes / Landscapes, Silvana Editoriale Spa, Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, Italy.
2001 Marne + Loire, Edizioni Pendragon, Bologna, Italy.
2000 Elger Esser. Vedutas and Landscapes, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich, Germany.
AWARDS
2016 Oskar-Schlemmer Prize.